Taxodiary

June 2012

ICD Who?

By Melody Smith|June 14th, 20122012-06-13T23:12:24-04:00

So what is this thing called ICD-10 and why is it impacting so many people? ICD-10, an international disease coding system, is mandated for adoption in the U.S. by Oct. 1, 2014. At least that is the current deadline. There have many been key players in this arena speak out against a different, usually farther out, deadline. The current and soon-to-be outdated ICD-9 disease coding system is made up of only 1/5 the number of disease codes the new ICD-10 contains. This huge change will impact many avenues of the healthcare system.

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Riak Handbook Available, Again

By Melody Smith|June 14th, 20122012-06-13T23:06:45-04:00

Basho Technologies has made available the second edition of Riak Handbook. This version includes more than 43 pages of new content covering many of the latest feature enhancements to the open-source database, Riak.

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Does the Semantic Web Exist?

By Melody Smith|June 13th, 20122012-06-12T23:14:59-04:00

With Apple's Siri and Kngine responding to both written and spoken questions with text, pictures, graphs, and images, it is hard to argue that the semantic web is any longer a pipe dream. Yet, there are those that are doing just that.

What is the Difference Between ICD-9 and ICD-10?

By Melody Smith|June 13th, 20122012-06-12T23:13:06-04:00

Information Management (HIM) technology and service has received the highest scores for provider perception that its precyseCode(TM) computer assisted coding (CAC) solution will meet their needs. Precyse was recognized for their strong technology in comparison to competing vendors. With ICD-10 looming on the horizon on some unforeseen date, the difference between ICD-9 and ICD-10 can be daunting and foreign to those attempting to prepare for the transition. At its core, the difference is five times the number of codes.

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Speeding Up IT Purchasing

By Melody Smith|June 13th, 20122012-06-12T22:55:20-04:00

Purchasing isn’t easy in any business, but for information technology professionals, the endless variations of the same product and dissimilar ways to describe the products, it can be a real challenge.

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Semantic Technology Changes Things

By Melody Smith|June 12th, 20122012-06-11T22:22:18-04:00

As humans, we need context and narrative to discern the meanings of facial expressions, word usage and many other life situations. This is what makes us different from say, animals and machines.

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How Much More Can They Take?

By Melody Smith|June 12th, 20122012-06-11T22:20:48-04:00

DATAMARK has launched a national survey to gather a snapshot of the healthcare industry's preparation for reform in the shadow of the pending U.S. Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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Of Taxonomies, Biology, and Moneyball

By Melody Smith|June 11th, 20122012-06-10T22:27:23-04:00

Baseball and biology are not commonly found in the same conceptual space. Neither do you find taxonomy associated with baseball, but in recent news these connections were made. Grant Bisbee, editor of “Baseball Nation”, digresses into the arcane as he laments the coming of the “He’s In the Best Shape of His Life” season. This is the time of year baseball writers must assess the prospects for the coming season, and clichés and hyperbole reign. The dubious practice of evaluating the physical condition of players runs rampant as spring training begins. With tongue in cheek, Bisbee tries to shape a taxonomy to classify this spring ritual. His would be the taxonomy of the “In the Best-shape Stories”.

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Indefinite Postponement?

By Melody Smith|June 11th, 20122012-06-10T22:24:17-04:00

The American Medical Association has stated their preference of the ICD-10 implementation date being delayed to Oct. 1, 2015. This was in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services decision to postpone the original ICD-10 coding classification transition from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014. In fact, they also stated that if stakeholders cannot reach consensus on this matter during this two-year delay period, then the move to ICD-10 should be postponed indefinitely.

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More Findability Made Possible

By Melody Smith|June 8th, 20122012-06-07T22:38:36-04:00

Using EBSCO Discovery Service from EBSCO Publishing, the Freedonia Group’s Focus Reports Collection providing, US, World and International, country specific market research will now be searchable.

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June 2012

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