The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has launched a new specialty in clinical informatics to educate physicians in managing health care data for better patient care. Clinical informatics combines the disciplines of information technology and computer...
Digital Tools and Data Management Solutions for Journalists
As news changes, newer digital tools are also evolving, helping to transform the media world and the ways in which journalists work. These tools allow reporters to access new data management platforms, browse data bases, test and learn the working of news apps,...
Protecting Your Small Business from Data Breaches
Businesses, regardless of size, have sensitive data and losing such information would affect customer relationships, and result in financial liabilities and legal penalties. Many small businesses are affected by data breaches. Customers are not always notified that...
What is Electronic Data Processing (EDP)?
Data is important for strategic decision making and in determining the way in which a business did business. Today, most organizations prefer electronic data processing (EDP) to gain advantages such as better control, better response, better customer service, and to...
Erratic Documentation – Some Red Flags to Avoid
The national statistics gathered on NHS care last year, have come up with mind-boggling news. According to the report there were 20,000 pregnant men in England. More alarmingly, over the same period, 17,000 men apparently required obstetric services, while a further...
How OCR Helped a Herbarium Disseminate Knowledge
Optical character recognition (OCR) is an often indispensable tool in data entry and transcription. This has been used by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) for expanding its digital archive. The digitization drive is being carried out with great enthusiasm....
How to Convert Paper Charts to EMR
The healthcare industry is continuing its transition from traditional paper documents to electronic medical records (EMR). During the transition stage, many healthcare practices are focusing on how the data should be captured, stored, and analyzed. To make a complete...
16th HR Shared Services & Outsourcing Summit 2014
The 16th HR Shared Services & Outsourcing Summit 2014 will be held at the Omni Orlando Resort, ChampionsGate, Florida during October 14th - 17th. This global meeting will bring together HR professionals in shared services and outsourcing, and invite a global...
Employee Data Breach in UPMC More Extensive than Predicted
Data breach is a serious issue affecting many businesses. Despite the security measures taken, data breach or identity theft happens, even for the personal data of employees. Data breaches not only cost a company's time and money, but also affect its public trust and...
Data Mining as a Tool for Fraud Detection
In today's world, business processes depend largely on technology. With increase in automation, corporate fraud is also on the rise. Unscrupulous individuals exploit weaknesses in security and controls to commit crimes that cost firms millions of dollars. Businesses...