By Melody Smith|November 23rd, 20112011-11-22T21:27:07-05:00
Metadata is the data that describes data and this metadata map is called Seeing Standards: A Visualisation of the Metadata Universe. It demonstrates the large variety of standards, the communities they serve, their purpose, function and domain.
By Melody Smith|November 22nd, 20112011-11-22T12:55:47-05:00
Yesterday, I addressed a blog post, or repost by Jeff Carr, on the Early Site regarding myths about taxonomies and SharePoint and I shared my thoughts on Myth #1. Today, let’s talk about Myth #2 - Taxonomy is best left to the Projects Technical resources.
By Melody Smith|November 22nd, 20112011-11-21T16:24:00-05:00
Healthcare organizations continue to seek out ways to be more financially independent and address challenges brought on by healthcare reform, coding classification changes and the economy. Many facilities are seeing a merge or partnership as the resolution.
By Melody Smith|November 22nd, 20112011-11-21T16:15:01-05:00
Nexidia announced a new software development environment, Nexidia Search GRID, that can provide a streamlined architecture for developers to integrate Nexidia technology using the latest web-services interfaces. A significant breakthrough in its core phonetic indexing and search technology will provide improved functionality for all Nexidia customers and development partners.
By Melody Smith|November 21st, 20112011-11-22T13:03:19-05:00
A couple of weeks ago there was a blog post, or repost by Jeff Carr, on the Early Site. I enjoyed reading it, and of course I have a few thoughts and places where I do not exactly agree. Let me take them on this week. There are 5 Myths. I will write about each of them separately. Myth #1: SharePoint now has taxonomy management.
By Melody Smith|November 21st, 20112011-11-20T22:19:22-05:00
Provider of home health care coding and auditing services, Daymarck, has reacted to a statement released by the American Medical Association (AMA) where they came out against the ICD-10 conversion.
By Melody Smith|November 21st, 20112011-11-20T22:21:26-05:00
New science publications are appearing almost as fast as the digital data that is being created. MEDLINE – the US National Library of Medicine’s biomedical bibliographic database – now lists over 19 million records and adds up to 4,000 new records daily. With that kind of number, it quickly becomes unmanageable for scientists.
By Melody Smith|November 18th, 20112011-11-17T17:49:02-05:00
Elsevier has released new features for its online research tool BrainNavigator. In this new version, BrainNavigator 3.2, Elsevier added new content and functionality to give researchers additional tools to accelerate their research.
By Melody Smith|November 18th, 20112011-11-17T17:50:51-05:00
Centralized indexes for discovery services seems to be the new fad. Beginning with Summon from Serials Solutions and followed by EBSCO Discovery Service, Primo Central from Ex Libris and OCLC’s WorldCat Local, these services depend on massive indexes populated with content representing each component of a library’s collection.
By Melody Smith|November 17th, 20112011-11-16T17:38:28-05:00
IOD Incorporated has launched the IOD Learning Institute (ILI), an education platform that includes online learning, classroom led education and personalized one-on-one learning. This comes about in preparation for the ICD-10 transition.
