Oova

NEW YORK (PRWEB)
August 03, 2023

Oova, Inc. is proud to announce the publication of its latest groundbreaking study in MDPI journal, Medicina, titled “Using Hormone Data and Age to Pinpoint Cycle Day within the Menstrual Cycle.” Conducted by esteemed scientists and co-authors, led by Dr. Amy Divaraniya, PhD founder of Oova, Inc., Dr. Mark B. Woodland, MD, Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tower Health, and Elinor Hills, content and brand lead at Oova, Inc, their discoveries bring a new understanding of the female reproductive cycle, particularly women with irregular periods, and confirms just how advanced and accurate remote hormone tracking has become.

Adding to Oova’s extensive collection of research and data on women’s hormone levels, the study challenges the standard norms used for comparison and disproves the assumption of a 28-day reproductive cycle. Shedding light on this inaccuracy and working towards a greater understanding of the female reproductive cycle. The study illustrates that the remote hormone monitoring platform can now analyze women’s cycles and pinpoint where an individual is in their cycle with minimal data points and the technology within Oova’s AI-powered app.

Oova, developed by Dr. Divaraniya, is a testing system that allows users to track their luteinizing hormone (LH) and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide (PdG) fluctuations throughout their cycles. The platform collects quantitative hormone measurements through urine to identify users’ unique fertile windows and predict ovulation. In this study, the Oova team evaluated hormone data from 4,123 cycles across 1,233 users, analyzing and tracking the LH and PdG via urine tests throughout menstrual cycles across different age groups.

Key Findings from the Study Include:

1. While 23.67% of women self-reported they had a 28-day cycle, only 5.23% actually did. Population-level data showed that women typically expected their cycle to be longer than it was.

2. Oova’s data challenged the assumption that a woman’s follicular and luteal phases are of equal lengths and that ovulation occurs exactly in the middle. Instead, the follicular phase was generally longer than the luteal phase. Furthermore, the data revealed that as women age, the length of the follicular phase decreases, while the luteal phase increases.

3. Using Oova’s hormone data to train their algorithm, Oova can now determine a woman’s cycle day based on her age and hormone levels with 95% confidence. This is groundbreaking, as it allows for a thorough understanding of a woman’s cycle, even if it’s irregular.

“Our mission at Oova is to empower women with an accurate understanding of their reproductive health, giving them control on their journey to pregnancy. Further, our mission is to challenge the status quo and debunk widely accepted inaccuracies to set new standards in women’s healthcare. This study is proof of our capabilities at Oova, and we can now say with confidence that at-home hormone monitoring offers more precise cycle tracking than textbook estimations, benefiting fertility planning, clinical management, and general health monitoring,” says Oova founder and study leader, Dr. Amy Divaraniya.

Dr. Divaraniya developed the OOVA technology after her own 18-month struggle to get pregnant. Over-the-counter hormone tests were not conducive to tracking her irregular menstrual and ovulation cycle. She has created advanced technology, that provides a hormone monitoring solution for women facing cycle irregularities, a symptom that studies have shown affects more than 87% of the female population [reference link . Oova’s data has been integral in discovering hormone patterns of Oova users in advanced maternal age. It has led to identifying hormone patterns that indicate patients’ presentation of signs of reproductive disorders such as PCOS. This latest study represents a groundbreaking advancement, as it reveals the possibility of precisely pinpointing where a person is in their cycle using only one measure of LH and PdG, a capability previously unattainable. These and future Oova findings have the potential to fill significant gaps within reproductive healthcare and beyond.

In addition to Oova’s consumer and clinician business, the company holds an ongoing study and research department. They are actively looking for partners to support their independent research. Past research collaborators include Massachusetts General Hospital, New Hope Fertility Center, and IRMS at St. Barnabas Hospital. If you’re interested in collaborating on additional research projects, please reach out to the Oova team at research@oova.life.

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For general inquiries, please contact info@oova.life

About Oova, Inc.:

Oova is the fertility translator that fully illuminates a woman’s fertility, giving her and her care team the clearest steps to conception. Founded by doctors and backed by Mount Sinai Hospital, Oova has created a consumer-first, data-driven experience valuable to patients and healthcare providers. Oova’s at-home urine test measures luteinizing hormone and progesterone to immediately inform a woman of her most fertile days and confirm ovulation. By delivering advanced personalized analytics and real-time action plans with every hormone reading, Oova is transforming the fertility care experience. Oova has partnered with the leading fertility and women’s health practices in the United States. To learn more, visit Oova’s website.

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Josh Fertitta, CHC’s new VP of Development and Corporate Relations

“Josh will be an integral part of the team, helping to expand CHC’s mission and impact, increasing the number of people and communities served.” ~ Dr. Jean Accius

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (PRWEB)
August 03, 2023

Today, CHC: Creating Healthier Communities announced the appointment of Josh Fertitta as the organization’s new vice president, development and corporate relations. Fertitta joins CHC’s executive leadership team and will lead a high-performing team in developing and executing a national fundraising and revenue generation strategy to accelerate CHC’s growth and collective impact.

“Our vision is a world where every person in every community can live their healthiest life,” said Dr. Jean Accius, CHC president and CEO. “This is a bold, ambitious goal, and requires new ideas and innovative approaches to close the opportunity gaps that impact health in this country. Josh will be an integral part of the team, helping to expand CHC’s mission and impact, increasing the number of people and communities served.”

Fertitta is an innovative leader with a proven track record in cultivating strategic partnerships across sectors and industries. Most recently, Fertitta worked as the Senior Director of Development for The Catholic University of America where his team exceeded the campaign fundraising goal of $35M for the School of Arts & Sciences. Prior to that, he was the Director of Workforce Development for the State of Louisiana and also served as Director of Development for Café Reconcile and for New Orleans Public Charter Schools.

“CHC’s powerful mission drew me to the organization,” said Fertitta. “I’m inspired by the impactful work and partnerships at the local, regional, and national levels. I’m looking forward to driving transformational giving and accelerating growth to ensure CHC can help even more people and communities.”

Fertitta earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Tulane University. His past board service includes chair of the Marigny Opera House Foundation, president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals New Orleans Chapter, and member of the Tres Doux Foundation, which builds programs for children with autism spectrum disorder and the families who love them.

View CHC’s leadership team.

ABOUT CHC: CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES

CHC: Creating Healthier Communities exists so that every person in every community has an opportunity to live their healthiest life. We leverage partnerships to raise funds, deliver programs and elevate solutions in communities. We focus on awareness and access, education and advocacy, and philanthropy. Together with partners, we’ve been creating healthier communities for more than 65 years. Join us at chcimpact.org or @chcimpact.

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Best Leadership

“U.S. Dermatology Partners is privileged to have exceptional physician and business leadership teams that enable us to deliver exceptional patient care experiences while also fostering a culture that our organization can be proud of,” said Paul Singh, CEO at U.S. Dermatology Partners.

DALLAS (PRWEB)
August 03, 2023

U.S. Dermatology Partners, one of the premier dermatology practices in the country, announced today that the organization has been recognized with Comparably’s 2023 Best Leadership Teams award.

Comparably is one of the leading workplace and reputation platforms that recognizes top employee-rated organizations in several categories around culture and compensation. Comparably’s annual Best Leadership Teams award is derived from millions of anonymous employee ratings on executive leadership teams and direct managers on Comparably.com over a 12-month period (May 2022 through May 2023). The Top 100 ranked list is segmented by large companies (more than 500 employees) and small/mid-size companies (fewer than 500 employees). U.S. Dermatology Partners was included in the top 100 list of large companies. The final data set was compiled from 15 million ratings across 70,000 companies large and small.

“U.S. Dermatology Partners is privileged to have exceptional physician and business leadership teams that enable us to deliver exceptional patient care experiences, while also fostering a culture that our organization can be proud of,” said Paul Singh, Chief Executive Officer at U.S. Dermatology Partners. “We are honored by this recognition and are committed to continue serving our communities.”

Comparably awards are based on sentiment feedback provided by current employees who anonymously rate their employers during a 12-month period on different workplace topics. These answers are meant to give insights into what it’s like to work at these organizations. To view the complete list of winners of the Leadership Teams Award, please visit: https://www.comparably.com/awards/winners/best-leadership-teams-2023-large

About U.S. Dermatology Partners

U.S. Dermatology Partners is one of the premier dermatology practices in the country, caring for nearly 2.0 million patients each year. With over 100 locations across eight states that span large metroplexes and rural, underserved communities, they provide the benefits of private, personalized levels of care paired with a network of coordinated, specialized dermatology physicians. U.S. Dermatology Partners is fervently focused on providing the highest level of compassionate and comprehensive patient-first care, making it seamless for all people to connect with dermatologists and national leaders in areas such as clinical research, psoriasis, and Mohs surgery, and gain access to state-of-the-art dermatological treatments, surgical and cosmetic dermatology. To learn more, visit usdermatologypartners.com.

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Chapters Health System President/CEO Andrew Molosky

“Heartfelt thanks to all Chapters Health team members for taking the time from their busy schedules to provide valuable feedback, which allowed us to reach the milestone of six consecutive years as a Great Place to Work.” —Andrew Molosky, president and chief executive officer for Chapters Health.

TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla. (PRWEB)
August 02, 2023

Chapters Health System announced today its certification for the sixth consecutive year as a great workplace in the Aging Services category by the independent analysts at the Great Place to Work® Institute. Chapters Health and its affiliates earned this distinction based on extensive ratings provided by its team members in anonymous surveys. A summary of these ratings can be found here. Additionally, the organization earned recognition as a 2023 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence award winner for Work-Life Flexibility and Purposes and Values from Energage.

“Heartfelt thanks to all Chapters Health team members for taking the time from their busy schedules to provide valuable feedback, which allowed us to reach the milestone of six consecutive years as a Great Place to Work,” said Andrew Molosky, MBA, FACHE, president and chief executive officer for Chapters Health. “Team member feedback helps benchmark our progress as we continue to focus on engagement and move input into action.”

In 2023, 77 percent of team members said Chapters Health is a great place to work compared to 57 percent of employees at a typical U.S.-based company.

“Great Place to Work Certification isn’t something that comes easily – it takes ongoing dedication to the employee experience,” said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, vice president of global recognition at Great Place to Work. “It’s the only official recognition determined by employees’ real-time reports of their company culture. Earning this designation means that Chapters Health is one of the best companies to work for in the country.”

According to Great Place to Work research, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great boss at a certified great workplace. Additionally, employees at a certified workplace are 93 percent more likely to look forward to coming to work. This is music to the ears of Chapters Health as a certified Great Place to Work.

“With an ever-present goal to elevate culture, we were thrilled to learn we were also recognized as a Top Culture Excellence award winner in two categories: Work-Life Flexibility and Purpose and Values,” added Molosky.

Work-life flexibility recognizes an organization that has built a culture enabling team members to meet the demands of their personal lives while maintaining high performance. And the Purpose and Values award

celebrates organizations that have successfully communicated the company mission and integrated those aspirations into the culture.

About Chapters Health System

As a progressive leader and premier healthcare organization, Chapters Health System is dedicated to delivering innovative care throughout chronic illness progression and beyond. Since 1983 as a community-based, not-for-profit organization, Chapters Health has provided choices, education and guidance through its managed affiliates. All offerings are provided to improve the patient/family experience well in advance of end-of-life needs. In 2023, Chapters Health was named a Top Workplaces USA award-winner; in 2022, earned certified status for information security from HITRUST and for the sixth consecutive year was recognized as a great workplace in the Aging Services category by the independent analysts at the Great Place to Work® Institute. To learn more, visit http://www.chaptershealth.org, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

About Great Place to Work

Great Place to Work is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through its certification programs, Great Place to Work recognized outstanding workplace cultures and produces Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work For®” and Great Place to Work Best Workplaces lists for Millennials, Women, Diversity, Small and Medium Companies, industries and, internationally, countries and regions. Through its culture consulting services, Great Place to Work helps clients create great workplaces that outpace peers on key business metrics like revenue growth, profitability, retention and stock performance. Learn more at Greatplacetowork.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

About Energage

Energage is a purpose-driven company that helps organizations turn employee feedback into useful business intelligence and credible employer recognition through Top Workplaces. Built on 14 years of culture research and the results from 23 million employees surveyed across more than 70,000 organizations,  Energage delivers the most accurate competitive benchmark available. With access to a unique combination of patented analytic tools and expert guidance, Energage customers lead the competition with an engaged workforce and an opportunity to gain recognition for their people-first approach to culture. For more information or to nominate your organization, visit energage.com or topworkplaces.com.

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Prevent Blindness invites the public to “Be a Voice for Vision” by launching its all new patient advocacy website.

“As a patient advocacy organization, Prevent Blindness often serves as the voice of the patient,” said Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness.

CHICAGO (PRWEB)
August 02, 2023

Prevent Blindness, the nation’s leading volunteer eye health organization, announced the launch of its new Eyes on Capitol Hill advocacy resource: Advocacy.PreventBlindness.org. The new website and legislative action center will educate and empower advocates with the vital information and necessary tools needed to successfully advocate for policies that preserve sight.

Founded 115 years ago in New York as a public health advocacy organization, Prevent Blindness began its mission to help eradicate a preventable form of blindness in newborns, commonly referred to as “Babies’ Sore Eyes.” By working with allied health professionals and local advocates, public policy was created to establish that all babies born in U.S. hospitals would be given potentially sight-saving eyedrops. More than a century later, Prevent Blindness has expanded its work to help protect healthy vision across the age and eye disease spectrum.

The new website was developed as an extension of the successful “Prevent Blindness Eyes on Capitol Hill” legislative day, an annual event now in its 18th year that provides patient advocates the opportunity to meet with their legislative representatives. The new advocacy resource offers:

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      Up-to-date policy information that also dives into Prevent Blindness positions on issues that affect vision and eye health,
•     Comprehensive skill-building resources designed to educate aspiring advocates on the basics of vision and eye health policy and Congressional advocacy, empower them to meet with legislators, and confidently connect their personal experiences to vision and eye health policy,
•     A new Legislative Action Center, designed to provide advocates with direct access to their representatives in Washington, D.C., as well as to their local media outlets, allowing them to send tailored messages pertaining to eye health policy legislation that is meaningful to them,
•     Opportunities for advocates to share their vision stories with Prevent Blindness for potential use in advocacy messaging,
•     A full listing of members of the Congressional Vision Caucus, which was convened at the request of Prevent Blindness, and
•     Accessibility tools that allow users to modify the website depending on their personal needs.

The website also contains information about the Prevent Blindness ASPECT Patient Engagement Program– Advocacy, Support, Perspective, Empowerment, Communication, and Training. The goal of the ASPECT Program is to empower individuals to harness the power of their own story to advocate for better eye health for themselves and others; improve services for those who are blind or have low vision; and/or engage with leaders at the local, state, or national level to effect change. To date, more than 125 advocates from 32 states across the country have joined the program.

“As a patient advocacy organization, Prevent Blindness often serves as the voice of the patient,” said Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness. “Our new advocacy resource, coupled with the ASPECT program, better allows us to engage those patients and care partners in our efforts and continue to provide those affected by vision and eye health issues with the tools needed to educate others, including lawmakers, on the importance of adequately addressing the needs of those with significant vision impairments.”

For information on Prevent Blindness and its advocacy efforts, please visit Advocacy.PreventBlindness.org, or email advocacy@PreventBlindness.org.

About Prevent Blindness

Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness is the nation’s leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness is the nation’s leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. Focused on promoting a continuum of vision care, Prevent Blindness touches the lives of millions of people each year through public and professional education, advocacy, certified vision screening and training, community and patient service programs and research. These services are made possible through the generous support of the American public. Together with a network of affiliates, Prevent Blindness is committed to eliminating preventable blindness in America. For more information, visit us at PreventBlindness.org, and follow us on Facebook, X, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn and YouTube.

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