Adding an English-language version of Juntos Lanzamos is a significant step forward. It recognizes the evolving demographics of the Little Village community, where English is the dominant language for many aspiring Latino entrepreneurs.
“Our goal has always been to serve our community in the best possible way,” states Kim Close, executive director at the Foundation. “We’re excited to provide this English-language option to cater to a wider range of individuals who may not be fully bilingual in Spanish but have a strong desire to embark on an entrepreneurial journey while at the same time embrace their cultural roots.”
The virtual program is set to launch October 16, 2023. Enrollment is available to participants at no cost. To learn more about the English-language Juntos Lanzamos program and how it can help you launch your small business successfully, visit https://flvchicago.org.
About Foundation of Little Village The Foundation of Little Village was founded in August 2018 with a mission to create a socioeconomic impact system for entrepreneurs of color. In this time, the Foundation of Little Village has supported more than 250 local small businesses with culturally relevant educational programming, professional services, workforce training, access to capital, and technical assistance to bridge the digital divide between youth and local businesses. In pursuit of these goals, the Foundation equips local entrepreneurs with access to bilingual, professional programming designed to support and encourage economic growth, educational opportunities, and vibrant wealth creation to more effectively propel the Little Village community forward.
SBTi is a collaboration among the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), World Resources Institute (WRI), the CDP, a nonprofit helping entities disclosing environmental impact, the World Wide Fund for Nature, (WWF) and one of the We Mean Business Coalition commitments. SBTi defines and promotes best practice in science-based target setting, offers resources and guidance to reduce barriers to adoption, and independently assesses and approves companies’ targets.
“As a company that has long been committed to a healthier planet, we take our role as a leader in reducing emissions in the supply chain as profoundly important for our economic and environmental well-being,” added Hannah Kain, President and CEO of ALOM. “Given that close to 90% of GHG emissions result from supply chains serving companies that produce and ship physical goods, we believe our industry has an opportunity – and a responsibility – to act decisively with SBTi targets in mind.”
In line with SBTi criteria to limit the global temperature rise, ALOM is prioritizing direct emissions reductions and neutralizing all residual emissions. This verification is one of ALOM’s science-based milestones of rigorous certifications, best-in-class partnerships, and innovative programs to monitor and report GHG reduction.
For example, ALOM’s ISO 14064-1 certification ensures transparency in tracking and reporting all direct and indirect scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions. As a Green Power Partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ALOM must verify its ongoing use and GHG reduction impact of clean energy use.
Further initiatives enacted by ALOM to achieve its SBTi verified GHG reduction targets include:
Nearsource its supply base to reduce freight transport distance
Execute meaningful sustainable procurement and packaging strategies
Support aggressive recycling and reuse programs
Implement energy-saving technology
ALOM works collaboratively with customers and suppliers to extend the scale of its GHG emission reduction initiatives. The company can provide GHG data specific to the delivery of customer programs to quantify its contribution to achieving customers’ own GHG reduction goals. Across its supply base, ALOM partners with suppliers that support its environmental values and have enacted greenhouse gas reduction and measurement initiatives – or are in the process of doing so.
SBTi target verification is an important milestone for ALOM in meeting its GHG emission reduction goals. Read about the company’s ESG commitment and download its 2023 ESG report: https://alom.com/esg-centric-values/
About ALOM ALOM is a global supply chain management services and solutions provider, serving as a strategic partner to its Fortune 500 clients in the technology, automotive, life sciences, and highly regulated industry sectors. Headquartered in Fremont, CA, USA, its teams of technology engineers and supply chain specialists operate globally from 19 locations.
Committed to environmental and social responsibility, ALOM manages the physical supply chain from procurement, inventory management, contract assembly, digital media and print, to omni-channel fulfillment and returns. ALOM seamlessly integrates digital and financial streams into the physical supply chain, deploying e-commerce and payment solutions, visibility tools, digital delivery tools, data management, and strong back-end systems, all while producing and fulfilling goods worldwide.
ALOM is proud to deliver its clients’ products and services impeccably, enrich the end-user experience, and uphold their brand reputations. https://alom.com/
School representatives to be recognized in Washington, D.C. for extraordinary contributions to student, staff, and family health
NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Today, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, the nation’s preeminent children’s health organization, announced details for the upcoming annual America’s Healthiest Schools Leaders Summit (Leaders Summit) to be held on October 13-14 in Washington, D.C. The event will begin with a land acknowledgement led by Kelley Klor, a citizen of Cherokee Nation who also works for the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums, as well as opening remarks from Dr. Chelsea Clinton and American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown on the critical role of educators and school staff as agents of change and impact in equitable whole child health. Programming will include fireside chats and community discussions on strategies to promote youth mental wellness and resiliency; building school-community collaborations for collective impact; and the intersectionality of technology, belonging, connection, and innovation.
In addition, as part of the program Healthier Generation will showcase the important role corporations play in improving the lives of our nation’s children by presenting the Healthier Generation Corporate Hero Award. At this year’s Leaders Summit, Kohl’s will be honored as the 2023 Healthier Generation Corporate Hero for its service and commitment to children’s health and specifically for its cornerstone collaboration with Healthier Generation, “Kohl’s Healthy at Home,” which has impacted eight million families since its inception in 2019.
The Leaders Summit will host hundreds of representatives from schools across the country who were instrumental in distinguishing their campus among the 2023 America’s Healthiest Schools, Healthier Generation’s annual recognition program that honors schools for adopting best practices to advance the physical, mental, and social-emotional health of their staff and students. School attendees represent the most-recognized awardees in four or more topic areas of the prestigious award program.
Participants in past Leaders Summits include President William J. Clinton, Senator Cory Booker, Kevin Concannon (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture), Charles Milam (U.S. Dept. of Defense), Michelle Kwan (U.S Ambassador to Belize) and Nike (previous Corporate Hero Awardee).
Sponsors for the 2023 America’s Healthiest Schools Leaders Summit include Harmony SEL at National University, Kaiser Permanente, and Kohl’s.
Media registration is now open. Register* at http://www.ahsleaderssummit.org with the promo code: LS23REG. *Select “Press” for registration type.
Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a leading children’s health organization that advances equitable whole child health. Driven by our passion to ensure that every mind, every body, and every young person is healthy and ready to succeed, our work has reached over 31 million young people and 54,000 schools across the country. To learn more and help make a difference, visit HealthierGeneration.org and join us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
ExpoDisc v3 Full Spectrum White Balance: Even Better White Balance in the Visible Spectrum and Beyond
The improved performance of the new materials even extends into the near infrared spectrum (700-2200nm), and now enables use of the ExpoDisc v3 for setting white balance when photographing with an IR camera.
New Bayonet Mount Allows for Quick Attachment and Removal from Lenses
The ExpoDisc v3 filter is sized for use with 82mm lenses, and it can be comfortably held over the front of 82mm or smaller lenses. For photographers who prefer to mount the ExpoDisc to their lens, the ExpoDisc v3 incorporates a new bayonet mount to quickly attach the ExpoDisc to their lens using the new 82mm or 77mm ExpoDisc v3 step rings. Standard third-party step rings (sold separately) can also be combined with the 82mm or 77mm ExpoDisc v3 step rings to attach the ExpoDisc to smaller lenses.
Thinner and Lighter
ExpoDisc v3 is thinner and lighter than previous ExpoDisc models at only 9mm thin and just 1 oz. This makes ExpoDisc v3 easier to hold over your lens when setting a white balance, and more comfortable to slip into your pocket when you’re not using it.
Still Assembled, Tested, and Certified in the USA for Accuracy
Every ExpoDisc v3 is assembled, tested and certified at ExpoImaging’s California facility on a transmission spectrophotometer to ensure its neutrality. This is important because a non-neutral white balance tool will introduce a color cast to images. ExpoDisc v3’s quality control process ensures that every ExpoDisc v3 meets strict standards for light transmission in order to deliver good color balance and accuracy.
Available Online and Through Specialty Photographic Resellers
ExpoDisc v3 Professional White Balance Filters are available through specialty photo dealers and online at www.expodisc.com. The retail price of the ExpoDisc v3 remains unchanged at $49.95. Multi lingual instructions for the ExpoDisc v3 are available for download and currently available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
“I’m grateful for the opportunity to partner with Mr. Sanan and Day Zero Water,” said Quench CEO Tony Ibarguen. “Thanks to his efforts and our donation of the Quench Q12 water filtration system, students and faculty at Monsignor Scanlan High School can enjoy clean, great-tasting water at no cost to them or their families.”
In recent years, COVID-19 restrictions forced the school to turn off most water fountains throughout the building. So, students became dependent on bottled water, which they could purchase from vending machines around the building or the cafeteria.
“Students were spending a decent amount of money daily on bottled water and sports drinks,” said Principal of Monsignor Scanlan High School Mr. Eric Mercado.
The donated unit, a Quench Q12, limits the need for students to purchase bottled water while at school. The Q12 can produce up to 100 gallons of filtered water a day and dispenses hot, cold, and ambient water. With a student body of about 500, it features an ideal capacity for Monsignor Scanlan High School.
“We have a Quench Q12 water treatment system at my high school in Scarsdale, which is exceptionally better than the other systems at my school – both the water quality and the water flow seem to be superior,” said Sanan. “Intuitively, I thought that a good reverse osmosis system like the one the Quench Q12 provides could be used to help schools locally to provide high-quality water and improve hydration to students.”
The Quench Q12 can filter out most known bacteria, viruses, and lead that is often found in buildings with old infrastructure, providing students and faculty peace of mind that they are reducing their exposure to these contaminants. After it filters out contaminants, the Q12’s filtration system adds back healthy minerals to help students hydrate faster and stay hydrated longer. The unit also has touchless dispensing to reduce cross-contamination and UV-C sanitization, which effectively inactivates microorganisms and can help lower the risk of illness.
Mr. Mercado shared that his school started in early September, and many in the building have already made good use of the new Quench system.
“As far as using the system, I can tell you right now that our faculty and staff are using it,” said Mercado. “During my morning announcements, I plug the Quench system and let students know they can fill up with their reusable bottles throughout the day.”
Beyond providing free access to fresh, clean water to students, the Q12 system will help reduce the school’s dependency on wasteful single-use plastic bottles, which cause significant greenhouse gas emissions and pollute the environment. One Quench filtration system can save 7,000 single-use plastic bottles from going into landfills. Plus, facilities with ~50 daily users that replace single-use plastic-bottle delivery services with a Quench bottleless water cooler can reduce carbon emissions by 95 percent.
About Day Zero Water
Day Zero Water is a student-led organization that helps raise clean water awareness and implements water filtration projects in schools locally in New York and in high-water stress areas worldwide. The organization raises awareness of clean water and water security, fundraises to implement water filtration projects in schools and high-water stress areas, conducts water quality testing, provides innovative solutions to Water-Energy nexus issues, reduces, reuse, and recycles water, including using smart devices and nature-based solutions, and pushes for sustainable use of natural resources.
About Quench
Quench USA, Inc. offers bottleless filtered drinking water solutions for healthy and environmentally conscious consumers outside the home, through direct sales and independent dealers across North America. Our bottle-free water coolers, ice machines, sparkling water dispensers and coffee brewers purify a user’s existing water supply to provide reliable and convenient filtered water across a broad mix of businesses, such as government, education, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and other industries, including more than half of the Fortune 500. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Quench has sales and service operations across North America to serve our 100,000+ customers, and a network of more than 300 independent dealers selling products under the brand names Pure Water Technology, Wellsys, and Waterlogic. Quench is a Culligan Company. For more information, please visit https://quenchwater.com.
About Culligan
Founded in 1936 by Emmett Culligan, Culligan International is a world leader in delivering water solutions that will improve the lives of its customers. The company offers some of the most technologically advanced, state-of-the-art water filtration and treatment products. Culligan’s products include water softeners, drinking water systems, whole-house systems and solutions. for businesses. Culligan’s network of franchise dealers is the largest in the world, with over 900 dealers in 90 countries. For more information visit: www.culligan.com.
Media Contact
Megan Backus, Quench USA, 1 6109302325, [email protected], Quench USA
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Although the scenarios for embedding labeling studies in the clinical development program may depend on prioritization, budgets and sheer practicalities, drug development usually benefits from setting up a well-balanced strategy early on during drug development.
Over the past three years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and/or European Medicines Agency (EMA) have issued either final guidance or updated guidelines for food effect, DDI, ADME, TQT and renal impairment studies. This webinar will summarize these key guidance documents and highlight recent changes drug developers need to know.
From the perspective of current regulatory guidance, this webinar will consider the setup and conduct of selected labeling studies, strategic aspects and best practices.
Join this webinar to gain insights into the latest guidelines from the FDA and EMA on drug labeling in clinical pharmacology.
Join experts from Celerion, Aernout van Haarst, PhD, Director of Scientific Affairs; and Sabina Paglialunga, PhD, Director of Scientific Affairs, for the live webinar on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at 11am EDT (4pm BST/UK).
Xtalks, powered by Honeycomb Worldwide Inc., is a leading provider of educational webinars to the global life science, food and medical device community. Every year, thousands of industry practitioners (from life science, food and medical device companies, private & academic research institutions, healthcare centers, etc.) turn to Xtalks for access to quality content. Xtalks helps Life Science professionals stay current with industry developments, trends and regulations. Xtalks webinars also provide perspectives on key issues from top industry thought leaders and service providers.
In this webinar, the featured speakers will discuss key patient-relevant features to be included in this approach. They will also review the ways to define patient experience expectations to help increase patient preferences, how to generate evidence to support usability and safe use claims in regulatory processes and how to determine relevant patient key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the solutions’ potential market fit.
Join Alira Health‘s patient engagement experts for a deep dive into patient centric co-design. Discover the key elements of a validated and measurable methodology that can help healthcare providers to solve patients’ unmet needs.
Join Raquel Navarro, Insights Manager, Roche Diabetes Care; Giulia Pierini, Associate Director, Consulting Patient Engagement, Alira Health; and Eduardo Perez-Guagnelli, Patient-Centric Co-Design Lead, Alira Health, for the live webinar on Monday, October 23, 2023, at 11am EDT (4pm BST/UK).
Xtalks, powered by Honeycomb Worldwide Inc., is a leading provider of educational webinars to the global life science, food and medical device community. Every year, thousands of industry practitioners (from life science, food and medical device companies, private & academic research institutions, healthcare centers, etc.) turn to Xtalks for access to quality content. Xtalks helps Life Science professionals stay current with industry developments, trends and regulations. Xtalks webinars also provide perspectives on key issues from top industry thought leaders and service providers.
The current generation of scientists entering the labs are accustomed to the daily use of digital connectivity tools, such as video calling and smartphones, and will expect the same kinds of tools will be at their disposal for lab inventory management decision-making. End users are expecting connectivity for the sole purpose of providing information or the ability to act. A connected lab where the scientist can source directly from their application of choice (i.e., ELN, LIMS) and get visibility into stock levels at any given moment is becoming more and more the reality. With the right materials and tools on hand when needed, Scientists can manage their research and development (R&D) workflows more efficiently and accurately. This will drive more efficient/effective processes in the lab and ultimately lead to productivity gains, moving science forward.
Register for this webinar to learn more about digital solutions that can help mitigate the challenges of modern-day lab inventory management to optimize and scale lab operations, allowing you to reclaim time for science.
Join Jim Rubbo, Director, Digital Services Portfolio, Avantor, for the live webinar on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at 10am EDT (4pm CEST/EU-Central).
Xtalks, powered by Honeycomb Worldwide Inc., is a leading provider of educational webinars to the global life science, food and medical device community. Every year, thousands of industry practitioners (from life science, food and medical device companies, private & academic research institutions, healthcare centers, etc.) turn to Xtalks for access to quality content. Xtalks helps Life Science professionals stay current with industry developments, trends and regulations. Xtalks webinars also provide perspectives on key issues from top industry thought leaders and service providers.
Announced spending in the third quarter decreased by approximately 49% from $380.6 million in Q2:23 to $194.7 million in Q3:23. The largest MOB deal by disclosed price was Sila Realty Trust’s acquisition of a 104,912-square-foot MOB in Burr Ridge, Illinois for $59.95 million.
In Q3:23, a few select states saw a significant concentration of M&A activity in the MOB sector, as per data collected by LevinPro HC. Among these states, Tennessee recorded the highest number of transactions with six deals, accounting for 13.6% of the total. Following close behind was Arizona with four deals and New York with three.
The busiest acquirer in the MOB market during Q3:23 was Montecito Medical Real Estate, with 10 deals, encompassing 162,780 square feet across the United States. Montecito Medical’s largest transaction of the quarter was the acquisition of a 21,000-square-foot MOB in Bartlett, Tennessee, for $48 million. The second busiest acquirer in the MOB sector was a joint venture between Sendero Capital and Angelo Gordon & Company, with three acquisitions. Additionally, Harrison Street and Four Corners Property Trust each announced two transactions during the quarter.
“Right now, there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the healthcare real estate and lending market in 2024,” continued Swett. “Much of its future performance will depend on the Federal Reserve and how it handles the eventual decline in interest rates.”
Check out our most recent whitepaper here, written by Healthcare Editor Dylan Sammut, to learn more about recent trends in the healthcare real estate and lending market.
All quarterly results are published in The Health Care M&A Report for all 13 sectors of health care, which is part of LevinPro HC. For information, or to order the reports, call 800-248-1668. Irving Levin Associates is celebrating more than 70 years of delivering exclusive M&A intelligence to its sophisticated audience of seniors housing and healthcare investors. The company was established in 1948 and has offices in New Canaan, Connecticut, and North Bethesda, Maryland. The company publishes research reports and newsletters and maintains databases on the healthcare and senior housing M&A markets.
Welcome Cards: Building trust with patients is critical for them to receive and act on important healthcare information. Engage IQ Welcome Cards™ deliver branded and engaging contact information via text messaging, so patients can easily store it on their mobile devices and trust subsequent messages from the provider.
“Welcome Cards are designed to reduce provider opt-out rates by building patient understanding and trust,” said RevSpring CEO Scott MacKenzie. “Subsequent messages delivered from the same number are now from a known contact, and clearly branded on receipt so every text message from the provider is more likely to be effective.”
Image View: RevSpring patient communications and statements use design theory and AI to ensure that critical information is read within the first 2 seconds of viewing, so patients are more likely to take the right action.
With Engage IQ Image View™, the same effective use of graphics is now available in email and text communications sent to patients. Image View embeds graphical images into texts and emails to convey important information to patients faster. Product images, provider branding, sponsored content, and even fully-composed letters and statements can be delivered within a text or email in a HIPPA compliant manner.
“90% of consumers say that images help them to better understand the content of a text message,” said Kristen Jacobsen, VP of omnichannel engagement and marketing at RevSpring. “We’re bringing the same proven communications strategies that agencies and leading brands use effectively in consumer communications, to healthcare.”
Message Board: RevSpring’s new digital Message Boards provide dynamic messaging for patients, both on their mobile device or in the facility. Engage IQ Message Boards™ inform patients of their place in line for services, integrated with RevSpring’s popular Arrived™ solution for patient check-in.
Insights and Optimizations: Initially announced at HIMSS, RevSpring’s Insights and Optimizations™ uses AI to discover engagement strategies that will improve patient response and outcomes. Using RevSpring’s OmniBrain™ patient journey analytics platform, Insights and Optimizations precisely identifies the key characteristics of top and bottom responders (i.e. patients who make a payment) through data patterning and AI, and will now recommend up to 10 areas of improvement for better engagement outcomes.
Engage IQ is built to ensure the best response and outcomes at each stage of the patient journey. It is also designed to make the overall experience remarkable, by building trust with patients through consistency and personalization.
“The enhancements to Engage IQ that we are announcing today are designed to minimize patient effort and inspire action for engagement applications such as form completion, payments, appointment setting, survey response and more,” added MacKenzie. “RevSpring strives to apply the most effective communications strategies to help providers and payers build stronger, more effortless, and ultimately more lasting relationships with their patients.”
RevSpring will be showcasing the Engage IQ™ patient experience at HLTH 2023, booth V-6518.
About RevSpring RevSpring leads the market in engagement and payment solutions that inspire patients to participate in and pay for their healthcare. The company has built the industry’s most comprehensive and impactful patient engagement suite, spanning the clinical, administrative and financial experience. RevSpring’s OmniChannel communications and payment solutions are backed by behavior analysis, propensity-to-pay scoring, contextual messaging, and user experience best practices. Using proprietary data analytics to tailor the engagement from preservice to post-service to payment, RevSpring improves the patient experience and outcomes for providers, members and patients. To learn more, visit revspringinc.com/healthcare. Follow us on LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter).
