by W H Inmon, Forest Rim Technology So what are some of the ways that text is different than structured data? This question is sort of like asking – why don’t you use snakes to pull a carriage? It is almost a non sequitur. Here are MANY, MANY fundamental differences...
by W H Inmon, Forest Rim Technology The basic medical record is written by healthcare providers for healthcare providers and their patients. The primary purpose of the medical record is to document and communicate important information with regard to the care and...
by W H Inmon, Forest Rim Technology Warning: This article contains unconventional views that may be considered seditious in certain circles. If you have a very structured, conventional way of thinking about things, please stop reading now to avoid being offended. You...
by W H Inmon, Forest Rim Technology With the rising costs of medicine and the advent of an aging population, there has never been a better time for accurate and thorough medical research. For years doctors and hospitals have treated patients and kept records as to the...
by W H Inmon, Forest Rim Technology In the beginning, relational data bases attempted to address the challenges of textual data with “blobs”. Then there was the technique known as “tagging”. After tagging came NLP – Natural Language Processing. With each new approach...
by W H Inmon, Forest Rim Technology Consider what happens to a corporation when it receives a legal complaint – a lawsuit. The corporation goes into a high priority search for information. Who is making the suit? What legitimacy is there to the lawsuit? What money...
