Identity Resolution Daily Links 2010-02-09
By the Infoglide Team
ovum: Informatica finally plugs MDM gap
“MDM now creates another competitive front for Informatica against rivals and complicates some partial relationships - notably Oracle, which includes Informatica’s identity resolution software as part of its Siebel Universal Customer Master (UCM) MDM engine, as well as some parts of its data quality software. Informatica also has OEM relationships with IBM and DataFlux for address cleansing that might need revisiting.”
ovum: IBM acquires Initiate Systems to strengthen healthcare solutions
“Being acquired by a large player such as IBM also raises the question of whether Initiate will be able to unfold its potential under the large IBM umbrella, or whether it will wither and sink into oblivion alongside the multitude of applications in IBM’s broad portfolio. This will be a test of how well IBM integrates small but high-performing companies.”
TMCnet Healthcare Technology: ECRI Guides Hospitals on Electronic Health Record Implementation
“Electronic health records, or ‘EHRs,’ are the future of medical record keeping. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or “ARRA,” includes incentive payments for hospitals that adopt an EHR, but the timetable for implementation is tight. To qualify for the full payment, hospitals will require proving ‘meaningful use’ by October 2012.”
2010 TDI Fraud Conference: Texas Workers’ Compensation Fraud
“Workers’ comp fraud indicators… Frequent additions and cancellations of coverage, especially if several business entities appear to be owned or controlled by the same person or group”
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