Search and Semantic – Google’s New Recipe
Google’s upcoming search makeover has many people worried. Even though semantic technology has been embedded in search for years, Google’s plan to include more of it has some worried.
Read MoreNextGate Meets Needs of Healthcare Patient Data
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has completed the transition to the NextGate Multi-Language EMPI. This was their choice solution for Patient Centric View initiatives. The NextGate Multi-Language EMPI replaces their incumbent solution.
Read MoreMaintaining a Thesaurus in an Excel Workbook
There’s been some discussion recently in the Taxonomy Community of Practice LinkedIn group about free or low cost thesaurus management software. I’ve noticed a dearth of postings about using Excel, a very popular tool, particularly if you already have a Microsoft Office license. Experts disparage Excel as a tool, but it can provide a way to start your thesaurus development. And, if you are mindful of organizing your Excel worksheet so that its data can be imported later into a dedicated tool, you can achieve some important objectives. Excel is indeed the most popular thesaurus management tool. (see Taxonomy & metadata strategies for effective content management workshop slides in which taxonomy expert Joe Busch reiterates this.)
Read MoreSemantic Technology Needs A Solid Taxonomy
The changes in retail traffic and popularity of things like GroupOn, Try It Local, etc. is motivating GeoCommerce to complete the process of consummating strategic relationships to ensure their footing in the future of consumer identification and authentication.
Read MoreHealthcare Costs Face Another Challenge
No one will argue that America’s out-of-control healthcare costs needs an anti-inflammatory. Many contend that consumer driven medicine is the wrong way to handle the problem.
Read MoreSemantic Technology To Achieve Findability
EffectiveSoft has released a new version of Intellexer Summarizer, the feature that recognizes names of people, places, etc. and relates between them. Semantic technology is available to everyone, so the solutions from EffectiveSoft company are no exception. However, their new version does offer a more precise summary of query. This allows the user to carry out scientific and analytical researches in an efficient and timely manner.
Read MoreGreat Gift for Historians
Historians and genealogists are celebrating across the country. Okay, that might be a bit of a stretch, but I feel certain they are eager to review the new release of the Great Depression era census data.
Read MoreGoogle Embracing Semantic Search
Word on the street is Google is set to enhance their search engine results to consider the meaning of a search query instead of picking solely at specific keywords.
Read MoreWhat To Do While Waiting?
Some healthcare organizations and physicians are worried about what the Dept. of Health and Human Services’ decision to delay the compliance deadline for ICD-10 diagnosis code sets that was scheduled for Oct. 1, 2013 means? But for some, it is an opportunity to focus on more pressing issues while working toward the eventual transition to ICD-10.
Read MoreBusiness Intelligence and Big Data
Big data is becoming a common term as organizations are wondering about business intelligence and how they could derive some from all the information at their disposal. The awareness of big data is good, however the time is coming and organizations will need the infrastructure to help them make sense of the data and secure it.
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