Beat the Clock
Two years out from the deadline, less than 10 percent of healthcare providers are more than halfway ready for the ICD-10 implementation. The deadline for the conversion is Oct. 1, 2013.
October 2011
Access Innovations Receives U.S. Patent for Unique MAIChem™ Software Search Method
By Melody Smith|October 27th, 20112011-10-26T17:28:53-04:00
Software Provides Fast, In-Depth, Broad and Consistently Accurate Searches of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry Data Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in data integrity and content creation, has announced it has been awarded a U.S. Patent No. 8,046,212 for MAIChem™, a software-based method for searching chemical names in one or more text-containing documents that have been loaded into computer memory.
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New Partnership Focusing on Semantic Enrichment
By Melody Smith|October 27th, 20112012-01-03T21:41:38-05:00
HighWire Press has entered into a strategic partnershp with TEMIS. HighWire will integrate the full suite of Luxid® software within its ePublishing Platform to provide automated content annotation, enrichment and linking to its customers.
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Long Established Ancestry Site Opens Doors to Non-Members
By Melody Smith|October 27th, 20112011-10-26T21:56:17-04:00
The Church of the Latter-day Saints have long been the front runners in ancestry and family history. They were knee-deep in files before the […]
The Big C’s
By Melody Smith|October 26th, 20112011-10-25T22:35:12-04:00
Combing content, commerce and community can be a trifecta of problems. Making two of these work well together is a challenge, three is, well, hard. The problem is that content, commerce and community are generally managed in different systems.
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Using Technology for Food Sustainability
By Melody Smith|October 26th, 20112011-10-25T22:36:51-04:00
Food+Tech Connect is highlighting 5 innovative ways technology is being used to improve access to fresh, local food. Among the selection of online marketplaces and management tools are examples of how user centered design, visualizing impact, and crowdsourcing techniques are being successfully used to help small producers distribute and market their products.
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From the Office to Your Pocket?
By Melody Smith|October 26th, 20112012-01-03T22:10:33-05:00
Accusoft Pegasus releases Barcode Xpress Mobile for Android™. Barcode Xpress will provide patient record indexing in apps built for medical professionals, allowing instant accessibility to patient medical information.
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ICD-10 is Coming Our Way! Hooray! Hooray!
By Melody Smith|October 25th, 20112011-10-24T17:50:11-04:00
With all the talk of and worry about the impending shift to ICD-10 medical coding classifications in 2013, some people are looking for outlets in humor. This interesting and amusing topic was found on Government Health IT in their article, “What Dr. Seuss might have said about ICD-10.”
Compliance Challenges and Semantic Solutions
By Melody Smith|October 25th, 20112011-10-24T17:48:55-04:00
One of the common challenges for data and tool integration is how complex biological data can be due to its inter-connectivity. With no standards or processes widely adopted, this left little hope for improvement in the situation. However, recent attempts have focused on the use of semantics to assist integration, and Semantic Web technologies are being welcomed by this community.
Governance is Key
By Melody Smith|October 25th, 20112011-10-24T17:47:31-04:00
There are a lot of issues with implementing taxonomies – designing, building, and of course the technical swarm of terms. These challenges are typically what get all the attention and focus. What is quite often forgotten and of equal importance, if not more, is governance.
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