Posts Tagged ‘Health’
Technology Saves Lives
Researchers at the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have found that existing algorithms and open source machine learning tools are as good as, or better than, human reviewers in detecting cancer cases using data from free-text pathology reports. DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their…
Read MoreSemantic Technology Used to See the Brain in a New Way
Digging into the human brain seems daunting and dangerous, but we know that, for all we already know about the human brain, there is likely even more to learn. For instance, what if a map of the brain could help us decode people’s inner thoughts? This very interesting information came to us from the Berkeley News in…
Read MoreIntegraCoder, Powered by Data Harmony, Now Fully Integrated in the athenahealth EHR
Access Innovations, under subsidiary Access Integrity, and Find-A-Code are pleased to announce that IntegraCoder, their combined medical record analysis system, is now fully integrated within athenahealth, one of the nation’s largest electronic health record (EHR) management companies. Providers using IntegraCoder in the athenahealth EHR system will now have access to the 3rd party medical coding…
Read MoreHealth Analytics Gain New Partner
IBM Watson Health has completed the acquisition of Truven Health Analytics. As the provider of cloud-based healthcare data, analytics and insights, Truven brings more than 8,500 clients to the Watson Health portfolio. In a recent announcement, “IBM Watson Health Closes Acquisition of Truven Health Analytics.” IBM and Truven data scientists will begin the process of using Watson Health’s…
Read MoreHolding Your Data Hostage
A series of ransomware attacks directed at hospitals in the United States is not only making many nervous but also highlighting the vulnerability of private health records. Hackers prey on healthcare facilities with the ability to pay and the need to protect their data. Enterprise Tech brought this news to our attention in their article, “Hospital…
Read MoreMajor Player in Health Data
The acquisition of Truven Health Analytics by IBM changes the playing field for cloud computing and data management in the health industry. This interesting turn of events came to our attention by Yahoo News in their post, “IBM buys Truven Health Analytics for $2.6 bn.” It is the fourth major purchase that IBM has made in less than a year…
Read MoreHilariously Weird ICD-10 Codes
ICD-10 codes are used for medical billing purposes all over the world. If you limp into a healthcare facility with a broken ankle, there’s a code for that. If you catch the flu, there’s a code for that, too. Most of these codes are pretty standard fare for the medical field, and cover a wide…
Read MoreFree Access to European Cancer Congress Webcasts
A new online platform that is run by Elsevier and hosted by the European Journal of Cancer (EJC) is designed to provide healthcare professionals free access to a selection of lectures from the European Cancer Congress (ECC2015), held in Vienna on September 25-29, 2015. Knowledge Speak brought this interesting news to us in their article, “Elsevier’s…
Read MoreAnalytics for Every Genre
Clinical Architecture has been selected by SPH Analytics (SPHA) for its next-generation healthcare analytics platform. EIN News brought this news to us in their article, “SPH Analytics Selects Clinical Architecture’s Semantic Normalization and Natural Language Processing Technologies to Provide Next Generation Solutions.” Clinical Architecture’s Symedical® platform addresses healthcare interoperability challenges specifically related to the management of…
Read MoreMedical Image Database Launched
Writers, researchers, publishers, bloggers and many other fields will find this new tool very useful. This interesting information came to us from InfoDocket in their article, “National Library of Medicine Launches MedPix, a Database of Free Medical Images.” The National Library of Medicine has launched MedPix, a free online medical image database originally developed by the Departments of…
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