February 2012

AMA Seeking to Stop ICD-10 Transition

By |February 16th, 2012

The American Medical Association is appealing to Speaker of the House John Boehner to halt the ICD-10 coding classification transition. Many are questioning whether this is a political decision and should be drug into the boxing ring of the government. With a compliance deadline of October 2013, it seems a little late to stop that particular train.

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Siri Has Competition

By |February 16th, 2012

The recently made popular personal assistant from iPhone, Siri, is quickly gaining competition in the mobile phone market. Meet Evi. Created by True Knowledge, Evi can also answer questions based on voice and in a conversational manner. However, one of the differences between Evi and Siri, is Evi is an application available on phones and Android software.

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ICD-10 Transition Raises Concern

By |February 15th, 2012

MedAptus’s Professional Intelligent Charge Capture solution was named the Mobile Data Systems Category Leader by KLAS. This twice awarded honor was based on positive customer feedback in areas such as product quality, implementation and support.

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Semantic Technology Used to Read Consumers’ Minds

By |February 15th, 2012

Twelvefold Media helps brands target, reach and persuade engaged audiences. Their Mindset Index is essentially a searchable database that contains about 1.5 billion pieces of publicly viewable internet content. Their platform looks at the page level in real time and taps into the mindset of their consumers.

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Leveraging Your Taxonomy – Part 2

By |February 13th, 2012

This series of blog posts is exploring how search works. We need to have a basic understanding of search fundamentals in order to know where taxonomies come in. Last week we started with the various modules of search. This week we are addressing the search software itself.

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ICD-10 Projects Need to Be Managed

By |February 13th, 2012

With the large ICD-10 implementation looming in the not so distant future, many think that providers need to put more of an emphasis on planning and organization when it comes to these types of projects.

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New Version of DocumentPower Enteprise Released

By |February 13th, 2012

McLeod Software has released a new version of their DocumentPower Enterprise business process management and automation solution. This new version includes an expanded set of bar code capabilities and enhancements that gives companies greater flexibility and accuracy in auto-indexing.

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