September 2012

The Size of the Challenge

By |September 14th, 2012

The US was one of the first countries to adapt ICD 9 codes for medical billing and claims. So you would think the ICD 10 coding classification transition would be something providers wouldn't necessarily fear. However, it is far more comprehensive than its predecessor.

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Hot Career Choices for IT

By |September 14th, 2012

Ramon Baez, CIO at Kimberly-Clark discusses the skill sets and roles that he predicts will be in demand in the near future.

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ICD-10 Deadline Made Final

By |September 13th, 2012

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced the final decision on a rule that will delay the deadline for healthcare providers to implement the ICD-10 medical coding system by one year. We have been reporting on this project and talking about its challenges and benefits for quite some time. Most people thought this decision was already made so few are surprised by this announcement.

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1940 Census Indexing Completed

By |September 12th, 2012

All 50 states of the 1940 Census Community Project have been indexed and uploaded to the FamilySearch.org web site. The last five states were Massachusetts, […]

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Concerns Over Reimbursement Risks

By |September 12th, 2012

There is a push from healthcare organization leaders for insight into what the potential reimbursement risks will be in t he new ICD-10 coding classification system. Providers are beginning to take a hard look at revenue impacts hidden within the ICD-10 conversion and what they will mean for healthcare.

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Data Harmony 3.8 Selected As a KMWorld 2012 Trend-Setting Product of the Year

By |September 10th, 2012

Access Innovations, Inc., leaders in digital data organization and creators of the Data Harmony software suite, are proud to announce Data Harmony 3.8’s inclusion in the KMWorld 2012 list of Trend-Setting Products. KMWorld cited a number of new features, including the ability to integrate ThesaurusMaster with SharePoint 2010, enhanced multilingual capabilities, a Dynamic View mode that presents the taxonomy in an interactive tree format, and an easier-to-use administration module.

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The Topic Search in New York

By |September 10th, 2012

Search Marketing Expo is scheduled for October 2-4 in New York City. Are you going?

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India Digitizing Government Documents

By |September 7th, 2012

Retired IAS officer V Balasubramaniam has been appointed as the court commissioner to oversee indexing, scanning and digitization of revenue records. This news from Bangledesh indicates some progression in this region to making public records easier to access.

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