ICD-10 Deadline May Change
Health and Human Services plans to initiate a process to postpone the deadline date for the ICD-10 coding classification transition. This could have huge impacts on both the providers as well as technology companies.
March 2012
Social Insight
By Melody Smith|March 5th, 20122012-03-05T01:58:40-05:00
LocalResponse is now offering an analytics and action platform for marketers. This new adventure will help marketers take advantage of consumer intent by mining mentions and location-enabled check-ins on various social media sites.
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Social Media for Your Health
By Melody Smith|March 2nd, 20122012-03-01T21:01:33-05:00
EmpowHER was recognized by OnMedia in the “20 to Watch” list. This social health company for women was lauded for their innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.
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Data Without Boundaries Project Launches
By Melody Smith|March 2nd, 20122012-03-01T21:04:07-05:00
Metadata Technology is partnering with the Data Without Boundaries project where they will help design and implement a portal for the search and discovery of datasets held within national archives, statistical offices, and research centers across Europe.
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Pilot Program Offered for Semantic Project
By Melody Smith|March 2nd, 20122012-03-01T21:06:18-05:00
Kyield has announced a new pilot program for its patented semantic enterprise platform. This particular artificial intelligence system provides a holistic architecture that extends advanced business intelligence and predictive analytics to all information workers in the organization.
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Publishers Face Another Hurdle in the Digital World
By Melody Smith|March 1st, 20122012-02-29T23:21:40-05:00
The publishing industry is undergoing many changes as they enter the world of digital media. eBooks, online material and the paperless world has made a huge dent in their process and pocket books. With these changes, it has never been more important for good public relations and easily accessed reviews of their products, i.e. books, to be part of that digital media. So the move by Goodreads to no longer use Amazon’s book information for their readers, could have some massive impact on Amazon’s retail business.
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Finding Data Faster and Easier
By Melody Smith|March 1st, 20122012-02-29T23:20:28-05:00
KnowledgeTree has unveiled new tools for their Personal Cloud Edition of SaaS document management and workflow offering. These tools are designed to make business documents easier to find and share.
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February 2012
Smarter Assistants Are Possible
By Melody Smith|February 29th, 20122012-02-28T22:42:05-05:00
Siri, IBM’s Watson and other such services are good examples of how smart personal assistants are increasingly listening and understanding what is being said. Computers are increasingly using natural language processing, semantic analysis, and machine learning, combined with data to understand humans, conjure up answers and recommendations or direct people to services and information.
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Social Collaboration for Non-Profits
By Melody Smith|February 29th, 20122012-02-28T22:40:44-05:00
Several Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) opportunities are working to bring social collaboration to non and for-profit organizations. One example is Socialtext, who has recently launched a strategic partnership with NetDocuments. ClimateWorks Foundation uses the Socialtext application to enable its global network of non-profits to collaborate and share best practices. This social knowledge exchange is a different approach for the non-profit sector.
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Doctor Who?
By Melody Smith|February 28th, 20122012-02-27T22:26:21-05:00
Healthcare systems are or should be, frantically preparing for the ICD-10 transition. But what about the physicians? Is someone paying enough attention in their preparation? They will be responsible for the clinical documentation required when the number of diagnosis codes jumps from 14,000 to 68,000 next year.
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