New Alliance Continues Use of Semantic Technology in Healthcare

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Nuance Communications have announced a new collaboration. As makers of Dragon Medical Enterprise, Nuance’s new affiliation will offer several advantages, including more effective use of the EMR by physicians, cost savings, and the use of natural language processing will improve clinical decision-making.

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Green Semantics & Ethical Shopping

Technology continues to evolve and grow at a rampant pace. In the not so distant future, the technology will exist that allows us to scan our purchases with our smart phone and learn not only the nutritional information, but information on the “fairness” of the food. It is The Jetsons meet Michael Pollan.

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BioXm V4.0 Released

Biomax Informatics has released its enterprise platform, the BioXM™ Knowledge Management Environment that integrates information from different data sources to build semantic networks representing up-to-date knowledge. And as a bonus, they can be mined and analyzed.

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Times They Are A-Changin’

In some ways the genre of government in relation to information technology is the same as every other business field. In some ways, they couldn’t be more different. One technology reporter muses on this pseudo-dichotomy and what he has learned from his years entrenched in government information technology.

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Travel Site Using Semantic Technology

Elegchos has launched a sneak preview of their free of charge and commission free booking site and Hospitality Experience Benchmark: Bookingsquare.com. Guests can make reservations without having to pay commission for hotels, apartments, B&Bs, etc. In addition, they offer a Premium version with extra functions and services for a minimal cost.

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What Does the Future Hold for Google?

We have a common question in our home, “what did we do before Google?” “Googling” is the most popular way we currently search for information, whether it is for home or work. But what does the future hold? Nothing stays the same and the web continues to evolve and grow beyond anyone’s predictions. With social and semantic technology, indexing the web has become more challenging for search engines to index. So what information are you getting, and why? Trust me, no one is worried about this more than Google itself. The future of search is undefined.

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