March 2013

Managing the Panic

By |March 11th, 2013

The one-year delay in the deadline for moving to the ICD-10 diagnostic coding system has been set, and many healthcare professionals are not satisfied that the delay is long enough to relieve some of the burdens that come with the transition.

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The Knowledge Graph Approach

By |March 8th, 2013

Last year Google released Knowledge Graph, a database of over 570 million items of information. This was their demonstration of what a semantic search engine and structured data could bring to the table.

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Predicted Burdens

By |March 8th, 2013

The transition to new diagnosis codes that will culminate in October 2014 is predicted to be a significant burden for physician practices and possibly cause many to go out of business. At least that is what the American Medical Association and other organized medicine groups predicted in a December 20, 2012, letter.

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Think Tanks, Cold Fish & Flea Markets

By |March 8th, 2013

Americans love idioms, probably more than any other country. We shoot the breeze, bend ears, pull legs, and put our feet in our mouths. These bizarre phrases are a staple of our language and conversation style. A collection of these idioms have been published in The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms and the new volume contains hundreds of new entries.

At Last

By |March 7th, 2013

Part 2 of ISO 25964, the new international standard for thesauri, was published on March 4, 2013. This exciting and long-awaited news was received with a huge sigh of relief in the taxonomy world.

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Are You Ready?

By |March 7th, 2013

A comprehensive ICD-10 testing service has been launched by CTG Health Solutions that will help health organizations comply with the new coding system in plenty of time before the October 2014 deadline.

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Political Taxonomy

By |March 6th, 2013

Regardless of your political affilitation, if you have any at all, this entertaining and interesting take on another taxonomy piqued my interest, and hopefully will do the same for you.

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Social Media Integration

By |March 6th, 2013

Brand Embassy is acquiring Beepl in a consolidation of social media services and technology. The plan is for Brand Embassy to integrate Beepl's technology into its platform.

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Findability is the Goal

By |March 5th, 2013

Compiled Services has released version 4.6 of ReadySuite, a quality control and conversion tool for load files, TIFFs, and PDFs for eDiscovery processing and review platforms. Users are able to monitor and make any necessary changes in order to comply with eDiscovery requirements.

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Text Morphing Utilizes Semantic Technology

By |March 5th, 2013

Image morphing is a special effect where one image is gradually changed into a second image. You have seen it on graduation or retirement presentations, in a simple form. Maybe a more advanced version on missing children programs where they attempt to demonstrate what the child may look like a later time. It has been around since the 1980's and continues to grow in popularity.

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