Taxodiary – Autoindexing

Free Trial Offer for Find-A-Code

By Melody Smith|January 20th, 2014|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Free Trial Offer for Find-A-Code

Find-A-Code is offering a free 7-day trail of its newest coding tool called Code-A-Note. Code-A-Note utilizes concept extractor software that analyzes the volumes of information contained in an electronic medical record's (EMR) text fields and provides the professional coder with highly relevant ICD-9, CPT, and HCPCS coding suggestions. Find-A-Code's digital coding libraries then apply additional filters and data resources to the selected codes including a claim scrubbing feature. With the pending implementation of ICD-10 in October of 2014, Code-A-Note will offer its users unique documentation training opportunities as well as a coding tool. Code-A-Note was designed to decrease the amount of time that medical coders spend reading a patient's encounter note. The software analyzes the note in its entirety to produce relevant codes.

Machine Assisted Indexing Trumps

By Melody Smith|January 16th, 2014|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Machine Assisted Indexing Trumps

The ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization has created a health IT hazard reporting system to make it easier to see trends. The Health IT Hazard Manager was funded by Abt Associates with the ECRI Institute and Geisinger Health System’s Patient Safety Institute. The project incorporates Agency for Healthcare Research Quality (AHRQ) common formats and a tested, standardized taxonomy to index the content of a central repository of data.

Machine Assisted Indexing Changes Landscape

By Melody Smith|November 14th, 2013|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Machine Assisted Indexing Changes Landscape

Medical coding is changing. Coders who have been in the “biz” for years have faced a decision: either retire or learn the new coding classification system. The latter is a daunting task for most. However economy, job security, etc. make for strong motivators to learn a new system. Unfortunately, physicians have no such motive – or so they

Machine Assisted Indexing Maximizes Potential

By Melody Smith|October 24th, 2013|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Machine Assisted Indexing Maximizes Potential

Healthcare professionals are working hard to prepare for the transition to the ICD-10 coding classification system. The deadline of October 2014 is coming faster and faster. Industry professionals have advice on how to make the next year and half as productive as possible. Becker’s ASC Review brought this topic to our attention in their article, “7 Ways to Make the ICD-10 Switch Less Painful.”

Options for Handling Health Records

By Melody Smith|October 1st, 2013|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Options for Handling Health Records

BetterChart has announced that the unveiling of their new BetterChart 2.0 will take place during the hosting of a webinar scheduled for Thursday, October 3 at 10:30 a.m. CST. Attendees to the one-hour webinar will hear how Washington University School of Medicine uses the new and improved BetterChart on a daily basis to decrease time spent loading documents into their electronic health records (EHRs) and keep the document management costs at a reasonable place.

Choose a Vendor with Experience

By Melody Smith|September 18th, 2013|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Choose a Vendor with Experience

UnitedHealth Group has recalled software used in hospital emergency departments in more than 20 states because of an error that caused doctor’s notes about patient prescriptions to drop out of their files.

Access Innovations Improves Indexing Accuracy of the CDC’s Mining Safety and Health Thesaurus

By admin|September 16th, 2013|Access Insights, Autoindexing, Featured, semantic|Comments Off on Access Innovations Improves Indexing Accuracy of the CDC’s Mining Safety and Health Thesaurus

Access Innovations, Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of an automatic semantic tagging rulebase for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Mining Safety and Health Thesaurus (MSHT). The new, state-of-the-art system increases indexing accuracy to 93 percent and provides greater access to the mining safety and health database, thereby aiding researchers and statisticians in improving safety for the mining industry.

Health Technology Continues Progress

By Melody Smith|September 12th, 2013|Autoindexing, indexing, News, Technology|Comments Off on Health Technology Continues Progress

EDCO Group has been awarded a patent for its medical record scanning and indexing technology, called Solarity. This technology enables the classification and separation of documents based on content. These automated steps in the scanning and indexing process minimize human intervention, which results in reduced cost and expedited processes.

We’re Going, Are You?

By Melody Smith|September 10th, 2013|Access Insights, Autoindexing, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on We’re Going, Are You?

The annual Frankfurt Book Fair will take place October 9-13, 2013 and is considered the most important marketplace for books, media, rights and licenses worldwide. The trends in publishing change faster than it is sometimes possible to keep up. The Frankfurt Book Fair brings all the new technology and innovations together in one location.

Access Integrity Announces Debut of ICD Tagger Technology

By Melody Smith|September 4th, 2013|Access Insights, Autoindexing, indexing, News, semantic|Comments Off on Access Integrity Announces Debut of ICD Tagger Technology

Medical billing and coding just got a whole lot easier and more efficient with the release of ICD Tagger by Albuquerque-based Access Integrity.