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Graham’s Foundation Welcomes AngelEye Health CEO to Board


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Graham’s Foundation, the global support organization for families facing the challenges of premature birth, is pleased to announce that Christopher Rand, the Chief Executive Officer of AngelEye Health, a provider of virtual patient engagement solutions, has joined its board of directors.

“We started Graham’s Foundation because, in spite of the incredible support we received during our twins’ time in the NICU, we felt like we were barely surviving,” says Nick Hall, founder of Graham’s Foundation. “Getting to hold our son, Graham, and hearing from our nurses that he knew he was being held, meant the world. That’s when I knew we had to help make a difference for future parents of extremely early preemies. That’s why I’m so glad to have Christopher on our board. He gets it, and his company gets it.”

“Both AngelEye and Graham’s Foundation share the common goal of giving families the support they need while their child is in the NICU,” says Rand. “They are wholly committed to support, comfort, inform, and guide families who experience premature birth, and our technology enables their ability to accomplish their mission.”

The AngelEye Health Virtual Care Platform enables parents, families, and care teams to stay connected when their newborns and children are in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). AngelEye offers live-stream video, real-time family chat, and HIPAA-compliant, one-way multimedia updates between parents and the care team.

A recent integration of InJoy Health Education’s content enhances a hospital’s ability to provide parents with material tailored for their baby’s specific condition upon admission and up to 90 days post-discharge.

About Graham’s Foundation

Our vision is a world where no parent goes through the experience of prematurity alone. The mission is to support, comfort, inform and guide families who experience premature birth. By collaborating with the healthcare community and parents of preemies, we improve the well-being of preterm babies and families. Our support programs are designed to meet their unique needs. They include NICU, transition home, and remembrance care package programs, trained parent mentors, MyPreemie the market-leading app for parents of preemies, and access to online communities with tens of thousands of engaged parents making new connections. For more information and to donate, visit GrahamsFoundation.org.

About AngelEye Health

AngelEye Health is the leading virtual engagement solution that provides hospitals with robust communication and patient education solutions, removing the physical barriers separating families during their NICU or PICU stay. The advanced camera, one-way audio, and HIPAA-compliant applications enhance the patient and family experience, improve quality of care, and increase efficiencies across the care continuum. Founded in 2013, AngelEye Health partners with 70+ hospitals, 11,000 parent, and 25,000 family users annually. For more information, visit angeleye.health. Follow us here: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.

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The Mississippi IT Symposium Locks In 2020 Event Date For April 28 Featuring 15 Sponsorship Opportunties


April 28, 2020 – mississippiitsymposium.com

“I love to participate in this [event] because [the Mississippi IT Symposium] not only [brings people] together for networking and technology that [people] want to talk about and love doing – but we are giving back to the community as well”. – Jana Branham, VP & CIO, Ergon, Inc.

The Mississippi IT Symposium Planning Committee is excited to announce sponsorship opportunities are now available for the 2020 Mississippi IT Symposium, which will be taking place at the Jackson Downtown Convention Center Hotel in Jackson Mississippi on Tuesday April 28, 2020. This is a one-day, executive-level event designed for CIOs and their IT management teams. There will be over 125 CIOs, CISO’s, VPs, Directors and Managers present at this year’s Symposium.

With the success of the 2019 Mississippi IT Symposium, many partner sponsors are actively locking in their sponsorship spots for 2020 as only 15 sponsorships will be offered. Our partner sponsors have exclusive access to and opportunities for networking with local IT leaders for the entire day. Sponsor partners can also take advantage of the option to hear high caliber keynote speakers and to attend any of the IT executive-led breakout sessions. In addition, sponsor partner tables at the Symposium are located strategically in the main ballroom where all keynotes, meals and networking breaks take place.

To learn more about how you can benefit from being a sponsor partner, please contact Dayton Ruby at EFM Events (dayton@efminc.com) or http://www.efmevents.com.

The Mississippi IT Symposium is Jackson’s premier annual gathering of leaders, professionals, and academics working in the I.T. field. This year’s Symposium will look at emerging I.T. trends and provide insights into innovative leadership skills in today’s fast-paced digital age. This interactive event will also provide attendees with opportunities to collaborate and share their knowledge and experiences through a series of panels, break-out sessions, and social media as well as connect with many local, regional and national partner sponsors.

This year’s Symposium will feature compelling keynotes and an agenda featuring 9 breakout sessions including executive panels and individual breakout speakers on a variety of current IT-related topics.

NOTE: This event is closed to any non-sponsoring vendor companies/consultants/sales reps. For sponsorship information, please contact Dayton Ruby at dayton@efminc.com.

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Premium Wellness Brand, ALEAFIATE CBD and Powerhouse Marketers, TLK FUSION INC Come Together To Disrupt CBD Category Marketing


Premium top-tier wellness brand Aleafiate CBD has joined forces with globally renowned TLK Fusion to work together to bring the brand into the market using traditional and non-traditional marketing methods. With the restricted means in which CBD brands can advertise and promote their businesses, owners Rickey L. Mitchell III, and Markee Jackson developed the brand with the goal of standing out from their competitors with the recent influx of CBD into the market. After speaking with serial entrepreneur, Ken Collis, CEO and Founder of TLK Fusion, they immediately knew the direction that was needed.

“It was only right for my partner and I to unite with the dominant TLK Fusion,” stated Mitchell. “With our mission, we plan on creating value and wellness for our growing consumer market. It is going to be a fun ride. We are excited about this amazing partnership.”

Aleafiate CBD is a hemp-derived brand that uses its skills through research to develop the most qualified organic hemp CBD products. They aspire to educate and connect the everyday consumer with the knowledge and necessities they need to live a better quality of life using hemp derived CBD products. Their product line consists of Hemp CBD tinctures, CBD balms, CBD massage oils, and CBD gummies. They also carry Isolate products for athletes as these products have no THC content.

“When the market goes left, we pivot right,” states Ken Collis. “The secret to succeeding in business is to follow your gut and not the rest of the pack.” Overcoming challenges in CBD marketing is not new to TLK Fusion, who has been emerged in the category for several years now. “The goal is to utilize not only the traditional marketing methods that are available, but to also think outside the box when restrictions are enforced and the direction is clouded by rumor and obstacles,” Ken further explained

TLK Fusion is a leading Los Angeles based pop culture marketing firm. As an established leader in the marketing sector and a decade of innovative business practices that specialize in raising brand awareness, TLK Fusion is sought after for their disruptive marketing methods. With an aggressive 360 degree approach that includes digital marketing, strategic public relations, powerful celebrity alignments, and a history of multi-million dollar introductions into retail, TLK Fusion has harnessed the power of structured marketing to drive growth with businesses of all levels. Founded in 2009 and led by successful entrepreneur, Ken Collis, TLK Fusion has continued to evolve in the ever changing marketing sector to remain ahead and relevant in the industry.

ABOUT TLK FUSION, INC.

TLK Fusion (http://www.tlkfusion.com), is an innovative, fast-paced, pop culture, Hollywood marketing firm based in Los Angeles, CA. Established in 2009 by successful entrepreneur, Ken Collis, TLK Fusion boasts not only an A List roster of celebrity talent, but also has an aggressive footprint in the Digital Marketing and Distribution in to Retail markets. TLK Fusion’s unique out-of-the-box thinking and 360 degree service mix has proven successful throughout the past decade. As the recipient of many accolades and awards that include multiple Best in Biz Awards, The Rolling Stone Magazine Impact Award, the notorious Golden Bridge Award, a coveted Stevie Award, and recently multiple Clutch Awards. TLK Fusion now has proudly accepted the 2019 Entrepreneur 360 Award for the second year in a row.

To learn more about TLK Fusion, Inc, visit http://www.tlkfusion.com

ABOUT ALEAFIATE CBD

Aleafiate Organic Hemp (https://aleafiatecbd.com) products story begins with two simple predicaments: pain and sleep issues. Having family members who struggled with these issues the founders, started researching natural remedies online to help them. During their search, they stumbled upon CBD and all the health benefits it contains. However, there was an issue – most of the products were hit-and-miss. What they would later discover was that CBD wasn’t the issue, the issue came from the company’s who took shortcuts to produce their products knowing that the industry was unregulated. Realizing that there was a need, Aleafiate Organic Hemp Products was born.business owners worldwide.

To learn more about Aleafiate CBD, LLC, visit https://aleafiatecbd.com

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Regence and Wildflower Health Launch Pregnancy and Parenting Mobile Health App “BabyWise”


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Regence is dedicated to transforming health care by delivering innovative products to our members, and we’re proud to continue providing a digital health solution to them thanks to our partnership with Wildflower.

Regence and Wildflower Health today announced the launch of BabyWise, a pregnancy and parenting mobile app that connects select Regence members to key maternity resources, health trackers and clinical health milestones.

Wildflower helps clients personalize the healthcare journey for individuals by leveraging the power of digital health. Regence is a family of health plans in Oregon, Idaho, Utah and select counties in Washington, each an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association dedicated to making health care better, simpler and more affordable.

The BabyWise app was developed exclusively for Regence health plan members. It easily and quickly connects members to resources like 24/7 nurse line support with click to call features, surveys for a healthy pregnancy and reminders for prenatal appointments.

Additionally, Regence BabyWise continues support of new parents with clinical to dos and voice-activated trackers for baby up to age 2. Users can tell Amazon Alexa to track activities just for baby with the feeding and diaper tracker, just by using their voice.

“Our maternity nurses are dedicated to the health of you and your baby and the BabyWise app is an extension of that care that provides information and resources – any time, day or night” said Jamie Halstead, director of Regence care management. “Regence is dedicated to transforming health care by delivering innovative products to our members, and we’re proud to continue providing a digital health solution to them thanks to our partnership with Wildflower.”

The Regence BabyWise app can be downloaded in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store by following the links, searching “BabyWise” in your app store or texting BABYWISE to 503 444 8721. Currently, BabyWise is available as an additional purchase exclusively for Regence self-insured members.

Features both engage and inform users throughout their experience, and include:

  • Click to call 24/7 nurse line support
  • Healthy pregnancy surveys
  • Personalized healthy pregnancy To Dos of each step in the pregnancy journey.
  • Q-List to keep a list of questions to talk about with a doctor
  • Ultrasound videos: What babies look like at each stage of pregnancy
  • Health trackers for baby’s kicks and mom’s weight gain

After baby comes, support continues from pregnancy to parenthood. Baby has their own profile for new parents to learn about:

  • Important clinical topics for newborns and young children from 0 to 2 years old like developmental milestones by age, literacy, dental health and nutrition
  • Tips on challenges facing new parents, including postpartum depression screening
  • Life hacks for new parents like sleep, first week with baby at home, swaddling and traveling

“We’ve enjoyed collaborating with Regence over the past four years to bring innovative digital health solutions to their members,” said Leah Sparks, Wildflower Health founder and CEO. “What started as mobile-enabled support for healthy pregnancies has now evolved into a trusted solution for growing families by simplifying healthcare and connecting families to the right support at the right times. This includes decision support to enable healthy choices throughout pregnancy and those important first few years.”

The BabyWise app can be downloaded in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store by following the links, searching “BabyWise” in your app store or texting BABYWISE to 503 444 8721.

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About Regence

Regence serves more than 2.6 million members through Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah, Regence BlueShield of Idaho, and Regence BlueShield (select counties in Washington). Each health plan is a nonprofit independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Regence is part of a family of companies dedicated to transforming health care by delivering innovative products and services that change the way consumers nationwide experience health care. For more information, please visit regence.com.

About Wildflower Health

Wildflower empowers women and their families to confidently navigate and access the care they need, when they need it. By deeply integrating our technology into healthcare and personalizing the user experience, we help the entire healthcare ecosystem meet the expectations of today’s consumer, driving a meaningful impact on health for entire families. Learn more at http://www.wildflowerhealth.com.

Disclaimers:

Regence health plans are Independent Licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association serving members in Idaho, Oregon, Utah and select counties of Washington

Wildflower Health is a separate and independent company that provides pregnancy app products to Regence members.

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Hanover Research Recognized as Top 50 Research Firm in GreenBook Market Leaders Report


By hiring the very best researchers who consistently produce relevant insights, we have been able to ensure clients come back year-over-year, which has been a huge driver of our success- Wes Givens, CEO

GreenBook has named Hanover Research (Hanover) a leading provider of market intelligence and analytics, as one of the top 50 market research firms in its 2019 GreenBook Market Leaders Report. The report is a new and expanded iteration of the AMA U.S. Top 50 Report that ran for 45 years. Produced in partnership with the Insights Association and Michigan State University, the report highlights the top 50 leaders in the market research industry.

2019 marks the fifth consecutive year that Hanover has been named a top 50 firm, debuting in 36th place in 2015 and earning the number 31 spot in 2019. For the report, GreenBook considered more than 200 for-profit, U.S.- based research firms, selecting the top 50 for their continued success in the industry.

“Hanover is proud to be counted as one of GreenBook’s top market leaders,” says Wes Givens, CEO, Hanover Research. “Business leaders, like consumers, expect information more quickly than they ever have, and they expect it to be relevant and insightful. As a custom research firm, this aligns particularly well with our offering. By hiring the very best researchers who consistently produce relevant insights, we have been able to ensure clients come back year-over-year, which has been a huge driver of our success.”

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Hanover has more than 350 employees, including a staff of seasoned researchers, survey experts, analysts, and statisticians. Serving more than 1,200 organizations and companies worldwide, Hanover offers tailored research to clients across the corporate and education sectors.

To read the full 2019 GreenBook Market Leaders Report, click here.

For more information about Hanover Research, visit http://www.hanoverresearch.com or email info@hanoverresearch.com.

About Hanover Research

Founded in 2003, Hanover Research is a global research and analytics firm that delivers market intelligence through a unique, fixed-fee model to more than 1,200 clients. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Hanover employs high-caliber market researchers, analysts, and account executives to provide a service that is revolutionary in its combination of flexibility and affordability. Hanover was named a Top 50 Market Research Firm by the American Marketing Association in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, and has also been twice named a Washington Business Journal Fastest Growing Company. To learn more about Hanover Research, visit http://www.hanoverresearch.com.

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MassMEDIC Statement On U.S. Congressional Repeal Of Medical Device Excise Tax


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The medical device tax repeal lifts a huge burden from Massachusetts’ medtech industry and will help patients globally. This tax stifled innovation and its repeal allows med device companies to accelerate innovation, foster growth of the medtech economy and bring new therapies to patients.

The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC) President Brian Johnson released the following statement after the full repeal of the Medical Device Excise Tax by the U. S. House of Representatives today. The spending bill will now go to the U.S. Senate for a vote and onto the President to be signed into law

“MassMEDIC, along with our partners in Washington, D.C., have been working in collaboration for nearly a decade to ensure the full and permanent repeal of the medical device tax. After countless meetings on Capitol Hill with Congressional leadership, the repeal today is a result of bipartisan support in Congress.

“The full repeal of the medical device excise tax lifts a huge burden from the medtech industry in Massachusetts and will help patients across the globe. This regressive tax stifled innovation for far too long and its repeal will allow medical device companies across our state to accelerate innovation, to foster continued growth of the medtech economy for the Commonwealth and to bring new therapies to patients in need.

“MassMEDIC would like to thank the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation, and in particular Chairman Richard Neal and Representative Katherine Clark for their leadership and tireless support. Along with the nearly 300 cosponsors of the device-tax-repeal legislation, this was truly a bipartisan effort to do what’s best for patients and medtech innovators.”

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About MassMEDIC:

The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC), an organization of more than 300 manufacturers, suppliers, research institutions, and academic health centers, promotes the unique interests of the Bay State’s growing and vibrant medical device sector. Through a variety of programs, informational seminars, advocacy campaigns and other projects, MassMEDIC provides medical device manufacturers and suppliers with information on industry trends and regulatory policies and creates forums that allow members to exchange ideas and information on issues affecting the industry. For more information on MassMEDIC, visit our web site at http://www.massmedic.com.

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Costs of Care Presents Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO to Mr. John A. DiAngelo at The Leapfrog Group Annual Awards Dinner


Mr. John A. DiAngelo, President and CEO of Inspira Health – winner of this year’s Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO

“We appreciate this recognition of Inspira Health’s overall accomplishments…I share this award with the entire Inspira team, and our many community partners.” – Mr. DiAngelo

The influential Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO was presented once again at The Leapfrog Group’s annual Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C. tonight. This year’s recipient was Mr. John A. DiAngelo, President and CEO of Inspira Health in New Jersey.

The award was created by Costs of Care, a leading non-profit dedicated to curating and disseminating insights from the frontlines of health care to help delivery systems provide better care at lower cost, to recognize a hospital and/or health system CEO who has demonstrated courageous and ethical leadership addressing the twin issues of affordability and quality of health care in their community.

“Patients want to know that health care leaders are doing all we can to ensure that they receive the best health care in a way that is as affordable as possible,” said Chris Moriates, MD, Executive Director of Costs of Care. “Addressing patient affordability will require new solutions and brave leadership.”

Mr. DiAngelo has led the charge in supporting underserved populations through Inspira’s involvement with the Cumberland County Housing First Collaborative (CCHFC). This unique consortium of social service organizations, faith-based institutions and government officials follows the Housing First model to tackle chronic homelessness, with the goal of ending homelessness in the county by 2020. The movement is part of a broader effort to understand and address social determinants of health – poverty, access to nutritious food, violent surroundings, etc. – that play a role in managing and preventing diseases, and affect overall health.

The Outstanding Healthcare CEO award is named in honor of Steven Schroeder, MD, Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care at the University of California San Francisco and former President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Schroeder has spent five decades inspiring and mentoring leaders to forcefully advocate for better quality and more affordable health care, and he has inspired leaders of both Costs of Care and The Leapfrog Group.

Dr. Schroeder said about this year’s winner, “John DiAngelo has shown that health systems can contribute to the health of the community they serve, and can do so in an affordable manner. His work models the values and programs that distinguish excellent medical systems, and he is most worthy of this award.”

“We appreciate this recognition of Inspira Health’s overall accomplishments in the areas of patient safety, clinical quality and reducing health care costs. I share this award with the entire Inspira team, and our many community partners,” said Mr. DiAngelo.

“Great health system leaders know that quality and affordability go hand-in-hand,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “With this award we’re pleased to join with Costs of Care in recognizing a CEO who tackles patient safety, quality, and cost simultaneously, and as a result provides better care to the community.”

About Costs of Care

Costs of Care is a nonprofit organization dedicated to curating and broadly disseminating insights from the front lines of health care to help delivery systems provide better care at lower cost. Since 2009, Costs of Care has collected more than 500 personal accounts from physicians, nurses, and patients all over the United States that illustrate routine and high yield opportunities to improve the value of care delivery through improved decision-making. Costs of Care has created widely adopted and enduring resources to educate medical trainees and clinicians about how to address health care costs and provide high-value care, including the textbook Understanding Value-Based Healthcare, the “COST” framework for designing value improvement projects, multiple workshops, and free, CME-approved video modules. In December 2019, Costs of Care launched the Affordability Moonshot – envisioning a world in which “no one has to choose between their life and their life-savings” – paired with an Affordability Accelerator to support and collaborate on promising ideas to improve patient affordability.

Connect at http://www.costsofcare.org, be a part of the Moonshot at moonshot.costsofcare.org, and follow on Twitter/Instagram @CostsOfCare.

About The Leapfrog Group

Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American health care. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects and transparently reports hospital performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog’s other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections.

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IRIS.TV Introduces Oracle Data Cloud into its Contextual Ad Targeting for Video Solution


“I’m very excited today to announce our integration with an industry-leading platform like IRIS.TV. We are driving value…with their deep expertise in video content to deliver a valuable solution for our customers,” said Kurt Kratchman, GVP of Product Development, Oracle Data Cloud

IRIS.TV, a video intelligence platform for broadcasters and publishers, today announced an integration with Oracle Data Cloud to enhance IRIS.TV’s contextual ad targeting for video solution to ensure marketers that their video advertising is both relevant and brand-safe. This combination will deliver on the needs of the world’s largest marketers and agencies to provide transparency on where their advertising is placed across all video formats—mobile, CTV and web, while navigating the requirements of new and emerging privacy regulations in the US and EU.

At Cannes Lions, IRIS.TV announced its contextual ad targeting solution to help publishers differentiate their video inventory, increase fill-rates and eCPMs. The inclusion of Oracle Data Cloud’s Contextual Intelligence, a widely accepted industry standard, into IRIS.TV’s product offering further advances the goal of DSPs, agencies, and brands to reach digital video audiences with relevant advertising.

“As a video intelligence company, our mission is to enable media companies to execute data-driven strategies that engage their loyal audiences and maximize revenue. For years, our personalization and programming technologies have helped the world’s leading publishers to increase video inventory. With contextual ad targeting, we are continuing our mission to drive innovation around data enablement so that publishers can continue to deliver premium experiences to users and a relevant and brand-safe environment to marketers,” said Richie Hyden, COO and co-founder, IRIS.TV.

“I’m very excited today to announce our integration with an industry-leading platform like IRIS.TV. We are driving value by combining our machine learning video context product with their deep expertise in video content to deliver a valuable solution for our customers,” said Kurt Kratchman, GVP of Product Development, Oracle Data Cloud.

Marketers will be able to execute campaigns transparently via their existing demand-side platform partners enabling campaigns to scale across specific video content verticals including politics, sports, travel and many more.

“Bringing contextual video targeting not only empowers buyers to go beyond targeting pages that their ads run on, but also the content that it runs adjacent to in a video environment,” said Mike Fisher, Vice President, Advanced TV and Video, MediaMath. “The addition of Oracle’s industry-standard contextual and brand-safe data to the IRIS.TV offering bolsters our partnership and directly aligns with SOURCE by MediaMath’s commitment to leading the industry to full transparency and accountability.”

To empower publishers to control the packaging of their inventory IRIS.TV will offer Oracle’s Contextual Intelligence data via its existing publisher offering for both direct and private marketplace deals being executed via supply-side platforms.

“We believe IRIS.TV’s offering is critically important to the premium video ecosystem given ongoing brand-safety issues and the new global privacy regulation. The IRIS.TV and Oracle integration gives Beachfront Media customers the opportunity to go beyond contextually targeting a web-page and to target the topical nature of video across any screen. For the first time in the industry we now have a deeper understanding as to what the video content is truly about before an ad opportunity presents itself to a brand. This creates a safer, better barometer under a modern privacy referendum to assign real value for our partners’ benefit,” said Ben Abbatiello VP of Advanced TV at Beachfront Media.

“As digital video consumption rapidly gains momentum, device fragmentation and privacy-centric changes to our ecosystem make it challenging for buyers to find audiences in suitable environments. It’s more important than ever to have solutions that enable accurate, brand safe and contextually relevant targeting,” said Todd Randak, SVP of Corporate Strategy at Telaria. “IRIS.TV and Oracle’s unique integration enables publishers to help marketers gain a much deeper, highly granular understanding of valuable video content across CTV, desktop and mobile.”

About IRIS.TV

IRIS.TV’s video intelligence and programming solutions are trusted by the world’s largest broadcasters and publishers to increase engagement, activate data, and build audience insights across all video platforms. The video programming platform integrates with video players and uses machine learning to automate the streaming of personalized content based on audience preferences, user interaction, and behavioral segmentation. The company’s contextual ad targeting solution activates industry-standard content segments on all videos to enable brands to engage users in relevant and brand-safe environments. Armed with video intelligence, media companies can maintain the highest editorial standards, provide the best user experience, while growing revenue. Follow us on twitter: @iris_tv or visit us at http://www.iris.tv.

About Oracle Data Cloud

Oracle Data Cloud brings together data and technology to help digital advertising companies drive better business outcomes across more than 100 countries. Used by 199 out of AdAge’s 200 largest advertisers, our Audience, Context and Measurement solutions give marketers the data and tools needed for every stage of the marketing journey, from audience planning to data management, brand safety, fraud protection, contextual relevance, viewability confirmation, and ROI measurement. Oracle Data Cloud combines the leading technologies and talent from Oracle’s acquisitions of AddThis, BlueKai, Crosswise, Datalogix, Grapeshot, and Moat. The Oracle Contextual Intelligence suite of solutions stems from the Oracle Data Cloud acquisition of Grapeshot. The technology helps advertisers identify brand-safe environments, transform digital content into action, and bring relevance to every customer experience.

About Oracle

The Oracle Cloud offers a complete suite of integrated applications for Sales, Service, Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, plus Highly Automated and Secure Generation 2 Infrastructure featuring the Oracle Autonomous Database. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at http://www.oracle.com.

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Fitness Machine Technicians Opens First Location in Indiana


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When I first began thinking about opening this business, I realized how common it is to experience broken fitness equipment, even in higher-end fitness centers. There is a great need for routine fitness equipment maintenance and servicing here.

Fitness Machine Technicians, specialists in the maintenance and repair of exercise equipment for commercial and residential customers, announced it will open its first location in Indiana today. Mitch Hall of Carmel will own and manage the local office.

Fitness Machine Technicians operates in more than 85 markets across the country and offers service/repair and maintenance on a variety of exercise equipment in fitness centers, universities, high schools, hotels, apartment complexes, corporate gyms and private residences.

Hall is a native Hoosier who recently retired early from his partner role at a global public accounting firm in Dallas where he built and led a specialty practice of professionals to seek a unique entrepreneurial opportunity. He moved back to the Indianapolis area and found Fitness Machine Technicians – a perfect fit in leveraging his skills of growing a new business and serving an area he knows and loves.

A graduate of Indiana University, Hall states, “When I first began thinking about opening this business, I realized how common it is to experience broken fitness equipment, even in higher-end fitness centers. There is a great need for routine fitness equipment maintenance and servicing here. And the markets we serve are enhanced by Indianapolis’ significant convention business.”

Hall has hired a technician locally and plans to hire several more as the business grows. All technicians are trained at Fitness Machine Technicians’ headquarters in Philadelphia.

Since its inception, Fitness Machine Technicians has been committed to delivering reliable service/repair and preventive maintenance services to customers across the nation. With more than 35 years’ experience in the fitness industry, Chief Executive and Founder Don Powers created a company that puts its customers first.

Powers notes, “Mitch is an exceptional businessperson and we’re excited to have him join our growing Fitness Machine Technicians family and open our first Indiana location!”

Hall is a former alumni mentor for Indiana University and looks forward to re-engaging in the community now that he’s back in Indiana.

For more information about having a fitness machine or exercise facility serviced, please contact Fitness Machine Technicians Indianapolis at 317-530-3044 or visit http://www.FitnessMachineTechnicians.com/Indy.

About Fitness Machine Technicians

Fitness Machine Technicians specializes in the maintenance and repair of fitness equipment for commercial and home exercise facilities. Clients include fitness centers, corporations, hotels, condominiums, high schools, colleges and universities, government, and residential homes across the United States. Its corporate-trained and authorized technicians are committed to providing the most reliable repair and maintenance services.

Fitness Machine Technicians also offers franchise opportunities to individuals with an interest in fitness and looking to run a service-based business based on a proven operating model. The company’s award-winning franchise currently has locations in more than 80 territories across the country. For more information, visit the website at http://www.FitnessMachineTechnicians.com or call 844-FMT-FIXX.

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Shriners Hospitals for Children to Participate in 131st Rose Parade Presented by Honda


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For the tenth consecutive year, Shriners Hospitals for Children® will participate in the 131st Rose Parade presented by Honda. Eight representatives will ride on the float entitled Hope Knows No Limits. The float expresses the hope that can be seen in every aspect of the work and the mission of Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Our float depicts one result of the presence of hope: joy and acceptance – seen through the carefree exuberance of children sharing a day at the playground. Hope gives them the freedom to enjoy their childhood. Our mascot, Fezzy®, marks his eighth appearance on our Rose Parade floats by joining the children in the playground – the one who is part of the float design, and four patients whose lives are a showcase for hope every day. Madelyn and Cristian, our National Patient Ambassadors, are joined by patients and local residents, Monserrath and Gianna. Also riding on the float are Imperial Potentate Jeff Sowder and First Lady Cheryl, and Imperial Chaplain Bobby Simmons and his wife Nancy.

Our entry, Hope Knows No Limits, celebrates the joyful, carefree spirit of childhood that is born of hope. For our patients, hope guides everything – from the ability to enjoy and participate in what are typically everyday experiences, to believing in the future and the ability to contribute to society, from endless resilience and perseverance, and even being accepted and welcomed. Hope is a strong current underlying everything we do at Shriners Hospitals for Children – including offering care for complex medical conditions, conducting research to discover answers and create new and better treatments, and offering medical education opportunities to share knowledge that extends our reach to even more children.

The parade’s theme of The Power of Hope is illustrated throughout our float. In fact, even our title, Hope Knows No Limits, can be seen as a description of the parade theme. Hope is present in the joyful abandon of the characters of the float itself, and in the hearts and minds of the patients riding on the float, who demonstrate the power and the limitless nature of hope in their lives every day, as they go on to dream big and achieve more than even they can imagine. Shriners Hospitals for Children are places where hope and healing meet, and lives are changed.

The Shriners Hospitals for Children float will be on display for pre-judging, and float riders will be available for media interviews starting at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 30, 2019, at Phoenix Decorating Co., Rose Float Plaza South, 5400 Irwindale Ave., Irwindale, California.

About Shriners Hospitals for Children

Shriners Hospitals for Children is a health care system with locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Our staff is dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty care, conducting innovative research, and offering outstanding educational programs for medical professionals. Children up to age 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care regardless of the families’ ability to pay. All services are provided in a compassionate, family-centered environment. For more information, please visit shrinershospitalsforchildren.org.

Contact:

Mel Bower

Shriners Hospitals for Children

813-281-8643

mbower@shrinenet.org

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