Preparing for…What?

The Department of Health and Human Services closed the comment period on the proposed rule to delay ICD-10 May 17. Now they are reviewing those comments and deciding how to proceed. Providers are waiting and feeling the uncertainty about when ICD-10 will happen and whether they should continue moving forward with their preparations.

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Merger Has Potential To Change Search

Yippy, Inc. has entered into an agreement to merge with MuseGlobal, a leading provider of content integration and data virtualization services. This combination of search and content integration professionals has the potential of providing a range of resources, few others, including big players like Google or Microsoft, possess. The combined companies will create an information cloud that could represent a significant shift in the business of enterprise search.

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Upstream Commerce Releases New Tool

Upstream Commerce’s latest tool in its Retail Intelligence Suite is Assortment Intelligence, which allows retailers to track assortment changes at competitors’ websites in real-time, and adjust their own product-mix accordingly.

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Semantic Technology for Russia

Last month, Russia held a conference where they brought together some of the foremost Russian and international leaders on artificial intelligence and natural language processing. This first time ever and well attended event featured over 20 presentations.

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More Opinions on the Delay

It seems like every day there is another organization, provider or interested party sharing their opinion on the ICD-10 delay. Today, it is the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) offering slightly differing opinions on the ICD-10 implementation process.

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Thoughts on the Mobile Transition

Recently, Jenn Webb interviewed Josh Marinacci, an expert on user interfaces and on Java development. The interview, “Josh Marinacci: 90% will rely on mobile, but 10% will still need desktops”, focused on the nature of the transition from reliance on full-size desktop and laptop devices to use of smaller devices for some of the same purposes.

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Digital Library Looking Forward

The Dspace digital library in St. Albert’s College is one of the only five digital libraries opened in colleges utilizing local area development funds. Dspace is an open source digital repository solution for capturing, storing, indexing, preserving and redistributing intellectual output for the use of students.

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