Posts Tagged ‘Indexing’
Delay or Not?
AHIMA is once again speaking against the ICD-10 deadline delay. The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) disagree. They called the one-year delay an appropriate “middle ground” for all stakeholders while urging HHS to remain committed to the new code sets.
Read MoreDiscovery for Data Junkies
Users are excited that the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset is now available via EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). EBSCO Discovery Service users are now able to search millions of Harvard Library catalog records in the Base Index of EBSCO Discovery Service. These additional resources from Harvard Library adds to the rapidly growing content available to EDS users.
Read MoreNew Proposed Deadline for ICD-10 Transition
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finally announced a proposed rule to postpone the compliance date for ICD-10 by one year to Oct. 1, 2014.
Read MoreMovie Indexing Application Released
A new application has been released that can serve as your own personal video librarian. Move Explorer by Anlarke scans the files and adds data from both IMDb and MOVIEmeter. With titles, descriptions, artwork, and even user ratings, this makes a very manageable library for the movie buff.
Read MoreCataloging with SharePoint
Concept Searching has released conceptClassifier for SharePoint for Perkins+Will, an integrated design firm. Providing a solution for their cataloging challenge, they provided a way to organize the information stored on its intranet. They previously had multiple taxonomies. In the end, they had a logical collection of managed metadata that allowed the information to be found in a comprehensive way.
Read MoreEverybody Procrastinates
In the spirit of all procrastinators, we can all relate to postponing undesired tasks. However, many are feeling that delaying the ICD-10 coding classification transition (which previously had an already pushed-back due date of October 2013) may be too much procrastination. With five times the number of diagnostic codes and the training involved for charting and coding, it is easy to understand why.
Read MoreHistorical Indexing
The Lake County recorder’s office contains vital information, primarily about deeds and mortgages dating back to the first land deal with the Potawatomi Indians in 1836. This wealth of information is intriguing to genealogy buffs and historians, but digging through 10-pound books is quickly going away. Lake County Recorder Michelle Fajman is determined to create a digitized backup file that anyone can access without trekking down to the Lake County Government Center.
Read MoreMusical Access
HP recently announced that fans now have never before access to Paul McCartney’s new portal destination, www.paulmccartney.com , which hosts the musician’s vast digital library of music, lyrics, photos, collections, merchandise, blogs and more.
Read MoreSearching History
History buffs will surely be happy about this latest news. A searchable, full historical archive of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (PTRS) is now available online at no charge. You too can view a PDF copy of Newton’s first letter to PTRS (on color theory), as well as Franklin’s description of the kite-in-lightening-storm experiment.
Read MoreNew Upgrade to be Standards Compliant
SequelMed, Inc. has released an upgrade to compliance with ANSI 5010 for its EMR, EHR and Practice Management software products. This update will enable users to send HIPAA 5010 compliant claims as per the requirements set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. MarketWatch brought this news to our attention in their article,…
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