The Importance of Coding Standards
There are many arm chair experts who have ideas about how to make future national standards upgrades and conversions—such as the upcoming adoption of the national plan identifier and the conversion to ICD-10—go more smoothly for healthcare organizations.
Read MoreSharePoint Support by MetaVis Announced
MetaVis Technologies has announced full support for SharePoint 2013 by providing tools for SharePoint migration and administration.
Read MoreBig Data Providing Great Opportunity from Healthcare
As big data continues to dominate the technology topics, healthcare is quickly becoming the arena. Leaders in healthcare organizations understand that data analysis can change how they operate. Maybe this was driven by the ICD-10 coding classification transition that has been a huge concern for the past year and will continue to be until the deadline of October 2013 arrives.
Read MoreGrant Enables Ontology Based Database
Miller School researchers have received a $2.5 million grant to develop a novel database to enable neuroscientists to search the voluminous number of studies related to nervous system repair, and link relevant data from those studies to other resources.
Read MoreSemantic Technology Used in Police Data Search
New Zealand Police have embraced semantic search technology in their three 24×7 contact centers. The search engine technology was developed locally by Wellington-based software company Syl Semantics.
Read MoreExpert Webinar Series Looks at Governance Plans
Concept Searching will continue their 2012 Expert Webinar Series as their fifth installment addresses how to maximize investment in taxonomy and metadata design with SharePoint.
Read MoreGeneral Approaches to Creating a Taxonomy
There are several ways to create a taxonomy. One is from the existing data, which is my preferred method. You can also do it as an intellectual outline of the discipline, thinking about what ought to be included in this discipline. That is what the monks did many years ago in their cold towers on those mountainsides. Few of us have that luxury. Most of us will be dealing with a specific corpus of information.
Read MoreNew Technology Accelerates ICD-10 Transition
Optum has launched its latest coding technology product, Optum Enterprise CAC. This computer-assisted coding (CAC) platform can help healthcare organizations accelerate their transition to ICD-10, as well as increase productivity and simplify coding and documentation processes.
Read MoreThe Challenges of ICD-10
In order to receive reimbursement for patient claims, healthcare providers will have to begin using a new coding classification for medical diagnosis and inpatient procedures before October 1, 2014. That seems like far in the future, but when you realize the comprehensive and complicated processes involved in transitioning, many think it isn’t long enough. The number of possible diagnostic codes will increase from 14,000 to 68,000, while the number of inpatient codes will increase from 4,000 to 87,000.
Read MoreWeb Content Has Improved
With all the talk about Web 2.0 and looking towards Web 3.0 of late, has the fact that the information available on the web has become more comprehensive and detailed gotten lost? The focus has been about social sharing, collaboration and user-generated content.
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