“Everyone on the Forcura team is responsible for helping us grow as a company and I’m proud of each of their contributions to our shared mission of empowering better patient care,” said Founder and CEO Craig Mandeville.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (PRWEB)
October 03, 2019

Forcura has been ranked as No. 23 among healthcare suppliers/vendors in Modern Healthcare’s 2019 Best Places to Work in Healthcare list. The complete list of this year’s winner rankings is available here. Modern Healthcare will publish a special supplement featuring ranked lists of all the winners along with the September 30 issue.

“This recognition by Modern Healthcare is a great accomplishment towards our goals to become the best healthcare technology company,” said Founder and CEO Craig Mandeville. “Everyone on the Forcura team is responsible for helping us grow as a company and I’m proud of each of their contributions to our shared mission of empowering better patient care.”

Modern Healthcare and its Best Places to Work in Healthcare award winners have accomplished much over the years, empowering healthcare organizations, and the people who work for them, to realize their full potential. Modern Healthcare partners with the Best Companies Group on the assessment process, which includes an extensive employee survey.

Forcura has recently been named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies List, received awards for Best Place to Work, and Best UI/UX Design in SaaS.

“With record unemployment levels, organizations face stiff competition to attract and retain top talent. The providers and companies making this year’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare list understand the importance of creating an environment where employees can not only excel in their own development but contribute to the mission of improving care delivery,” said Aurora Aguilar, editor of Modern Healthcare. “An appreciation—and dedication—to their organization’s mission was one of the most common refrains from employees filling out surveys this year.”

Forcura was honored at the 2019 Best Places to Work Awards Dinner on Thursday, September 26, at the Renaissance Dallas Hotel. This is the 2nd year Forcura has made the list.

About Modern Healthcare

Modern Healthcare is the most trusted business news and information brand in the healthcare industry. Combining the power of a print publication, 24-7 digital news products, robust research and event platforms, Modern Healthcare empowers healthcare leaders and influencers to make timely and informed business decisions. To learn more or subscribe, go to https://www.modernhealthcare.com/subscribe.

About Forcura

Forcura, a leading healthcare technology company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, facilitates continuity of care via technology, analytics and a deep commitment to enabling better patient care. The Forcura suite of tools is powered by Forcura Connect, a proprietary framework for standardizing interoperability and integration among post-acute health care organizations, physicians, electronic health records (EHRs) and other supporting technology vendors. Through our technology and analytics solutions, we are a step closer every day to elevating the opportunities of post-acute care. The company has received awards for Fastest Growing Company for the fourth consecutive year, Best UI/UX Design in SaaS, and Best Places to Work by Inc. Magazine. For more information visit http://www.forcura.com, call 800-378-0596 or follow Forcura on LinkedIn.

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The Plantrician Project

Dietary recommendations are more than a single meta-analysis or study. It would be foolish to disregard decades of research, both randomized control trials and observational data, that have found that red and processed meat increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and cancer.

ST. LOUIS (PRWEB)
October 03, 2019

The Annals of Internal Medicine systematic review and meta-analysis of red and processed meat titled “Unprocessed red meat and processed meat consumption: dietary guideline recommendations” draws inaccurate conclusions from a flawed design to advocate for the continued consumption of red and processed meat. The conclusions stand in stark opposition to numerous trials and observational studies linking red and processed meat consumption with the increased risk for heart disease, stroke, some cancers, type 2 diabetes, and all cause mortality. Research from The World Health Organization conducted by 22 experts from 10 countries, reviewing more than 800 studies concluded that consuming 50 grams (1 hot dog or 3-4 strips of bacon) of processed meat daily increased the risk of colorectal cancer. The 2019 American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines based on a thorough review of the research recommend a diet that emphasizes the intake of vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains, and minimizes the intake of red and processed meats among other processed foods. The NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study evaluated the diets of 536,969 people and concluded, “The results show increased risks of all cause mortality and death due to nine different causes associated with both processed and unprocessed red meat, accounted for, in part, by heme iron and nitrate/nitrite from processed meat.”

These are a few examples, of many, from large studies that refute the findings of the Annals study.

The study title and resultant sensational news headlines misrepresent the findings and fail to tell the story of the inherent limitations of this study and its meta-analyses methods. Originally meta-analyses were utilized beginning in the mid-1970’s to summarize the data from studies of similar populations and identify trends, biases, or knowledge gaps and were inclusive. However, error can enter into the final conclusions when the included studies are different in nature and or exclude other studies. The Annals study discounted findings from multiple large American cohorts that are prospectively collected over a long period of time indicating harm from both red meat and processed red meat, predominately on the basis of the use of food frequency questionnaires, which they state, are inaccurate. Other trusted guidelines like the ACC/AHA are based on multiple prospective observational cohorts including Adventist Health Studies (AHS-1 and -2), Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), Health Professional Follow-Up Study (HPFS), Atherosclerotic Risk in Communities (ARIC), National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), and the National Institute of Health-American Association of Retired People (NIH-AARP) study. These studies have a consistent signal of harm from processed and/or unprocessed red meat. In addition, if there were significant errors or inaccuracies adding noise to the data sets, it would be more difficult to achieve statistical significance in these studies, not less difficult.

Finally, we must avoid the reductionism that has marked our westernized approach to scientific questions and research. Dietary recommendations should be simultaneously evaluated based on their impact to the global food web, or the seed to table journey, that includes soil and resource management and food/water access and availability. Research from the largest study ever completed evaluated 38,700 farms from 119 countries and found that 80% of the farmland is utilized for farm animals to produce meat but produces only 18% of the calories and 37% of the protein. Similarly, the EAT Lancet study brought together 37 experts in the intersection of health and global food sustainability for a population that will soon reach 10 billion. Lead author Dr. Walter Willet said, “Transformation to healthy diets by 2050 will require substantial dietary shifts. Global consumption of fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes will have to double, and consumption of foods such as red meat and sugar will have to be reduced by more than 50%. A diet rich in plant-based foods and with fewer animal source foods confers both improved health and environmental benefits.” These and other similar research studies concluded that a shift away from the consumption of animal products is necessary to preserve critical resources and feed a growing global population.

Dietary recommendations are more than a single meta-analysis or study and it would be foolish to disregard decades of research, both randomized control trials and observational data, linking red and processed meat to an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers. We cannot allow an outlier study to undermine the tested recommendations that provide the greatest protection and prevention for populations around the world. Finally, the food we eat and the way it is produced will have a lasting impact on the global resources that we will be leaving as an inheritance to our children and grandchildren. Therefore it is imperative that we move beyond the gyrations imposed by a myopic view of a sensational headline study and regain focus through a careful review of the research and ongoing scientific dialogue about the impact of our diet on human health and global resources.

Scott Stoll, MD FABPMR

Co-Founder The Plantrician Project

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