TaxoDiary

ICD-10 and Its Impact on Patients

melody — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:04:36 +0000

With all the talk about the inconvenience and challenges of the ICD-10 coding transition, a common argument is that it will not benefit patient care. Considering that medical coding is not an actual treatment for patients, that is probably true. However, as it improves the system as a whole, wouldn’t patients benefit somehow, even if it is remotely?

Government Health IT brought this topic to our attention in their article, “ICD-10 Benefits: A specific example of improving patient care.” The new ICD-10 coding classification system will have five times the number of codes as ICD-9 to use for billing reimbursement. Access Innovations’ M.A.I. machine-assisted indexing system and specialists in complex coding, tagging, and indexing can minimize the risk of coding errors with proper training and quality assurance. Many widely used tagging systems lack the user-friendly interface and may not implement a rigorous ANSI-compliant coding subsystem. Access Innovations’ solutions are ANSI-compliant and implement state-of-the-art technology to speed tagging and reduce errors. A reduction in errors is a benefit to all.

Melody K. Smith

Sponsored by Access Innovations, the world leader in taxonomies, metadata, and semantic enrichment to make your content findable.

Answers Before the Questions

melody — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:02:04 +0000

A new, but different Q&A site where topics follow you, rather than you following them, is the vision of Beepl. Recently launched and using semantic technology, Beepl analyzes users’ connected LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook accounts to determine what they’re interested in. Then it presents them with questions that fit those interests.

Mashable brought this to our attention in their article, “Beepl Adds a Personalized Twist to Q&A.” This is a novel and interesting approach to reducing typical Google searches. I, for one, would appreciate the convenience, because the answer to most questions at home and sometimes at work is, “I don’t know, Google it.”

Melody K. Smith

Sponsored by Data Harmony, a unit of Access Innovations, the world leader in indexing and making content findable.

Political Semantic Analysis

melody — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:01:53 +0000

SocialMatica is using their social media analytics and their new dashboard displays to feature the volume of conversations about each presidential candidate. The software processes data from various web channels and social media sources. The semantic data intelligence engine can analyze who is talking about the candidates, along with the influence those discussions have on their rankings.

This interesting information was found on The Sacramento Bee, courtesy of PR NewsWire in their article, “SocialMatica Dashboards Provide Sophisticated Insights into the Web Campaign Profiles of Each GOP Candidate.” This use of semantic technology is not only interesting to any political junkie, but valuable to those handling the campaigns.

Melody K. Smith

Sponsored by Access Innovations, the world leader in thesaurus, ontology, and taxonomy creation and metadata application.

Help is Available for ICD-10 Transition

melody — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:04:37 +0000

With the transition to the ICD-10 coding classification system expected to take effect in less than two years, providers are facing changes in virtually every corner of their organizations. Many IT professionals have stepped up to to help them prepare. McKesson recently announced an ICD-10 Transition Service that takes a three-step approach to help organizations move to the new coding system regardless of their information systems vendor. The service starts with a readiness assessment, to compare the provider’s current technology.

MarketWatch brought this new information to our attention in their article, “Innovative McKesson Service Prepares Hospitals for ICD-10.” Training is very important, especially with the impending ICD-10 transition. That is why Access Innovations, Inc. provides training to a client’s staff and then offers quality assurance and validation services that can:

Minimize the risk of a coding error
Identify inappropriate or inadvertently applied tags
Display a “map” of coding distributions to allow management to get a bird’s-eye view of the coding assignment flow.

Melody K. Smith

Sponsored by Access Innovations, the world leader in taxonomies, metadata, and semantic enrichment to make your content findable.

Great Britain Education System Looks to Beef Up Computer Science Curriculum

melody — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:02:00 +0000

Computer science is making its way into the education system in Great Britain. The Royal Society labeled current offerings as “highly unsatisfactory.” According to these professionals, the education system is suffering from a shortage of teachers able to teach beyond basic digital literacy. They also pointed fingers at the lack of demand from high level educational institutions.

We found this interesting information on ITPRO in their article, “Royal Society calls for computer science discipline in schools.” The Royal Society is a Fellowship of the world’s most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

Many IT professionals applaud this evaluation and subsequent recommendations, believing it will bring a real-world feel to the curriculum.

Melody K. Smith

Sponsored by Data Harmony, a unit of Access Innovations, the world leader in indexing and making content findable.

Managing Big Data Cost-Effectively

melody — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:01:21 +0000

New frameworks and the seemingly endless clouds have made it very easy to collect large amounts of data. It has become more affordable, and the data is multiplying faster than rabbits on fertility drugs. Eventually, though, big data is going to have to show some return on investment.

IT Business Edge brought this news to our attention in their article, “Making Big Data Really Accessible.” The IT professionals at Splunk, a provider of an open source tool for indexing and searching machine data, are keeping this in mind and believe a more cost-effective approach to making all the data more accessible to the entire enterprise is possible. Their newest product release, Splunk 4.3, is one attempt.

Melody K. Smith

Sponsored by Access Innovations, the world leader in thesaurus, ontology, and taxonomy creation and metadata application.

Semantic Technology Being Used to Provide Research Solutions

melody — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:04:08 +0000

Lexis Advance offers legal professionals research solutions using enriched content from SRA’s industry-leading NetOwl® text and entity analytics technology. This semantic search capability provides faster and more relevant research.

This interesting news was found on 4-traders.com in their article, “Recently launched Lexis Advance features next generation semantic.” Lexis Advance uses NetOwl’s entity and relationship extraction capabilities to semantically enrich the vast amount of text-based content. Combining the semantic information with their technology improves the accuracy of research results.

Using natural language processing, or semantic technology, continues to grow in popularity. However, it does require special knowledge of terminology and coding to reduce errors. Access Innovations, developer of the M.A.I. machine-assisted indexing system and specializing in complex coding, tagging, and indexing, provides a range of services that deliver tag integrity.

Melody K. Smith

Sponsored by Access Innovations, the world leader in thesaurus, ontology, and taxonomy creation and metadata application.

Making Data Access Fluid

melody — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:02:52 +0000

fluid Operations provides innovative cloud and data management solutions based on semantic technologies. Now they have released the Information WorkbenchTM 2.2.

Open PR brought this news to our attention in their article, “fluid Operations Releases Information Workbench 2.2.” The Information Workbench is a web-based platform for the development of Linked Data solutions in the enterprise. It provides access to multiple data sources simultaneously. Access to data sources is important for comprehensive search results and true findability.

Semantic technology provides another enhancement to search by using common terminology and natural language processing to make the query process much more user-friendly.

Melody K. Smith

Sponsored by Access Innovations, the world leader in taxonomies, metadata, and semantic enrichment to make your content findable.

University of Delaware Embracing Cloud-Based System

melody — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:01:25 +0000

University of Delaware just announced that they have selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as a Web-based cooperative library management system for metadata management, acquisitions, circulation, discovery, license management, and workflow improvements.

In their announcement, “A ‘first’ for UD Library,” they share how the new “cloud-based” system will increase effectiveness and better utilize the library’s vast resources. Taking routine library functions to the cloud can reduce duplication of loading records locally and eliminates the need for maintaining local systems.

The University of Delaware Library is the first academic research library and the first member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to implement the OCLC WorldShare Management Services. Their plan is to have the implementation completed by the summer of 2013.

Melody K. Smith

Sponsored by Data Harmony, a unit of Access Innovations, the world leader in indexing and making content findable.

New Partnership Enhances Coding Services and Ultimately Profitability

melody — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:04:42 +0000

Health Endeavors has entered into a strategic partnership with Aviacode, a medical coding and compliance service. Health Endeavors offers a web-based compliance and management software portal that provides coding and clinical documentation audits. The portal also answers coding questions and provides recommendations for reducing risk. This new partnership will add value by shortening the revenue cycle and increasing the efficiency for providers.

This interesting piece of news was found on MarketWatch in their article, “Health Endeavors and Aviacode Partnership Expands Compliance Solutions for Healthcare Organizations.” Medical coding requires specialized expertise and systems tailored to the regulatory requirements in which health care providers, hospitals, and doctors deliver their services. Training is very important, especially with the impending ICD-10 transition. That is why Access Innovations, Inc. provides training to a client’s staff and then offers quality assurance and validation services that can:

Minimize the risk of a coding error
Identify inappropriate or inadvertently applied tags
Display a “map” of coding distributions to allow management to get a bird’s-eye view of the coding assignment flow.

Melody K. Smith

Sponsored by Access Innovations, the world leader in taxonomies, metadata, and semantic enrichment to make your content findable.