YORBA LINDA, Calif. (PRWEB)
November 07, 2019

LabRoots, the leading scientific social networking website offering premier, interactive virtual events and webinars, will be hosting presentations during the one-day agenda at its free Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event, scheduled for November 14th, 2019.

This conference assembles academia and industry, clinicians, research scholars, and medical experts in an interactive forum to reveal diagnostic solutions that will address health challenges, such as future directions of sepsis management, strategies to improve laboratory stewardship, and monitoring patients’ opioid use via urinalysis and other mediums during a keynote delivery by Douglas Rohde, Supervisor of Chemistry and Toxicology at the Lake County Crime Laboratory.

Delving into new progress in clinical diagnostics, research and medicine, participants will gain knowledge on emerging technologies in laboratory medicine and the opportunities and challenges presented during a panel discussion with Dr. Damien Gruson, Professor and Head of the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, and Dr. Anna Fuezery, Corresponding member if IFCC C-MHBLM, North Sector POCT Medical Lead, Alberta Public Laboratories, and Associate Clinical Professor of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Alberta. Together, they will share insights into sustainable health and how emerging technologies are shifting the paradigm of the management of chronic diseases, and the approaches to point of care testing (POCT) error quantification, monitoring and mitigation to mobile health environments.

The program of high-level speakers also includes thought-provoking topics like: Interferences with Thyroid Function Tests and Patient Safety,” “Thyroid Autoimmunity and Female Infertility,” “Drug Testing in Regulatory Monitoring,” and “Discovering Latent Knowledge by Applying Machine Learning Techniques to QIAGEN Resources.” Notably, November is National Diabetes Month and by commemorating World Diabetes Day (November 14) and increasing awareness of this disease, attendees will understand the role and benefits of proficiency testing in achieving global outcomes for Hemoglobin A1c presented by Dr. Paul Yip, Head of Clinical Biochemistry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Sihe Wang, Planning Committee Chair, Director of Clinical Laboratories at Akron Children’s Hospital and Professor at North East Ohio Medical University and Cleveland State University said, “There are plenty challenges and opportunities in the field of clinical diagnostics including the opioid crisis, lab stewardship, and new technologies that are revolutionizing lab medicine. On behalf of the organizing committee, it is my honor to welcome you to this exciting event providing the latest update on these important issues.” Wang added, “I value such well-organized events hosted by LabRoots since they deliver recent developments without the hassle of travel. With budget cuts in many healthcare organizations, virtual education events will become an important venue for continuing education.”

“We are thrilled to serve the scientific community marking the 10th year producing our Clinical Diagnostics & Research event,” said Greg Cruikshank, Chief Executive Officer of LabRoots. “It’s such a significant conference where innovative research is uncovered and where global leaders connect to make an impact on medicine, and the diagnosis and treatment of disease.”

Produced on LabRoots’ robust platform, the collaborative online event plus exhibit hall, poster hall, and networking lounge allows attendees to learn and connect seamlessly across all desktop and mobile devices. By participating, Continuing Education credit (1 per presentation) can be earned for a maximum of 14 credits.

For more information or to register for the event, click here. Use #LRclinical to follow the conversation online!

About LabRoots

LabRoots is the leading scientific social networking website, and primary source for scientific trending news and premier educational virtual events and webinars and more. Contributing to the advancement of science through content sharing capabilities, LabRoots is a powerful advocate in amplifying global networks and communities. Founded in 2008, LabRoots emphasizes digital innovation in scientific collaboration and learning. Offering more than articles and webcasts that go beyond the mundane and explore the latest discoveries in the world of science, LabRoots users can stay atop their field by gaining continuing education credits from a wide range of topics through their participation in the webinars and virtual events.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (PRWEB)
November 07, 2019

For over 38 years, this pharmaceutical skincare company has partnered with health and research professionals to meet the skincare needs of people across the world.

With strong commitments to the healthcare community, the company has increased its global reach to more than 100 countries and expanded its product portfolio to treat a range of dermatological conditions.

Vanguard Software plans to improve the predictability and accuracy of the company’s gross sales forecasting model with our IBP platform, Vanguard Predictive Planning.  With our demand planning solution, our client will be able to more accurately predict global consumption of their products, and make better-informed decisions in their supply chain.

With the project in full swing, we look forward to improving the supply chain management operations for our newest pharmaceutical client.  If your company is interested in improving sales forecasting or demand planning accuracy, request a demo today.

About Vanguard Software

Vanguard Software introduced its first product for decision support analysis in 1995. Today, companies across every major industry and more than 60 countries rely on the Vanguard Predictive Planning platform. Vanguard Software is based in Cary, North Carolina.

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Shaw debuts sustain[HUMAN]ability recognition program – celebrating organizations that put people at the heart of their sustainability efforts.

At Shaw, we put people at the center of sustainability — what we call sustain[HUMAN]abilityTM. That’s why we’re focused on the ingredients that go into products and the impacts of sound, moisture and other design elements.

DALTON, Ga. (PRWEB)
November 07, 2019

Shaw Industries Group Inc. (Shaw) has debuted a program to recognize diverse organizations intently focused on products and initiatives that support the wellbeing of people and the planet. The company’s sustain[HUMAN]abilityTM recognition program, which kicked off with a webinar in conjunction with Sustainable Brands on Oct. 17, will explore what is driving these organization’s varied efforts, the challenges they’ve faced, keys to success and what’s on the horizon.

“At Shaw, we put people at the center of sustainability — what we call sustain[HUMAN]abilityTM. That’s why we’re focused on the ingredients that go into products and the impacts of sound, moisture and other design elements,” stated Susan Farris, vice president of sustainability and corporate communications. “There are so many great people and organizations striving to make a positive impact on people and the planet. By showcasing a range of organizations that share our focus on putting people at the heart of their sustainability efforts, we hope others will be inspired to drive change and learn from these organizations’ successes, innovations and challenges.”

The 10 organizations Shaw is recognizing as part of this effort over the coming year are (in alphabetical order):

• American Family Insurance, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, is one of the nation’s largest property/casualty insurance groups. With a company mission to inspire, protect and restore dreams, American Family created DreamBank in 2012, an empowering public space where community members can gather to find inspiration and resources for discovering and pursuing their own dreams. DreamBank is located in downtown Madison at American Family’s Spark building, which was constructed with a commitment to energy-saving building techniques and healthy spaces, designed to enhance well-being and reflect the company’s sustainability values.
• Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. In early 2019, the company announced two recycling innovations to tackle the global problem of waste plastic by recycling plastics that cannot be processed by mechanical recycling, and thus end up in our landfills and waterways. Carbon renewal technology was first announced in April and has already begun commercial operation. The other – advanced circular recycling – will process polyester waste, while carbon renewal technology is a game-changer for recycling because it provides an end-of-life solution for almost any kind of plastic.
• Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher education in the U.S. Harvard’s Healthier Building Materials Academy (HBMA) is a partnership between the Harvard Office for Sustainability and public health, medical and engineering faculty. HBMA’s goal is to implement a standardized holistic approach to optimize for human health in the built environment and throughout supply chains. Harvard works with businesses, manufacturers and non-profit organizations to collaboratively transform the marketplace for health.
• Health Care Without Harm is a nonprofit organization that works to transform health care worldwide to reduce its environmental footprint, become a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health and justice. Among its efforts, the organization has created environmental criteria, guidance and goals to help healthcare facilities and others make purchasing decisions that support people and the planet.
• Healthy Building Network (HBN) is a nonprofit that has helped define the leading edge of healthy building practices. For nearly two decades they’ve worked to increase transparency in the building products industry, reduce human exposures to hazardous chemicals and create market incentives for healthier innovations in manufacturing. HBN’s HomeFree is a national initiative helping leaders in affordable housing “do better” through scientific guidance and educational resources, including their collaboration with the Housing Partnership Networking (HPN) and HPN Select EcoGuide.
• HeiQ is a leader in textile innovation that helps textile brands and manufacturers quickly identify, target and manufacture novel technologies. The company’s 80 employees on four continents work closely with a network of more than 40 PhDs to leverage academic research and internal development specialists to create disruptive textile technologies and the marketing narratives to communicate the added value to the consumers. Recently, HeiQ collaborated with IKEA to create GUNRID, a groundbreaking air purifying curtain concept.
• Perkins and Will is a global architecture and design firm that ignited an industry movement toward healthy building materials in 2008. The firm’s Material Performance Lab—one of seven research labs—continues to investigate product ingredients and their impact on human health, and to and educate design professionals on how to choose healthier, more sustainable products for the built environment.
• Purpose Built Communities is working to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty with a focus on creating healthy, thriving neighborhoods. The nonprofit organization helps local leaders revitalize struggling neighborhoods, and brings together the vital components necessary for holistic community revitalization: high quality mixed-income housing, an effective cradle-to-college education pipeline and comprehensive community wellness resources, organized and driven by a single purpose non-profit entity that is part of the Purpose Built Communities network.
• Schott Design is an Indianapolis, Ind.-based architecture and design firm committed to providing safe, sustainable and healthy workplace solutions. With a commitment to advancing a circular economy, the firm has launched a product exchange program, SchottXchange, going beyond its already expansive carpet reclamation and recycling efforts on all of its projects. SchottXChange facilitates the reuse of items within or between buildings diverting materials from the landfill.
• The University of Georgia New Materials Institute partners with industry and businesses to design materials that create less waste and are safe for people, animals and Earth. It also works with governments and organizations to redesign systems to generate less waste and promote circularity in materials management. The Institute trains the next generation of scientists and engineers in the Principles of Green Engineering.

As part of this recognition program, Shaw will profile these organizations in a blog series on SustainableBrands.com beginning in November 2019.

About Shaw Industries

Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is more than a flooring company – we are 22,000 people united in our vision of creating a better future for our customers, for our people, for our community and for our company. We provide carpet, resilient, hardwood, tile & stone, laminate, synthetic turf and other specialty items for residential and commercial markets worldwide. We meet diverse customer needs through an expansive portfolio of brands, including: Anderson Tuftex, COREtec, Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Contract, Shaw Floors, Shaw Hospitality, Shaw Sports Turf, Southwest Greens, USFloors and more.

Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway with nearly $6 billion in annual revenue and representation throughout the U.S., as well as in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, India, Mexico, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. For more information about our company brands, operations and community involvement, or to join our industry-leading team, visit http://www.shawinc.com.

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Sphere

RMS has a long established track record in solving the complex challenges of healthcare remittance processing,” said Steve Rizzuto, Chief Executive Officer of Sphere. “With relationships with top financial institutions and other large health systems, we are pleased to partner with RMS.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (PRWEB)
November 07, 2019

Sphere, the leading provider of end-to-end integrated payments and security software, has partnered with Revenue Management Solutions (RMS), the leading technology-based healthcare remittance automation platform, allowing RMS to provide a comprehensive payment platform spanning across payer and patient payments.

RMS simplifies the complete revenue cycle by automating remittance management and eliminating manual processes. This solution scales to fit the unique needs of any healthcare provider from a single-doctor practice to a multi-facility hospital system. Trusted by more than 40 commercial banking partners and 1,000 providers, RMS solutions save time, reduce costs and improve efficiency.

The combination of the Sphere payment platform and RMS will greatly enhance remittance processing by allowing for a more complete view of patient revenue that includes both health plan and patient-level transaction data. Through dashboard and reporting tools, users will benefit from a clearer picture of health plan, patient payments, the payments breakdown, and other valuable insights.

With deep integrations into popular Electronic Health Record (EHR) software, the Sphere payment platform delivers broad payment acceptance functionality that is highly secure, compliant, and scalable.

“RMS has a long established track record in solving the complex challenges of healthcare remittance processing,” said Steve Rizzuto, Chief Executive Officer of Sphere. “With relationships with top financial institutions and other large health systems, we are pleased to partner with RMS.”

“At high velocity, Sphere is expanding our strategic partnerships to include more of the healthcare revenue cycle,” said Andrew Rueff, Executive Chairman of Sphere. “As patient out of pocket expenses increase and become a greater part of healthcare providers’ revenue, solutions that provide consolidated financial information are critical. Our combined solution with RMS achieves this goal and much more.”

“Sphere’s commitment to providing secure, integrated payment processes allows us to expand our offerings to our healthcare and financial customers alike while maintaining the sacred trust we have earned,” said Scott Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of RMS. “We are very excited to partner with Sphere to help shape the new payment experience from that of a patient to a customer in the healthcare market.”

For more information on Sphere, please visit http://www.spherecommerce.com.

About Sphere

Sphere, powered by TrustCommerce, is a software and financial technology company providing integrated solutions that reduce friction and facilitate better and more secure commercial interactions with customers in specialized verticals markets, primarily healthcare, non-profit, transportation and education. Sphere’s integrated payments technology and security software enable its clients to process payments in a way that is: highly secure and compliant, integrated with their core business software, omnichannel, and processor-neutral. Sphere’s partner-centric focused payments solutions serve small, midsize and enterprise level businesses and software companies in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.

About RMS

Founded in 2006, and based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, RMS is the leading technology-based healthcare remittance automation platform tool available in the market. Currently used by more than 1,000 acute care, revenue cycle management, dental and pharmacy clients, RMS allows healthcare providers, outsourcers and facilities to optimize the remittance matching, reconciliation, and management processes. The Company, which processes nearly 14 million transactions each month, offers its technology-driven solutions both directly to customers and through established channel relationships with leading financial institutions throughout the United States.

For more information, please visit https://www.rmsweb.com/.

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