Taxodiary

October 2013

Metadata in Context

By Melody Smith|October 28th, 20132013-10-27T17:29:44-04:00

I have a difficult time not picking up an old book when I find one. I like to look at the yellowed pages, smell the dustiness that has accumulated over many years, and admire the worn binding and dog-eared pages. Those dog-eared pages are like a rabbit hole for me as I can't resist the urge to look at the content someone felt important enough to mark for future reference. Reference books like thesauri and dictionaries are my Achilles heel. So this blog post definitely caught my attention and I think you will find it interesting as well.

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Investing in your Employees

By Melody Smith|October 28th, 20132013-10-27T17:27:32-04:00

Intranets aren't usually on the priority list for most organizations. It is difficult for managers to see a distinct ROI on the time spent to update or even create an intranet. We know this isn't true if you are invested in empowering and engaging your employees. An informed, empowered employee is your best sales person and the ROI is high.

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Machine Assisted Indexing Maximizes Potential

By Melody Smith|October 24th, 20132013-10-23T21:17:38-04:00

Healthcare professionals are working hard to prepare for the transition to the ICD-10 coding classification system. The deadline of October 2014 is coming faster and faster. Industry professionals have advice on how to make the next year and half as productive as possible. Becker’s ASC Review brought this topic to our attention in their article, “7 Ways to Make the ICD-10 Switch Less Painful.”

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Google Releases New Algorithm

By Melody Smith|October 23rd, 20132013-10-22T21:59:55-04:00

It is a bird, it is a plane, no wait, it is a bird. A hummingbird to be exact. Google has released a new search algorithm designed to be more precise and provide faster query results, the algorithm is based on semantic search, focusing on user intent versus individual search terms.

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KMWorld Award Goes to Mindbreeze

By Melody Smith|October 23rd, 20132013-10-22T21:57:13-04:00

Mindbreeze has received the much sought after KMWorld Award for their semantic search product, Mindbreeze InSite, for the sixth time.

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Scope Notes and Editorial Notes in Taxonomies and Thesauri

By Melody Smith|October 21st, 20132022-04-08T15:15:57-04:00

Scope notes are another way to put a restriction on meaning. Scope notes are what you want to share with the world; editorial notes are what we will share with the team. A scope note might delineate the meaning itself. It might tell you the range of topics covered by the term; it might be instructions for use. We keep the term history in a separate field and we also keep the source in a separate field. Some thesauri will put all of that together in the Scope Notes field. Sometimes the Scope Notes need to be reciprocal. If they refer to another term, you need to post it in both places so that people can get to it.

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Access Integrity Announces Debut of HCPCS Tagger Technology

By Melody Smith|October 21st, 20132013-10-20T22:42:44-04:00

The patented, rule-based application searches and analyzes the text in providers’ notes in electronic medical records to suggest highly relevant Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes for human review. Access Integrity CEO John Kuranz says the new technology will revolutionize the medical coding and billing industries.

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Good Intentions

By Melody Smith|October 21st, 20132013-10-20T19:51:29-04:00

Metadata’s reputation has been altered by scandal, and it may never be seen in the same light again. This is unfortunate, because metadata has many […]

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Semantic News

By Melody Smith|October 18th, 20132013-10-17T22:47:18-04:00

Journalism, printing, and news have been under fire for years and the constant threat of social media and digital keeps them hopping just to keep up. So what has the effect of the semantic web had on the art of journalism?

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Better Together

By Melody Smith|October 18th, 20132013-10-17T22:53:40-04:00

FactSet Research Systems has acquired Revere Data. FactSet provides industry intelligence and analytics to help investment professionals perform. Revere provides data to enable capital market professionals to manage portfolio risk and make more informed investment decisions through unprecedented visibility into global companies. Revere has built an industry taxonomy that offers investors a way to classify companies and analyze how they fit in the global economy.

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October 2013

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