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Business: Executives

Fresh Consulting Acquires Portland-Based Product Design Agency Uncorked Studios

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Fresh and Uncorked share a similar vision of embracing what’s next, and helping our clients and our team stay fresh. The union will mature our unique integrated position of bringing strategy, design, software, and hardware together to build meaningful innovation—as a service—for our clients.


BELLEVUE, Wash. (PRWEB)

On November 5th, 2019, Fresh Consulting, a design-led software, hardware, and robotics innovation company, announced it has acquired Uncorked Studios, a boutique product design and strategy firm. The addition of Uncorked’s partner base and expertise helps award-winning Fresh Consulting grow its strategy, innovation, and product design offerings.

Uncorked is a nine-year-old strategic product design studio focused on building products and experiences using emerging technologies. It has worked with some of the world’s top brands, including Nike, Google, Facebook, and the New York Times.

“We’re excited about boosting our product and design strategy capabilities,” said Fresh founder and CEO Jeff Dance. “Fresh and Uncorked share a similar vision of embracing what’s next, and helping our clients and our team stay fresh. The union will mature our unique integrated position of bringing strategy, design, software, and hardware together to build meaningful innovation—as a service—for our clients.”

With the move, Fresh adds more world-class product strategy and innovation expertise, and Uncorked expands its software and hardware development capabilities.

“We’ve always believed in creating experiences that connect the physical and digital worlds,” said Uncorked co-founder and CEO Marcelino Alvarez. “Aligning with Fresh means we’ll be able to deliver on our vision of the strategic product design and development process across a broader range of environments, from VR to wearables to autonomous vehicles.”

Uncorked will become the Portland office of Fresh Consulting, and Alvarez will take on a Chief Product Officer role, developing innovation programs and processes for brands seeking to commercialize emerging technology. John Furukawa, Uncorked’s COO, will become Managing Director of Fresh Portland.

“Fresh has built a formidable team of brilliant minds that shares our worldview for creating innovative products to solve real-world problems,” Alvarez says. “We’ve worked with many of the same companies, and are looking forward to evolving our offering together.”

“At the heart of both firms, we’ve discovered that we both sincerely value the people—our talented employees and awesome clients—and we think that’s a recipe for future success together. We have a big vision, and we’re just getting started,” said Dance.

Recent innovative projects from Fresh Consulting and Uncorked Studios include a platform for industrial autonomous vehicles, an educational artificial intelligence product, a gen-Z co-creation incubator, an augmented reality retail experience, and a camera concept that bridges AI, privacy, and usability.

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AdventHealth Ocala Delivers on Promise to Provide Better Health Care

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OCALA, Fla. (PRWEB)

AdventHealth Ocala has earned a “B” in patient safety from the prestigious Leapfrog Group. AdventHealth acquired the hospital in August 2018 and made a promise to Ocala and Marion County to transform and elevate the quality of care to the community. In that timeframe, patient safety grades rose from a “D” to a “B,” showing the hospital does a better job at protecting patients from mistakes, injuries, accidents and infections than it did previously. The score is from the Leapfrog group, a national nonprofit health care ratings organization, focused on safety ratings for more than 2,600 hospitals across the country. The group assigns letter grades of A, B, C, D and F based on how well hospitals perform in patient safety.

“Since acquiring the hospital in 2018, we have been on a journey to providing the best medical care possible, and it is thanks to the hard work and dedication of our team that we are able to achieve this success in such a short amount of time,” said Joe Johnson, President and CEO of AdventHealth Ocala. “This is just the beginning, we still have an ‘A’ as our goal.”

Leaders at AdventHealth Ocala implemented a list of changes to enhance patient safety, including:


  • Deploying over 600 new IV pumps and over 80 teleboxes which allow care teams to monitor patients and medications in real time – significantly decreasing medication errors to patients.

  • Implementing electronic health records which allow physicians to place the patient medication orders directly into the computer and allows nurses to scan a patient’s medications prior to administering medications – which has been shown to significantly decrease medication errors to patients.

  • Renovating the emergency room to provide all private patient rooms to decrease infection rates and offer complete privacy during care.

  • Reinstating safety huddles each morning to ensure all departments are informed of hospital and patient needs each day.

  • Training over 2,000 team members on a change in culture to enhance how team members care for patients and each other.

“How we care for our community makes a difference and you see it in the scores,” said Imelda Unto, Chief Nursing Officer of AdventHealth Ocala. “We implemented several key strategies to improve patient safety, reduce infections and create a culture of safety to make sure we are providing the best care possible to every patient, every time. Thanks to our dedicated administrators and care team members, we can continue to create a high quality, safe environment for anyone needing our care.”

AdventHealth Ocala has committed to investing over $120 million in renovation, expansion, and upgrades to technology to provide world-class care in Marion County and the surrounding communities.

Patient safety is the top priority at all AdventHealth locations. This year, all participating hospitals in the West Florida Division received either an “A” or “B” grade from the Leapfrog Safety Group.

AdventHealth voluntarily participates in the Leapfrog assessment and provides full transparency to our hospitals and our data to patient safety experts for review. To see a full list of safety grades, click here.

About AdventHealth West Florida Division

The West Florida Division of AdventHealth has some of the nation’s brightest medical minds making lifesaving breakthroughs with surgical pioneers, scientists and researchers using leading edge technology and innovation to deliver our brand of whole-person care. Our network of care includes AdventHealth Carrollwood, AdventHealth Connerton, AdventHealth Dade City, AdventHealth Lake Placid, AdventHealth North Pinellas, AdventHealth Ocala, AdventHealth Sebring, AdventHealth Tampa, AdventHealth Wauchula, AdventHealth Wesley Chapel and AdventHealth Zephyrhills, as well as three freestanding offsite Emergency Rooms including AdventHealth Central Pasco ER, AdventHealth Palm Harbor ER and AdventHealth TimberRidge ER. We are more than hospitals, as we have a robust system of care including specialty acute care, over 200 primary care and specialty employed physicians, Express Care at Walgreens clinics, urgent care centers, wound care, physical therapy and home health care. AdventHealth is a faith-based not-for-profit health care system with a mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. AdventHealth has hundreds of care sites and nearly 50 hospitals across the United States. For more information about AdventHealth, visit http://www.AdventHealth.com, or http://www.Facebook.com/AdventHealth.

About AdventHealth Ocala

AdventHealth Ocala is a 425-bed full-service community hospital that opened in 1898. In August 2018, AdventHealth Ocala became a part of the AdventHealth network. The facility is 640,000 square feet and sits on 15-acres. Within the hospital network there are two 24/7 ER facilities, one onsite and another offsite, to better meet the needs of Marion County. The onsite ER has both an adult and children’s emergency department that has over 50 combined beds with the ability to treat many conditions and injuries. Established in 2002, the offsite ER, AdventHealth TimberRidge ER, is a 24-hour full-service emergency department with 16 private rooms and was the first offsite ER in the state of Florida. The hospital offers many inpatient services including, labor and delivery through The Baby Place®, Orthopedic unit, comprehensive cardiovascular surgery unit, and a wound care center. AdventHealth Ocala is accredited The Joint Commission and has received recognition from American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. They are an Accredited Chest Pain Center and a Certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center.

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Technology: Electronics

PSTA Releases Initial Industry and Public Safety Recommendations on Situational Awareness

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We have worked hard to ensure that ongoing situational awareness becomes integrated into public safety operations now that public safety has come to expect high speed access to reliable and resilient public safety broadband, David Fritsche, PSTA SA Subcommittee Chair and Secured Communications CTO


FREMONT, Calif. (PRWEB)

Consistent with the purpose and mission of the PSTA, the PSTA Board of Directors is pleased to release the Situational Awareness Technical Subcommittee report https://www.pstalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/PSTA-SA-Report.pdf which includes the initial PSTA recommendations for public safety and industry.

The Situational Awareness Subcommittee was established to recommend a common set of standard APIs and interface structures that will make the situational awareness construct for public safety users much easier to implement and integrate into existing systems.

PSTA’s recommendations are being made based on input and discussion among PSTA industry and public safety membership in subcommittee discussions that have been ongoing over the last year, and have been formulated leveraging this expertise as well as publicly available standards.

The PSTA board has recommended a common language and symbology to ensure that all public safety users are able to consistently identify key landmarks and information across platforms. PSTA also recommends the use of open geospatial data standards, the use of the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) in establishing a common naming convention schema across public safety, and the use of Project Open Data to address a common set of open standard metadata data sets and APIs for use by both federal and state agencies.

“We have worked hard to ensure that ongoing situational awareness becomes integrated into public safety operations now that public safety has come to expect high speed access to reliable and resilient public safety broadband,” said David Fritsche, PSTA Situational Awareness Subcommittee Chair and Secured Communications CTO.

“Situational awareness incorporates multiple applications and platforms to share real time information for first responders and we need to ensure these systems are interoperable as they become embedded into every public safety organization,” added Anatoli Levine, PSTA Situational Awareness Subcommittee Member and Softil Director of Products and Standards.

As PSTA considers additional, relevant, information provided within the Situational Awareness Subcommittee, it will update and release any changes to its recommendations as necessary. The current report version will be posted on the PSTA website (https://www.pstalliance.org/technical-committees/subcommittee-report-and-comment-form/) and will be open and accessible to the public.te

If you are a member of a public safety agency/association, industry or academia and want to contribute to these important technical subcommittee discussions going forward, please visit https://www.pstalliance.org/how-to-join/ to join the PSTA and share your experience and knowledge.

About PSTA

The Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA), comprised of telecommunications industry, public safety, and technology leaders, is a nonprofit coalition with a mission to accelerate the conformance of technology that is both open and standards compliant to ensure public safety has a safe, secure and interoperable framework for the next generation of communications tools by guiding the implementation and testing of technical specifications requirements for applications, handsets, connected devices, cloud applications and storage that will be used by the first responder community. For more information visit http://www.pstalliance.org

Contact

Victoria Lee

Tel: 541-771-2144

Email: vicki@publicsafety.network

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Leading Beverly Hills Hair Transplant Surgeon to Host Reddit AMA this Month

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A Reddit AMA is part of our ongoing patient education process to reach patients across the country as well all around the world. – Dr. Parsa Mohebi


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (PRWEB)

Dr. Parsa Mohebi, the founder of Parsa Mohebi Hair Restoration with locations in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and San Francisco, is expanding his patient education efforts by hosting a Reddit AMA on Wednesday November 13th at 1pm PST. During the hour-long Reddit session, Dr. Mohebi will take questions from actual Reddit users interested in learning more about how hair transplants are performed as well as what type of patients are ideal candidates for hair restoration.

According to Dr. Mohebi, “A Reddit AMA is part of our ongoing patient education process to reach patients across the country as well all around the world. There are many people suffering from hair loss that want to learn more about the science of hair transplants as well as the medical techniques used to perform hair restoration. However, many people do not have the time to schedule an appointment with a doctor or they might live in an area of the country where a board-certified hair transplant surgeon is not easily available to them.”

When it comes to the questions asked during his past Reddit sessions, “I enjoy the variety of questions because they cover a wide range of topics from how hair transplants are performed to the various techniques used to achieve natural, long-lasting results. Reddit users also ask fun questions about celebrity hair transplant procedures because they love to know which stars have a naturally full hairline and which celebrities had some help achieving their current look.”

Dr. Mohebi also shared the reasons behind hosting the AMA at lunchtime. “We receive questions from all over the country and lunchtime in California is ideal for the AMA because people on the east coast, as well as the central time zone, are either off work or almost done with work for the day. They have more time to ask questions and even learn some additional information thanks to the other questions asked during the session. Plus, patients on the west coast can take part during their lunch hour. It is a fun and educational event that I plan on hosting on a monthly basis on the Reddit AMA page.”

About Dr. Parsa Mohebi:

As the first chairman of the FUE Research Committee of the International Society of Hair Restoration and creator of several methods and techniques in modern hair restoration, Dr. Mohebi, along with his staff, provides his patients with the most advanced hair restoration techniques currently available. Dr. Mohebi has been in the forefront of new research and developing the latest technology to advance the field of hair restoration. Dr. Mohebi is a Diplomat of the American Board of Hair Restoration and a fellow of the International Society of Hair Restoration.

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Industry: Healthcare

Medgaus Dental Group Boosts Aesthetics and Confidence with Gummy Smile Treatment in Pittsburgh, PA

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Drs. Carl Medgaus, Dentist in Pittsburgh, PA

Drs. Carl Medgaus Treats Gummy Smiles in Pittsburgh, PA with Crown Lengthening

When I give them back their smile, and the confidence to go every day and be who they really are — I still get goosebumps from it.


PITTSBURGH (PRWEB)

Drs. Carl Medgaus and Maelys Aguila help patients with a “gummy smile” obtain a more balanced and healthy mouth through crown lengthening in Pittsburgh, PA. A gummy smile is when a patient has excessive gum tissue that covers more of their tooth structure than it should. This condition can cause both emotional and physical concerns, but is easily treated with a crown lengthening procedure.

“Doing the kind of dentistry I do, rehabilitating a patient’s smile, is really rehabilitating the entire person,” says Dr. Medgaus. “Having a smile you’re confident in can change things so much. When I give them back their smile, and the confidence to go every day and be who they really are — I still get goosebumps from it.”

For some patients, a gummy smile can be an embarrassing condition, as it may make their teeth appear short or patients may show too much gum tissue when they smile. For these patients, crown lengthening helps to reshape the gum tissue into a more balanced and pleasing position. By removing the excess tissue, the smile can be made to look more natural, showing more teeth and less gum. It also allows for a rebalancing of the gums if they were irregularly shaped.

A gummy smile can cause health concerns for patients as well, because they are not able to clean their teeth below the gum line. This often results in cavities and bacteria developing on the tooth structure underneath the gums. Crown lengthening treatment is used to remove the gum tissue, granting access to the cavity or bacteria that was covered and allowing for further treatment.

To make the crown lengthening procedure simple and gentle for patients, Drs. Medgaus and Aguila offer sedation dentistry. Patients can receive oral sedation, nitrous oxide or IV sedation to give them a soothing, relaxed experience. Local anesthetic is often used to numb the treatment site to prevent sensations of discomfort.

Drs. Medgaus and Aguila offer many other cosmetic dentistry treatments to help patients improve their confidence and their smile. These respected dentists provide all of these services conveniently at two locations, with offices in Monroeville and Pittsburgh, PA. Additional cosmetic dentistry treatments include:

  •     – Porcelain veneers

  •     – Invisalign®

  •     – Crowns and bridges

  •     – Teeth whitening

Patients with gummy smiles who are interested in improving function or aesthetics through crown lengthening in the Pittsburgh, PA area are encouraged to contact Medgaus Dental Group at either of their office locations. Appointments can be made by calling 412-373-0310 for the Monroeville, PA office or 412-563-6333 for the Pittsburgh, PA practice. Patients can also visit http://www.medgausdentalgroup.com to schedule a consultation.

About the Dentists

For over 35 years, Medgaus Dental Group has been serving the Monroeville and Pittsburgh, PA areas with genuine and comprehensive dental care. Founder and lead dentist, Dr. Carl Medgaus, is dedicated to continuing education for himself as well as his fellow clinicians. Having treated over 300,000 patients since 1973 and placing over 5,000 dental implants, his results speak for themselves. His associate, Dr. Maelys Aguila, is a native Spanish speaker who shares the same philosophy that changing a smile can change a life. Developing his own full arch dental implant technique, Stabili-Teeth™ Dr. Medgaus and his team also offer life-changing smile makeovers and gum disease treatment, among other services. To learn more about Drs. Medgaus and Aguila, their leading-edge practice, or the services they offer, visit http://www.medgausdentalgroup.com or call their Monroeville office at 412-373-0310 or their Pittsburgh practice at 412-563-6333.

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The Hanover Insurance Group Joins EndDD.org Sponsors

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We are pleased to have The Hanover on board as a sponsor of our organization. This company works to protect drivers and passengers in a variety of innovative ways.


PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB)

EndDD.org (End Distracted Driving) is delighted to announce that The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has become a sponsor and part of EndDD.org’s solution to eliminate distracted driving on our nation’s roads.

Sponsorship of EndDD.org demonstrates a commitment to changing attitudes about safe driving behavior. The Hanover’s support will allow EndDD.org to reach even more middle school, high school and college students across the country and to provide educational resources to supplement the presentations, all without cost to the schools.

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. is the holding company for several property and casualty insurance companies, which together constitute one of the largest insurance businesses in the U.S. The company provides insurance solutions through a select group of independent agents and brokers. Together with its agents, The Hanover offers standard and specialized insurance protection for businesses, homes, automobiles, and other personal items.

“We are pleased to have The Hanover on board as a sponsor of our organization,” said Joel Feldman, founder of EndDD.org. “This company works to protect drivers and passengers in a variety of innovative ways. The Hanover’s support helps us all continue the fight to stop preventable deaths caused by distracted driving. We are proud of this partnership.”

The Hanover’s sponsorship of EndDD.org is just one way the company is working to save lives on our nation’s roadways. In 2018, The Hanover launched its SafeTeen program to educate new drivers about responsible driving and offer savings and rewards for teens and their parents. The company provides its agent partners a full suite of education and discount options to offer customers who add teen drivers to a policy. SafeTeen’s driving safety course is designed to help inexperienced drivers improve their driving skills and help reduce crashes by up to 30 percent once completed. Parents can also monitor their teen’s driving behaviors through the SafeTeen mobile app. Through its partnership with ADEPT Driver’s teenSMART® program, The Hanover offers discounts on customers’ auto policies when teen drivers successfully complete the program.

“Casey’s story has touched us at The Hanover, and we are committed to preserving her legacy by doing our part to end distracted driving so other families don’t have to go through the same tragedy,” said Daniel C. Halsey, president of personal lines at The Hanover. “Teen drivers are especially vulnerable, as they are new to the road and are more likely to be distracted. We are passionate about this cause and are very pleased to partner with EndDD.org to bring education and research to teens across the country.”

EndDD.org is grateful for The Hanover’s generosity and commitment to promoting safe, distraction-free driving across the country.

About EndDD.org

EndDD.org (End Distracted Driving) was founded by Joel Feldman and Dianne Anderson in 2009 as a project of the Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation. Casey Feldman, 21, was struck and killed by a distracted driver in July 2009 in Ocean City, NJ. The mission of EndDD.org is to save lives from distracted driving through advocacy, education and action. Since its inception, EndDD has amassed a network of 500 volunteer speakers and provided science-based distracted driving presentations to hundreds of thousands of students nationwide.

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Erik McKinney Joins Impact XM as Executive Creative Director

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IXM Executive Creative Director, Erik McKinney

Erik has extensive expertise in crafting strategic creative for live brand experiences as well as leading teams. With Erik on board, our goal is to strengthen our idea-led solutions, push creative boundaries and influence the evolution of our design practice as a core differentiator.


DAYTON, N.J. (PRWEB)

Global experiential marketing agency Impact XM has hired Erik McKinney as a leader in the creative department. As Executive Creative Director, McKinney will leverage his strategic thinking and creativity to help evolve and elevate the agency’s creative offering to our clients.

McKinney comes to Impact XM with nearly two decades of experience in the industry. Most recently, as part of George P. Johnson, he was able to deliver award-winning work for clients like Mazda, Lexus and Amazon. He is a B2C and B2B creative hybrid with demonstrated ability in crafting compelling stories that drive engagement across experiential campaigns, auto shows, conferences, trade shows, proprietary events, and sponsorship activations.

McKinney also serves as a board member and creative consultant for 1Fur1Foundation, a nonprofit organization which provides free-of-charge animal-assisted therapy and activities to children and seniors with disabilities.

With a proven track record in experiential marketing, McKinney will be a great asset to Impact XM’s creative efforts. Said Anne Houghton, VP of Creative:

“We are creating something awesome at Impact XM and believe our team members are our competitive advantage. Erik has extensive expertise in crafting strategic creative for live brand experiences as well as leading teams. With Erik on board, our goal is to strengthen our idea-led solutions, push creative boundaries and influence the evolution of our design practice as a core differentiator.”

Erik is also eager to help lead the Creative efforts:

“Impact XM has demonstrated their commitment to becoming a creative force within our industry. I’m truly excited to join this talented team and help make our vision a reality.”

About Impact XM (http://www.impact-xm.com)

Impact XM is a global experiential marketing agency specialized in live marketing. The agency creates events, meetings, conferences, exhibits, environments, digital engagements and consumer activations that connect clients’ target audiences with their brands.

Trusted by some of the world’s most respected organizations, the agency has a forty-six-year heritage of insightful strategy, brilliant creative, smart fulfilment and purposeful metrics. Impact XM clients operate across a variety of industries, including the Aviation, Healthcare, Technology and Industrial sectors.

Headquartered in New Jersey, Impact XM maintains locations in Toronto, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Washington D.C. and Zurich. More information can be found at http://www.impact-xm.com

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Aegis Therapies Participating in Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week, November 3-9, 2019

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Aegis Therapies Participating in Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week, November 3-9, 2019

“Aegis Therapies is committed to maintaining a culture of compliance where we ensure that the care we provide is of the highest quality and meets the needs of our patients, employees and partners,” said Martha Schram, President and CEO of Aegis Therapies.


FRISCO, Texas (PRWEB)

Keeping up its tradition of a culture of compliance and encouraging employees to follow the highest of standards, Aegis Therapies announced today that it will be participating in Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week, organized each year by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics & Health Care Compliance Association (SCCE & HCCA). As a part of its efforts Aegis will be promoting Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week on social media, reminding all Aegis employees internally of Aegis’ four step communication process and utilizing internal communication channels to ensure employees are aware of the company’s compliance and ethics program.

“Aegis Therapies is committed to maintaining a culture of compliance where we ensure that the care we provide is of the highest quality and meets the needs of our patients, employees and partners,” said Martha Schram, President and CEO of Aegis Therapies.

Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week is an extension of Aegis’ ongoing compliance and ethics program, which is headed by Becky Smith, Chief Compliance Officer. Aegis has a code of conduct that all employees are expected to follow. The code calls on employees to, “to respect the dignity of our patients, to always act in accordance with our values and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations.”

Company-wide compliance and ethics education, held annually allows our organization to roll-out new and updated compliance and ethics program policies and reinforce with employees their compliance and ethics obligations. Participation in Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week gives additional opportunity to shine a spotlight on the importance of compliance and ethics and boost compliance culture.

“The Aegis Therapies Code of Conduct and Business Ethics is the guide for our employees to ensure that they are making the right decisions. It supports our teams in performing their job responsibilities in a manner that complies with our policies and company expectations,” said Becky Smith, Chief Compliance Officer at Aegis Therapies, noting the a full copy of the Code of Conduct could be found online at https://aegistherapies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/CodeofConduct.pdf

About Aegis Therapies

As one of the nation’s leading providers of rehabilitation and wellness services, professionals at Aegis Therapies apply proven techniques to help patients move through life to increase their freedom and independence. In addition to long-term and short-term therapy services in over 1,400 locations in 41 states, Aegis Therapies is proud to offer a new and convenient way to access therapy and wellness through the Aegis Total Therapy and Wellness Centers. With leading-edge technology and innovation, services at these locations can help individuals reach their healthcare goals in convenient storefront locations.

Aegis leverages the power of collaboration to help patients transition seamlessly throughout the care continuum. No matter the setting, Aegis specializes in providing services that adapt to each patient’s individualized needs. Therapists use leading-edge technology and innovation to help restore strength and confidence after illness, injury or surgery. More at AegisTherapies.com

About Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week

Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week began in May 2005 as a way to help members of SCCE & HCCA to increase awareness of compliance and ethics issues at their organizations. It has since grown to an annual event that is celebrated around the world. Find out more at corporatecompliance.org/CCandEweek

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Workit Health Expands Telehealth Addiction Care Program to New Jersey

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HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (PRWEB)

Today, Workit Health announced the expansion of its virtual, on-demand individualized services for addiction care to New Jersey. The telehealth substance use and opioid use disorder B-corporation will open an outpatient clinic in Hamilton, near Trenton in Mercer County in order to provide teleMAT alongside its coaching and counseling programs. Workit Health’s easy-to-use web and phone apps and robust EMR synthesize machine learning with patient-led design to enable smarter interventions and more personalized care. The company’s outcomes prove their commitment to disrupting the cycle of high-cost, inefficient addiction services, with a higher adherence and retention rate than traditional treatment types at 1/10th of the cost.

Annual opioid-related overdose deaths in New Jersey are nearly five times those both from car crashes and firearms. In 2018, the state experienced record drug deaths for the fourth straight year, with the overwhelming number of deaths being opioid-related. It’s estimated that even in the face of this crisis only one quarter of addiction treatment providers offer medication like buprenorphine — recognized as the gold standard of care for opioid-use disorder by SAMHSA.

“New Jersey has taken the lead on expanding access to buprenorphine by allowing paramedics to offer treatment,” says Lisa McLaughlin, Workit Health’s Co-CEO. “We’re excited to join the communities and organizations in New Jersey impacting the overdose crisis, and leverage our technology and care teams to provide long-term recovery for New Jerseyans.”

“We know that 90% of addiction care costs in New Jersey are utilized by people who have already received treatment but found it ineffective – Workit Health is something different and more accessible for this population,” says Robin McIntosh, Workit Health’s Co-CEO. “Members in our Michigan and California programs are thriving, and we’re ready to bring these same outcomes to the entire state of New Jersey.”

Workit Health removes barriers while solving for social determinants of health by allowing home-based, digital access to clinicians and counselors. Following an initial in-person visit for the teleMAT program, members access all follow-up care via web and phone apps, including video visits with clinicians, online recovery groups, messaging with a care team, personalized therapy-based courses, and at-home drug testing.

About Workit Health: Workit Health is an addiction healthcare B-corporation offering online, on-demand evidence-based addiction treatment including telehealth medication for opioid use disorder. Workit Health partners with healthcare organizations to deliver an innovative digital health solution that blends the best of human-centered design, technology, and science. Through mobile and web apps, members meet with clinicians and Master’s level coaches and complete self-set recovery goals. Workit Health offers 24/7 recovery that fits into daily life, designed by experts. Learn more at workithealth.com.

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Technology: Electronics

Redzone Completes Broadband Expansion to 33 New Maine Communities in October

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Redzone continues to reduce Maine’s digital divide with major broadband expansion in October

“Wireless has become the new gold standard for rural broadband deployment in Maine and across America,” said Jim McKenna, Redzone President & CEO.


ROCKLAND, Maine (PRWEB)

Redzone Wireless, LLC, a Maine-based broadband services company, announced that is has constructed and activated 9 new fixed wireless broadband sites serving 33 Maine communities, extending broadband access to 33,650 new homes & businesses in mostly rural locations during the month of October.

The new sites provide connectivity which meet FCC and ConnectME broadband standards of 25/3 Mbps, and support video streaming on multiple devices, online gaming, distance learning, remote business applications, tele-health, video conferencing, and the full range of Internet applications typically used within a home or business.

Redzone’s new network coverage extends broadband to portions of 33 total Maine communities including:

1.    Arundel

2.    Appleton

3.    Belmont

4.    Biddeford

5.    Bucksport

6.    Dayton

7.    Durham

8.    Easton

9.    Frankfort

10. Farmingdale

11.    Gray

12.    Greene

13.    Leeds

14.    Lyman

15.    Monmouth

16.    Morrill

17.    New Gloucester

18.    North Pownal

19.    North Yarmouth

20.    North Raymond

21.    Orland

22.    Presque Isle

23.    Prospect

24.    Readfield

25.    Searsmont

26.    South Poland

27.    Union

28.    Verona Island

29.    Wales

30.    Washington

31.    Westfield

32.    West Gardiner

33.    Winterport

Redzone’s total Maine broadband coverage now reaches 349,000 households – more than 63% of all Maine homes. The new fixed wireless broadband network operates on FCC licensed Mid-band wireless spectrum, and is considered one of the the largest FCC licensed fixed wireless broadband deployments in the US delivering 25 Mbps broadband speeds in rural areas.

“Wireless has become the new gold standard for rural broadband deployment across America,” said Jim McKenna, Redzone President & CEO. “While Redzone is leading Maine in the development of fixed wireless infrastructure, national mobile carriers, regional telcos, and cable operators are increasingly deploying LTE and 5G fixed wireless as the preferred rural last mile broadband solution.” added McKenna.

Redzone’s strategy to disrupt the conventional model for delivering broadband access via cable, wire or fiber by extending Maine’s existing fiber infrastructure wirelessly has been highly effective, and dramatically reduced both the cost and time required to connect Maine homes to broadband.

Redzone uses powerful Gigabit microwave “backhaul” radios to quickly and cost effectively connect clusters of towers to to a single fiber optic line. This innovative approach has reduced broadband network capital costs by 90%, and it has accelerated the delivery timeframe to a few months versus the multiple years commonly required to complete a comparable fiber-to-the-home network.

“If Redzone can provide true broadband access to 349,000 Maine locations in just 4 years without tax payer funded subsidies, there is significant logical justification to shift the focus in Maine from funding fiber-to-the-home projects to favoring hybrid fiber/fixed wireless solutions,” said Michael Forcillo, Executive Vice President of Redzone Wireless. “In 2019 alone Redzone has delivered premium affordable broadband access to 55,000 new Maine locations without a single dollar of investment from taxpayers.”

According to ConnectME, Maine’s publicly funded organization dedicated to improving broadband in the state, there are still nearly 80,000 locations around the state that lack access to 25 Mbps service. Redzone estimates that it will address 20% of these un-served locations upon completion of its 2019 expansion – closing Maine’s digital divide by 25% this year.

Redzone offers a range of broadband plans and price options – including the most popular among Maine cord cutters providing FCC recommended 25 Mbps download speeds, including unlimited data, with no contracts or installation fees. Complete coverage and service information is available at http://www.redzonewireless.com.

Media Contact:

Michael Forcillo

website: http://www.redzonewireless.com

email: PressMedia@redzonewireless.com

phone: 207-596-5700

Redzone Wireless, LLC, established in 2014, is deploying an FCC licensed 4G LTE and 5G fixed wireless broadband network across Maine. The company’s advanced network platform maximizes coverage and capacity by leveraging its exclusive wide channels of FCC licensed Mid Band spectrum at 2.5 GHz – effectively extending the reach of regional fiber optic networks to large geographic areas. Redzone’s fixed wireless network provides an economically viable, and sustainable premium broadband Internet service as an alternative to wireline, fiber, or cable.

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