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Industry: Healthcare

HomeTown Health Recognizes Key Leaders in Rural Hospitals Throughout Georgia

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Clinch Memorial Hospital, Homerville, GA

“These leaders are just a small view of the amazingly talented, dedicated and passionate people who lead rural hospitals tirelessly across the state.”


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HomeTown Health, LLC held its 20th Annual Fall Conference at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, October 22-25th with over 200 hospital members and business partners in attendance. The Fall Conference includes breakout sessions and presentations from industry experts, established public figures and healthcare leaders on a local and state level. Additionally, it is a time where HomeTown Health recognizes key employees for their success at their facility during the previous year.

Clinch Memorial Hospital in Homerville, Georgia was named the 2019 HomeTown Health Hospital of the Year. Clinch Memorial Hospital was chosen for providing exemplary leadership by adopting “best practices” for rural hospital improvement, and making a commitment to staff education, advocating to state policymakers while emphasizing technological advances and superior patient care.

Crystal Wells, Administrator at Grady General Hospital, was recognized as the recipient of the 2019 Hospital Leader of the Year, recognized for exemplary leadership and dedication to advancement of stability, cooperative approach and dedication to excellence in services at her facility in Cairo, Georgia.

Jan Hamrick, Dodge County Hospital, received the 2019 CFO of the Year award for her commitment to excellence in all things under her sphere of influence at Dodge County.

Shannon Dukes of Warm Springs Medical Center was announced as the 2019 Business Office Manager of the Year, “chosen for outstanding leadership in sharing best practices in the business office and for her commitment to excellence and revenue cycle improvement.”

Bob Kepshire, CNO/Administrator at University Hospital McDuffie, was recognized as the 2019 Nurse Executive of the Year, for providing exceptional leadership by adopting “Best Practices” for rural hospital improvement, for her well-established commitment to staff education and leadership development, and his dedication to superior patient care while emphasizing technological advances at his facility.

Kerry Dunning, of Kerry Dunning LLC, was awarded the 2019 Business Partner of the Year. “This coveted award is presented each year by HomeTown Health to one of 60 Business partners who exhibit extraordinary support and dedication to HomeTown Health hospitals, commitment to excellence, exceptional customer service, and for their tireless efforts in helping rural hospitals survive,” said HomeTown’s CEO Jimmy Lewis.

In addition to the awards presented, HomeTown Health recognized the graduates of its 2019 Leadership Development Program. The HomeTown Health Leadership Development program is designed to better equip the rural hospital industry with leadership to transform into tomorrow’s health care delivery system. Each year, hospitals nominate outstanding leaders from within their organizations for this intensive study and professional development program focused on providing them with skills and information to better serve their hospital in the future.

The 2019 Leadership Graduates who are members of healthcare/hospital teams are:

Tonya Chitwood, Associate CNO/Director of Quality and Compliance, Stephens County Hospital

Randy Crawford, CEO, Appling Hospital

John Graham, CFO, Appling Hospital

Angie King, Senior Director of Medical Outreach Services/Rehab, Stephens County Hospital

Katrina Martin, Business Office Manager, Effingham Health System

Megan Randall, Director of Ancillary Services, Monroe County Hospital

Nancy Seymour, Director, Marketing and Public Relations, Foundation Director, Elbert Memorial Hospital

Lorraine Smith, CEO, Monroe County Hospital

In addition to hospital participants, a limited number of best practice Business Partners are given the opportunity to nominate a member of their team into the Leadership Program. 2019 Graduates who are members of Business Partner teams are:

Connie Alexander, Controller/Financial Analyst, HealtHIE GA

Christopher Jones, Consulting Team Leader, Secure Records Solutions

Thomas Stair, Wellcare

Likewise, Terry Edwards, Learning & Development Specialist, HomeTown Health, also completed the 2019 Leadership Program this year.

About HomeTown Health:

HomeTown Health, LLC, celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year, serves more than 70 hospitals throughout the Southeastern United States. HomeTown Health, LLC offers advocacy, education, business partner service indexing, industry conferences, and strategic support to its member hospitals as well as expansive grant-based resources through key partnerships with the Department of Public Health and Department of Community Health in many states. HomeTown Health’s mission is to do everything legally, morally and ethically possible to promote, sustain and maintain rural healthcare in the communities which its member facilities serve. Learn more at http://www.hometownhealthonline.com and more about its online education at http://www.hthu.net. Additional photos of awards winners are available on the HomeTown Health Facebook page.

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Health: Mental Health

iaedp™ Retracts Press Release Issued on October 31, 2019

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iaedp™ Foundation retracts its press release issued on October 31, 2019 regarding Norman Doidge, M.D. as a keynote speaker for the 2020 iaedp™ Symposium. Dr. Doidge will not be a speaker at this particular event.


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iaedp™ Foundation retracts its press release issued on October 31, 2019 regarding Norman Doidge, M.D. as a keynote speaker for the 2020 iaedp™ Symposium. Dr. Doidge will not be a speaker at this particular event.

An updated press release with the speakers for the 2020 Symposium will be scheduled soon.

About the iaedp™ Foundation: Since 1985, the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals has provided education and training standards to an international and multidisciplinary group of various healthcare treatment providers and helping professions. For more information on the 2020 iaedp™ Symposium, visit iaedp.com.

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National Social Security Advisor Certificate Education Classes Set for 10 U.S. Cities in 2020

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Professional advisors engage in an NSSA Social Security education certificate program.

The NSSA program has become an industry standard that signals to colleagues and clients that you are able to provide them with thoughtful, strategic and expert advice on how to maximize Social Security benefits.


CINCINNATI (PRWEB)

National Social Security Advisor (NSSA®) certificate education classes for professional advisors will be offered in 10 cities nationwide in 2020, double the number of classes offered in 2019.

The nation’s only accredited Social Security education certificate program will also expand to 15 webinars offered during the year, said Marc Kiner, partner with Premier Social Security Consulting in Cincinnati, which teaches the courses.

The live 2020 NSSA classroom schedule is: Ft. Lauderdale on Jan. 16; Cincinnati on Jan. 31; March 31; June 23; Sept. 16; and Dec. 7; Orlando, Fla. on March 10; San Antonio, Tex., on April 30; Atlanta, Ga., on June 2; Chicago on June 25; Cleveland, July 20; at the F.D.R. Museum in Hyde Park, Pa., Sept. 21; and in New York City, Sept. 23.

Webinars will be held Jan. 13 and 29; Feb. 18; March 2 and 26; April 6; May 4; June 18; July 23; August 20; Sept. 14; Oct. 19; Nov. 16; and Dec. 10 and 21.

All live and webinar NSSA education programming runs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

“We’re a big proponent of Situational Social Security,” said Kiner. “Every retiree has a unique situation in life—whether it’s being married, divorced, widowed, a retiree, a minor child, veteran or public employee. No matter what situation our NSSA advisors come across with their clients, we can help.”

NSSA’s accreditation is provided by the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE) in Washington, D.C. Professional advisors who typically enroll in the courses include CPAs; financial advisors; attorneys; insurance agents and enrolled agents.

The NSSA certificate is awarded to advisors who take the NSSA course and pass an assessment. The National Social Security Association has awarded more than 2,000 NSSA certificates since the program began in 2013.

“The NSSA program has become an industry standard that signals to colleagues and clients that you are able to provide them with thoughtful, strategic and expert advice on how to maximize Social Security benefits,” said Kiner.

The U.S. has an estimated 76 million baby boomers, nearly 20 percent of the nation’s population. Ten thousand boomers reach the full retirement age of 65 each day nationwide, said Jim Blair, Premier partner.

“That’s why we increased the number of NSSA classes in 2020 and anticipate growing the number of NSSA certificate holders by 25 percent,” he said. “It’s estimated that about 90 percent of American retirees nationwide don’t maximize their Social Security income; in this age of increased longevity and longer retirements, we want to help retirees make certain they don’t outlive their money.”

Kiner had a 39-year career as a certified public accountant and CPA business owner. Blair has 35 years of experience as a career Social Security employee and manager with the Piqua, Ohio, Social Security office.

Premier offers the NSSA Social Security education certificate program in live, all-day classes and web-based training workshops where students can participate in a live, one-day program with an NSSA instructor; and in 19-module, video-based, on-demand courses taught by NSSA instructors. On-demand students can complete workshop lectures and activities on their own time.

NSSA certificate holders receive ongoing support and resources throughout the year. Ongoing support includes questions answered and monthly webinars. The webinars help NSSA certificate holders maintain Social Security knowledge and keep up to date.

Eight continuing education credits are awarded for live classroom attendees.

Premier also offers private, on-site classes for organizations that need to provide in-house

Social Security training to multiple professional advisors.

For a complete list of services and prices, visit the NSSA options page.

“We’ve found that professional advisors, like the rest of us, are increasingly pressed for time,” said Kiner. “More advisors are choosing the all-day webinar option and on-demand videos over the live classroom. The live classes, webinars and on-demand videos all have the same content. Advisors who choose webinars and on-demand options can learn and expand their expertise in the Social Security program in the privacy of a company conference room or the comfort of a home office.”

More financial advisors are basing their practices on the needs of baby boomers, said Blair. Premier now offers by subscription a Social Security Help Centers™ internet-based, lead generation tool for professional advisors.

Premier also has a strategic partnership with Social Security Pro, which offers professional advisors a Social Security benefits calculation tool. The extensively researched and patented Social Security Pro software program is a web-based tool that can run clients’ Social Security calculations for them, said Kiner.

“People always need Social Security education,” said Blair. “It’s a complicated subject and if you don’t keep up with it, you tend to forget it. That’s why we continually review information with our NSSA advisor clients with ongoing support and keep them up to date on any new changes.

“Everything we do at Premier is aimed at educating professional advisors about the Social Security program so they can provide wise counsel to their clients on how to maximize Social Security.”

For more information about the National Social Security Advisor certificate program and a complete listing of services and prices, go to http://www.nationalsocialsecurityassociation.com or http://www.premiernssa.com or call Kiner at (513) 247-0526.            

Contact: Marc Kiner

Phone: (513) 247-0526

Email: mkiner@mypremierplan.com

About Premier Social Security Consulting:

Premier Social Security Consulting, LLC of Cincinnati educates professional advisors nationwide on the nation’s Social Security program so they can counsel their clients on how to maximize lifetime Social Security income. Partners Marc Kiner and Jim Blair teach the National Social Security Advisors (NSSA) certification program.

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Shady Grove Fertility (SGF) Partners with Breast Cancer Previvor and Model, Allyn Rose, in Support of Women Looking to Reduce the Genetic Risk of Breast Cancer

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Allyn Rose and Kate Devine, M.D.

“For women like Allyn, genetic testing is a safe and reliable means of reducing the possibility of having children with the genetic mutation a parent or parents may carry. At SGF, we test each embryo for the specific gene mutation and the patient may opt to use the embryos that test negative.”


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The month of October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, serves as an important reminder that this year, an estimated 700,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer, of which, up to 10 percent of cases are linked to an inherited gene mutation. With advancements in fertility treatment and genetic testing, couples are now able to reduce the risk of passing along known genetic mutations to their children.

Shady Grove Fertility (SGF), a premier fertility and IVF center with 36 locations and home to more than 85,000 babies born, now offers patients the option to screen for over 280 recessive gene mutations, including diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs disease, and spinal muscular atrophy. In addition, patients at risk for dominant gene mutations, such as breast cancer or inherited forms of colon cancer, can have individualized testing for these diseases. These tests can identify possible genetic diseases that may be passed on to their child(ren). If a genetic disease is found, the couple has the option to use in vitro fertilization (IVF) with preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic/single gene defects (PGT-M) to reduce the risk of passing that mutation onto their child(ren), thereby reducing their risk of disease in the future.

As part of its efforts to educate patients about the value of these interventions, and the availability of fertility preservation prior to any cancer treatment, SGF forged a new partnership with Allyn Rose, a breast cancer previvor, well known women’s health advocate, former Miss USA and Miss America contestant, and full-time model.

“I lost my precious mom, Judy Rose, to breast cancer when I was 16. One of the most challenging things about growing up without a mom is thinking that you’re going to have to face life’s special experiences alone. It’s especially true for a woman,” said Rose. “I understand the difficulties of having to become your own mentor, and I’m passionate about encouraging others to not allow trials in their lives to become negative defining moments, rather, use their adversity as inspiration.”

In addition to losing her mother during her teenage years, Rose also lost her grandmother and great aunt to breast cancer and knew she would want to take any measures to prevent herself and any children from suffering from the disease. As a 24 year old Miss America contestant, Rose made headlines when she made the difficult decision to undergo a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy. In 2018, Rose was selected as a Sports Illustrated Swing Search Finalist and became the first woman with a mastectomy to model for Sports Illustrated.

What Rose also knew was that her own experience gave her the motivation and platform to create a movement that encouraged other women to seek preventive healthcare. She created the #SelfExamGram social media movement, which spreads the message of early breast cancer detection and reminds women to perform monthly self breast exams.

Rose is now in the early stages of her IVF journey with Kate Devine, M.D. at SGF’s Washington, D.C. location, opting to undergo PGT-M to reduce the risk of having a child with an inherited condition.

“In the beginning, I was overwhelmed thinking about the entire process. But the team at Shady Grove Fertility, in their best Mom Voice, told me that ‘it was going to be okay’ and that I wasn’t alone.”

“This is an amazing experience to be able to help Allyn and her husband have children. For women like Allyn, genetic testing is a safe and reliable means of reducing the possibility of having children with the genetic mutation a parent or parents may carry. At SGF, we test each embryo for the specific gene mutation and the patient may opt to use the embryos that test negative,” explains Dr. Devine.

Rose is documenting her journey to motherhood with Dr. Devine and SGF in hope that it will lift the veil of the unknown associated with infertility treatment, and also serve as a reminder to women to be their own advocate. “I hope that it will ‘pay it forward’ to other women going through this and help them realize that they aren’t alone either.”

While Rose is cancer-free, SGF has a specially trained team that works specifically with people with cancer to ensure the fertility preservation process before cancer treatment can be expedited in order that cancer treatment can quickly begin. The oncofertility team at SGF helps to guide patients through each step of the treatment process, from finding ways to afford treatment to the actual medical procedure.

If you would like to learn more about SGF’s oncofertility treatment options or to schedule an appointment, please call the New Patient Center at 1-888-761-1967 or complete this brief online form.

About Shady Grove Fertility (SGF)

SGF is a leading fertility and IVF center of excellence with more than 85,000 babies born and counting. With 36 locations throughout FL, GA, MD, NY, PA, VA, D.C., and Santiago, Chile, we offer patients individualized care, accept most insurance plans, and make treatment affordable through innovative financial options, including treatment guarantees. More physicians refer their patients to SGF than any other center. Call 1-888-761-1967 or visit ShadyGroveFertility.com.

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Society: Christianity

Rick Pribell’s newly released “Imagine God” reveals how reflecting on our emotions is the pathway to a personal relationship with God

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“Imagine God” is an illuminating guide to discerning God’s spirit in our daily lives. The creation of author Rick Pribell, who was raised in a Jewish home and now is a Messianic believer living in South Florida, the book leads readers on a journey that Pribell himself found to be enlightening. Pribell vows, “By the end of this book, you will be able to


  • Recognize God and begin to know him better, regardless of your faith

  • Understand what it really means to be created ‘in his own image’

  • Contemplate unresolved issues with new insight

  • Reflect on your experiences in a divine way

  • Enlighten others”

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Rick Pribell’s new book teaches how to turn feelings – ranging from joy to betrayal — into a closer bond with God. This book challenges us to examine our own feelings and experiences in a way that will strengthen our relationship with the one God, the God we know to be true.

View the synopsis of “Imagine God” on YouTube.

Consumers can purchase “Imagine God” at traditional brick-and-mortar bookstores or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries about “Imagine God,” contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.

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Technology: Electronics

Project Hosts Deploys DoD IL5 Applications to the Cloud using JEDI

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DoD IL5 Cloud on Microsoft Azure


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It has been announced that Microsoft Azure won the $10 billion JEDI contract for cloud services for the DoD.

This contract simplifies funding for DoD mission owners that are planning to move applications to the cloud. But beyond funding, these mission owners are running into another complication: Where can they find experts in both Microsoft Azure and Impact Level 5 (IL5) security compliance that can ensure that their applications are IL5 compliant when moved to the Azure cloud?

Only seven organizations have been granted IL5 Provisional Authorizations (PAs) by the DoD for their cloud environments. Of these, only the Project Hosts cloud environment is built on Microsoft Azure and implements all of the IL5 controls required for DoD mission owner applications (including scanning, patching, penetration testing of the applications, etc.). DoD mission owners using Project Hosts have marveled at how smoothly Project Hosts has navigated the very complex IL5 compliance process for the applications they use. It is almost like they are working with JEDI compliance knights.

About Project Hosts:

Project Hosts implements security and compliance on Azure for US Federal government and healthcare organizations. Project Hosts’ pre-audited environments give organizations turnkey compliance for their entire applications, removing a key barrier to migration from on-premise deployments into Azure. Project Hosts environments hold certifications and authorizations from ISO 27001, HIPAA, HITRUST, FedRAMP, and the DoD, including the first DoD IL5 PATO to a company with under $1 Billion in revenue. Healthcare organizations, federal, state and local government agencies, and enterprises rely on Project Hosts to ensure they have a cloud solution that meets their business needs, their budget and most importantly, protects their organization, employees and data from unauthorized access or theft.

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Industry: Healthcare

New York City Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Joseph Rousso Publishes a Detailed Approach to Safe Open Rhinoplasty for Online Surgical Textbook, RhinoplastyArchive.com

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With the information presented in the submission and video, hopefully, my knowledge will assist fellow surgeons in enhancing their approach to access the nose safely for open rhinoplasty and will greatly benefit their patients, says Dr. Joseph Rousso


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Dr. Joseph Rousso’s upcoming article titled, “The Belt and Suspenders Approach to Open Rhinoplasty,” will be published as material in the global online textbook, accompanied by video footage of the procedure. This article focuses on the open approach to rhinoplasty, providing principles and the safest techniques to access the nose and achieve consistent and gratifying results. As a celebrated NYC facial plastic surgeon, Dr. Rousso joins a world-class group of surgeons, presenting their insights as content contributors for the online textbook. These prominent practitioners of the art of rhinoplasty share their knowledge and opinions based on years of experience. The intended audience for RhinoplastyArchive.com is rhinoplasty surgeons from all over the world, with various levels of experience. Surgeons use this online textbook as a resource to pursue the study of rhinoplasty and help to refine their own methods.

“With the information presented in the submission and video, hopefully, my knowledge will assist fellow surgeons in enhancing their approach to access the nose safely for open rhinoplasty and will greatly benefit their patients,” says Dr. Joseph Rousso

About Dr. Joseph J. Rousso

Dr. Rousso completed a surgical internship at the Beth Israel Medical Center, followed by a highly-coveted residency at the prestigious New York Eye & Ear Infirmary in otolaryngology- head and neck Surgery. He was then one of a handful of surgeons selected to be a fellow of the American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) program. Dr. Rousso received further facial plastic surgery training through the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the New York Center for Facial Plastic & Laser Surgery. Dr. Rousso is qualified to perform all aspects of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. His primary specialties include cosmetic surgery of the aging face, minimally invasive facelift procedures, Mohs/cancer reconstruction of the face, head and neck, cleft lip and palate repair, traumatic injury/plastic closures, corrective speech surgery, otoplasty (ear pinning) and reconstruction of congenital ear deformities, functional and cosmetic rhinoplasty and all aspects of minimally invasive facial rejuvenation, including injectables. Dr. Rousso practices medicine at two offices in Manhattan, the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai as well as Mount Sinai Doctors East 85th Street.

If you would like to get more information about the elite credentials or services of Dr. Joseph Rousso, please visit http://www.facialplasticsurgery-nyc.com or call (212) 381-6110.

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Business: Executives

A Refreshing Unfiltered Podcast Focused on The World of Work Launching Soon on November 4th

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Our overall goal is to help our listeners think, learn, and maybe even laugh a little.


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The management consulting firm Indigo Anchor today announced the scheduled launch of The Indigo Podcast, which is set to launch on Apple Podcasts and other podcast streaming platforms Nov. 4, 2019. The Indigo Podcast will offer proven tools in the areas of management, leadership, human resources, organizational behavior, dealing with change, organizational culture, hiring, process improvement, organizational agility, and related topics in a refreshing, irreverent format.

The podcast will feature co-hosts Ben Baran—co-founder and principal of Indigo Anchor, assistant professor of management at Cleveland State University, and commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve—and Chris Everett, co-founder and principal of Indigo Anchor, longtime management consultant and business owner, and officer in the U.S. Army National Guard.

“When we started Indigo Anchor in 2018, we knew we would be a different kind of management consulting firm,” said Everett. “We would not be interested in fancy suits, not interested in churning out reports that were unhinged from real change. Nor would we be interested in peddling the latest organizational pop psychology. Outside of our consulting practice, we wanted to offer our thought leadership as an engaging self-help option and a place for community. Given that many of our clients are podcast listeners, we thought it would be a good format.”

“Our style is rather different from many of the business, management, or leadership podcasts that currently exist,” said Baran. “Most notably, we recognize that the world is messy and that solutions often require a nuanced view of reality. Most of life does not lend itself to lists of easy steps to follow or ‘silver bullets’ that fix everything. Our conversations, therefore, are relatively in-depth. And while we often provide perspectives and evidence-based ideas that our listeners will find immediately useful, our overall goal is to help our listeners think, learn, and maybe even laugh a little.”

The Indigo Podcast will bring a unique spin to the category of business podcasts by:


  • providing an antidote or counterpoint to the ever-increasing overly simplistic reductionist approaches to work and life

  • bridging the gap between social science and management practice

  • promoting the flourishing of people and organizations

  • feeding the curiosity of people who want to make the world a better place through work

  • inspiring listeners to become lifelong learners and bold difference-makers

The Indigo Podcast will be available starting Nov. 4, 2019 on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify, GooglePlay, Stitcher, TuneIn, and Castbox.

For more information on The Indigo Podcast visit https://www.indigotogether.com/indigopodcast and https://www.indigoanchor.com/blog/2019/10/24/announcing-the-indigo-podcast.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIndigoPodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastIndigo

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/indigoanchor/

Indigo Anchor is a management consulting firm focusing specifically on evidence-based solutions for organizations across a wide range of industries, sectors, sizes, and locations. They drive real results for companies seeking organizational agility and transformation through on-site coaching, training, and speaking. https://www.indigoanchor.com/

Ben Baran, Ph.D., is probably one of the few people in the world who is equally comfortable in a university classroom, a military uniform, or in a corporate boardroom advising top management teams. He is an award-winning assistant professor of management at Cleveland State University, a co-founder and principal of the consulting firm Indigo Anchor LLC, and a commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He regularly consults leaders and organizations across a wide range of sectors and industries. He earned his undergraduate degree from Villanova University and his master’s in industrial and organizational psychology and Ph.D. in organizational science from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Visit http://www.benbaran.com for more information.

Christopher Everett, MAcc, has been consulting for businesses globally since 2011 to include Xerox, UBS, and Hospital Corporation of America. He has worked with organizations large and small across engineering, project management, software development, and operations. Paralleling Chris’ business career he has grown a career in the Army National Guard currently with the Utah Guard as a Captain. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2012, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. Chris is also an accomplished musician, primarily guitar. He holds a B.A. in Music and a Master of Accountancy (MAcc) from Belmont University. When not traveling the country consulting and helping companies solve problems, Chris enjoys skiing, mountain biking and spending time with his family.

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tellic Launches drug360 Knowledge Graph to Unlock Genetic Insights from Biomedical Data

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drug360 graph provides greater confidence around the crucial decisions researchers make regarding advancing drug candidates or abandoning them, says Richard Wendell, tellic CEO. Research shows that genetic evidence can double the chances of a clinical trial’s success.


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drug360 graph, a breakthrough knowledge graph product, has just been released by pharma artificial intelligence pioneer tellic. drug360 brings tellic’s expertise in biomedical language processing and machine learning to bear on biomedical big data. This new tool allows researchers to quickly uncover relationships between genes, diseases, variants, phenotypes, and other biomedical entities. Researchers and analysts can use drug360 graph to dramatically increase their efficiency searching multiple data sources and uncover valuable genetic knowledge supporting decisions around their pipelines.

“drug360 graph provides greater confidence around the crucial decisions researchers make regarding advancing drug candidates or abandoning them,” says Richard Wendell, tellic CEO. “Research shows that genetic evidence can double the chances of a clinical trial’s success.”

drug360 graph contains proprietary data on 180 million relationships between diseases, genes, gene variants, phenotypes, and other biomedical entities. This data is generated by tellic’s patent-pending deep learning algorithms, which scan biomedical text to extract entities, normalize them to the desired concept within biomedical ontologies, and quantify the strength of relationships. Quantifying the strength of these relationships is crucial, because it helps remove the “noise” from the signal. “tellic’s proprietary deep learning technologies incorporate biomedical context which results in high quality genetic evidence data that can improve clinical trial success,” says Wendell.

With drug360 graph, researchers can:

  • Immediately be up and running with a biomedical knowledge graph pre-populated with 180 million genetic relationships

  • Easily import their internal data into tellic’s proprietary data to create a Knowledge Graph that is unique to their organization

  • Quickly identify unexpected genetic linkages to inform target selection, clinical trial design, BD and biotech investment decisions.

  • Drill down and search genetic relationships of interest to pinpoint each sentence in the source data that was used to generate the relationship

  • Export search results into a CSV or Excel for further analysis

drug360 currently contains millions of additional relationships between genes or gene variants than those found in public databases. Available as software as a service, the product is easy to use and is well supported.

About tellic

Big data, machine learning, and natural language processing are brought together by tellic into drug360 to form a single, unparalleled source of clear-cut insights about associations between genes and diseases. The company was founded in 2015 by Richard Wendell, a Fortune 500 Chief Data Officer, whose vision was to make it easy for pharma companies to apply emerging data science technologies to their pipelines. tellic pioneers a new category of enterprise-scale biomedical language processing and knowledge discovery powered by machine learning. For more information or to arrange a demo of drug360 graph, please contact info@tellic.com

Additional Contact:

Ryan Leventhal

VP, Business Development

ryan.leventhal@tellic.com

Direct: 212-221-8612

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Technology: Electronics

Aakash Chandarana Named Director of EMC Advanced Development

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Aakash Chandarana

He brings a wealth of industry experience that will benefit customers who want to take that next step towards more integrated approaches to energy management and the savings they yield.


PLYMOUTH, Minn. (PRWEB)

Energy services provider EMC today announced that Aakash Chandarana has joined the company as director of its newly formed Advanced Development team. In this role, Chandarana will lead efforts to accelerate EMC’s focus on emerging controls applications, networked lighting and related IoT solutions.

“We are pleased to have Aakash join EMC,” said EMC President and CEO Jerry Johnson. “He brings a wealth of industry experience that will benefit customers who want to take that next step towards more integrated approaches to energy management and the savings they yield.”

Chandarana comes to EMC from Xcel Energy where he was Vice President of Commercial and Industrial Customer Solutions. In that role, he was responsible for developing, implementing and managing products and services, including energy efficiency initiatives for medium to large business customers.

While at Xcel Energy, Chandarana also oversaw the corporate economic development team in eight states and led the electric vehicle initiative which included innovating, developing and managing new products, services and offerings.

The Advanced Development team led by Chandarana will expand EMC’s capabilities for Networked Lighting Controls/Smart Lighting, System Integration and Self-Reporting/Diagnostic Asset Management.

“Aakash has an innovative, entrepreneurial spirit and passion for solving problems and helping energy users,” said EMC Chief Information Officer Russ Johnson. “His expertise will be of great value to EMC as he leads this team in creating and implementing innovative new ideas.”

Chandarana brings 15 years of experience in public infrastructure, primarily with public utilities, and was named to 40 under 40 by the Energy News Network. He holds degrees in business management and biology as well as a law degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

About EMC

EMC provides leading-edge LED lighting + controls + IoT conversion systems and service solutions to a broad range of multinational retail, commercial, industrial and specialized customers. Since 2003, the company has used its total project management approach, EnergyMAXX, to successfully implement thousands of lighting upgrade projects, saving clients across industries over 6.5 billion kilowatt-hours of energy.

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