There is a growing demand to extract structured, "actionable" information from unstructured (dictated) medical documents. Clinical Language Understanding (CLU) technology allows a computer to read and understand electronic free text and extract data for use in countless applications across the healthcare spectrum. To understand and learn more about CLU technology, HIT Consultant spoke with Carina Edwards, VP, Solutions Marketing at Nuance Healthcare for a deep dive into:
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Video:3M Discusses Partnership with Nuance Healthcare Solutions
Video interview with Richard Woliniewicz, Ph.D, Director NLP Advanced Technology at 3M HIS speaking during HIMSS12 about 3M's strategic partnership with Nuance Healthcare solutions
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Infographic:Healthcare’s Data Conundrum
Infographic explores how healthcare's data conundrum can be used to make the capture, understanding, & utilization of data possible to improve patient care
With the electronic health record adoption rates rising and the push for a personalized and interactive approach to medicine becomes more prevalent, there is an opportunity for our healthcare system to transform from an inefficient machine into a well-oiled producer of actionable, meaningful information. And this opportunity begins at
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Interview Podcast: ICD-10 Best Practices with Connie Tohara Vol. 2
October 1, 2013 is less than 2 years away leaving healthcare providers faced with the daunting task of making the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. Many organizations have already started to prepare for the implementation while the majority have not begun any preparations until the deadlines looms closer. HIT Consultant recently spoke with Connie Tohara, Director of Health Information at University of Utah Hospital and Karen Ferrell, Director, Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD)
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Interview Podcast: ICD-10 Best Practices with Connie Tohara Vol. 1
October 1, 2013 is less than 2 years away leaving healthcare providers faced with the daunting task of making the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. Many organizations have already started to prepare for the implementation while the majority have not begun any preparations until the deadlines looms closer. HIT Consultant recently spoke with Connie Tohara, Director of Health Information at University of Utah Hospital and Karen Ferrell, Director, Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD)
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Video: The Biggest Challenges HIM Depts Are Facing
While at AHIMA 2011, Connie Tohara, Director of HIM at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, sat down with Nuance Healthcare to discuss some of the biggest challenges the HIM departments are facing today.
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