LOUISVILLE, Ky. (PRWEB)
December 19, 2019

As part of an organization-wide effort to bring precision medicine to their patients, Baptist Health, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is adding ActX Genomic Decision Support to its electronic health record, Epic.

Baptist Health will integrate ActX Genomic Decision Support into its electronic health record, Epic, which is in use at its eight owned hospitals and more than 300 points of care.

The ActX integration brings genomics to the bedside, enabling real-time checking of medication orders against the patient’s genetics. Ordering physicians will be alerted if a drug is likely to be ineffective, cause an adverse reaction, or need a dosing change based on the patient’s genetics, all within their normal Epic medication ordering workflow. A built-in genomic profile for each patient will be available within the patient chart.

“ActX will help Baptist Health make the best therapeutic choices for our patients by recognizing that individuals respond differently to the same medication based on their genetics. ActX will provide clinical decision support during the normal physician ordering process, which is the key to physician adoption. We can improve care and maintain normal clinician workflow,” said Brett Oliver, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer at Baptist Health.

“At Baptist Health, when medications are necessary, we are looking to prescribe the right drug, for the right patient at the right dose.”

“We are proud to partner with Baptist Health to bring genomic decision support and pharmacogenomics into patient care at an innovative health system,” said Andrew Ury, MD, CEO of ActX. “The ActX Genomic Decision Support Platform for Epic will help Baptist Health’s patients to avoid ineffective medications and serious adverse reactions.”

Baptist Health’s implementation of ActX within Epic marks a big step toward helping their clinicians make the best therapeutic choices for patients based on genetics.

About ActX

ActX helps physicians make better decisions about medical treatment, using patients’ genetic information. ActX uses its GenoACT℠ clinical decision support program to analyze a patient’s genetic information and alert physicians in real time through their existing workflow tools about drug-genome interactions, actionable hereditary risks and carrier status. For more information, visit http://www.actx.com, email info@actx.com or call 888-998-2289.

About Baptist Health

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals (eight owned and one managed); employed and independent physicians; more than 300 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care and retail-based clinics; outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers; home care; occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics; and fitness centers.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,400 licensed beds in Corbin, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Madisonville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Ind. Baptist Health manages Hardin Memorial Health, a 300-bed hospital in Elizabethtown. Kentucky.

Baptist Health is the only health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist’s physician network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,200 employed providers, including about 600 employed physicians, plus more than 2,000 independent physicians.

Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.

Contact Information:

Joe Sichel

Marketing Specialist

ActX

joe.sichel@actx.com

888-998-2289

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (PRWEB)
December 19, 2019

Today, Honest Data, Inc., a market research company, announced the launch of a new program called the Data Library. This program invites Americans to donate their data to show support for the fight against depression.

To donate their data, Americans complete a short survey with questions about their household. The information is then licensed to advertisers and 95% of the proceeds are used to fund free services – such as therapy and medication – for people battling depression.

The survey – available on the Honest Data website – is similar to research studies conducted by the Census Bureau. It collects basic information – such as age, gender, and education – and can be completed in as little as 60 seconds.

Honest Data is hopeful that millions of Americans will donate their data to show support for finding new, and more affordable, ways to treat a mental illness that has led to the tragic deaths of countless friends, family members, coworkers, and neighbors.

The company is also hopeful that advertisers will turn to the Data Library as a more transparent, and accurate, source of information for building marketing campaigns and understanding customers. Advertisers can also use the Data Library to support a meaningful cause.

When announcing the new program, Honest Data CEO Tavis McGinn shared the following comments: “Millions of Americans suffer from depression and I am one of them. We’re asking people to consider donating their data to this new Data Library to help us fund free treatment options for people battling this illness. I believe this program can, and will, make a difference in people’s lives.”

More information about the Data Library and the actual survey for donating data can be found at: http://www.honestdata.com/overview

About Honest Data, Inc.: Honest Data, Inc. was created by Tavis McGinn who previously worked at Google and Facebook. The company is focused on helping brands collect feedback from their customers to design better products and marketing campaigns.

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PALO ALTO, Calif. (PRWEB)
December 17, 2019

Georgia Tech’s Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) and IoT software company People Power are working together to collect and analyze data from in-home sensors as part of a study to better understand certain behaviors of people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The neurological condition creates increased challenges with memory, problem-solving, and spatial ability. As part of the Cognitive Empowerment Program (CEP), Georgia Tech researchers first explored the People Power IoT System in the technology-equipped Aware Home, a 5,000 square foot home designed to facilitate research.

“Collaborating with Georgia Institute of Technology’s Aware Home Research Initiative is a real honor for our company,” said Gene Wang, CEO and cofounder of People Power Co. “As a technology provider for senior care solutions that address technical, design and social challenges of aging, we are delighted to assist in this important research initiative with one of the top research universities in the country.”

The CEP’s technology team focuses on designing interventions and applications, as well as collecting data in the homes of study participants including sleep patterns, bathroom and kitchen habits, and more. The team will use the data to empower CEP members and their care partners, through mobile apps, in-home interventions supporting independence, and by sharing key information with the CEP therapeutic team to identify where members may need further training on strategies to compensate for cognitive impairment. In the Aware Home Research Initiative (AHRI), the People Power IoT System will provide device and data management and a framework for creating machine learning microservices, allowing researchers to more effectively conduct long-term studies and collect and view data.

“Changes in daily habits provide key indicators for informing lifestyle interventions that combat decline in cognitive function,” said Elizabeth Mynatt, executive director of the Institute for People and Technology and co-director of the CEP technology core. “Through this collaboration, we have the unique opportunity to collect critical data to inform care and empower people with MCI and their care partners.”

People Power is a leading provider of consumer and institutional services for senior care, energy management and home security. The company’s recent introduction of a comprehensive senior care solution that brings together agencies, caregivers, clients and families reconfirms People Power’s mission of helping with life’s important challenges with easy-to-use technology.

“What People Power is providing is the opportunity to hit the ground running on this project,” said Brian Jones, director of the Aware Home initiative. “We can have different studies running, view all of the homes in each study, and through a web browser we can see the status of in-home devices that provide the system with data.” Although the collaboration between IPaT and People Power currently focuses on adults with MCI, Jones envisions expanding it to other data science research at Georgia Tech.

Georgia Tech’s Cognitive Empowerment Program (CEP): http://ipat.gatech.edu/helping-aging-adults-take-their-power-back, and their Aware Home: http://www.awarehome.gatech.edu

About People Power

An IoT software company specializing in the development of consumer and institutional services for senior care, energy management and home security, People Power leads the industry with advanced AI-powered connected home solutions delivered through brands seeking recurring revenue business growth. For more information visit http://www.peoplepowerco.com

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Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER: Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience, the latest film by Dr. Delaney Ruston, will be screened by Summit Counseling Center this January, at no charge to those in attendance

We are excited to have the opportunity to present this film to our community. Next Chapter focuses on the challenges our youth are facing today and provides tools to help promote stress resilience, emotional agility, and healthy screen habits.

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (PRWEB)
December 16, 2019

The Summit Counseling Center is bringing a modern mental health issue to the public eye with the help of filmmaker and physician, Dr. Delaney Ruston. Together, they are using an original movie to educate the public on mental health challenges that are caused by screen technology. A free community screening of Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER: Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience, will focus on modern mental health struggles and offer solutions for families and teenagers affected by screen technology.

This new movie is following on the heels of Dr. Delany Ruston’s award-winning 2016 film, SCREENAGERS: Growing up in the Digital Age, which also explored the mental health impact of screen technology. The previous film has been screened more than 8,000 times, reaching 4 million people in more than 70 countries. It continues to be screened and shared today and it has been featured on programs such as PBS NewsHour, the Today Show, Good Morning America, Dr. Oz, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and others. SCREENAGERS: Growing up in the Digital Age started as a personal story, before growing to an international scale.

Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER: Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience, the latest film by Dr. Delaney Ruston, will be screened by Summit Counseling Center this January, at no charge to those in attendance. The film examines resilience and the science behind teens’ emotional challenges. It addresses the interplay of social media and what can be done in schools and homes to help build skills such as navigating stress, anxiety, and depression in the digital age. It promises to take the conversation around screens and teens to the next level.

“We are excited to have the opportunity to present this film to our community,” said Cathy Murphy, Director of Community Outreach, The Summit Counseling Center. “Next Chapter focuses on the challenges our youth are facing today and provides tools to help promote stress resilience, emotional agility, and healthy screen habits.”

About The Summit Counseling Center

Since 1990, The Summit Counseling Center has been a trusted community partner; bringing hope, healing, and restoration to children, teens, adults, couples, and families. Through their partnerships with local community organizations, The Summit serves North Atlanta at 33 locations, including 28 local public schools where there is a therapist onsite. To learn more about The Summit Counseling Center, their school counseling services, and how they support communities, visit http://www.summitcounseling.org

To register for a free community film screening:

Thursday, January 16th. Johns Creek, GA https://www.eventcombo.com/e/screenagers-next-chapter-presented-by-summit-counseling-cent-37002

Sunday, January 26th. Millton, GA https://www.eventcombo.com/e/screenagers-next-chapter-presented-by-summit-counseling-cent-37005

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SPARKS, Md. (PRWEB)
December 12, 2019

The event invites local families, businesses and community leaders to see the school and learn more about resources and services available to the community. The Trellis School is designed to provide therapeutic interventions tailored to children with autism. The school’s educational program is designed to build strong communication, academic, social and vocational skills in young adults with autism and other language related disorders. In addition to the school, Trellis has Learning Centers in Sparks and Columbia and will open a third center in the Perry Hall/White Marsh area in early 2020.

The Trellis Middle/High School is located at:

14600 York Road

Sparks, MD 21152

Trellis’ Executive Director, Suzanne Heid, M.S., BCBA, LBA shared, “We are excited to expand our Trellis School to offer a strong educational and vocational program for middle and high schoolers with special needs. We are proud to continue to serve the Baltimore area with the Trellis School and our home and center-based ABA services for learners with autism and other developmental needs.”

The Trellis School focuses on systematically addressing skills using the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis to cultivate success in school and prepare students for meaningful and independent living in adulthood. The Trellis School serves male and female students with autism from age 2 through age 21 in multi-grade classrooms. Class sizes are small with the maximum of a 1:9 teacher:student ratio and data is tracked across all learning domains and is utilized to develop individualized programming for each student.

About Autism:

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 1 in 68 children is on the autism spectrum. Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication, as well as unique abilities.

About Trellis Services, LLC:

Trellis is a unique agency that uses progressive educational and behavioral models to help teach children that learning can be a fun, playful and interactive experience. Founded in 2001, Trellis specializes in serving children with autism and other related disorders using the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Over the last 18 years our passionate staff and thoughtful programming has helped more than 500 families in Maryland. Trellis is part of the LEARN Provider Network, the leading network of providers serving children with autism and other special needs. LEARN Behavioral serves 3,000 families across 13 states. trellisservices.com.

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