The Grammar Slaughter
Texting may be faster, more efficient and pretty much gets the job done. But the slippery slope of bad grammar we have taken from emails to texting has taken away all quality of writing and content. Using the smallest number of letters to get your message across does not equal writing. I cringe every time I get the text that simply says “k”. Because apparently typing an “o” in front of it is just too much to ask.
Read MoreTEMIS Chosen by Gannett
TEMIS was chosen by Gannett for its semantic content enrichment solution better known as Luxid. Their semantic tagging and linking software as a tagging engine assists in the categorization of news articles and consistent indexing of content against a common taxonomy.
Read MoreNew Venture Uses Semantic Fusion
Digital Reasoning and Semantic Research have announced their integration solution with Semantic data fusion and analysis software. This solution represents the first time that unstructured text analytics at scale has been combined with visualization and analytical workflow tools. The result will deliver a unique solution for automatically understanding people, places, and hidden relationships in big data.
Read MoreElsevier Recommends Continuing the Process
Elsevier/MC Strategies has announced its continued commitment to the ICD-10 transition and the introduction of a major revision to its e-book, A Guide to Education and Training for ICD-10 Implementation. Makes one wonder if the revision is about what to do in case of a delay?
Read MoreIt’s All Semantic
Seamless integration of knowledge and data is a requirement for modern healthcare systems. Being able to respond quickly to a patient’s needs is priority. With various information systems being utilized to streamline and automate patient care processes, semantic technology is a need of its own.
Read MoreIndexing Patent Issued
Decernis receives new patent for an indexing system and method to identify and validate chemicals, foods, and commodities in documents and databases. This innovation enables a user to find any reference to a food, chemical, or contaminant in any language across the Internet.
Read MoreCan You Have Your Cake and Eat It Too?
There is little middle-ground when it comes to the ICD-10 implementation deadline delay. Debates on both sides believe passionately that there are merits of staying the course in preparation or using cash on hand for definite causes. Some believe you don’t have to choose. They believe that clinical documentation assessments and improvement efforts can benefit organizations now, despite of what the results of the delay will be.
Read MoreU.S. Navy Embraces Semantic Technology
The U.S. Navy believes the semantic Web will connect data in new ways and lay the foundation for further advances in their world. Their objective is to manage a global network that delivers instant integration of military data across a number of separate specializations such as geographic, intelligence, logistics and manpower, as well as provide information about red or blue forces. The semantic Web will be the engine needed to power the effort.
Read MoreSocial Media Becomes New Zealand
New Zealand’s government will be focusing on social media and on the government’s role for identity management and network security in the coming year.
Read MoreWhat Impact Will the ICD-10 Delay Have on Salaries?
Experts are predicting that hospital employees can expect to earn slightly more in 2012 due to the focus on ICD-10 coding classification transition.
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