By Melody Smith|February 26th, 20132013-02-25T22:29:57-05:00
With computer-assisted coding technology increasing with technology processes, but more because of the ICD-10 transition, there is an immediate need for coding professionals to begin redefining coding roles and functions to meet emerging and future coding opportunities. Medical coding is something that requires specialized expertise and systems tailored to regulatory requirements.
By Melody Smith|February 26th, 20132013-02-25T22:28:47-05:00
Data quality is a continuing conversation topic among professionals and users. What is its role? How does one use it? And always, how does one manage the ever-growing amount of data?
By admin|February 25th, 20132013-02-24T21:42:35-05:00
Over the past several weeks, we have looked at various topics involving taxonomies and thesauri. And we have seen that controlled vocabularies are an important part of search and browsing. But how are taxonomies put to use? What about the terms? Where do they go? Exactly how are they put to use in search? What are the different ways that a taxonomy can be used in search?
By Melody Smith|February 25th, 20132013-02-20T19:26:39-05:00
here are taxonomies everywhere. Walk into Home Depot or your nearest grocery store and look up. The aisle markers tell you where to find what you are looking for -- in broad terms and hopefully, related terms.
By Melody Smith|February 22nd, 20132013-02-20T19:23:34-05:00
Building a thesaurus for a digital library of more than 1,500 academic journals, 15,000 scholarly books and other sources, is no easy task. Currently there is no one single thesaurus that holds the terms to cover all the subjects included in these collections. Nancy Murray, Associate Director, Metadata for JSTOR is taking on that challenge with the assistance of Access Innovations and Data Harmony.
By Melody Smith|February 22nd, 20132016-03-16T16:23:31-04:00
Many users of Data Harmony are intimidated by data visualization. Maybe intimidated is the wrong word, but they certainly have anxiety around seeing their analysis in images vs. lists of tens of thousands words.
By Melody Smith|February 21st, 20132013-02-20T19:10:58-05:00
Once the world was slow moving and you could anticipate the next year to be much like the current. This world is no longer slow moving, in fact it is on warp speed as technology drives more connectivity in the moment. The Internet provides access to all. Librarians are no longer the gatekeepers of information. The entire business model of information has changed. "We are doing business at the speed of thoughts," says Margie Hlava, President and CEO of Access Innovations. During her keynote presentation at the 9th Annual Data Harmony Users Group this week, Hlava looked back at where we've been while looking forward at how Access Innovations is responding to the new industries and challenges technology has brought us.
By Melody Smith|February 21st, 20132013-02-20T19:01:35-05:00
In what appears to be a timely presentation, John Kuranz, CEO of Access Integrity, walked the group gathered at the 9th Annual Data Harmony Users Group through the major events that are taking place in healthcare. We talked extensively about the ICD-10 coding classification that will be implemented on October 1, 2014. Many are facing the challenges that implementation poses, and then not far behind that is ICD-11 going live in 2014.
By Melody Smith|February 20th, 20132013-02-19T21:39:34-05:00
Tuesday was the opening day for the 9th Annual Data Harmony Users Group. Unlike the Olympics, there were no industrial revolution references, Harry Potter's nemisis nor James Bond made an appearance, and Danny Boyle's nod to his childhood did not make the agenda. However, this small group of 60+ was globally represented with attendees and presenters from Holland, Bristol, Spain, India, and New Jersey.
By Melody Smith|February 20th, 20132013-02-20T19:09:15-05:00
Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP) recently announced that Texas Instruments (TI), specifically Prashant Karandikar, is the recipient of the coveted annual Outstanding Contributor of the Year Award for 2012. Karandikar was the lead software engineer of TI and his leadership, commitment and contributions the committee.
