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Industry: Healthcare

PerSys Medical Earns FDA Clearance for the NIO Infant

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NIO Infant

The NIO Infant is going to make it easier than ever for medical providers to gain vascular access, in what has been traditionally thought of as a challenging patient population. Dr. Mike Simpson”


HOUSTON (PRWEB)

PerSys Medical, a global leader in the development and marketing of innovative products for pre-hospital and hospital emergency medical situations, proudly announces today it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the NIO Infant.

The NIO Infant is a manual intraosseous (IO) access device that administers intravascular fluids and medications through the proximal tibia as an alternative to IV access during emergency medical situations. Its innovative stepped needle design allows for graduated penetration to the bone marrow cavity. Sensory feedback, in the form of resistance, indicates to the user that the needle is inserted correctly in the bone marrow cavity, thus preventing over penetration. The NIO™ Infant is a single-use, sterile device, eliminating the risk of cross contamination. It does not require batteries or an external power source, thereby making it a well-suited for hospital use, and the pre-hospital setting.

“The first automatic intraosseous device was introduced by WaisMed Ltd, a subsidiary of the PerSys Medical, over two decades ago. It revolutionized the way intraosseous access was established during traumatic medical events” adds Roee Madai, CEO of WaisMed Ltd “After an arduous and comprehensive R&D process, we are excited to introduce the NIO Infant and offer a complete NIO product line for adult, pediatric, and infant populations.”

WaisMed Ltd was founded in 1994 and acquired by PerSys Medical in 2004. WaisMed Ltd quickly established itself as a global leader in the intraosseous access market. In 1998, WaisMed Ltd brought to market the world’s first automatic intraosseous access device, the Bone Injection Gun (B.I.G.). It launched an additional line of intraosseous devices, the NIO (Next Generation IO), in 2014.

The NIO Infant is a continuation of an elite line of vascular access devices which includes the NIO Adult, NIO Pediatric for children ages 3-12, and the NIO Simulation, the most realistic IO training device available. The NIO Adult provides rapid intraosseous (IO) access through the humeral head or tibia insertion site in 10 seconds or less. The NIO Pediatric provides rapid intraosseous (IO) access through the tibia insertion site.

Dr. Mike Simpson, Medical Director of PerSys Medical says, “I am extremely excited about what FDA clearance of our new NIO Infant means. This will be a huge step forward in capabilities to treat emergencies in patients less than three years of age. The NIO Infant is going to make it easier than ever for medical providers to gain vascular access, in what has been traditionally thought of as a challenging patient population.”

PerSys Medical will begin commercial distribution of the NIO Infant in the US in the coming weeks.

About PerSys Medical Principal Products:

The Emergency Bandage®

The Emergency Bandage® is a sterile bandage with a unique built-in pressure bar that provides hemorrhage control and wound treatment in pre-hospital situations. The Emergency Bandage® has been proven effective in the combat as well as the EMS and civilian sector. It is also the only pressure bandage that is FDA approved as a non-pneumatic tourniquet.

The NIO – Next Generation IO

The NIO is a simple, automatic, intraosseous device that provides safe, quick, and easy vascular access in emergency situations for the administration of intravenous fluids and medications.

Blizzard Survival Products

Blizzard Protection Systems Ltd.’s line of products is made with Reflexcell™, a unique technology that was developed to reduce the risk of hypothermia and support patient treatment in extreme weather or suffering severe medical trauma. Blizzard Survival products are used globally by the military, EMS, and the private outdoors market.

Micro BVM

PerSys Medical offers a line of compact “pocket sized” collapsible bag valve masks (BVM). They are rugged, compact, are available in several variations. They also have a storage footprint that is 75% less compared with standard BVMs.

About PerSys Medical

PerSys Medical, a Texas based medical device company, is a global provider of emergency medical solutions designed for hospitals, militaries, first responders, civilians, and law-enforcement since the mid-90s. The company’s commitment to research and development has brought to market innovations in intraosseous vascular access, hemorrhage control, hypothermia solutions, and airway management. With a strong corporate brand and superior products, PerSys Medical maintains a worldwide network of distributors and representatives serving more than 60 countries.

For more information about our products, visit: http://www.persysmedical.com

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Business: Executives

Serenova Acquires Workforce Management Technology from Loxysoft

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AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB)

Serenova, a leading contact center-as-a-service (CCaaS) and workforce optimization (WFO) provider, today announced it acquired the technology and hired the team behind the ProScheduler platform from Loxysoft. With this new, sophisticated technology added to its portfolio, Serenova will offer customers of all sizes the ability to fully leverage their workforce investments through advanced and accurate scheduling, reducing staffing costs and improving ROI.

ProScheduler will immediately become part of Serenova’s contact center portfolio and will be integrated into the CxEngage platform in the first half of 2020. Once the integration is complete, organizations of all sizes will have access to a new approach to managing their agent workforce, one that takes advantage of a powerful, data-driven optimization engine and integrates seamlessly into existing customer experience programs.

“With this acquisition, Serenova is once again redefining the evolution of the contact center market to help our customers keep pace with evolving consumer demands,” said John Lynch, CEO of Serenova. “By providing tools that deepen the capabilities of supervisors to manage their organizations, we are expanding the meaning and scope of what a cloud contact center platform should be capable of managing.”

Serenova’s integrated solution will enable organizations to significantly improve upon their key performance indicators (KPIs) by enhancing employee engagement, efficiency and satisfaction—a critical component to the contact center’s ability to drive business growth. In fact, the most recent Forrester Wave™: Cloud Contact Centers stated that “Forrester believes that natively integrated WFO technologies—such as workforce management (WFM), quality monitoring, call recording, performance management, and text and speech analytics—provide immediate benefits and lay the groundwork for contact centers to evolve strategically.”

“We’ve long believed that the most important next step for the contact center to deliver on their promises of superior customer experiences is to provide the technology and tools that transform the contact center from both the operations and human resource perspective,” said Leslie Blanke, SVP of Product at Serenova. “After careful consideration of all the solutions in the market, ProScheduler was the obvious next step in that vision. This acquisition is another critical milestone in our promise of delivering a global, cloud-based platform to improve agent performance and, in turn, build better customer experiences.”

Workforce Optimization Portfolio

This is Serenova’s second acquisition to build out its WFO line. It first acquired TelStrat in 2017 and subsequently released its first product on that technology that is integrated into CxEngage with CxEngage Quality Management (CxQM). Already an award-winning product, CxQM unifies Quality Management (QM) with CCaaS to eliminate the challenges created by siloed solutions through a consolidated, 360-view of customer and agent interactions.

For more information on Serenova’s WFO portfolio, visit: http://www.serenova.com/products/workforce-optimization. To understand how leveraging solutions such as Quality Management can pinpoint areas for improvement and position your organization to deliver outstanding customer experiences, download the whitepaper Quality Management and Your Contact Center.

About Serenova

Serenova has transformed the customer experience. Over a decade ago, the company realized technology didn’t exist that could deliver immediate, consistent, and exceptional service. So, it created a true cloud contact center solution that could. The result is the ability to unify everything from customer engagement to quality management to analytics. This single source of truth provides global brands insights about customer information and experiences as they pivot between channels such as SMS, voice, or Facebook Messenger.

Whether it’s technology, healthcare, or retail, brands from all industries come to Serenova for its global coverage and deep integrations into the business systems used every day. Why is this important? It creates the opportunity to keep pace with customers by quickly scaling up across the enterprise or out geographically. Serenova is committed to building on an 18-year legacy leading the way in cloud-based contact center innovations. To learn more, visit http://www.serenova.com. For live updates, follow @SerenovaShine.

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Vium and Biomere Announce Collaboration to Provide Preclinical Research Services using Vium’s Smart Cage Technology

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SAN MATEO, Calif. (PRWEB)

Vium, Inc. http://www.vium.com, the scientific leader in delivering digital biomarker driven insights from preclinical in vivo research and Biomere http://www.biomere.com, a preclinical contract research organization (CRO) who delivers a personalized approach to drug discovery and development, will attend the American College of Toxicology (ACT) conference together in Phoenix, AZ. At the conference, Biomere will feature Vium’s innovative digital biomarkers now available as part of Biomere’s unique preclinical service offering around specialty animal models.

“Collaborating with Biomere, a leading specialty preclinical CRO with deep scientific experience, will allow researchers greater access to the Vium technology enabling them to leverage our unique digital biomarkers to derive deeper insights from their preclinical studies,” said Laura Schaevitz, CSO of Vium. “Traditionally, researchers are limited in the data that can be collected from each animal on study. The Vium platform is fundamentally changing that paradigm. Digital biomarker data are collected continuously on each animal throughout the study with the goal of using these large data sets to create algorithms that more reliably and accurately predict disease and compound efficacy.”

“The Vium alliance allows Biomere to enhance existing service offerings providing additional assessments in a variety of pharmacological models,” said April Hall, executive vice president of Biomere. “Early and accurate detection of specific biomarkers will support our clients in their drug discovery efforts.”

The state-of-the-art platform, including Vium’s Smart Housing™, Vium Cloud, and Research Suite is the gold-standard in vivo platform combining computer vision, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and sensor technology to non-invasively collect digital biomarkers from the animal in its home cage. These digital biomarkers include data on animal activity levels, breathing rate, and other behaviors. By providing continuous, rich data sets, the platform enables researchers to identify which digital biomarkers, or combinations of biomarkers, are the strongest indicators in a specific disease model. Currently, Vium, in collaboration with pharma, biotech, and academic partners, have explored digital signatures of more than 45 different animal models of disease.

“Vium is committed to bringing innovative technology to drug development,” said Wendel Barr, CEO of Vium. Five of the top 10 global pharmaceutical companies now have Vium’s Smart housing™ system in their labs but we recognize that not all researchers have access to a vivarium. By collaborating with a leading preclinical CRO provider like Biomere, we combine their scientific expertise in preclinical research and customer service with our advanced digital platform and insights to benefit all researchers.”

The American College of Toxicology Conference (ACT) hosts toxicologists, pharmacologists, and other preclinical researchers to discuss advancements in toxicology.

Leveraging AI and digital sensors to replace manual monitoring improves the quality and reliability of data, while at the same time reducing stress on the animal, which can also impact experimental results. It also allows researchers the ability to collect more data than is possible using manual methods. Vium is the frontrunner in developing a full stack solution that includes hardware, software, and scientific insights.

About Vium, Inc.

Vium is the first company to create a fully digital end to end Digital Vivarium® platform which is transforming in vivo research. The Vium Digital Vivarium, Vium Cloud, and online Research Suite empower scientists to optimize advances in bioengineered research models in ways previously not possible. Vium is fully accredited by AAALAC International and received an unprecedented AAALAC commendation for upholding the ‘3 Rs’, the gold-standard framework for humane animal research. Customers run the spectrum of biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and computational drug discovery companies, academia, and novel therapeutic labs. Vium is backed by leading investors, including Lux Capital, Data Collective, Dolby Family Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Founders Fund, and Future Shape LLC. Vium is headquartered in San Mateo, California. Visit Vium at http://www.vium.com.

Media Contact:

Dwain Schenck

203-223-5230

dwain@schenckstrategies.com

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Society: Christianity

Where Faith Confronts Depression” provides aid to Christians who struggle with depression

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MEADVILLE, Pa. (PRWEB)

“Light in a Dark Place” is an unrestricted depiction of the pain Christians experience while trying to reconcile seasons of depression with the idea that faith should shield believers from pain. Harrington asks, “Are you a Christian who battles depression? Have you wondered why your faith isn’t meeting your needs?” The book breaks down desperate, spiritual questions into digestible nuggets, which show how to make a faith walk practical.

There has never been a book quite like “Light in a Dark Place”. Christians who struggle with depression or have loved ones who suffer will find the insight contained in the book invaluable. The author, D.M. Harrington, was raised in church and born-again at the age of thirteen but discovered that neither her upbringing nor her devotion would protect her from profound emotional distress. Help came as she intimately engaged God in her pain and found Him to be accessible in times of need. The light that she searched for and found, she freely gives to her readers.

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Harrington’s new book confronts thoughts and feelings often harbored which end up shackling people to the dark. It reveals that much of their pain is their own shredded hands refusing to let go in an invisible tug-of-war with God. But they must let go — of their illusions about life, their irrational expectations, and their preconceptions about God. It is the only route to relief. Those with depression can thrive emotionally, mentally, and relationally in spite of it.

Visit the book website at: http://www.lightinadarkplace.com or view the book video trailer on YouTube.

Consumers can purchase “Light in a Dark Place” at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries about “Light in a Dark Place”, contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.

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Technology: Computer

Actions for Businesses Facing Trade Uncertainties Topic of Vendavo Webinar with Professional Pricing Society Nov 20

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While this kind of turmoil has long been the case in the process industries, any type of business facing rapid market changes such as input cost variations or trade uncertainties will benefit from the discussion.


DENVER (PRWEB)

To help organizations navigate volatile trade patterns as trade barriers and tariffs are being threatened, invoked and sometimes revoked, Vendavo, the market leader in commercial excellence solutions, will host a webinar, Customer Behavior in the Process Industry: Actions for Any Business Facing Trade Uncertainties with the Professional Pricing Society (PPS) on Wednesday, November 20 at 9am PT | 12pm ET | 6pm CET. Registration for the webinar is now open.

Led by Robert Irwin, Vice President Business Consulting with Vendavo, participants will learn about how to identify customer buying behaviors in highly volatile markets and what types of strategies can be folded into decisions and specific actions for their pricing tactics. While this kind of turmoil has long been the case in the process industries, any type of business facing rapid market changes such as input cost variations or trade uncertainties will benefit from the discussion.

During the 45-minutes session, participants will also learn:


  • Why understanding customer behavior is an important component of the pricing process

  • How to measure and monitor customer behavior using existing data

  • The methodology and rules to embed customer buying behavior into pricing tactics

  • Which buyer behaviors in the process industries relate to other industries, especially for margin sensitive offerings

Vendavo’s Darius Fekete, Business Consultant, Kalle Aerikkala, Senior Consultant and Aiden Murphy, Director of Value Consulting will also lead a workshop during PPS European & Global Pricing Workshops and Conference November 27-29 in Berlin. Commercial Excellence: A War Won by Unlocking Value with Your Partners will be November 27 at 9am CET. Registration is required to attend the workshop and conference. Visit the PPS Fall Conference website.

About Vendavo

Vendavo powers the shift to digital business for the world’s most demanding B2B companies, unlocking value, growing margin and accelerating revenue. With the Vendavo Commercial Excellence platform, companies develop dynamic customer insights and optimal pricing strategies that maximize margin, boost sales effectiveness and improve customer experience. With an annual margin improvement totaling more than $2.5 billion across companies in chemicals, distribution, high-tech and manufacturing, Vendavo delivers cutting-edge analytics and deep industry expertise that help companies stay one step ahead. Vendavo is headquartered in Denver, CO and has offices around the globe. Learn more at Vendavo.com.

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Technology: Electronics

Radiant Vision Systems Honored by 2019 Laser Focus World Innovators Awards

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Radiant Vision Systems Honored by 2019 Laser Focus World Innovators Awards

Combining an imaging radiometer and Fourier optics limits the complexity of NIR measurement by capturing all angular emissions within a single two-dimensional image, in a matter of seconds.


REDMOND, Wash. (PRWEB)

Radiant Vision Systems, the leading provider of automated visual test and inspection solutions for light sources and displays, announced today that its NIR (Near-Infrared) Intensity Lens has been recognized among the best by the 2019 Laser Focus World Innovators Awards. An esteemed panel of judges from the optics and photonics community recognized Radiant Vision Systems as a Gold honoree.

“On behalf of the Laser Focus World Innovators Awards, I would like to congratulate Radiant Vision Systems on their Gold-level honoree status,” said Laser Focus World Editor in Chief John Lewis. “This competitive program allows Laser Focus World to celebrate and recognize the most innovative products impacting the photonics community this year.”

Radiant was honored with a Gold-level award for its new NIR Intensity Lens solution, released January 7, 2019. The NIR Intensity Lens is designed to measure NIR-emitting LED and laser sources—for example, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, or VCSELs—used in non-visible 3D sensing applications such as facial and gesture recognition. Radiant’s NIR Intensity Lens is mounted directly to a Radiant ProMetric® Y16 (16-megapixel) Imaging Radiometer and uses Fourier optics to enable single-image analysis of the full angular distribution of an NIR light source to +/- 70 degrees. The system is designed for precise measurement of 940-nanometer wavelength sources—used by the majority of 3D sensing devices in consumer electronics as well as other applications. Paired with a specialized software test suite for NIR source measurement (Radiant’s TT-NIRI™ software module), the lens solution can be used to measure emission uniformity, total flux, and radiant intensity of sources including fall-off and hot spots of flood sources (used for time of flight (ToF) applications) and accurate angular position of structured light dot patterns containing tens of thousands of emission points.

“Capturing NIR emissions in angular space—especially thousands of emission points required for dot-pattern facial recognition—is extremely challenging for traditional measurement equipment,” said Doug Kreysar, Executive Vice President and Chief Solutions Officer at Radiant Vision Systems. “Traditional systems like goniometers capture comprehensive angular data from light sources, but are large, costly, and may take hours to perform a complete analysis. Combining an imaging radiometer and Fourier optics limits the complexity of NIR measurement by capturing all angular emissions within a single two-dimensional image, in a matter of seconds. The Radiant NIR Intensity Lens system can accomplish angular NIR emission measurement using a compact camera/lens combination in place of large, multi-component goniometric systems, giving manufacturers a very space- and cost-effective laboratory measurement solution. The scale and speed of the NIR Intensity Lens system also makes it an optimal solution for production-level qualification, which would be impossible with a lab-based goniometer.”

The 2019 Laser Focus World Innovators Awards Honorees are featured in the November issue of Laser Focus World magazine as well as on http://www.laserfocusworld.com. For more information about the NIR Intensity Lens from Radiant, visit http://www.RadiantVisionSystems.com.

About Laser Focus World

Published since 1965, Laser Focus World has become the most trusted global resource for engineers, researchers, scientists, and technical professionals by providing comprehensive coverage of photonics technologies, applications, and markets. Laser Focus World reports on and analyzes the latest developments and significant trends in both the technology and business of photonics worldwide — and offers greater technical depth than any other publication in the field.

Laser Focus World 2019 Innovators Awards program

The Laser Focus World Innovation Awards celebrates the most innovative applications of photonics, optoelectronics, and precision optics products and systems. Awards are presented to organizations that demonstrate excellence in the use of a product, system, or application. Designers, integrators, and users of laser, optics, and photonics systems may nominate their own projects or applications, or integrators or distributors that supplied products or systems can nominate exceptional projects for consideration.

About Radiant Vision Systems

Radiant Vision Systems works with world-class brands and manufacturers to deliver creative visual inspection solutions that improve quality, reduce costs, and increase customer satisfaction. Radiant’s legacy of technology innovation in photometric imaging and worldwide install base date back more than 25 years and address applications from consumer electronics to automotive manufacturing. Radiant Vision Systems product lines include TrueTest™ automated visual inspection software for quality control, and ProMetric® imaging colorimeters, photometers, and light source measurement systems. Radiant is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, with strategic offices in California, Michigan, China, and South Korea. Radiant has been a part of Konica Minolta’s Sensing Business Unit since August 2015. For more information, visit http://www.RadiantVisionSystems.com.

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Industry: Healthcare

NowRx Partners with Parata Systems to Significantly Streamline Pharmacist Verification, Increase Accuracy

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NowRx is leading the charge in reinventing the pharmacy space from the ground up and we are pleased that our technology is helping advance their mission of increasing pharmacy efficiency and safety


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and DURHAM, N.C. (PRWEB)

NowRx, the same-day, free-delivery pharmacy, and Parata, a leader in automated dispensing with high speed and accuracy, today announced a technology partnership to create an industry-first process that significantly streamlines pharmacist verification and fill speeds.

Through a unique combination of Parata’s Max®, a vial-filling robot with image capture, and NowRx’s automated image analytics software, NowRx believes it can improve prescription verification efficiency by more than 25% compared to the manual processes typically found in traditional pharmacies. In addition to increased efficiency, this technology dramatically reduces verification errors.

Researchers at the University of Arizona found that traditional community pharmacies average a prescription dispensing error rate between 1.4% and 1.8%(1), equating to more than 80 million prescription dispensing errors on the nearly 6 billion annual prescriptions dispensed throughout the U.S.(2) NowRx’s technology significantly reduces these dispensing errors which are common in traditional pharmacies who use older technology or manual processes.

“NowRx is leading the charge in reinventing the pharmacy space from the ground up and we are pleased that our technology is helping advance their mission of increasing pharmacy efficiency and safety,” said Mark Longley, EVP of Sales and Marketing at Parata.

By integrating Parata Max into its custom Pharmacy Management System, QuickFill, NowRx is able to utilize Parata Max’s image capture before capping to automatically run an imprint analysis. This enables NowRx’s pharmacists to more rapidly verify prescriptions. This technology partnership further fuels NowRx’s disruption of the $330bn pharmacy space and the goal it shares with Parata of improving patient prescription adherence, increasing healthcare efficiency and, ultimately, bettering the health of its customers.

“A critical component of NowRx’s vision for modernizing pharmacy is a better fulfillment process than counting trays and counting in fives – a system that has remained practically unchanged for 50 years. We knew automation was the key to re-engineering pharmacy and Parata Max offered us the most innovative solution on which to build,” said Cary Breese, CEO of NowRx. “Automations like these are the only way to be successful in a same-day delivery pharmacy offering, while raising the bar for patient safety. This is just the beginning of a number of innovations that we are developing to further revolutionize the pharmacy space.”

About Parata Systems

Parata provides pharmacy technology solutions to reduce costs, improve health outcomes, and enhance the patient experience by offering the most comprehensive pharmacy automation portfolio with medication adherence packaging, high-speed robotic dispensing technologies, and pharmacy workflow solutions. Discover how pharmacies across all practice settings use our solutions to stay out in front at parata.com.

About NowRx

NowRx is an on-demand pharmacy founded with the goal of developing software, artificial intelligence, robotics, and logistics to create the most convenient retail pharmacy service available. NowRx focuses on free same-day delivery for prescription and OTC medications, eliminating the need to visit a pharmacy. NowRx hand-delivers all available prescription medications door-to-door, on the same day, through its fleet of friendly, trained drivers. Using NowRx’s proprietary pharma-efficiency technology, NowRx’s team of pharmacists fill prescriptions at its locally-based, state-of-the-art, and fully-licensed pharmacies. With NowRx, consumers can reach their pharmacist on the second ring or instantly through video chat and will never, ever waste time in pharmacy waiting lines again. NowRx recently launched its third crowd-funding round on SeedInvest. Learn more at http://www.nowrx.com. Click here for a video about NowRx.

This Company’s profile and accompanying offering materials may contain forward-looking statements and information relating to, among other things, the Company, its business plan and strategy, and its industry. These statements reflect management’s current views with respect to future events based on information currently available and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements as they are meant for illustrative purposes and they do not represent guarantees of future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements, all of which cannot be made. The company does not undertake any obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after such date or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

NowRx Media Contacts:

Angela Jacobson, 714.454.8776 / angela@mwebbcom.com, mWEBB Communications

Melanie Webber, 949.307.1723 / melanie@mwebbcom.com, mWEBB Communications

(1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6173242/

(2) https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports/medicine-use-and-spending-in-the-us-a-review-of-2018-and-outlook-to-2023

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Business: Insurance

Acuity Underwriting Managers Bring Additional Hail Insurance Capacity for Auto Dealerships

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“Hail storms have caused catastrophic losses to auto dealers. Finally an insurance program which can reduce their out of pocket costs.”


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (PRWEB)

Acuity Underwriting Managers, LLC has launched a parametric hail insurance program supporting Auto Dealers in the severe hail prone states. Acuity Underwriting Managers was founded and managed by insurance professionals with over 100 years combined experience in insurance and risk management consulting.

Richard Duer, Managing Member, designed and helped form the first pilot parametric Colorado auto dealers hail program in 2019. Richard spent over 18 months gathering data and presenting his idea to many of the largest global reinsurance/insurance companies.

While very successful in a single state, the program, due to its catastrophic nature, would require numerous insurance carriers to bring additional capacity to all the hail prone states. Five of the leading global insurance carriers have partnered with Acuity Underwriting Managers LLC to bring unlimited capacity to the auto dealer parametric hail insurance marketplace. All the insurance carriers reviewed and approved the data information verification processes and the additional ground truth brought about with onsite hail measuring devices. “The past couple years has been very fruitful with the amount of data we have compiled. We even had the hail station manufacturer and data analyzer chase hail storms to bring further credibility to our analytics,” per Richard.

It is important for dealerships to have the trust in the data used to trigger the parametric insurance. Thus the hail insurance program has arms length agreements between the hail station data gatherer, the data analyzer and algorithm company and the eventual insurance company.

The Acuity Hail program will be available through retail and wholesale insurance agents and the automobile manufacturer administered insurance programs. For more information please contact rduer@acuityum.com

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Business: Executives

Avante Health Solutions Announces Recent Management Changes

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CHICAGO (PRWEB)

Avante Health Solutions (“Avante”) is pleased to announce that Mr. Sterling Peloso, President of Avante Ultrasound, has assumed the operating responsibilities of Avante Patient Monitoring. This expanded role will be in addition to his current duties at Avante Ultrasound and will provide greater continuity as the Ultrasound and Patient Monitoring businesses continue to work more closely together.

This management change comes as Mr. Andy Bonin, founder of Avante Patient Monitoring (formerly Pacific Medical), has decided to step away from the day-to-day operations and move into a strategic advisory role for the overall Avante organization. This new role will allow all of the Avante companies to capitalize on Mr. Bonin’s strengths focused around product development, strategic sourcing, supplier relations, and business development.

“I am proud to have built the leading Patient Monitoring business in the industry and excited about the future as we continue to execute on Avante’s growth strategy of being the premier provider of all medical equipment solutions,” said Mr. Bonin.

Mr. Peloso added, “As Patient Monitoring, Ultrasound and the overall Avante organization continue to come together, I look forward to growing the collective businesses and providing a complete suite of products and services that is unmatched in the healthcare industry.”

Steve Inacker, President and COO of Avante, believes that the newly announced changes will not only allow Avante to capitalize on the continued strengths of both leaders, but also put the company in the best position to provide enhanced services to its combined customer base.

“I am pleased to announce these new responsibilities for Sterling as he continues to leverage his leadership capabilities, enthusiasm, and dedication to grow both Ultrasound and Patient Monitoring,” said Inacker. “In addition, I am excited that we will continue to benefit from Andy’s extensive engineering and sourcing acumen in his new role and know that these management changes will allow both Sterling and Andy to be instrumental in the future success of Avante.”

The Avante family of companies is currently comprised of:


  • Avante Ultrasound (formerly Global Medical Imaging and Ultra Solutions)

  • Avante Patient Monitoring (formerly Pacific Medical)

  • Avante Medical Surgical (formerly DRE Medical Group)

  • Avante Rental Services (formerly Integrated Rental Services)

  • Avante Oncology Services (formerly Oncology Services International)

  • Avante Diagnostic Imaging (formerly Transtate Equipment Company and Equipment Maintenance Solutions)

Avante expects additional acquisitions to further expand across these platforms.

About Avante Health Solutions

Avante Health Solutions is successfully deploying a strategy of acquiring, partnering and growing with medical, surgical, and diagnostic imaging equipment companies to become a major industry player in North America and internationally. Avante’s healthcare equipment and service business is focused on the complete lifecycle of medical, surgical, diagnostic imaging, cath/angio, MRI/CT, and oncology equipment, including sales, install, service, repair, sourcing and refurbishing. Through organic growth and targeted acquisitions, Avante provides a breadth of service and product offerings to a variety of customers located throughout North America and around the world.

By working together, the Avante companies and its respective management teams offer customers a broader range of products and services on a national basis while maintaining control at the local level. For more information, please visit: http://www.avantehs.com.

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Factor Expands Operations to State-of-the-Art Production Facility

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Factor Ribbon Cutting, Co-Founder and CEO Mike Apostal and Team

“We’re excited to expand our production presence to help us provide even better quality and experience to our valued customers across the country.”


CHICAGO (PRWEB)

On the heels of three consecutive years on Inc’s list of the “Fastest Growing Companies in America,” Factor, the leading fully-prepared meal delivery service, celebrated the official opening of their 25,000 sq ft facility in west suburban Chicago.

“We’re excited to expand our production presence to help us provide even better quality and experience to our valued customers across the country,” said Mike Apostal, Factor’s Co-Founder and CEO. “The facility provides unparalleled meal preparation capacity in the Midwest and includes kitchen, production, and office space – all under one roof. We’re also thrilled to be bringing over 85 new jobs to the Chicago-land area.”

Since opening four years ago, Factor has grown from shipping nearly 1,000 meals weekly to their current rate of over 75,000 meals a week. This recent expansion is set to enable the company’s future business growth.

“The Village of Burr Ridge understands that being “A Very Special Place” means being a great place for business to grow and to flourish,” said Mayor Gary Grasso. “It’s such an honor to welcome Factor to Burr Ridge and to be home for one of the country’s fastest-growing companies.”

Factor has delivered over 5 million meals since 2018 and ships healthy, fresh, restaurant-quality meals directly to consumers throughout the contiguous US each week. Every recipe is hand-crafted by gourmet chefs and optimized by dietitians. All meals are free of refined sugars, gluten, soy, hormones, antibiotics, and GMOs.

About Factor

Factor is a fully-prepared meal delivery service that is taking a whole new approach to fresh-prepared food. The company’s weekly rotating menu of breakfast, lunch, and dinner options are hand-crafted by gourmet chefs and optimized by dietitians. Every meal is free of refined sugars, gluten, soy, hormones, antibiotics, and GMOs for healthy, clean eating. Factor’s headquarter is based in Batavia, IL and delivers anywhere in the contiguous U.S. For more information, visit http://www.factor75.com or stay connected on Facebook and Instagram @FactorMeals.

Media Contact

Susan Oguche

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