PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB)
November 04, 2019

“By collaborating with the stellar team at Jefferson Health, we now have the medical and operational expertise to support our efforts in the creation of a world-class patient experience,” says Alex Guastella, CEO of Quick’rCare.

Jefferson Health has developed innovative techniques throughout its health system to better support the residents of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Combined with Quick’rCare, Jefferson will immediately be able to give patients the ability to decide between getting care in an emergency room or urgent care center or making a reservation to avoid a wait. Next, the collaboration will design and deploy an interface to help decide the best type of visit based on the patient’s needs.

After validation of the new collaborated process, Jefferson Health will offer JeffConnect video visits as an alternative form of care through Quick’rCare. “The ability to provide our community with personalized care tailored to their specific medical needs, location and preferences while eliminating waiting time represents a wonderful patient-centered advance,” said Dr. Judd Hollander, Jefferson Health’s senior vice president of healthcare delivery innovation.

“This is what people who feel bad need right now, right when they begin to feel sick,” said Stephen K. Klasko, MD, president of Thomas Jefferson University and CEO of Jefferson Health. “Working with Quick’rCare allows us to expand our commitment to healthcare with no address.”

A key element of the new strategy is simplicity. This collaboration will use LEAN methodologies to enhance the patient experience and not confuse sick patients with hard-to-understand technology. “Technology can become extremely cumbersome to patients and providers. Quick’rCare has prided itself on staying simple to use and understand. After spending many months with the Jefferson team, our technology thinking aligns well,” says Raghu Dhulipala, CTO of Quick’rCare.

About Quick’rCare

In 2016, entrepreneurs Alex Guastella and Raghu Dhulipala joined forces to solve digital problems that sick patients face every day. Through much deliberation, Quick’rCare was created to be a guidance platform that will help the 145 million people who end up in the emergency room every year. Since its inception, Quick’rCare has helped over a million patients, added over 20 team members, and brought on great investors. Whether it is through the technology created or the volunteer hours served, the people behind Quick’rCare have a mantra of always doing good for others.

About Jefferson Health

Jefferson Health, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, is reimagining health care in the greater Philadelphia region and southern New Jersey. Jefferson’s dedicated team of doctors, nurses, health professionals and staff provides a range of primary to highly-specialized care through 14 hospitals (seven are Magnet®-designated by the ANCC for nursing excellence), more than 40 outpatient and urgent care locations, the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Magee Rehabilitation and the JeffConnect® telemedicine program. For 2019-2020, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals is ranked among the nation’s best hospitals in eight specialities by U.S. News & World Report. Jefferson Health’s mission is to improve the lives of patients in the communities it is privileged to serve through safe, effective, equitable, compassionate care.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWEB)
November 04, 2019

In an expanding partnership with the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF), EK Health Services, Inc. recently implemented medical bill review, utilization review and nurse case management services to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency oversees transit, streets and taxis in the city of San Francisco, California.

Since 2013, EK Health and CCSF have partnered to provide injured workers with the best possible medical care for work-related injuries and illnesses. In 2017, those services expanded to include medical bill review and repricing solutions, along with utilization review.

EK Health looks forward to partnering with SFMTA and their third-party administrator, Intercare, to continue optimizing workers’ compensation outcomes for CCSF’s and SFMTA’s employees. EK Health strategically combines technology and clinical excellence for its clients, now including SFMTA and their employees, while continuing its pursuit to transform managed care.

Kerri Wilson, President & COO, commented:

“Working alongside one of our neighboring cities is a privilege and we are proud to be affiliated with SFMTA. In the news you see SFMTA’s passion to promote efficient, economical and sustainable transportation options to travelers in San Francisco – making it not only easier, but enticing to change the way people navigate the City. It is evident we share like philosophies by providing necessary alternatives to long-standing issues. We look forward to a long, productive partnership.”

About San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

The SFMTA has oversight over the Municipal Railway (Muni) public transit, as well as bicycling, paratransit, parking, traffic, walking, and taxis. SFMTA serves San Francisco by creating transportation options that are constant, practical and everywhere, connecting people with their community to enhance the economy, environment and quality of life. (Source: https://www.sfmta.com/about-sfmta)

About EK Health

EK Health Services, Inc. is a leading national Medical Management company specializing in workers’ compensation. EK Health sets the gold standard for providing the best people, process and technology to facilitate the most appropriate, highest quality and most cost-efficient medical treatment available for medical management in workers’ compensation. Learn more about EK Health’s solutions at http://www.ekhealth.com.

If you would like more information, please contact Shameel Kumar at 877-861-1595 or email skumar@ekhealth.com.

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Batman at the Salt Lake City Shriners Hospital

TAMPA, Fla. (PRWEB)
October 30, 2019

This Halloween season, Shriners Hospitals for Children® and the heart of Spirit Halloween – Spirit of Children – are making a difference in the lives of children.

Since 2007, Spirit of Children has donated more than $4.6 million to Shriners Hospitals for Children to go toward their local child life departments – after this year, that number will be more than $5 million. Each year, the Spirit of Children crew also visits Shriners Hospitals throughout the country to help host Halloween parties for their patients that include free costumes, food, crafts and games.

These seasonal efforts make hospitals less scary for kids and their families through support of the child life departments at the program’s partner hospitals, which include Shriners Hospitals for Children. Since its inception, Spirit of Children has raised more than $55 million for hospitals across the United States and Mexico. Donations stay within local communities, and 100% of every dollar donated supports the partner hospitals’ child life departments.

Shriners Hospitals for Children — Salt Lake City hosts an extra special Halloween event for its patients each year, where wheelchairs are transformed into magical costumes during their annual wheelchair costume clinic. This year, with help from Spirit of Children, hospital staff and volunteers turned the wheelchairs of a record 32 patients into customized Halloween costumes. From Santa in his sleigh to Aladdin on a magic carpet, patients were all smiles at the hospital’s fourth annual event while transforming their wheelchairs into anything their hearts desired.

The Salt Lake City Shriners Hospital staff created the costume clinic in response to feedback from parents that door-to-door trick-or-treating poses challenges for children with physical disabilities. This event helps level the playing field for children in wheelchairs living with conditions such as spina bifida and skeletal dysplasia who come to Shriners Hospitals for care. Other costume creations have included a Batmobile, Millennium Falcon and boat to take Moana across the sea. The clinic is an example of Shriners Hospitals’ wrap-around care that goes beyond the physical needs to meet the child’s social and emotional needs, as well.

We thank Sprit of Halloween and their program Spirit of Children for their support of Shriners Hospitals for Children. Hosting these memorable annual Halloween events for patients is just one of the ways Shriners Hospitals for Children is helping to provide hope and healing to children every day.

About Shriners Hospitals for Children

Shriners Hospitals for Children is changing lives every day through innovative pediatric specialty care, world-class research and outstanding medical education. Our health care system provides advanced care for children with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate. All care and services are provided regardless of the families’ ability to pay.

Shriners Hospitals for Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and relies on the generosity of donors. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.

For more information, please visit shrinershospitalsforchildren.org.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (PRWEB)
October 30, 2019

MedShift today announced the execution of a new $13.5 million credit facility with First National Bank (FNB). The investment will refinance all existing company loans and provide device acquisition capital to support MedShift’s projected growth.

“FNB’s group of Charlotte Business Bankers have demonstrated great flexibility which enables us to continue serving our clients and innovating our unique medical technologies,” stated Brian Phillips, MedShift CEO.

MedShift’s current portfolio spans more than twelve state-of-the-art medical devices, four sister brands and more than 200 partner practices across the United States. The company announced its expansion into Australia and New Zealand earlier this year, in addition to a number of connected device software updates. The med-tech innovator is expected to release the details of further extensions of its business units before the year’s end. MedShift tapped Charlotte-based investment banker Bundy Group to facilitate the debt raise process.    

About MedShift:

MedShift, founded in 2015 in Charlotte, NC delivers platform as a service to both medical device manufacturers as well as individual medical practices. Foundationally MedShift enables access to the latest devices and technology to remain competitive and attract new business. MedShift has partnered with over 250 providers in North America, Australia, and New Zealand to give practices the latest in cutting-edge treatment modalities, services, and systems.

MedShift is disrupting the traditional aesthetic device market by offering permanent placement, holistic subscription services for surgeons, physicians and their business. MedShift’s broad portfolio of services for practices includes a portfolio of 15 leading aesthetic medical devices from six manufacturers, an aesthetic eCommerce and subscription platform, in-house communications and marketing services, and inbound lead generation. For manufacturers MedShift delivers a highly secure IoT platform consisting of both hardware and software assets allowing for real time visibility, remote management, and big data modeling of entire medical device lineups. MedShift adds value across manufacturer and provider spectrum and continues to empower robust integration with leading brands and doctors in the industry. Corporation website at http://www.medshift.com

About F.N.B. Corporation

F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a diversified financial services company operating in seven states and the District of Columbia. FNB’s market coverage spans several major metropolitan areas including: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Cleveland, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; and Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and the Piedmont Triad (Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point) in North Carolina. The Company has total assets of nearly $34 billion and approximately 380 banking offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

FNB provides a full range of commercial banking, consumer banking and wealth management solutions through its subsidiary network which is led by its largest affiliate, First National Bank of Pennsylvania, founded in 1864. Commercial banking solutions include corporate banking, small business banking, investment real estate financing, government banking, business credit, capital markets and lease financing. The consumer banking segment provides a full line of consumer banking products and services, including deposit products, mortgage lending, consumer lending and a complete suite of mobile and online banking services. FNB’s wealth management services include asset management, private banking and insurance.

The common stock of F.N.B. Corporation trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “FNB” and is included in Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index with the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) Regional Banks Sub-Industry Index. Customers, shareholders

and investors can learn more about this regional financial institution by visiting the F.N.B. Corporation website at http://www.fnbcorporation.com.

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ATLANTA (PRWEB)
October 30, 2019

Inception, whose mission is to shift the paradigm of the IVF Market, announces today that Joe B. Massey, M.D. has joined its network of providers. A pioneer in reproductive medicine, Dr. Massey has spent the last two decades of his career making high-quality, advanced fertility treatments increasingly affordable and accessible to all patients.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Massey is a leading expert in infertility treatment, including in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), as well as egg freezing. Dr. Massey was involved in the first pregnancy in the United States following assisted hatching in 1988 and ICSI in 1993. In 1983, Dr. Massey co-founded Reproductive Biology Associates (RBA) in Atlanta, GA, which is part of The Prelude Network and the longest, continuously-operating and full-service private fertility treatment center in the United States, where he practiced until 2006. He went on to form the Servy Massey Fertility Institute (SMFI) with Dr. Edouard Servy, where he worked on perfecting a low-cost approach to IVF to be able to help even more people build the family of their dreams.

In Georgia, like many states across the country, coverage for fertility testing and treatment is limited through insurance carriers and individual plans, leaving most patients with no or limited fertility coverage and few options to pursue their dreams of having a family without significant out-of-pocket costs.This partnership will expand Dr. Massey’s commitment and work around creating affordable access to fertility treatment, while allowing Inception to continue to create additional access for the niche market of low-cost, high-quality fertility service and care.

“The financial aspect of the fertility journey can be a challenging one, especially for those with no or limited fertility coverage, and this partnership gives both Dr. Massey and Inception the opportunity to inspire hope and build beautiful families through lower-cost yet high-quality treatment,” says TJ Farnsworth, CEO & Founder of Inception. “We are very excited to have Dr. Massey join the Inception family, as we both have a clear vision of increasing access to low cost, advanced fertility care to all patients.”

Through the Inception partnership, patients of Dr. Massey can continue to expect a full range of lower-cost, high-quality assisted reproductive services for men and women, including male and female fertility testing, cryopreservation for fertility preservation, donor and surrogacy services, genetic screening, IUI/IVF/ICSI, LGBT family building and more.

“We are excited to partner with Inception because our vision of improving the way patients experience their fertility journey is important to both entities, and from my experience, approximately 75% of infertility patients who need IVF cannot afford it,” says Joe B. Massey, M.D. “This integration allows us the opportunity to continue to streamline our operations in order to pursue offering innovative ways to provide high-quality, low-cost services.”

About Inception Fertility Ventures

Inception Fertility Ventures was founded in 2015 with an ambitious goal to create a family of organizations intent on improving the way patients experience their fertility journey. The company’s mission is to shift the paradigm of the fertility market by raising the standard of care, streamlining fragmented components into an integrated system, and enhancing the overall patient experience.

Inception’s network of full-service fertility centers, The Prelude Network, is now the largest of its kind including some of the country’s top-tier fertility practices in 17 markets across the US. http://www.Inceptionllc.com

About Joe B. Massey

Joe B Massey, M.D. has been a pioneer in the field of infertility since he studied IVF in Australia the early 1980’s. He was involved in the first pregnancy in the United States following assisted hatching in 1988 and ICSI in 1993. His clinical trials, and co-authorship of a plethora of articles published in medical journals, has culminated in co-founding Servy Massey Fertility Institute (SMFI), a low-cost, full-service fertility clinic in Georgia. Dr. Massey attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia for undergraduate, as well as medical school. He completed obstetrics and gynecology and a fellowship in infertility at the University of Pennsylvania. After serving in the Navy, he entered private practice, focusing on fertility treatment. In 1983 he co-founded Reproductive Biology Associates in Atlanta, where he practiced until 2006. Then Dr. Massey worked on perfecting a low-cost approach to IVF to be able to help even more people build the family of their dreams which is when he formed SMFI with Dr. Servy. He is a former board member of Resolve and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies.

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