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Safe-Stik Disrupts Crowded PPE Market By Marrying Style And Durability With US-Made Anti-Germ Tool

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My goal was simple: create a comfortable, durable, best-in-class utility tool that separates you from unwanted surface germs and bacteria — and I wanted to make it locally. The Safe-Stik is the best anti-germ tool on the market.


PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB)

Michael Folgia, a family man from the Philadelphia suburbs, creates an anti-germ, no-touch tool in response to COVID-19. The Safe-Stik reduces the spread of germs by opening doors, pushing buttons, touching screens, carrying bags and presenting credit and ATM cards.

“Navigating everyday tasks such as going to the store in today’s climate can be filled with anxiety,” says Michael Folgia, founder of the Safe-Stik. “I wanted to reduce some of that anxiety and create some peace of mind for my family and friends. My goal was simple: create a comfortable, durable, best-in-class utility tool that separates you from unwanted surface germs and bacteria — and I wanted to make it locally. The Safe-Stik is the best anti-germ tool on the market. The risk has always existed, and now more than ever, we must do our part to reduce it.”

The Safe-Stik’s appearance and features are what makes it stand apart from other anti-germ tools that have risen in popularity in the wake of the pandemic. Its capacitive tip won’t scratch or damage your devices or screens. After heavy wear and tear, you can replace the tip without having to buy a new Safe-Stik. Plus, it’s engineered out of carbon fiber for maximum lightweight durability. Safe-Stik’s credit card insert offers zero-contact ATM and card payment kiosk transactions.

The launch comes not only in response to COVID-19 but to help relieve the social implications the virus has had on Folgia’s family and to bring people back together. Folgia found watching his children miss out on graduations, activities and dances “heart-breaking” and saw the need for a product that can, not only aid in this new normal of social distancing, but for years to come.

Manufactured nearby in Bucks County by Moldamatic, Safe-Stik stops the spread by “stik-ing it” to germs and bacteria. Learn more about their story at https://www.safe-stik.com/

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About Safe-Stik

Safe-Stik is the only anti-germ utility tool that handles the heavy touching (and heavy lifting) for you. Striving to bring peace of mind by reducing the spread of social germs, Safe-Stik is committed to empowering people to live healthier lives by providing an alternative to contacting germ-ridden surfaces, one “Stik” at a time.

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Listos California Reaches 11 Million with Life-Saving COVID-19 Information, Fostering a Culture of Disaster Readiness

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (PRWEB)

Listos California, a campaign anchored in the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), has reached one in four Californians with life-saving messaging tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, promoting safer behavior and improving public health across California’s most vulnerable communities.

Since the launch of the campaign in August 2019, 649,000 of the 11 million Californians reached by the campaign experienced direct “person-to-person” contact with culturally competent and accessible information to prepare for disasters, like wildfires or earthquakes.

“California is stepping up to provide critical life-saving information to communities across the state — and through Listos California alone — we’ve contacted a quarter of our population,” said Governor Newsom. “Wildfires and earthquakes are part of our reality but the added threat of COVID-19 makes preparedness even more important. We will continue reaching out to communities large and small, inland and coastal, urban and rural — to make sure we’re all ready when emergencies hit.”

Read what others are saying about Listos California

California is currently in wildfire season, during a global pandemic. With the threat of power shut-offs looming and ongoing risk of earthquakes, a new culture of preparedness is essential in the Golden State. This starts with Listos California’s 5 easy steps to prepare for disaster.

Reaching 25 percent of the state’s population — specifically older Californians, people with disabilities, those living in poverty and those with language barriers — is the result of four core pillars: Responding to the pandemic; the power of partnerships; a technology-first approach; and an effective use of data.

Pivoting to save lives during COVID-19

In response to COVID-19, Listos California transitioned its community-based partners to use 20 percent of their budgets between March-May 2020 to support the state in communications outreach. COVID-19-era communications tools were leveraged to provide life-saving information to vulnerable Californians. With a goal to engage at least one million Californians by the end of the campaign in December 2020, Listos California is well on its way to secure the remaining 400,000 engagements needed. Campaign partners have shifted back to once again solely providing high-quality disaster preparedness.

Trusted partners engage community

Listos California’s partners have the experience to engage diverse and vulnerable populations. They are staffed with trusted messengers who can effectively deliver trainings and materials. The campaign has 89 core partners and 170 sub-grantees. A statewide advisory council provides input from the community on outreach and materials.

Powered by technology

Embracing technology has been instrumental in fostering a new culture of preparedness among vulnerable communities. Through a partnership with Merit to build a new digital-badging and engagement tracking tool, the campaign tracks partner results in real time, which includes analysis for COVID-19 outreach and more direct person-to-person disaster preparedness. People who are “Listos California trained” are offered a digital badge, called merits, to recognize their disaster preparedness achievement.

Data informed

Listos California is reaching the communities in need with a data-centric approach that eliminates guesswork and delivers results. Through the work of Matt Schmidtlein, Geography Professor at Sacramento State University and Managing Partner of Community Health Insights, Cal OES’ hazard maps for wildfire, earthquake and flood were merged with census tract data to locate where targeted communities live.

Other data compiled by EMC Research honed the message. We now know that awareness of the need to prepare is very high among vulnerable people (88 percent), but many don’t prepare because they feel that it is scary (63 percent), expensive (61 percent) and time-consuming (54 percent).

Defining how to prepare diverse and vulnerable Californians for disaster

The Listos California Emergency Preparedness Campaign is an effort based on an investment of public funds by Governor Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers, to ready our most vulnerable populations for disasters like wildfires, earthquakes and floods, and now public health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic, before disasters strike. With a focus to boost community resiliency through disaster preparedness, Listos California advances levels of equity and authentic community engagement by putting people at the center of this work.

The campaign — which is led by co-chairs Karen Baker and Justin Knighten — is anchored at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES).

To further the reach of the campaign, two statewide efforts advance a culture of preparedness: The Social Bridging Project, launched in partnership with the California Department of Aging, and InformaGente, launched in partnership with the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA).

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Nucamp Joins ReSkill America Laptop Initiative to Help Underserved Communities Disproportionately Impacted by COVID-19 Learn to Code

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“We’re excited to help those who get laptops through the ReSkill America Initiative become software developers and re-enter the workforce with a strong coding foundation to access good paying jobs.” Fourrage, founder and Chief Learning Officer at Nucamp


BELLEVUE, Wash. (PRWEB)

Nucamp (http://www.nucamp.co), a leading provider of nationwide affordable software coding bootcamps, today announced it has joined forces with Career Karma and the Kapor Foundation to support the ReSkill America’s Laptop Initiative. ReSkill America is raising $500,000 to donate laptops to underserved communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. To connect those laptops to careers in software development, Nucamp is opening up a $10,000 ReSkill America Scholarship Coding Bootcamp Fund to distribute scholarships to low income communities who need them most. Nucamp has also donated $5,000 to the fundraising initiative.

Career Karma, an online community of 100,000 members committed to helping people find jobs in technology, launched the ReSkill America Laptop Initiative on behalf of the Kapor Center, a family of organizations that works to remove barriers to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education and technology. The ReSkill America Laptop Initiative includes organizations like Grubhub, GitHub, Backstage Capital, YCombinator, Collab Capital and more and aims to give away thousands of laptops to communities impacted by Covid-19. All donations are tax deductible.

“Laptops don’t just give people access to technology but they also provide people with the tools to pursue a better career and a better future for their family,” said Timur Meyster, co-founder at Career Karma. “We’re excited to have Nucamp participate and offer their students across 35 cities in the U.S. this opportunity to pursue a career in tech regardless of the barrier of not having a laptop.”

Nucamp’s Affordable Coding Bootcamp Model

Ludo Fourrage, who worked at Microsoft for 18 years leading the development of digital learning, started Nucamp after seeing a significant affordability and accessibility gap with coding bootcamps, especially for those who are underemployed yet working full-time jobs. The company opened up nationwide access to its coding education earlier this year for under $2,000, a huge shift from traditional coding bootcamps that typically cost $10,000-$20,000. Nucamp’s part-time, 22-week full stack web and mobile development bootcamps are officially available in big and small cities across the U.S. Support of the ReSkill America Laptop Initiative aligns perfectly with Nucamp’s mission to revolutionize how people access rewarding careers in software development, without requiring a college degree or expensive education.

“There are numerous rewarding careers in software development, but gaining access to those jobs require modern laptops that allow people to learn to code,” said Fourrage, founder and Chief Learning Officer at Nucamp. “We’re excited to help those who get laptops through the ReSkill America Initiative become software developers and re-enter the workforce with a strong coding foundation to access good paying jobs.”

The Nucamp ReSkill America Coding Bootcamp Scholarship Fund will be on a first-come, first-served basis until the fund is depleted. Scholarships are available for Nucamp’s following coding bootcamps:

*4 Week Web Development Fundamentals Coding Bootcamp

*17 Weeks Front End Web and Mobile Development Coding Bootcamp

*22 weeks Full Stack Web and Mobile Development Coding Bootcamp

Visit here for more information on how the scholarship works.

About Nucamp

Nucamp’s mission is to help all aspiring career shifters currently left out of the digital economy learn to code. Nucamp offers the industry’s only truly affordable 22-week coding bootcamp for under $2,000, and delivers a high-quality curriculum in small classes of 12 maximum students using a unique hybrid evening and weekend format. Our model relies on carefully selected industry professionals who want to share their passion for coding in their local community. With Nucamp, whether you live in a big city, a suburb or a rural area, you can get the coding skills you need without quitting your job, getting into debt, or having to share your future income. For more information, visit http://www.nucamp.co.

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G-CON PODs Selected for Codiak BioSciences’ engEx™ Exosome Manufacturing Facility

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Interior of cleanroom POD infrastructure for Codiak’s new clinical manufacturing facility in Lexington, MA.

“…we were pleased to work with G-CON in building the infrastructure to produce our engineered exosomes at the quality and quantities needed to support the future growth of our programs.”


COLLEGE STATION, Texas (PRWEB)

G-CON Manufacturing, the leader in prefabricated, flexible cleanroom solutions, announced today that it has been selected by Codiak BioSciences to support its cleanroom build out at its new clinical manufacturing facility in Lexington, MA. The PODs will provide the cleanroom infrastructure for the drug substance and product manufacturing for its clinical pipeline.

Codiak chose PODs to streamline the buildout of the facility; the cleanroom infrastructures are being built in parallel with the site retrofitting to shorten the overall project timeline. The prefabricated autonomous PODs will allow for easy expansion in the same facility when additional capacity is needed to support Codiak’s growing pipeline.

“Exosomes are often talked about as being the next revolutionary modality in our industry, likely to follow the cell and gene therapy movement that we are experiencing,” stated Peter Makowenskyj, Director of Sales Engineering at G-CON. “It is very exciting to work with a pioneer in this space, helping Codiak to build out their infrastructure and helping them to keep the manufacturing and development know how in house.”

“Building a scalable, high-performance exosome manufacturing process has been a priority of Codiak since our inception,” said Konstantin Konstantinov, Executive Vice President, Manufacturing and Process Sciences at Codiak BioSciences. “Our new Clinical Manufacturing Facility is a critical part of this strategy, and we were pleased to work with G-CON in building the infrastructure to produce our engineered exosomes at the quality and quantities needed to support the future growth of our programs.”

About G-CON Manufacturing, Inc.

G-CON Manufacturing designs, builds and installs prefabricated G-CON POD® cleanrooms. G-CON’s POD portfolio provides cleanrooms in a number of dimensions for a variety of uses, from laboratory environments to personalized medicine and production process platforms. G-CON POD cleanroom units surpass traditional cleanroom structures in scalability, mobility and the possibility of repurposing the PODs once the production process reaches its lifecycle end. For more information, please visit G-CON’s website at http://www.gconbio.com. Follow us on Twitter at @g_con_pods.

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Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Announces New Board Members

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“Ann and Doug join a group of leaders who share a commitment to reducing patient harm from diagnostic error and improving diagnostic quality. We are proud to have them join the SIDM Board,” said David Newman-Toker, MD, PhD, President of SIDM and Chair of the Board of Directors.


EVANSTON, Ill. (PRWEB)

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) today announced that Doug Salvador, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School- Baystate and Ann Gaffey, RN, MSN, CPHRM, DFASHRM, President, Healthcare Risk and Safety Strategies, LLC have joined the SIDM Board of Directors. Dr. Salvador and Ms. Gaffey’s service began in May and the initial Board term is for three years.

Each year, diagnostic errors affect 12 million adults in outpatient settings and they are the most common cause of medical errors reported by patients. SIDM is the only organization focused solely on the problem of diagnostic error and improving the accuracy and timeliness of diagnosis.

“SIDM is supporting significant work in diagnostic practice improvement including our DxQI Seed Grant Program, for which Doug is Chair of the Grant Review Committee. Doug and Ann’s experience in that domain and their wealth of knowledge on improving diagnostic quality and safety will help us chart our future course,” said Paul Epner, CEO of SIDM.

Dr. Salvador serves as the Chief Quality Officer of the Baystate Health System. He collaborates with colleagues throughout the system to promote a learning health system, develops strategies for quality and patient safety, and coordinates health care for the community. Using his training in medicine, engineering, and epidemiology, Dr. Salvador is focused on the redesign of healthcare delivery systems, diagnostic error, undergraduate and postgraduate education of quality and safety, and on fostering a culture of patient safety.

Ms. Gaffey is a nationally recognized leader in risk management, quality and patient safety. She has thirty-five years of experience in health care, most recently having served as the 2016 President of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM). Ms. Gaffey’s risk management experience includes responsibility for managing self-insurance and captive insurance programs, insurance purchasing, claims management, and designing and implementing enterprise risk management programs.

“The SIDM Board of Directors continues to attract the top leaders in the field of diagnostic quality and safety,” said David Newman-Toker, MD, PhD, President of SIDM and Chair of the Board of Directors. “Ann and Doug join a group of leaders who share a commitment to reducing patient harm from diagnostic error and improving diagnostic quality. We are proud to have them join the SIDM Board.”

Salvador and Gaffey join current SIDM Board members:

  • David Newman-Toker, MD, PhD, President SIDM Board, Professor of Neurology, Ophthalmology, & Otolaryngology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He serves as Director of the Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence.

  • Robert Trowbridge, MD, SIDM President-Elect, Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and Director of Undergraduate Medical Curriculum at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.

  • Tim Mosher, MD, Secretary, Kenneth L. Miller Chair of Radiology and Distinguished Professor of Radiology and Orthopedic Surgery at Penn State University College of Medicine.

  • Edward Hoffer, MD, Treasurer, Associate Professor of Medicine, part-time, at Harvard Medical School and Senior Scientist at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where he is Assistant Director of the Laboratory of Computer Science.

  • Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS).

  • Beth Daley Ullem, MBA, nationally recognized governance expert and advocate for safety and quality in health care.

  • Jen Campisano, JD, Attorney

  • Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco.

  • Tom Lee, PhD, MBA, Entrepreneur

  • David Meyers, MD, FACEP, emergency physician and former Chair of Emergency Medicine at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore.

  • Dana Siegal, RN, CPHRM, CPPS, Director of Patient Safety for CRICO Strategies, a division of the Harvard Medical Institutions.

  • Ronald Wyatt, MD, MHA, Vice-President and Patient Safety Officer at MCIC Vermont

  • Paul Epner, MBA, MEd (Ex-officio), Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM).

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About the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM)

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) catalyzes and leads change to improve diagnosis and eliminate harm from diagnostic error. We work in partnership with patients, their families, the healthcare community and every interested stakeholder. SIDM is the only organization focused solely on the problem of diagnostic error and improving the accuracy and timeliness of diagnosis. In 2015, SIDM established the Coalition to Improve Diagnosis, to increase awareness and actions that improve diagnosis. Members of the Coalition represent hundreds of thousands of healthcare providers and patients—and the leading health organizations and government agencies involved in patient care. Together, we work to find solutions that enhance diagnostic safety and quality, reduce harm, and ultimately, ensure better health outcomes for patients. Visit http://www.improvediagnosis.org to learn more. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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New Partnership Brings Stratodesk NoTouch OS to the NComputing RX420-HDX

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“IT leaders around the world rely on and trust the Stratodesk brand. Stratodesk software powers these devices. Our new partnership with NComputing puts the full weight of that brand behind the OS on these devices”, says Stratodesk CEO and Founder, Emanuel Pirker.


SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB)

Stratodesk today announced a massive new achievement – for the first time ever, Stratodesk NoTouch OS is available on NComputing devices. Thanks to fantastic new growth and stellar adoption of the NoTouch OS based NComputing device, both NComputing and Stratodesk have formed a new partnership that will make the full Stratodesk NoTouch OS branded image available on NComputing RX420-HDX devices. Enterprises around the world now not only benefit from the affordability and power of the Raspberry Pi based thin client, they also benefit from total flexibility and control over their entire fleet of NoTouch endpoints, able to effortlessly transfer licenses between NComputing devices and all others. The full availability of NoTouch OS on NComputing devices also means one more important benefit for enterprises and businesses using RX420-HDX — they now have access to unrivaled Stratodesk customer support. Beginning July 1, 2019, RX420-HDX devices will be available with Stratodesk NoTouch OS.

“IT leaders around the world rely on and trust the Stratodesk brand. Stratodesk software powers these devices. Our new partnership with NComputing puts the full weight of that brand behind the OS on these devices”, says Stratodesk CEO and Founder, Emanuel Pirker. “Since the inception of the workspace hub project, we’ve seen massive adoption of the Raspberry Pi in production deployments. Enterprises and organizations around the world are choosing Stratodesk software to power their complex deployments of both x86 and Raspberry Pi devices. The decision to make our Stratodesk branded image available on NComputing devices comes from our position in the industry as the de facto leader of VDI, Cloud and IoT endpoint management. Doing so will only help to increase further customer adoption.”

“Citrix Workspace Hub based on RX420-HDX device is made possible by our close collaboration with Stratodesk and Citrix, backed by NComputing’s 15 years of excellence in the thin client market,” says Young Song, CEO of NComputing. “By working as an Independent Hardware Vendor with software powered by Stratodesk, customers benefit with license flexibility, stream-lined support and innovative solutions to further accelerate the market adoption of Citrix Ready Workspace Hub. This aligns with our mission to provide affordable and powerful thin client solutions to enterprise customers.”

Originally developed as part of the Citrix Ready workspace hub project, the Stratodesk NoTouch OS/Raspberry Pi thin client story has grown beyond that scope due to excellent customer adoption. Stratodesk was the original pioneer of the enterprise grade, Raspberry Pi Thin Client. To-day, it is used by enterprises around the world to deliver seamless user experience affordably and securely. The Raspberry Pi-based NComputing device powered by Stratodesk is the legacy of the workspace hub project, and as such is fully compatible with Citrix Workspace, as well as Citrix Casting and Proximity Authentication features.

The new partnership also comes backed by more than a simple rebranding: enterprises using Stratodesk software on NComputing devices have access to the world-class Stratodesk sup-port. Thanks to Stratodesk’s record-breaking growth, it has become more effective for the EUC leader to handle all IT support case escalations in-house.

“Stratodesk customers benefit from a truly hardware agnostic software-based solution” says Stratodesk VP of Sales, Hernan Contreras. “Any device, any VDI or Cloud solution. Stratodesk software comes pre-bundled on many cutting edge thin clients alongside the NComputing RX420-HDX, including devices from HP and LG. Although NoTouch comes pre-bundled, however, that doesn’t take away from the unparalleled flexibility NoTouch OS has to offer. NoTouch costumes can easily add NComputing thin clients to their deployments and still maintain full control of transferring licenses among their fleet however they wish.”

Indeed, both NComputing customers and Stratodesk customers will benefit from this increased flexibility. IT leaders can seamlessly transfer licenses across Stratodesk powered Raspberry Pi Thin Clients and all other existing devices. NComputing devices can now be as easily integrated into NoTouch deployments as any other cutting edge hardware device. This makes the RX420-HDX a perfect addition to any deployment that could benefit from the unparalleled scalability options of a lightweight, affordable thin client alternative.

All future updates will be available via the Stratodesk portal to NoTouch customers with current update subscriptions https://www.stratodesk.com/portal/.

About Stratodesk

Founded in 2010, Stratodesk is redefining end user computing by delivering an all-in-one solution for VDI, DaaS and IoT markets. Stratodesk’s cutting edge, Linux-based OS and management suite, NoTouch, is a next generation, hardware-agnostic solution that enables companies to cost-effectively manage their entire secure digital perimeter. Stratodesk’s solution works seamlessly across x86 and ARM/Raspberry Pi based hardware products to provide a unified platform for your endpoints. It increases endpoint security, simplifies user experience and allows customers to maximize the benefits of existing desktop hardware through PC Conversion. Today, with nearly one million licenses deployed across multiple industries including healthcare, finance, retail, education and beyond, Stratodesk is the fastest growing EUC company with offices located across the United States, the European Union, and Russia.

About NComputing

Founded in 2003, NComputing is a leading provider of Enterprise Ready thin clients for desktop virtualization and cloud computing solutions, with more than 70,000 customers and 20 million daily users in 140 countries. NComputing has been working closely with Citrix since 2012 and was the first to market Citrix HDX ready System-on-chip (SoC) based thin clients, and a leading Independent Hardware Vendor for the Citrix Workspace Hub solution based on the latest Raspberry Pi 4 platform. Removing the barriers through a unique formula of simplicity, performance and value, NComputing’s integrated solutions serve global customers in key verticals, such as education, healthcare and government.

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Healthcare Veterans Launch AI-Driven Physician and Nurse Staffing Technology Venture, Polaris Health

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (PRWEB)

SwitchPoint Ventures announced Tuesday the launch of Polaris Health, an AI-driven health IT company with an all-in-one solution that predicts provider demand volumes and produces optimal clinician schedules.

Predicting provider demand has long plagued healthcare administrators focused on cost reduction activities. In fact, according to a study by the Healthcare Financial Management Association, labor expense is the number one priority for hospital CFOs seeking to reduce operating expenses. 1

Polaris Health’s solution utilizes proprietary machine learning algorithms to predict provider demand, distribute clinician resources to meet that demand, and optimize clinician schedules. It caters to physicians and nurses alike and is applicable to any practice area or specialty.

SwitchPoint Ventures built Polaris Health’s core technology in collaboration with PhyMed Healthcare Group, the physician-led and owned anesthesia services leader, to address their desire to better optimize clinical staffing, both from a provider satisfaction and cost efficiency perspective.

“We are a forward looking, data-driven organization,” said PhyMed CEO Marty Bonick. “Although we use several labor management tools, there is no solution currently in the market that accurately predicts patient demand to inform our staffing needs. We partnered with SwitchPoint because of their expertise in exploring how AI could be leveraged to address our needs. We couldn’t be more impressed with the collaboration with the team and accuracy of the prediction models in creating something that no one has ever successfully done before.”

The resulting AI-powered technology developed through the PhyMed collaboration gave birth to Polaris Health.

Polaris Health will be led by Dr. Sam Clemmons, an emergency medicine physician who has more than 25 years of experience growing and leading operations for independent physician groups, including American Physicians Partners.

“When I was introduced to the Polaris technology, I knew I had to jump on board,” says Dr. Clemmons. “As a clinician, I have personally experienced the frustration of being given suboptimal schedules that don’t support a healthy work-life balance. As an operator, I understand the difficulty in balancing care coverage while containing costs.”

Dr. Clemmons and his team will continue to be backed by SwitchPoint Ventures, the venture studio led by healthcare data science veterans that launches artificial intelligence-powered businesses by pairing its expertise in AI with the industry expertise of respected organizations.

About Polaris Health:

Polaris exists to help healthcare providers deliver superior care in a sustainable model amid a complex, ever-changing environment. Through cutting-edge technologies, we will bring equilibrium to the healthcare labor market. For more information, please visit http://www.polarishealth.ai.

About PhyMed Healthcare:

Headquartered in Nashville Tennessee, PhyMed Healthcare Group is a physician-led and owned anesthesia services leader with a focus on redefining perioperative partnerships.  PhyMed clinicians create positive patient interactions before, during and after surgery as a trusted partner to healthcare systems, ambulatory surgery centers and office-based anesthesia with over 900 clinicians nationwide. Learn more at http://www.phymed.com.

About SwitchPoint Ventures:

SwitchPoint exists to help people and organizations achieve their highest potential through exploration, insight, and innovation. We partner with subject matter experts across industries who share our core values, embrace innovation, and strive for deep understanding of their respective domains. Within a partnership format, we create high-impact products and companies with artificial intelligence as a core component. Our vision is to become the most admired company advancing business through artificial intelligence. Learn more at http://www.switchpointventures.com.

1 HFMA & Navigant, Aug 2018

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Psilera Bioscience Announces Award-Winning Executive Team and Flagship Patent Milestone for Future Psychedelic Therapies

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We are only scratching the surface of the medical potential for psychedelics and Psilera’s model of compassion-driven science will enable groundbreaking research to provide new therapies for patients in need


TAMPA, Fla. (PRWEB)

Psilera Bioscience (“Psilera”), a Florida based biotechnology LLC specializing in the clinical development of psychedelics and analogues, announces its core executive team. The co-founders Drs. Jackie Salm and Chris Witowski have 20+ years combined experience in natural product drug discovery, novel formulations, and as distinguished researchers within the cannabis industry. They are joined by pharmaceutical and corporate leaders alongside an extensive network of scientific and medical advisors.

“Problems relating to mental health are a growing concern, and the hardships created by COVID-19 have only exacerbated issues with depression, anxiety, and substance abuse,” said Dr. Chris Witowski, CEO of Psilera. “Therapeutic innovations have stagnated in these areas while cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease also lack effective treatment options. We are only scratching the surface of the medical potential for psychedelics and Psilera’s model of compassion-driven science will enable groundbreaking research to provide new therapies for patients in need.”

Psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient found in some mushroom species, acts on the serotonin system but unlike other antidepressants only a few doses are needed for long-term benefits. This finding will increase acceptance of psychotherapies, while their ability to disrupt preconditioned thinking and improve cognition will provide Psilera a significant clinical pipeline for future discoveries. Psilera has accelerated research and development efforts and submitted a provisional patent covering new chemical entities and delivery methods relating to psychedelics.

“Psilera was built with the common goal to create mindful medicine with inspirations from nature and a foundation of innovative science,” said Dr. Jackie Salm, CSO of Psilera. “Our goal is to pave the way for a new era in psychedelics research and truly recognize the potential of these compounds as medicines. This requires detailed assessment of structure activity relationships and novel ways of delivery. We hope to increase awareness and shift the paradigm to a place of knowledge rather than fear.”

About Psilera Bioscience

Psilera Bioscience is a psychedelic-based biotechnology company developing its proprietary neuromodulator pipeline to target cognitive, mood, and addiction disorders. Psilera leverages research strengths with executives from the pharmaceutical and cannabis industries to repurpose psychoactive natural products as building blocks for next generation therapies to improve mental health.

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OrthoColorado Hospital, Porter Adventist Hospital, and Sky Ridge Medical Center have the best value outcomes for Hip and Knee Replacement in Denver, CO

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“Dexur’s value analysis tracks a patient’s episode of care from the date of admission for 90 days and includes the index hospitalization, rehospitalization, home health, nursing home, and ED costs.”


NEW YORK (PRWEB)

Dexur’s analysis of Medicare claims of hospitals within a 25-mile radius of Denver, Colorado, showed that OrthoColorado Hospital, Porter Adventist Hospital, and Sky Ridge Medical Center had the best value outcomes over a 90-day episode for Hip & Knee Replacement. Dexur’s value analysis tracks a patient’s episode of care from the date of admission for 90 days and includes the index hospitalizations, rehospitalization, home health, nursing home, and ED costs. The total cost of care data helps patients make appropriate choices and helps local ACOs such as Community Health Provider Alliance, Boulder Valley Care Network, LLC, and Banner Network Colorado, LLC, make appropriate referrals choices. The analysis was risk-adjusted, for alive and non-hospice patients and was done at the DRG level, specifically DRG 470: Major Joint Replacement Or Reattachment Of Lower Extremity Without Major Complication Or Comorbidity (MCC), to adjust for complications and comorbidities.

OrthoColorado Hospital’s total cost of care over a 90-day episode was $16,205 (for the period between July 2016 to June 2019). The index hospitalization cost was $13,363 and the average rehospitalization cost was $1,140. The cost per rehospitalization was at an average of $14,756. Meanwhile, the average ED costs per hospitalization (when ED is involved) was $839.

Porter Adventist Hospital’s total cost of care over a 90-day episode was $16,579 (for the period of July 2016 to June 2019). The index hospitalization cost was $14,179 and the average rehospitalization cost was $1,054. The cost per rehospitalization was at an average of $19,740. Meanwhile, the average ED costs per hospitalization (when ED is involved) was $812.

Sky Ridge Medical Center’s total cost of care over a 90-day episode was $18,473 (for the period of July 2016 to June 2019). The index hospitalization cost was $13,886 and the average rehospitalization cost was $1,963. The cost per rehospitalization was at an average of $17,756. Meanwhile, the average ED costs per hospitalization (when ED is involved) was $686.

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Final Entry Deadline Approaching in The 17th International Business Awards®

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IBA final deadline approaching

New this year are a variety of COVID-19 response awards categories that do not have entry fees. These aim to honor heroes of every industry including medical, education, and more.

The IBAs feature more than 40 categories that do not require the payment of entry fees, including all 35 of the Company/Organization of the Year categories, and that there are many new and revised features of the IBAs for 2020.


FAIRFAX, Va. (PRWEB)

The final entry deadline for the 2020 (17th annual) edition of The International Business Awards® is Tuesday, July 28.

The International Business Awards are widely considered to be the world’s premier business awards competition. In 2019 the competition attracted more than 4,000 nominations from organizations in more than 70 nations.

All individuals and organizations worldwide—public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small—may submit nominations to The International Business Awards. The final entry deadline this year is Tuesday, July 28. Entry details are available at http://www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.

Juries featuring more than 150 executives will determine the Stevie Award winners. The Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be announced on September 9. Stevie Award winners will be honored at a virtual awards ceremony this year.

New this year are a variety of COVID-19 response awards categories that do not have entry fees. These aim to honor heroes of every industry including medical, education, food delivery, media, public service, business response, and more.

The International Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace. Categories include:

  • Management Awards

  • Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

  • Company of the Year Awards

  • Customer Service Awards

  • Human Resources Awards

  • Information Technology Awards

  • Marketing Awards

  • New Product Awards

  • Public Relations Awards

  • Web Site Awards, Smartphone and Tablet App, and other media awards

The IBAs feature more than 40 categories that do not require the payment of entry fees, including all 35 of the Company/Organization of the Year categories, and that there are many new and revised features of the IBAs for 2020, including:

  • Nine new categories to recognize singular business achievements in areas such as business turnaround, finance, revenue generation, and science and technology, among others.

  • The simplification of submission requirements in the Company/Organization, Corporate Communications & Public Relations, Marketing, and New Product & Product Management category groups.

About the Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and the new Middle East Stevie Awards. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

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