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Industry: Healthcare

Braid.Health Announces Appointment of Senior Vice President of Sales

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Connie Phelps

“Having spent the last 6 years in leading mobile health communications and mobile patient engagement companies, I hope to bring a well-rounded perspective to Braid.Health to help accelerate our impact on healthcare.”


SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB)

Braid.Health — a digital health innovation company that develops collaborative AI-powered diagnostics tools for radiology and the healthcare industry — today announced the appointment of Connie Phelps as Senior Vice President of Sales.

Phelps brings over 20 years of industry experience, working with health systems in sales and marketing leadership roles. Phelps was essential to the rapid expansion of GE’s Healthcare division worldwide, collaborating closely with global distribution channels in high-growth international markets. As a sales leader for their Cardiology IT business for North America, she developed deep domain expertise in Healthcare IT systems. Phelps also served in a sales leadership role at venture-backed Voalte (now part of Hillrom), where she built a multi-disciplinary sales team to deliver mobile communications and workflow to the healthcare enterprise.

Prior to joining Braid.Health, Phelps was VP of Provider Solutions at Wildflower Health, helping to build and commercialize a mobile patient engagement solution specifically for health systems. Under her leadership, Wildflower’s provider solutions business grew year-over-year and is now the leading revenue driver for the company across all market segments. Phelps will assume an advisory role with Wildflower Health moving forward.

“Having spent the last 6 years in leading mobile health communications and mobile patient engagement companies, I hope to bring a well-rounded perspective to Braid.Health to help accelerate our impact on healthcare,” said Phelps.

“Connie brings a wealth of experience and passion to our team,” said Alessandro Sabatelli, Braid.Health Founder and Chief Product Officer. “Her track record of strategic sales success positions her to accelerate our growth worldwide. Our unique solution delivers instant interpretation and diagnosis for patients globally via our groundbreaking imaging diagnosis and communication platform. She’ll play a pivotal role in our growth as we bring expanded capabilities to market to deliver on our goal of universal access to medical expertise.”

“I’m inspired by Braid’s vision of universal access to care and expertise,” said Phelps. “Our solutions are a clean break from legacy imaging and AI solutions with fragmented workflows, often constrained by cloud dependency and outdated architecture. With Kevin and Alessandro’s experience leading innovations at Apple and Twitter, we are in a unique position to transform healthcare delivery.”

About Braid.Health

Braid.Health is a digital health innovation company focused on the development and delivery of an AI powered diagnostic collaboration platform for radiology and the healthcare industry. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, the company was founded in 2018 by Kevin Quennesson and Alessandro Sabatelli, developers behind the Apple Watch, iPhone and Siri. The company is backed by Lux Capital and other prominent investors including former Twitter CEO and COO Dick Costolo and Adam Bain. News about Braid.Health can be found at http://www.braid.health.

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Business: Insurance

Car Insurance 2020 Tips – How To Lower Auto Insurance Cost

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“There are multiple ways for you to save money on car insurance. A competent, trusty insurance agent can help you find some of those money-saving ways”, said Russell Rabichev, Marketing Director of Internet Marketing Company.


LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)

Compare-autoinsurance.org has launched a new blog post that presents several tips for drivers that want to pay cheaper car insurance

For more info and free online car insurance quotes, visit https://compare-autoinsurance.org/tips-on-lowering-car-insurance-costs/

Car insurance is getting more expensive with each year that passes. In order to keep the car insurance costs under control, or even lower them, drivers can follow the next tips:


  • Adjust the deductibles. Drivers can lower their premiums by agreeing to pay more money out of their pockets if they have to make a claim. Policyholders should be careful to have sufficient money available when a claim is made.

  • Use ridesharing or public transportation, instead of using the personal vehicle. One important factor that insurance companies take into account when they determine an insurance premium is how much the car is driven. Drivers that have lower annual mileage, will pay less on their insurance policy.

  • Check when it is recommended to drop full coverage. Buying collision and comprehensive coverage for newer vehicles it’s recommended. However, when a car hits a certain age, keeping these two coverages might prove unnecessary. The value of a vehicle is constantly decreasing with each year that passes. Usually, when a car is 10 years or older, its market value has sufficiently decreased to make full coverage useless.

  • Combine multiple insurance policies. Drivers can qualify for significant discounts if they combine homeowner insurance with car insurance at the same insurance company.

  • Enroll to usage-based insurance programs. Drivers should consider allowing a small telematics device to be installed in their vehicles. If a driver has good driving habits, he will be rewarded with consistent discounts.

  • Keep or improve the credit score. In many states, insurance companies are allowed to take the driver’s credit score into consideration when they determine their insurance rates. Insurance companies claim they found a correlation between a driver’s credit score and his number of claims. Drivers that have good credit scores are considered to make a small number of claims, and so they are rewarded with lower premiums.

  • Ask for all the provided discounts. Policyholders should ask their insurance agents if they are eligible for additional discounts, like good driver discount, no-claim discount, loyalty discount, and many other types of discounts.

For additional info, money-saving tips and free car insurance quotes, visit https://compare-autoinsurance.org/

Compare-autoinsurance.org is an online provider of life, home, health, and auto insurance quotes. This website is unique because it does not simply stick to one kind of insurance provider, but brings the clients the best deals from many different online insurance carriers. In this way, clients have access to offers from multiple carriers all in one place: this website. On this site, customers have access to quotes for insurance plans from various agencies, such as local or nationwide agencies, brand names insurance companies, etc.

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Business: Executives

Constellation Real Estate Group Executives Named Among RISMedia’s 2020 Newsmakers; Futurists and Trailblazers

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With technology at the forefront of the broker, agent and consumer experiences, I’m proud to be in the trenches with the Constellation Real Estate Group – acquiring, developing, and delivering technology that empowers our users to grow their businesses and best serve their clients


BELLEVUE, Wash. (PRWEB)

The Constellation Real Estate Group (CREG), a portfolio of 15 market-leading technology companies in the real estate vertical, is proud to announce that CREG President Scott Smith and Vice President of Business Development Tom George have both been named among RISMedia’s 2020 Newsmakers, a group of dynamic individuals recognized for their contributions to the real estate industry. CREG is best known for its long-term investment strategy and commitment to being a stable technology provider in the fragmented real estate industry.

“Every day, real estate professionals make significant positive impacts on many, many people,” said John Featherston, CEO, president and publisher of RISMedia. “The world of organized real estate is constantly changing and adapting to meet the needs of consumers in every marketplace. The real estate leaders whose activities are making a positive difference in serving the needs of consumers and the communities they live in are celebrated in RISMedia’s Newsmakers, and RISMedia is proud to honor these leaders throughout the year.”

“With technology at the forefront of the broker, agent and consumer experiences, I’m proud to be in the trenches with the Constellation Real Estate Group, acquiring, developing and delivering technology that empowers our users to grow their businesses and best serve their clients,” said Smith. “It’s an honor to be named alongside other industry leaders whose contributions are positively impacting this industry.”

Scott Smith, recognized as a Futurist|Forward Thinker in the industry, serves as the President and General Manager of the Constellation Real Estate Group, overseeing and driving organic growth across a portfolio of 15 market-leading real estate technology brands. Smith also leads building out the CREG portfolio through ongoing acquisitions and integrations. Smith holds over 30 years of experience working in technology and has spent the last two decades within the real estate vertical.

Tom George, named a Trailblazer| Agent of Change, serves as the Vice President of Business Development for CREG, which operates as a part of the Perseus Operating Group and is a division of Constellation Software Inc. He has spent over 25 years acquiring and managing technology companies and the last 20 years in the real estate vertical. George is responsible for driving growth across the CREG portfolio through ongoing acquisitions, with a focus on innovation and long-term management.

“Being recognized in the company with many franchise, broker and MLS partners of brands within the Constellation Real Estate Group is truly an honor,” said George. “Congratulations to our fellow Newsmakers for their hard work and contributions to our industry.”

RISMedia selects its Newsmakers based on accomplishments including, but not limited to:

  • Advancing the real estate industry

  • Impacting change

  • Technology achievements

  • Thought leadership and influence

  • Creativity and innovation

RISMedia will celebrate and recognize the 2020 Real Estate Newsmakers at its Annual Newsmakers Reception & Dinner on May 13th, 2020 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

About Constellation Real Estate Group

The Constellation Real Estate Group acquires and invests in real estate software brands that are committed to providing long-term solutions and partnerships with franchises, brokers, agents, MLSs, and associations. CREG provides a suite of market-leading technology solutions designed specifically for the real estate industry through its portfolio of brands: Market Leader, Mortgage Builder, offrs.com, SmartZip, TorchX, Constellation Web Solutions, Sharper Agent, Zurple, Z57, Diverse Solutions, Birdview, ReloSpec, Real Estate Digital, Emphasys Software, and Baynet World. Over 500,000 real estate agents, teams, and brokerages across North America rely on CREG’s products and services to power, manage, and grow their businesses.

For more information, visit https://www.constellationreg.com

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Health

Datafy Announces Strategic Relationship With Rx.Health

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LIVINGSTON, N.J. (PRWEB)

Datafy LLC, creator of an automated SaaS workflow solution that collects and assesses healthcare data privacy criteria, announced an agreement with Rx.Health, an aggregator of health tech applications that integrates with major electronic health record (EHR) systems.

The strategic alignment enables faster onboarding and adoption of clinically-validated health technologies by automating the process of HIPAA compliance reviews.

“Many new medical treatments today incorporate a digital component involving patient data,” said David Barnett, CEO of Datafy. “This proliferation of digital health therapies has placed a tremendous administrative burden upon hospitals, health systems and their vendors to comply with regulations governing the secure handling of information. Our solution automates a tedious process and enables the vendors on Rx.Health’s platform to deliver viable, compliant health solutions more quickly.”

Rx.Health Vice President Gaurav Narang added, “We are very excited to feature Datafy’s automated compliance process as part of our platform’s added value. We validate hundreds of digital assets including apps, remote monitoring solutions, digital therapeutics (DTx) and other digital enablers before stitching them together in rules-based clinically curated digital navigation pathways (DNPs) for both fee-for-service and at-risk population in ACO and bundles. Our relationship with Datafy will reduce the time required for our vendors and clinicians to fulfill a compliance review and allow faster access to newer DNPs.”

As part of the working relationship, digital health vendors will participate in a HIPAA compliance review process led by Datafy, in addition to the clinical validation assessed by Rx.Health. Hospitals, health systems and clinical care providers will know if a vendor on the Rx.Health platform successfully meets minimum criteria for information security.

Originally developed and piloted at Mount Sinai Health System, the Rx.Health platform currently features more than 300 innovative digital therapies available to prescribing clinicians. It offers full integration with existing EHR systems to allow for the inclusion of various digital assets in conjunction with current treatments.

About Datafy:

Datafy streamlines the process of documenting patient data protections and healthcare information security compliance. As a subscription platform, it supports healthcare delivery systems and IT vendors with a simplified, cloud-based workflow that allows for the easy exchange of information and collaboration via a standardized security template. Learn more about Datafy at https://www.datafy.health or @datafy on Twitter

About Rx.Health:

Rx.Health is changing the way both patients and provider think about digital medicine. A spinoff from the Mount Sinai Health System, Rx.Health’s flagship product, RxUniverse, is the first enterprise-wide Digital Medicine delivery system that enables physicians to prescribe evidence-based mobile health applications, multimedia education, wearables, online scheduling, remote monitoring, telemedicine and digital therapeutics to patients at the point of care. More information on Rx.Health is available at http://Rx.Health

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Society: Christianity

Tori Kelly Joins Cory Asbury For Surprise New ‘Reckless Love’ Recording

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Tori Kelly (credit: Benjo Arwas)

It is such an honor to be able to join Cory on this new version of one of the most powerful worship songs of this generation. —Tori Kelly


REDDING, Calif. (PRWEB)

GRAMMY®-winning pop superstar Tori Kelly joins GRAMMY®-nominated Bethel Music singer/songwriter Cory Asbury for a brand-new recording of Asbury’s 2018 genre-defying megahit, “Reckless Love.” Now available on streaming platforms, the reimagined rendition coincides with the release of Asbury’s Charisma House devotional, “Reckless Love: A 40-Day Journey Into the Overwhelming, Never-Ending Love of God.”

The new track opens with a simple acoustic guitar, putting Kelly’s soulful vocal centerstage on the first verse. Produced by LaeL (Number One Gun, kalley), the rhythmic, organic track gradually builds through Asbury’s second verse, ultimately showcasing the duo’s rich harmonies over a climactic chorus.

“Tori and I have met a few times at different awards shows, and I also connected with her husband, André, a while back over social media,” Asbury explains of the new recording’s genesis. “He told me they loved my album and were really impacted by ‘Reckless Love.’ When we were brainstorming ways to reimagine the song, we decided to rerecord it with someone we really admire. I’m a massive fan of Tori’s talent and her name came up quickly. I reached out to André and he said she would love to do it, and she absolutely destroyed the vocal!”

“Getting to be a part of this beautiful song is so special for me. I have been a big fan of Cory’s music for a while and I have seen how his music has impacted people,” Kelly told Billboard.com. “I personally have had many experiences where I have cried tears of overwhelming joy while listening to ‘Reckless Love’ and it has filled my heart with a sense of gratitude. It is such an honor to be able to join Cory on this new version of one of the most powerful worship songs of this generation.”

The duet marks Asbury’s return to the spotlight following a year-long sabbatical. His original recording of “Reckless Love,” which serves as the title-track of Asbury’s 2018 Bethel Music solo debut, quickly became one of the biggest hits in Christian music history. Written by Asbury, along with Caleb Culver and Ran Jackson, the single spent a total of 18 weeks at #1 on Christian radio charts. “Reckless Love” was also nominated for a 2019 GRAMMY® Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song and took home Song of the Year and Worship Song of the Year trophies at the 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards in 2018. Embraced around the world, “Reckless Love” was recently named Billboard’s #4 Christian song of the decade and has garnered more than 144 million combined streams on Spotify and Apple Music.

“When I reflect on ‘Reckless Love’ in the context of my past year—being totally off the road and just focusing on being with my family—I hear God say, ‘You’re not behind,’” adds Asbury, who continues to serve as a worship pastor at Kalamazoo, Michigan’s Radiant Church. “Walking away from all the success the song brought might have looked like a stupid decision, but He tells us to evaluate our lives by His thoughts and His Word—that’s all that matters. For all of us, I hope hearing Him speak amidst the anxieties we face in our workplaces will correct a lot of the accusations we feel on a daily basis.”

About Bethel Music:

Bethel Music is an 11-time Dove Award-winning and GRAMMY®-nominated Christian worship ministry formed as an extension of Bethel Church in Redding, California. Beginning in 2001, Bethel Music has grown from a local church music ministry to a global outreach comprising a collective of songwriters, artists and musicians. In 2019, Billboard named Bethel Music among the top record labels in Christian music.

To date Bethel Music has released 14 corporate worship albums, seven of which reached Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart, each carrying a unique expression of worship to inspire and unite the global church. Along with the label’s 11 Dove awards, “This is Amazing Grace” was named ASCAP’s Christian Music Song of the Year in 2015, with Cory Asbury’s “Reckless Love” earning the same honor in 2019. “Reckless Love” was also nominated for a 2019 GRAMMY® Award and was Billboard’s fourth most popular Christian song of the decade.

In addition to touring and ministering globally, Bethel Music hosts the annual “Heaven Come Conference”; a one-week worship conference, WorshipU, held on the campus of Bethel Church; and songwriting retreats in a personal setting with experienced writers. WorshipU, Bethel Music’s online school of worship, offers ongoing teaching and training programs at worshipu.com.

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Technology: Computer

Paranoid Fan and College Football Playoff Team Up for 2020 CFP National Championship Game

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NEW ORLEANS (PRWEB)

Paranoid Fan and College Football Playoff are excited to announce its first interactive digital map in conjunction with the 2020 CFP National Championship. Paranoid Fan, a real-time mapping and in-seat delivery platform with deployments at over 160 venues across the country and around the world, will provide an interactive map for all fan and media events over national championship weekend leading up to and including the national championship game on Monday, January 13.

The map will be available through the official College Football Playoff app, as well as by the following URLs:

Attendees will be able to navigate the live experiences from the convenience of their phone, with a robust set of features including, detailed wayfinding, video and photos of sponsored activations, comprehensive concession menus and pricing, and real-time updates to parking lot statuses and entry gate wait times.

If you would like more information, please contact Paranoid Fan CEO Agustin Gonzalez at agustin@paranoidfan.com.

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Industry: Healthcare

Grove City Medical Center Enters New Era as Part of Allegheny Health Network

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“Our organization grows stronger today as we welcome these many exceptional caregivers at Grove City Medical Center into the AHN family,” said Cynthia Hundorfean, AHN President and CEO.


GROVE CITY, Pa. (PRWEB)

Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and Grove City Medical Center (GCMC) have finalized an affiliation agreement that officially brings GCMC into the family of hospitals affiliated with and operated by the Pittsburgh-based health system. The newly-branded AHN Grove City provides the network and its patients with a vital new access point for high-quality acute care services between Pittsburgh and Erie, with plans to further expand and enhance those services for residents of Mercer County and the surrounding region.

“Today we celebrate the beginning of an exciting new era of health care excellence in Mercer County as an affiliate of Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health,” said Timothy R. Bonner, chairman of GCMC’s Board of Directors. “As we expressed last summer when reaching our affiliation agreement with AHN, we could not have found a partner more closely aligned with and committed to the charitable mission, vision and values that have defined our hospital and its dedicated caregivers for more than four decades.”    

AHN plans to invest more than $40 million over the next decade to strengthen AHN Grove City’s clinical programs, technological capabilities and physical infrastructure. The network will add or enhance a host of clinical services at the hospital, including primary care, neurology, oncology, cardiology, behavioral health, orthopedics, pediatrics, and general surgery, while also expanding onsite telehealth capabilities to include tele-dermatology, tele-stroke and autoimmune consultations, among other specialties.

One of the first big investments being made at AHN Grove City is an upgrade of the hospital’s information technology infrastructure, including installation of the Epic electronic health record system at both the main campus and affiliated satellite facilities throughout the community. AHN is the largest health care network in western Pennsylvania with a singular integrated electronic health record across its many sites of care.

Through the affiliation, a new independent Grove City Health Care Foundation has also been established with an initial endowment of approximately $30 million that will be spent on local health and wellness initiatives.

“Rural hospitals are critically important to the health and well-being of the populations they serve, and there is no better example than the outstanding services provided to this community by the employees, volunteers and affiliated clinicians of AHN Grove City,” said Cynthia Hundorfean, President and CEO of Allegheny Health Network. “Our organization grows stronger today as we welcome these many exceptional caregivers into the AHN family, and we cannot wait to start working together to provide the residents of Grove City and the surrounding region with more of the high-quality, close-to-home health services they need and deserve.”

AHN Grove City is the network’s eighth acute care facility located in western Pennsylvania and ninth hospital overall. The network is also currently in the process of building five additional hospitals in the greater Pittsburgh area, including a 160-bed full service hospital in Wexford, PA and four smaller scale neighborhood hospitals in suburban communities north, south and east of the city.    

Together with Highmark Health, AHN has invested more than $1.5 billion over the past five years to improve access to the network’s services, including construction of the new hospitals, multiple community cancer centers and other outpatient facilities, and the expansion and enhancement of facilities and programs at its existing hospitals.

Residents of the Grove City region have received their medical care from AHN physicians for many years, both through affiliated services and practice locations in the community and transitions to Allegheny General Hospital for higher level care when needed.

About AHN Grove City

AHN Grove City is a 67-bed acute care hospital in Mercer County. The hospital, which employees approximately 400 health care professionals, also operates six outpatient clinics and lab sites throughout its service footprint, offering cancer care, cardiac care, lab services, home health, and imaging services. AHN Grove City opened in November 1981, created through the merger of Grove City Hospital and Bashline Memorial Hospital, both of which were founded in the early 1900s. For more information, visit http://www.gcmcpa.org.

About Allegheny Health Network

Allegheny Health Network (http://www.AHN.org), a Highmark Health company, is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving the greater Western Pennsylvania region. Among the network’s 250 clinical locations are nine hospitals — Allegheny General Hospital, its flagship academic medical center in Pittsburgh; Allegheny Valley Hospital in Natrona Heights, Pa.; Canonsburg Hospital in Canonsburg, Pa.; Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, Pa.; Grove City Hospital in Grove City, Pa, Jefferson Hospital in Jefferson Hills, Pa.; Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie, Pa.; West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh; and Westfield Memorial Hospital in Westfield, NY. AHN also is home to a comprehensive research institute; Health + Wellness Pavilions; home- and community-based health services; and a group purchasing organization. The network employs approximately 21,000 people and has more than 2,400 doctors on its medical staff. Established in 2013, AHN’s member hospitals share legacies of charitable care that date back more than 160 years.

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Business: Insurance

Mymee Relaunches Website to Support Patient-Centric Approach to Autoimmune Disease

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“Mymee is poised to capture the under-served autoimmune market with a new patient-centric digital experience. “


NEW YORK (PRWEB)

Mymee, a digital care program aimed at solving the nation’s autoimmune epidemic, announces the launch of a new brand and website. The new website features real client success stories, a simplified description of how the program works and a section focused on explaining it’s wellness and cost-reduction outcomes to self-insured employers and payers.

“There were two key drivers in reimagining the Mymee brand. For one, we needed to simplify the messaging for consumers and businesses, to really clarify how the program works and the benefits users can expect. We also needed to replatform onto a technology system that will support our aggressive demand generation and content creation strategies.” explained Robyn Bollhorst, VP of Marketing at Mymee.

Mymee currently offers it’s program directly to individuals as well as to large self-insured employers and healthcare plans. The new website features authentic client experiences and testimonials to communicate the universal benefits across all stakeholders. It also defines specific conversion paths for each audience member, generating a personalized experience for each. The new brand centers on a theme of empowerment as the typical path to diagnosing and treating autoimmune disorders, is often cold and disempowering.

The new digital experience is built using today’s top marketing automation technologies, which allow Mymee to develop a scalable foundation for conversion-focused content and advertising. “The vision for Mymee has always been to become an authority on autoimmunity, producing thought leadership that serves up the learnings we have developed over years of data analysis. Now, with the technology that supports the production, distribution and tracking of such material, we will be able to reach and help many more autoimmune patients.” said founder, Mette Dyhrberg.

About Mymee:

Mymee is a pioneering digital care program that empowers those who suffer from autoimmune disease to reclaim their health. We take a highly personalized approach that uses proven technology to monitor triggers and symptoms. Our program is supported by an elite set of coaches who help guide behaviors and empower patients to master their autoimmunity and reduce the exorbitant costs of care associated with these diseases.

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Health

New Life Hiking Spa Extends the 2020 Season and Offers a “New Year, New Life” Eight Night Wellness Retreat

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New Life Hiking Spa & Wellness Retreat

New Life Hiking Spa’s “New Year, New Life” Retreat is specially priced at $2,020 for a private room and all-inclusive programming.


KILLINGTON, Vt. (PRWEB)

By mid-January, many people’s New Year’s resolutions have fallen by the wayside. New Life Hiking Spa in Vermont is offering a “New Year, New Life” Eight Night Wellness Retreat for the 2020 season.

Open each year from the last spring through early fall, New Life has extended the 2020 dates to include an extra week in May and the first weekend of October. The new dates for New Life Hiking Spa & Wellness Retreat’s upcoming season will be May 14 – October 5, 2020.

The “New Year, New Life” Retreat is specially priced at $2,020 for a private room and all-inclusive programming. This rate includes:


  • A private room with a private bath for 8 consecutive nights

  • Three levels of guided hikes per day (to accommodate every guest’s fitness needs)

  • All fitness and wellness programming

  • Two massages

  • 24 meals (three nutritious, freshly prepared meals a day)

  • This rate also includes Vermont tax & amenity

New Life Hiking Spa offers vacation packages from 3-21 nights during the season. Information and reservations are available on New Life’s website. However, the “New Year, New Life” retreat is only available with a specialized link at http://www.vermont.bz/2020wellness.

About New Life Hiking Spa & Wellness Retreat:

Since 1978, New Life Hiking Spa has been providing affordable wellness and weight loss retreats in the Green Mountains of Vermont. As the name suggests, hiking is the pinnacle of the programming. Three levels of guided hikes are offered each day and the retreat is located where the Appalachian Trail and Long Trail intersect. Spa services, fresh meals, yoga, fitness classes and Vermont hotel accommodations round out this award-winning destination each spring – early fall season.

2020 marks the 43nd summer for New Life Hiking Spa hosting hiking and wellness retreats in Vermont. Over the years, New Life has received many awards and coverage not only for their affordability, but incredible programming. New Life Hiking Spa has been in Travel + Leisure as a #1 destination spa in 2016 and was named one of America’s “Four Great Weight Loss Spas” by Health Magazine.

New Life Hiking Spa’s mission is to provide a safe place for individuals to focus on their wellness in a down-to-earth environment utilizing the gorgeous Green Mountains of Vermont to relieve stress and get back to nature. Guests enjoy a variety of different levels of hiking, healthy food, holistic massages, wellness seminars and fitness classes. A variety of outdoor mindfulness activities round out this affordable retreat vacation.

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Technology: Electronics

Cooler Screens Expands Its New Digital In-Store Experience at Walgreens

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“The expansion of the pilot allows us to bring an innovative solution to our stores that brings the power of digital technology to physical retail,” said Richard Ashworth, President of Operations, Walgreens.


CHICAGO (PRWEB)

Cooler Screens today announced Walgreens is expanding its deployment of Cooler Screens’ first-of-its-kind digital merchandising and media platform.

Following a successful year-long trial at six locations that received very positive consumer feedback, Walgreens has rolled out the Cooler Screens platform to 50 stores in the greater Chicago area. Upon successful implementation of this roll-out, Cooler Screens will expand its platform into 2,500 Walgreens stores across the U.S.

This expansion, the largest installation of Cooler Screens’ technology, is expected to reach over 75 million consumers monthly, including 2.5 million in-store consumers on a daily basis. By embracing this new technology, Walgreens is pioneering the convergence of physical and digital retail as the first retailer to digitally transform the consumer shopping experience in the cooler aisle.

“We are thrilled to be working with Walgreens to deliver our shared vision for the future of physical retail with hundreds of stores and millions of consumers across the country,” said Cooler Screens CEO and Co-Founder, Arsen Avakian. “The opportunity is to not only delight consumers with new, safe, digitally-powered experiences but also to evolve the business of bricks-and-mortar retail. Working with Walgreens, we are demonstrating the value of this new approach at scale.”

Cooler Screens is a Chicago-based company reimagining the consumer experience in bricks-and-mortar retail. Cooler Screens has developed a proprietary digital merchandizing platform that replaces the traditional cooler doors in the cooler aisle. As a result, consumers experience in-store what they love about shopping on-line. With simplified access to the latest and most relevant information, consumers can now make more informed in-store decisions that best fit their budgets, taste and health preferences. Direct feedback from consumers who have experienced Cooler Screens has been overwhelmingly positive. Surveys from pilot locations reported over 80 percent of respondents thought it was easier to find products and the products were more appealing, and over 90 percent no longer preferred the traditional coolers.

“Walgreens is committed to exploring digital innovation that can deliver new and different experiences for our customers, and Cooler Screens has developed a technology that transforms how customers shop for refrigerated items in the cooler aisle,” said Richard Ashworth, President of Operations, Walgreens. “The expansion of the pilot allows us to bring an innovative solution to our stores that brings the power of digital technology to physical retail.”

The Cooler Screens platform also offers new business opportunities for both retailers and consumer product brands. With Cooler Screens, bricks-and-mortar retailers meet the demands of today’s digitally savvy consumers. Cooler Screens data shows that purchases from the coolers increase, lifting same store sales. Further, retailers are able to gain efficiencies with digitized merchandizing, improve visibility with real-time out-of-stock analytics, and access new revenue streams by entering the digital media business and providing brands access to their massive consumer audiences. This positive business impact for retailers has been clearly demonstrated in Walgreens pilot stores.

Furthermore, product brands are able for the first time to directly digitally engage consumers in the cooler aisle and deliver contextually relevant offerings and messaging at point-of-sale. This new channel allows brands to not only build equity but also influence purchasing and gain timely visibility into promotion engagement and effectiveness. To access these benefits, more than 20 of the top consumer brands have joined the Cooler Screens marketplace including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, MillerCoors, Tyson, Conagra, Chobani, Red Bull, and Monster.

Cooler Screens is a consumer-safe platform that avoids the privacy risks of other digital commerce platforms by never gathering or storing personally identifiable information. Cooler Screens’ model for digital retail is ‘identity-blind’ and is a leading digital retail technology actively incorporating the global Privacy by Design (PbD) framework developed by international privacy experts and advocates to protect user privacy.

To help build and deliver this pioneering platform, Cooler Screens has established strategic partnerships with global segment leaders including Dover for digital refrigeration infrastructure; Microsoft for cloud, edge computing, IoT and AI; and Verizon for 4G/5G connectivity, security, and managed services. Other key technology partners include BOE and Foxconn, the world’s largest high-tech manufacturers of LED/LCD components and electronics.

About Cooler Screens

Cooler Screens is reimagining the consumer experience in bricks-and-mortar retail. The Chicago-based company has developed a proprietary digital merchandizing and media platform that replaces the traditional cooler doors in retail stores. The result is consumers experience in-store what they love about shopping on-line. Enjoying simplified access to the latest and most relevant information, consumers can now make more informed in-store decisions to best fit their budgets, taste and health preferences. The result for retailers and packaged goods makers is a dynamic way to increase sales by helping consumers make more informed decisions. For more information, please visit http://www.coolerscreens.com.

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