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How to Achieve Alignment and Optimal Clinical Trial Supply Forecasting With a Single Source of Truth, Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Xtalks

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Xtalks Life Science Webinars

By having a single source of truth, each collaborator can transparently access the latest clinical forecasts as well as up-to-date data including enrollment and dropout rate, titrations probabilities, future productions, etc.


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A clinical trial usually involves many different parties, who are not always used to communicating with each other: study managers, principal investigators, supply chain managers, manufacturers, IRT, CRAs and so on. Lack of communication can cause misunderstandings if a party is not informed of the latest data, potentially leading to patient risk.

By having a single source of truth, each collaborator can transparently access the latest clinical forecasts as well as up-to-date data including enrollment and dropout rate, titrations probabilities, future productions, etc. The reliability of this information is a must as it plays a fundamental role in the clinical supply strategy, as well as planning including distribution, packaging, manufacturing and sampling.

Join Head of Solutions Adoption, Life Sciences at N-SIDE, Amaury Jeandrain and N-SIDE Consultant, Pauline Deplasse in a live session on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 10am EST (3pm GMT/UK) to learn about the benefits of having a single source of truth when managing clinical operations.

If everyone agrees on this single source of truth, the resulting forecasts can legitimately be used across the organization for resource planning activities, decision-making, vendor management, etc. through strategic visualization dashboards.

When changes occur, such as faster enrollment, batch losses, shipping delays, new countries in the trial, real-time monitoring and updating clinical trial supply forecasts, using real-time data allows the single source of truth to stay current. This enables everyone across the organization to adapt their planning in order to mitigate the unexpected risk, ensuring patients will receive their medication on time while minimizing the costs.

The featured speakers will discuss how to get clinical trial stakeholders on the same page, using a single source of truth for patient behavior, demand forecast, production/distribution plans and inventory management.

For more information or to register for this event, visit How to Achieve Alignment and Optimal Clinical Trial Supply Forecasting With a Single Source of Truth.

ABOUT XTALKS

Xtalks, powered by Honeycomb Worldwide Inc., is a leading provider of educational webinars to the global life science, food and medical device community. Every year thousands of industry practitioners (from life science, food and medical device companies, private & academic research institutions, healthcare centers, etc.) turn to Xtalks for access to quality content. Xtalks helps Life Science professionals stay current with industry developments, trends and regulations. Xtalks webinars also provide perspectives on key issues from top industry thought leaders and service providers.

To learn more about Xtalks, visit http://xtalks.com.

For information about hosting a webinar, visit http://xtalks.com/why-host-a-webinar/.

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Candice Tang

Tel: +1 (416) 977-6555 ext 400

Email: ctang@xtalks.com

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Technology: Electronics

Transport Low Production and Prototype Lithium Batteries

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WAXAHACHIE, Texas (PRWEB)

Americase has received a special permit (DOT-SP 20798) authorizing the transport of low production and prototype lithium batteries aboard cargo aircraft in specially-designed thermally insulated packaging manufactured and distributed by the company.

This special permit is categorized as manufacture, mark, and sell (MMS) allowing third parties to utilize the permit bypassing the need to apply and obtain a unique special permit for transporting production and prototype lithium batteries. Persons using the MMS special permit must comply with the applicable terms.

Americase, a leader in the design and manufacturing of heat-mitigating packaging for the transport of lithium ion batteries, obtained this special permit utilizing approved packaging types including the Americase “Battery Bag” as well as the Americase reusable, thermally-insulated aluminum container.

Companies needing to ship prototype batteries by air can work with Hazmat Safety Consulting, LLC (HSC) to ensure this permit fits your shipping needs regarding low production and prototype lithium batteries and to ensure that your company complies with all applicable terms of this special permit.

ABOUT AMERICASE

Americase manufactures dangerous good packaging for shipping lithium-ion batteries. The company’s solutions to maximize thermal containment range from light-duty, cost-effective solutions to robust ones that can contain the most volatile thermal event. For more information, please visit https://thebatterybag.com/

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NCES and CoachCare Announce Partnership to Provide Digital Nutrition Resources for Clinics and Their Patients

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NCES Partners With CoachCare

One obvious benefit of providing nutritional and other educational content directly into our healthcare mobile apps is that it can help patients stay motivated in their programs when they are away from the clinic or are not getting direct coaching.


AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB)

NCES has recently partnered with CoachCare, a technology startup that offers a digital health platform for weight loss physicians, coaches and their patients.

NCES will collaborate with CoachCare to customize a dynamic, nutritional content repository to support the contemporary coaching needs for health clinics and their patients. The content will be available through CoachCare’s custom-branded physician dashboard and patient mobile apps, and will offer a combined health coaching and self-learning solution for clinics and patients. The content will target the impact of nutrition and healthy activities necessary for improving overall quality of life for patients, and will focus attention on chronic diseases, including obesity and pain management.

“We find that patient’s really want to be proactive when it comes to their programs, their coaching and their health,” says Carol Duke, Director of Marketing for CoachCare. “One obvious benefit of providing nutritional and other educational content directly into our healthcare mobile apps is that it can help patients stay motivated in their programs when they are away from the clinic or are not getting direct coaching.”

CoachCare will now support a library of general nutrition and exercise education that patients can review any time of day through their mobile apps, along with education related to more specific health issues they might be experiencing, including morbid obesity, sugar intolerance, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, renal failure and more.

“Many chronic conditions are directly impacted by nutrition and lifestyle choices, many of which are life-long habits that must be modified,” says Carrie Mark, NCES Registered Dietitian. “We believe CoachCare is a fantastic way to reach patients who are actively trying to modify their lifestyles and be successful in their programs.”

NCES products ensure patients get the most out of education, counseling and daily health maintenance by creating the critical connections in behavior and symptom control. NCES products target the teaching and educational needs for health professionals working directly with patients, as well as take-home products for patients who require ongoing reminders and behavior management support.

All NCES solutions are simple and easy to introduce and solutions can be implemented throughout the healthcare setting. “We make nutrition education and behavior management easy,” says Chris Jackson, CEO of NCES. “NCES products are high quality and receive great responses in satisfaction surveys.”

An official partnership launch will take place at Obesity Week in Las Vegas, NV on November 4-8. Stop by CoachCare’s booth #641 and learn more about the partnership here.

ABOUT NCES:

NCES is a leader in creating and publishing of health, nutrition and exercise content. The Company provides education materials and teaching tools, individually or as companion products, for health professionals. NCES works directly with providers or provides content customized to specific target market needs.

ABOUT COACHCARE:

CoachCare helps health clinics across a number of specialties improve retention, referrals and revenue by encouraging 24/ 7 patient-clinic engagement and simplifying daily complexities for both clinic and patient through a custom-branded mobile app, clinical dashboard, and connected proprietary scales and trackers. Request more info here.

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LiteBoxx Healthcare Product Management Announces Board of Advisors

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BOSTON (PRWEB)

LiteBoxx, LLC today announced the appointment of Dr. Randy Back, Pete Robinson, and Corinne Kramer to its Board of Advisors.

Dr. Randy Bak is currently a practicing pediatrician at PartnersHealthcare, Sr. Director of Healthcare Solutions at Voluntis, and Chair of the Committee on Information Technology for the Massachusetts Medical Society. He has spent more than a decade working in health information technology, building clinic-facing population health management tools, payer-provider administrative transaction platforms, clinical trials matching software, personal longitudinal health records datasets, and digital therapeutics applications. Prior to his current positions, Dr. Bak was CIO at Allegro Pediatrics, Director of Medical Affairs at Essence Healthcare, and Medical Director at NANTHEALTH (formerly NaviNet). He holds an A.B. in Philosophy from Dartmouth, a M.D. from Temple University, and a J.D. from the University of Washington. He still enjoys seeing patients in suburban Boston, while also consulting in Boston’s active health IT community.

Pete Robinson is the COO of Operant, which provides diagnostics and risk monitoring of companies’ AI products. He co-founded Pursuit Solutions in 2008, an operations and analytics firm serving the commercial side of the pharmaceutical industry. His first role was Head of Strategy & Analytics, building the teams and capabilities to provide marketing strategy and analytics to companies including Sanofi, GSK, and Novartis. He then served as the company’s CFO and led the sale of the company to IMS Health in 2016. Shortly thereafter, IMS and Quintiles announced their planned merger and Pete served as IMS’s M&A strategic lead on the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) division of the business. Pete was also an early hire at e-Dialog, which sold to GSI Commerce in 2006. More recently, he consulted for startups including botkeeper and Clora. Pete holds a BA in Biology from Williams College and an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. He continues to mentor students at Babson, and serves on the graduate school’s Technology, Operations, and Information Management advisory board.

Corinne Kraemer is a member of the product department at Foundation Medicine where she focuses on clinical medical reporting products. At Foundation Medicine, she has supported five international launches of their FDA approved FoundationOne CDx companion diagnostic. Prior to Foundation Medicine, Corinne held Product Management positions at IQVIA (Formally known as QuintilesIMS) executing the development of IQVIA’s Registry products for the American College of Surgeons and the American Heart Association. She has also worked at Cure Forward building a community of 150,000+ oncology patients searching for clinical trials. Prior to Cure Forward she worked at Halloran Consulting Group consulting for biotechnology companies on FDA audits and regulatory submissions. Corinne holds a Bachelors in Biology from Connecticut College.

Eric Shooman, LiteBoxx CEO, said, “We are honored to have Dr. Bak, Mr. Robinson, and Ms. Kramer as advisors at LiteBoxx. Their diverse and successful track records add immense value to LiteBoxx and our customers. Having advisors with experience, both building tech-enabled healthcare companies, and working at flagship healthcare organizations such as Partners, Foundation Medicine, and IQVIA is a tremendous asset. Our company and community are lucky to have them as part of the LiteBoxx team.”

About LiteBoxx

LiteBoxx is a healthcare product management company that scales fast-growing product and marketing organizations through advisory, consulting, and recruitment services. We are differentiated by our experience as healthcare product managers and our commitment leverage technology to optimize our service delivery. For more information, visit http://www.liteboxx.com or contact us at contact@liteboxx.com.

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Business: Insurance

Student Safe Driving Contest Saves Lives and Pays Off for Students

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Winners of the 2019 Fall Create Real Impact Contest have been announced.

We continue to support this important initiative because it saves lives.


SAN MATEO, Calif. (PRWEB)

Driving safely shouldn’t be scary. This Halloween, messages to prevent distracted driving are paying off for students across the country, in the 2019 Fall Create Real Impact contest from Impact Teen Drivers and California Casualty. A total of $12,000 is being awarded for artistic efforts to educate others about the dangers of distractions behind the wheel. The awards were announced in conjunction with National Teen Driver Safety Week, a reminder to all, especially young drivers, to keep hands on the wheel, eyes on the road and the mind focused on the drive.

The following students were chosen for $1,500 grand prize educational grants:

  • Brad Kendrick, Logan, UT, in the video category for “Drive Safe Mate!”

  • Everen Graves, San Diego, CA, in the music category for the song “For You and I”

  • Lilly Millard, Hockessin, DE, in the writing category for the prose “A Great Multitasker”

  • Kendal Johnson, Cumberland, MD, in the art category for the poster “The Get Settled Campaign”

The schools with the most entries were Village Academy High School in Pomona, California; Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington, DE; and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy in Miami, FL. Each school is being awarded $1,000.

Five hundred dollar awards for the most online votes are going to: Montana Schrader, Allendale, MI, for the poem, “No Worries;” Yoosung Jung, Yorba Linda, CA, for the video, “Alternative Reality;” Helen Dang, Pomona, CA, for the poster, “Distractions Are Deadly;” and Katie Panyanouvong, Fremont, CA, for the song, “At the Stoplight,” written about a friend who died from a reckless driver.

The Create Real Impact Contest challenges students ages 14-22 to make a difference in the battle to stop unnecessary crashes, the number one killer of teens in the United States. Students across the nation entered creative works showcasing solutions to reckless and distracted driving at http://www.createrealimpact.com.

The equation is simple: teen drivers are more likely to be involved in a deadly crash caused by texting, interacting with passengers or just not paying attention behind the wheel, but they are the best messengers to their peers about the dangers of inattentive driving.

The Create Real Impact contest was initiated in 2009 as a proactive solution to the deadly epidemic of inattentive driving by teens. Research shows distraction is a key factor in almost 60 percent of crashes involving drivers ages 16 to 19. Empowering messages convincing other teens to adopt safer driving attitudes and avoid the tragic result of bad choices behind the wheel can save lives.

“I have confidence teens can change the culture of driving to one that is distraction-free – much like earlier generations did with seat belts,” said Kelly Browning, Ph.D., Executive Director, Impact Teen Drivers. “The Create Real Impact Contest provides an opportunity for teens to lead the conversation by getting involved and stopping the number one killer of people their age.”

“We continue to support this important initiative because it saves lives,” said California Casualty Chairman of the Board, Beau Brown, who is also a member of the Impact Teen Drivers Board of Directors.

The winning entries can be viewed at http://www.createrealimpact.com.

Impact Teen Drivers has reached more than two million teens since 2007 and the Create Real Impact contest began in 2009. California Casualty is a founding partner of the nonprofit and continues to provide support for the contest. California Casualty representatives will help present checks to the winning schools and awardees.

Students can get started now for the 2020 Spring Create Real Impact Contest, which will begin in January. For more information on how to get schools and students involved, please contact info@impactteendrivers.org.

Headquartered in San Mateo, California, with Service Centers in Arizona, Colorado and Kansas, California Casualty provides auto and home insurance to educators, firefighters, law enforcement and nurses across the country. Founded in 1914, California Casualty has been led by four generations of the Brown family. To learn more about California Casualty, or to request an auto insurance quote, please visit http://www.calcas.com or call 1.800.800.9410.

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Concerto HealthAI Announces New Patient Solutions Business, Appoints Mike Allelunas as Executive Vice President and General Manager

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Concerto HealthAI announced today that it is launching its Concerto HealthAI Patient Solutions business that will leverage the company’s expertise in Real-World Data and AI-enabled patient insights. Mike Allelunas will lead this new division as Executive Vice President and General Manager.

Patient Solutions will build on eurekaHealth, Concerto HealthAI’s open, cloud-based, AI technology environment; its oncology and specialty therapeutics expertise; and deep relationships with Specialty Pharmacies. Mike, with more than 20 years of experience in patient-centric healthcare technologies and services, will help accelerate Concerto HealthAI Patient Solutions’ mission of advancing precision medicine and providing Real-world Data and technology solutions for biopharma, pharma, and medical device companies across the patient journey.

Concerto HealthAI is one of the industry’s fastest growing healthcare data and technology startups. Its mission is to transform healthcare through next-generation specialty therapeutics solutions ensuring patients are placed on the most effective therapies and supported over the course of treatment, including enhanced compliance, adherence.

“Patients are at the core of everything we do,” said Jeff Elton, PhD and CEO of Concerto HealthAI. “I am thrilled to welcome Mike and his energy and passion for building technology-driven solutions that benefit patients. Under his leadership our Patient Solutions business can accelerate bringing our new powerful new suite of patient solutions products to market.”

Prior to joining Concerto HealthAI, Mike worked at IQVIA, where he spent 12 years as an executive leading the company’s specialty therapeutics business as well as managing other key businesses. At IQVIA, he focused on technology and services solutions that specifically improved patient insights in support of better utilization and outcomes.

“Concerto HealthAI is investing heavily in AI technologies and data science capabilities across the company,” said Mike Allelunas, EVP and General Manager of Patient Solutions at Concerto HealthAI. “I am excited to lead this new business and to continue to find more value for patients through new and innovative products and solutions.”

About Concerto HealthAI

Concerto HealthAI is a technology leader in Definitive Real-world Data (RWD) and AI solutions for precision oncology. Our mission is to bring together unique data assets, leading AI-based technologies, and the world’s top outcomes research and data science talent. Our focus is on revolutionizing clinical and outcomes research to accelerate the insights benefitting patient treatment. Concerto HealthAI is a SymphonyAI Group company. eurekaHealth is a trademark of Concerto HealthAI. For more information, visit us at http://www.concertohealthai.com.

About SymphonyAI Group

SymphonyAI Group is the fastest-growing private group of B2B AI companies, backed by a $1 billion commitment to deliver next-generation AI solutions for transforming the enterprise. Since its founding in 2017, SymphonyAI Group has grown rapidly to a group of six companies with a combined revenue run rate approaching $300 million. Over 1,600 talented leaders, data scientists, and other professionals operate the group under the leadership of one of Silicon Valley’s most successful serial entrepreneurs, Dr. Romesh Wadhwani. Website: http://www.symphonyai.com

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New PAHRC Research Shows That Children Living in Assisted Homes Are Starting a Step Behind Their Low-Income, Unassisted Peers on the Road to Educational Success

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Access to the internet and books, enrichment activities, learning supports such as eyeglasses and nutritious meals, and programs tailored to children who have learning disabilities or special needs can help assisted children overcome some of the obstacles they face.


CHESHIRE, Conn. (PRWEB)

Public and affordable housing programs provide housing stability to low-income families and serve our most vulnerable populations—those groups that face the greatest challenges, like poor health, domestic upheaval, and under-developed labor market skills, as well as financial setbacks. New research by the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) shows that children whose parents seek out and receive housing assistance are already facing more barriers to educational success, on average, than their low-income, unassisted peers.

The study, titled “A Platform to Learn: How Housing Programs Can Support the Educational Needs of Children Living in Publicly Supported Housing,” showed that children living in homes made affordable through public programs have higher rates of learning disabilities, ADHD, developmental delays, and emotional disturbances, as well as higher rates of illnesses like asthma, and higher rates of potential environmental stressors that can detract from educational achievement. They also have less access to quality schools, the internet, and enrichment activities that support better learning outcomes than do their low-income, unassisted peers.

The study authors found that the main barriers holding housing-assisted children back are learning disabilities and related conditions, environmental stressors, food insecurity, and a lack of access to educational tools and enrichment opportunities.

Despite these barriers, the research also found that housing assistance is linked to fewer school absences, better healthcare access, and higher rates of parental involvement in school for children living in publicly supported homes compared to their low-income, unassisted peers.

Housing providers can help improve the educational outcomes of more children who reside on their properties by working with community partners to offer assistance that targets the barriers these children face. “Access to the internet and books, enrichment activities, learning supports such as eyeglasses and nutritious meals, and programs tailored to children who have learning disabilities or special needs can help assisted children overcome some of the obstacles they face,” said Keely Stater, Ph.D., PAHRC’s Director of Research and Industry Intelligence and the study’s lead author. “Programs that help parents navigate their children’s educational experience, like those that facilitate connections with schools or with behavioral health professionals who deal with learning disabilities, and those that can connect students to opportunities they may not have access to can also help more assisted students succeed.”

This work is made possible by the generosity of HAI Group. To read the full report, visit https://www.housingcenter.com/research/research-reports/.

About PAHRC

The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) at HAI Group is a nonprofit research center dedicated to conducting research that promotes the national conversation about the importance of affordable housing. PAHRC spotlights the impact, outcomes, and value affordable housing brings to the families it serves and to the communities it supports, delivering data and tools that help researchers, practitioners, and advocates build an evidence-based case for why affordable housing matters. For more information, visit https://www.housingcenter.com/research.

About HAI Group

HAI Group® is the marketing name for a family of companies founded by and dedicated to housing, and headquartered in Cheshire, Connecticut. While we are recognized as a pioneer of public and affordable housing insurance programs, insurance is not our only strength. We protect, preserve, and promote the sustainability of affordable housing with a wide array of products that support the challenges housing organizations face, offering insurance, strategic capital, research, advocacy, and training to meet the needs of over 1,500 housing organizations and more than 12,000 housing professionals across the nation. For a complete list of our companies, visit http://www.housingcenter.com.

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Rockler Introduces New Wireless Speaker Kit Ahead of Gift-Making Season

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Rockler introduces new wireless speaker kit ahead of gift-making season

Rockler introduces new wireless speaker kit ahead of gift-making season

“This wireless speaker kit makes it easy to design and build a one-of-a-kind gift that any music-lover will enjoy long beyond the holidays.” -Steve Krohmer, Rockler VP for Product Development


MEDINA, Minn. (PRWEB)

Rockler Woodworking and Hardware has introduced a new wireless speaker kit that makes it easy to craft a customized, rechargeable mini-speaker that plays audio from Bluetooth®-enabled devices – an ideal project for a personalized holiday gift.

The Rockler Wireless Speaker Kit (https://www.rockler.com/rockler-wireless-speaker-kit-with-playback-volume-controls) features easy-to-connect, color-coded electrical components that mount in 1-7/8″ diameter holes – allowing users to build a small box or case from the material of their choice or to simply drill a hole in an eye-catching piece of wood. It incorporates an upgraded control panel that includes full playback and volume controls, as well as a 3.5mm auxiliary input jack for connecting another device.

To give users a starting point for their project, Rockler has developed a free downloadable plan for making a small speaker box with corner accents created with Rockler’s Corner Key Doweling Jig (https://go.rockler.com/plans/dowel-speaker-box-plan-lr.pdf).

“The most treasured gifts often are ones with a personal touch,” said Steve Krohmer, Rockler’s vice president for product development. “This wireless speaker kit makes it easy to design and build a one-of-a-kind gift that any music-lover will enjoy long beyond the holidays.”

The kit includes a speaker unit, a control unit and a USB charging cable. Wiring is as simple as snapping the connectors of color-coded wires from the speaker unit into color-coded ports on the control unit. A sleek black bezel on the outside of both units hides any small irregularities in the mounting holes.

The Rockler Wireless Speaker Kit (57033) retails for $29.99 and can be purchased exclusively online at http://www.rockler.com or at Rockler Woodworking and Hardware stores nationwide, as well as through the Rockler catalog. For store locations or a free catalog, visit http://www.rockler.com or call 1-877-ROCKLER.

Images of the Wireless Speaker Kit can be found at this Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/if9oc54e97dmbzg/AABu6YwTqvgQgV4TA2jPChcTa?dl=0

About Rockler Woodworking and Hardware

Celebrating its 65th anniversary as a family-run business, Rockler Woodworking and Hardware is the nation’s premier supplier of specialty hardware, tools, lumber and other high-quality woodworking products. Rockler has 37 retail locations across 20 states, as well as extensive catalog and internet operations.

To learn more about Rockler, please visit http://www.rockler.com or call 1-877-ROCKLER, and follow us on social media:

-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rockler

-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rockler_woodworking/

-Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rockler

-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RocklerWoodworking

-Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/Rockler/

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NOLS Announces Winter Wilderness Travel Adventures for Adults that Teach Serious Outdoor Skills from Patagonia to Wyoming Backcountry

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Travelers gain sea kayaking skills navigating Patagonia’s coastline and immerse in local culture on NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) 14-day expedition (photo by Jordan Cranch/NOLS).

This winter, NOLS is challenging adults with an array of skill-building expeditions, including kayaking on Chile’s coastal fjords.


LANDER, Wyo. (PRWEB)

Experience has become a travel must-have in recent years with immersive travel topping trend lists. “The hottest souvenir to bring back from a trip is a new skill … enriching [travelers’] lives beyond the trip,” TripAdvisor declared in its 2019 trend report, while Conde Nast Traveler coined the name “Intrepid Journeys” for these “more challenging adventures” characterized by “embracing fears, experiencing discomfort and taking on ambitious physical activities.” And where better to search out the ultimate in transformative, experiential travel adventure than NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School), the leader in wilderness education for more than 50 years.

This winter, NOLS is challenging adults with an array of skill-building expeditions, including the opportunity to escape grey cityscapes for blue waters while kayaking on Chile’s coastal fjords. The 14-day Patagonia Sea Kayaking Expedition is one NOLS adventure geared toward individuals 23 years and older. Offered Feb. 21- Mar. 5, 2020, the course not only transforms beginners into confident paddlers, but will also help develop leadership abilities and cultural competency.

This immersive travel opportunity unlocks some of Chile’s wildest landscapes to explore, including Patagonia’s lush temperate rainforest, abundant waterfalls and even glimpses of the distant glaciers that carved this spectacular region. Knowledgeable instructors help travelers master the fundamentals of paddling. And as the course makes its way along the coast, travelers will also have the opportunity to visit coastal communities and learn about their way of life – and will leave Chile with sharpened leadership and communication skills as well as an appreciation for the dynamic wind and sea conditions of the area.

Additional adult winter courses provide a variety of available destinations, dates and skills. Also in February, a week-long Baja Coastal Sailing course offers another way to reconnect with the sea in winter. Beginning with the basics, this expedition is perfect for the novice sailor looking to get away from the cold and spend days exploring quiet sea coves and relaxing on a beach under the stars. And the New Zealand Sailing adventure, Nov. 23 – Dec. 6, 2019, offers travelers the opportunity to learn diverse skills in a remote coastal landscape rich with unique-to-New Zealand wildlife. Both courses emphasize sailing skills and seamanship while also helping strengthen leadership, communication and decision-making skills.

For those who’d rather embrace than flee winter’s snow and cold, NOLS offers a 12-day Winter Backcountry Touring Adventure in the mountains of Wyoming with three offerings beginning December 29 and February 2 and 16. Starting at the Grand Targhee Ski resort, travelers learn the basics of avalanche assessment before heading into the backcountry of the Tetons, where skiing or snowboarding on fresh powder and winter ecology are on tap. At night, retreat to yurts and self-built snow shelters.

Although NOLS – founded in 1965 by legendary mountaineer Paul Petzoldt – is perhaps best known for its famously rugged gap-year and travel-abroad expeditions for students, all of these winter trips are part of a series of expeditions called “Prime,” grounded in the same philosophy of building high-level outdoor and leadership skill sets while reveling in personal growth and fun, but designed for adults 23 and over. Tuition for the four winter courses ranges from $2,100 to $5,490 per person for 8- to 14-day adventures.

About NOLS:

NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) is the world’s leading wilderness school. A nonprofit based in Lander, Wyoming, the school provides students the opportunity to step forward – whether on an expedition, wilderness medicine or custom course. Students of all ages graduate from their courses prepared to lead their communities in a changing world. Graduates have a lifelong desire for leadership, commitment to continued skills development, and ongoing education. Since 1965, NOLS has embraced and explored the unknown through outdoor and classroom-based experiences. To learn more about NOLS, call 800.710.6657 or visit http://www.nols.edu.

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Industry: Healthcare

Fort Washington Medical Center Officially Becomes Part of Adventist HealthCare

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We look forward to strengthening the Medical Center’s presence through facility improvements, outpatient services, as well as expanded physician practices.


GAITHERSBURG, Md. (PRWEB)

Adventist HealthCare, one of the longest-serving health systems in the Washington, D.C. region, announced this week that Fort Washington Medical Center in Prince George’s County is now officially a part of its organization.

Fort Washington Medical Center is a 37-bed hospital located just south of National Harbor in a growing section of the region. It cares for close to 40,000 patients a year in its emergency department and, like Adventist HealthCare, has a strong commitment to serving the needs of their community. In July, Adventist HealthCare and Nexus Health, the previous owner of Fort Washington Medical Center, announced the two organizations had reached an agreement to transfer the medical center.

Given the changes in healthcare both nationally and in Maryland, joining Adventist HealthCare will allow Fort Washington Medical Center to expand its high-quality healthcare services in Prince George’s County and overcome the challenges of operating as a standalone community hospital. Adventist HealthCare will invest $35 million over five years to help the hospital continue to meet the health needs of the community.

“Bringing Fort Washington Medical Center into the Adventist HealthCare family provides opportunities to combine our shared missions of improving the health of Maryland residents,” said Eunmee Shim, President of Fort Washington Medical Center. “We look forward to strengthening the Medical Center’s presence through facility improvements, outpatient services, as well as expanded physician practices.”

Adventist HealthCare, founded in 1907, serves patients throughout the Washington, D.C., region. The organization features a comprehensive spectrum of care including: three acute-care hospitals; two physical rehabilitation hospitals with outpatient locations; physician practices; and services for mental health, home care, imaging and urgent care. It is a regional leader in heart, stroke, physical rehabilitation, cancer, OB, and other medical specialty care.

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About Adventist HealthCare

Based in Gaithersburg, Md., Adventist HealthCare is one of the longest-serving health systems in the Washington, D.C. region, and one of the largest employers in the state of Maryland. It includes Shady Grove Medical Center, Washington Adventist Hospital, Fort Washington Medical Center, Rehabilitation, Home Care Services, Adventist Medical Group, Imaging and Urgent Care. Learn more at: http://www.AdventistHealthCare.com * @AdventistHC * http://www.facebook.com/AdventistHealthCare * http://blog.adventisthealthcare.com

About Fort Washington Medical Center

Fort Washington Medical Center serves patients in the Fort Washington, Oxon Hill, and Temple Hills areas, as well as parts of southeast Washington, DC. The hospital provides general inpatient services and operates one of the busiest emergency rooms in the metropolitan area. Learn more at: http://www.fortwashingtonmc.org. * @FTWashingtonMC * http://www.facebook.com/FortWashingtonMedicalCenter

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