Semantic Technology in Healthcare

Ontologies are possibly the most significant benefit to ensuring accurate data integration, which fosters a better understanding of patient needs, thus resulting in better patient care and excellent patient outcomes.

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Taxonomies — Here, There, Everywhere

I went to one of my favorite bookstores the other day. I have been awaiting the release of E. E. Knight’s Winter Duty. Looking at the overhead signs for sections, I realized that this is the beginning of a taxonomy….My realization that the bookstore is using a taxonomy made me realize that taxonomies are merely a way of grouping information together in a way that is relevant to the user.

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SAS Product Named 2010 Trend Setting Product

SAS Text Analytics was named a Trend Setting Product for 2010 by KMWorld magazine. SAS’s product locates and retrieves relevant data and lets customers obtain insights from electronic text, improve search results and derive intelligence to determine their best course of action.

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New Patents Awarded For Index Engines

August 24, 2010 – Index Engines was recently awarded patents in the United States and also Europe. According to Digital Producer’s article, “Index Engines Data Discovery Platform is Awarded United States and European Patents”, the patient issue was for a unique approach for processing data, and also for making that data searchable and discoverable across primary…

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How To Structure The Unstructured

One result of the Internet’s rapid growth has been a huge increase in the amount of information generated and shared by organizations in almost every industry and sector. A side effect of that is the huge amount of unstructured data produced and unmanaged.

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Calculating the ROI of Semantic Enrichment

We are often asked for help in calculating the potential return on investment (ROI) of investing in a taxonomy. How this calculation is done depends on the type of organization and who will be the users of the taxonomy. For any content-intensive organization, using a taxonomy increases findability, which in turn leads to greater utility and value for the organization’s content assets. Within the enterprise, this translates into hours and dollars saved by reducing the time required to find things, as well as the time and expense of redoing research or other work that can’t be found.

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