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Chapters Health System Recognized Again by the Great Place to Work® Institute

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Andrew Molosky, MBA, FACHE, CHPCA, President/CEO, Chapters Health System

“This is a noteworthy accomplishment in any year, but to be able to achieve during times of such high stress and uncertainty is a great point of pride,” said Andrew Molosky, president and chief executive officer for Chapters Health.


TAMPA, Fla. (PRWEB)

Chapters Health System was certified for the third consecutive year as a great workplace in the Aging Services category today by the independent analysts at the Great Place to Work® Institute. Chapters Health and its affiliates (Chapters Health Home Care, Chapters Health Palliative Care, Good Shepherd Hospice, Hospice of Okeechobee, HPH Hospice and LifePath Hospice) earned this distinction based on extensive ratings provided by its team members in anonymous surveys. A summary of these ratings can be found at: LINK to report.

“This is a noteworthy accomplishment in any year, but to be able to achieve during times of such high stress and uncertainty is a great point of pride,” said Andrew Molosky, MBA, FACHE, CHPCA, president and chief executive officer for Chapters Health. “People come to Chapters Health to be part of an organization performing meaningful and impactful work 24/7/365 in taking care of patients and families with or affected by advanced illness. Every day our team members impact lives across a wide continuum of care. Chapters Health is truly a great place to do great work.”

Chapters Health team members completed more than 951 surveys resulting in an 81 percent response rate and a confidence level and a margin of error of ± 3. Survey results indicated that, 91 percent of Chapters Health team members take pride in working for the organization.

“We applaud Chapters Health for seeking recertification and releasing its employees’ feedback,” said Dr. Jacquelyn Kung of Great Place to Work’s senior care affiliate Activated Insights. “These ratings measure the organization’s capacity to earn its own employees’ trust. The designation creates a great workplace for anyone considering working for or doing business with Chapters Health to take into account as an indicator of high performance.”

About Chapters Health System

As a progressive leader and premier health system, Chapters Health System is dedicated to delivering innovative home health, palliative and hospice care along with durable medical equipment and pharmacy services. Since 1983 as a community-based, not-for-profit organization, Chapters Health has provided choices, education and guidance through its managed affiliates: Chapters Health Home Care, Chapters Health Palliative Care, Good Shepherd Hospice, Hospice of Okeechobee, HPH Hospice and LifePath Hospice, located in Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Martin, Okeechobee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and St. Lucie counties. All offerings are provided in order to improve the patient/family experience well in advance of end-of-life needs. 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.

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The Sun Sentinel Names Responsive Home Care a Winner of the South Florida Top Workplaces 2020 Award

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (PRWEB)

Responsive Home Care has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2020 honor by The Sun Sentinel. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage, LLC. The anonymous survey uniquely measures 15 drivers of engaged cultures that are critical to the success of any organization: including alignment, execution, and connection, just to name a few.

“For more than a decade, the Top Workplaces award has helped organizations stand out among their competitors to attract talent,” said Eric Rubino, CEO of Energage. “This differentiation is more important than ever in today’s tight labor market. Establishing a continuous conversation with employees so you have a deep understanding of your unique culture is proven to help achieve higher referral rates, lower employee turnover, and double the employee engagement levels. No longer is recognition simply a much-deserved cause for celebration, but it’s fast becoming mission-critical to establish a competitive advantage for recruitment and retention.”

“This award means a lot to our company. Creating a culture of recognition and engagement has always been a goal of ours, and it is truly an honor to know that our employees were the judges and decision-makers behind this award.” Kisha Eloi, Human Resources Manager

About Responsive Home Care

Responding with care since 1994 in Florida’s Broward County, Responsive Home Care is a full-service agency offering exceptional private duty care. Responsive Home Care provides clients with the highest level of care in their homes, assisted living facilities, or wherever they reside. Friendly, honest, and dedicated caregivers include Registered Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, and Home Health Aides. Services range from 1 to 24-hour care and include personal care, accompaniment to medical appointments, medication support, and respite care. For more information visit http://www.responsive-homecare.com or call 954-486-6440.

About Energage

Energage offers a fully unified SaaS platform, plus support and professional services, to help organizations recruit and retain the right talent. As a B-Corporation founding member, Energage has committed itself to the purpose of making the world a better place to work together. Based on 14 years of culture research, the engine behind 51 Top Workplaces programs across the country, and data gathered from over 20 million employees at 60,000 organizations, Energage has isolated the 15 drivers of engaged cultures that are critical to the success of any business, and developed the tools and expertise to help organizations measure, shape and showcase their unique culture to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. For more information, please visit energage.com. Follow us on Twitter @teamenergage and Facebook and LinkedIn @energage.

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Refined Data Releases a Free App with the Comprehensive BOMA COVID-19 Checklist

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People are concerned about returning to work and they want to feel safe. Building managers must rise to the challenge of operating their properties safely in this COVID-19 era.


TORONTO (PRWEB)

Refined Data announces the release of the RefinedData app, a mobile tool that frees building managers from the drudgery of paper forms and gives them the ability to deal with the key operational aspects of running a site from their phones. To deal with the current crisis, the new RefinedData app incorporates the recently released BOMA Canada COVID-19 Return to Work checklist, so building managers can get their facilities in pristine shape for people coming back to work.

“People are concerned about returning to work and they want to feel safe. Building managers must rise to the challenge of operating their properties safely in this COVID-19 era”, says Hugh Molyneux, a co-founder of Refined Data. “The RefinedData mobile app gives site teams a powerful tool to collaborate and keep their workplace safe.”

The RefinedData mobile app is free for up to 5 properties and ten users per site. Also, an unlimited number of associated vendors can download and use the app at no cost.

“When our partners at Refined Data asked us if they could incorporate the recommendations in our Pathway Back to Work: Commercial Real Estate, Coronavirus and Re-Entry guidebook into their app in a checklist format, we immediately agreed.” said Benjamin Shinewald, President and CEO of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada (BOMA Canada). Shinewald added, “The fact that Refined Data is giving the app away for free speaks volumes about their values and drives incredible worth to the BOMA Canada community.”

Caroline Reilly, Refined Data’s Client Support Manager, says, “Cleaning and hygiene have never been more important, and property managers must be able to respond quickly to ensure tenants feel safe at work. It’s also imperative for businesses to show that they’ve been maintaining a regimen to keep the workplace safe. That helps to put tenants, employees and even members of the visiting public at ease.”

“If you look at the market, there are enterprise solutions out there, but they are complex and difficult for building managers to use. At the other end of the scale current mobile apps don’t have the necessary analytics and back-end reporting required to manage a portfolio of properties,” says Carl Paulse, CTO of Refined Data. “We couldn’t find a solution that felt complete, so we built the RefinedData mobile app: a nimble productivity tool for sites that quietly feeds an enterprise-grade platform for large portfolios. We think the RefinedData mobile app is a generational leap forward in integrating real estate organizations across departments and across disciplines. We call this Boiler Room to Boardroom connectivity.”

It will take bold thinking to re-imagine real estate operations and prepare building managers for the demands of the next 20 years. We think the RefinedData mobile app backed by our enterprise real estate operations solution gives organizations the platform they will need to meet these challenges.

About Refined Data

Refined Data develops EHS and operations management software for the Commercial, Retail and Multifamily real estate sector. With more than 3,500 buildings representing more than a quarter billion square feet on the platform, Refined Data has delivered award-winning value to leading real estate companies for over a decade.

We welcome any opportunity to hear your challenges and thoughts and see if we can assist you in taking your operations to the next level. Please feel free to contact us at http://www.RefinedData.com.

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Gemini Bio Announces Federal Contract Award to Support Testing for COVID-19

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We are proud to aid in the effort to reinforce current testing operations. The production of media solutions is a core competency of Gemini Bio’s.


WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (PRWEB)

Gemini Bioproducts, LLC (“Gemini Bio”), a leading supplier of cell culture solutions and a portfolio company of BelHealth Investment Partners, LLC (“BelHealth”), today announced the receipt of a federal government contract award to supply critical products in support of the high demand for COVID-19 testing.

Gemini Bio will be supplying reagents in the areas of Viral Transport Media (VTM), Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS), and Saline Solution. Gemini Bio was awarded $3.6 million and remains eligible to supply up to $200 million of products as part of its agreement.

Dale Gordon, Chief Executive Officer of Gemini Bio, stated, “We are proud to aid in the effort to reinforce current testing operations. The production of media solutions is a core competency of Gemini Bio. Viral Transport Media is critical to the process of testing for the COVID-19 virus, making it vital to the success of a nationwide testing program. We are pleased to assist in making testing more widely available.”

The award is a pivotal piece of Gemini Bio’s larger dedicated effort to support the containment of COVID-19. To help agencies and labs, Gemini Bio is prioritizing products and services in four key areas: cell culture, viral harvesting and transport, research tools, and analytical instruments.

Cathy Burzik, Executive Chairman of Gemini Bio, added, “We are honored to support the national effort to reinforce current testing operations. Gemini Bio is adhering to CDC guidelines in its manufacturing processes. With our newly added capacity through multiple sites, including our state-of-the-art cGMP facility, Gemini Bio is well positioned to fulfill an unmet need in the market.”

Gemini Bio is increasing both its domestic production of reagents from its California facility, as well as its manufacturing footprint. Gemini Bio substantially completed the build-out of a new, state-of-the-art cGMP manufacturing facility in West Sacramento, CA. The new facility will enable accelerated growth while accommodating a higher standard of quality among Gemini Bio’s products to serve the cell and gene therapy market. The cGMP facility, which spans approximately 25,000 square feet, is expected to more than quadruple production capacity and allow Gemini Bio to meet its rapidly growing customer demand.

About Gemini Bio

Founded in 1985, Gemini Bio is a leading provider of cell culture solutions to the scientific community across cell and gene therapy, biotechnology, and academic research as well as offering contract manufacturing. Gemini Bio’s singular mission is to enhance human life by delivering comprehensive cell culture solutions that enable discovery, development and production of transformational therapies and diagnostics. Our national sales force and international distribution network serves cell culture science worldwide. The Company is based in West Sacramento, California. To learn more, visit us at http://www.gembio.com

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Verge Genomics to advance its inhibitors of PIKfyve for the treatment of ALS and COVID-19

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“The fact that the same PIKfyve inhibitors we have been developing for ALS have the potential to address COVID-19 and future novel outbreaks presents an exciting opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a near-term global health crisis.” – Alice Zhang, CEO of Verge Genomics


SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB)

Verge Genomics, a drug discovery company developing therapies for neurological diseases by integrating a unique all in-human genomic platform with machine learning, announced this week at the BIO International Convention Digital 2020 that their lead program for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the endosomal lipid kinase, PIKfyve and they plan to enter the clinic next year. Additionally, the company is expanding the development of their potent, selective, orally bioavailable small molecule PIKfyve inhibitors to include the treatment of COVID-19.

Verge discovered the relevance of PIKfyve in ALS using their computational platform, which incorporates large genomic and transcriptomic data sets from patients with the disease. After demonstrating that the deficient PIKfyve machinery contributes to ALS, the company developed highly-specific PIKfyve inhibitors that have been shown to rescue multiple models of ALS. New scientific data shows that many viruses, including COVID-19, hijack that same PIKfyve pathway in order to enter cells and replicate.

“ALS is a devastating, rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disease for which there are few effective treatments. Finding a disease-modifying treatment has been the focus of much of Verge’s research and development,” said Alice Zhang, CEO of Verge Genomics, “The fact that the same PIKfyve inhibitors we have been developing for ALS have the potential to address COVID-19 and future novel outbreaks presents an exciting opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a near-term global health crisis. We are advancing our PIKfyve molecules toward the clinic and expect to begin testing in humans early next year.”

Inhibiting PIKfyve prevents COVID-19 infection in cells as well as blocking various other types of viral entry. Preliminary data from an academic lab has shown positive anti-viral effects of Verge PIKfyve inhibitors in a SARS-CoV-2 cell-based assay.

“After scientists recently published that apilimod, a known PIKfyve inhibitor, decreases COVID-19 infection, we knew we had to test our molecules since compared to apilimod, they have improved pharmacokinetic properties and drug-like characteristics,” said Dr. Jane Rhodes, CBO at the Company. “We are excited about having demonstrated anti-viral effects of Verge compounds and are aggressively pursuing further development of an anti-viral therapy.”

ABOUT THE ENDOLYSOSOMAL PATHWAY

The endolysosomal pathway is a critical cell process that clears the “garbage” within a cell. PIKfyve is an enzyme that regulates endolysosomal function within a variety of cells, including neurons. Verge and other top research groups have shown that in ALS, this “garbage” pathway is dysregulated, which leads to neuronal death and the progression of the disease.

In addition, viruses are able to co-opt PIKfyve in order to gain entry into host cells and replicate, including SARS-CoV-2. Inhibiting this target prevents COVID-19 infection in cells as well as blocking Ebola, MERS, SARS and Marburg virus entry.

ABOUT ALS

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS often strikes people between the ages of 40 and 70, and it is estimated there are about 16,000 Americans who have the disease at any given time.

ABOUT VERGE

Verge is focused on developing therapeutics for neurological diseases using human genomics to accelerate drug discovery. Verge has created a proprietary all-in-human platform, generating one of the field’s largest and most comprehensive databases of ALS and Parkinson’s Disease patient genomic data. The Company is led by experienced computational biologists and drug developers who are successfully advancing therapeutic programs in ALS and Parkinson’s disease toward the clinic. For additional information, please visit http://www.vergegenomics.com.

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Juggernaut Launches “The Next Generation of Clean Energy Drinks” with New Products Featuring Kyowa Hakko’s branded Cognizin® Citicoline

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NEW YORK (PRWEB)

Founded by Sean Kinahan and Denver Hardin, Juggernaut Energy enters the market with its cutting-edge, zero-sugar energy powders formulated with clinically-studied brain health ingredient Cognizin® Citicoline. The dynamic duo was determined to create a clean, healthy energy drink without the hefty crash later on.

“What we were after was an energy drink that would exceed the standards of the industry and raise the bar on energy, focus and performance,” states the duo. “Our main goal was to produce a higher quality formula to give your mind and body the fuel needed to perform. Juggernaut is a natural energy drink that is a healthy alternative to conventional sugar-loaded ones.”

Juggernaut Energy’s nootropic energy formula is centered around award-winning Cognizin® Citicoline, a branded form of citicoline from international health ingredient manufacturer Kyowa Hakko, who are global leaders in the development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and food products.

Elyse Lovett, MS, MBA, Senior Marketing Manager of Kyowa Hakko U.S.A. Inc., explains that, “Citicoline is a potent brain-health nutrient and nootropic that is found in cells of the body and is especially vital to brain health and the formation of phospholipids. Citicoline also increases an important substance in the brain called phosphatidylcholine that supports healthy brain function.*”

Cognizin® is a patented, branded form of Citicoline that has been clinically studied to support mental energy, focus, and attention*. “Unlike other ingredients, Cognizin® isn’t chemically synthesized, it’s made by Kyowa Hakko’s innovative fermentation process to deliver top-quality and purity, while being vegetarian, allergen-free and self-affirmed GRAS,” adds Lovett.

In addition to Cognizin® Citicoline, Juggernaut Energy is also uniquely formulated with L-Theanine, an amino acid found in green and black tea, Vitamin C, an essential antioxidant, 175 mg of Caffeine, Huperzine-A, an acetylcholine inhibitor, and Mucuna Pruriens, researched to increase the levels of dopamine in the body*.

Juggernaut’s energy drink formula is vegan, keto-friendly and gluten-free, and contains zero sugars and zero calories. The new energy powders come in four flavors, Pink Lemonade, Blue Raspberry, Grape and Strawberry Kiwi, and is available for purchase online at http://www.juggernautenergy.com

“We couldn’t be more excited to have Cognizin® Citicoline featured in Juggernaut Energy’s novel new formulation,” remarks Lovett. “As the nootropic market continues to expand, we’re thrilled to see Cognizin® continue to act as a key player in these groundbreaking products.”

Media interested in setting up an interview with a Kyowa Hakko representative please contact Sara White at sara@adinnyc.com or 914.621.1323.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

About Cognizin® Citicoline

Cognizin® Citicoline, manufactured by Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd., is a clinically studied and branded form of Citicoline, a natural substance made endogenously in the body and especially vital to brain health.* Citicoline is a potent brain-health nutrient. A proprietary form of citicoline, Cognizin® has been clinically studied to support mental energy, focus, attention, and recall. Cognizin® is manufactured through a fermentation process to yield high quality and high purity. Cognizin® is also highly stable, GRAS, ultra-pure and allergen-free. For more information on Cognizin®, visit http://www.Cognizin.com.

About Kyowa Hakko USA:

Kyowa Hakko USA is the North & South American office for Kyowa Hakko Bio Co. Ltd., an international health ingredients manufacturer and world leader in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and food products. For more information visit http://www.Kyowa-USA.com

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Triad Behavioral Health Launches Behavioral Health Today, a New Podcast for Behavioral and Mental Health Professionals

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POST FALLS, Idaho (PRWEB)

Triad Behavioral Health has launched Behavioral Health Today, a podcast for behavioral and mental health professionals. The podcast covers trending topics of today and brings them a mental health perspective.

Behavioral Health Today is hosted by psychologist Dr. Graham Taylor, Chief Learning Officer for Triad Behavioral Health. Early episodes cover topics including resilience, health psychology, EMDR, telemental health, COVID-19, suicide, teen anxiety and depression, and stepfamilies. Each episode is a candid conversation between Dr. Taylor and his expert guests from various behavioral health professions about relevant topics in our world and communities. In sharing news of the launch, Dr. Taylor said, “The podcast is a great resource for behavioral health professionals, and anyone interested in mental health. We cover a wide array of topics in an educational and engaging format, and we are excited to share the content with the broader behavioral health community.”

Behavioral Health Today releases new podcast content every Tuesday morning. All previous episodes are available through various podcast providers including iTunes, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, and Podbean. For more information about Behavioral Health Today, please visit: https://www.triadbehavioralhealth.com/behavioral-health-today-podcast

About the podcast launch, Brandon Jones, CEO of Triad Behavioral Health, said, “We are excited to offer this free resource to behavioral and mental health professionals. We have a long history of being trusted providers of exam prep and continuing education through our four brands, but our future is more than just exam prep and CE – we’re looking forward to supporting the behavioral health community in a more full-service way, and the launch of Behavioral Health Today is our first foray into a more expansive set of resources and services. We hope the community will listen, engage, and help shape the direction of the podcast going forward.”

To listen to Behavioral Health Today, please visit: https://link.chtbl.com/BHT-Podcast.

About Triad Behavioral Health, LLC

With four brands and over 40 years of market-leading experience, Triad Behavioral Health mission is to serve the behavioral and mental health community, from undergrad to practitioner. Services include exam preparation, continuing education, and career services to behavioral health individuals, institutions, and organizations. Triad Behavioral Health, LLC focuses on providing all parties the necessary information and ability to be influential contributors in the field, raising the bar of behavioral health in their communities.

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DBC Ambulance Manufacturers Delivers Nineteen New Ambulances to FDNY

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From left to right, a Demers’ ambulance, Braun ambulance, and Crestline Coach ambulance, bound for NYC to serve FDNY for the next 15 months.

New York City’s first responders have experienced some very challenging periods in recent years. This time, we were honored to assist them by delivering nineteen new ambulances from our Demers, Braun, and Crestline product lineup.


VAN WERT, Ohio (PRWEB)

Demers-Braun-Crestline (DBC) delivered nineteen new ambulances to New York City Fire Department (FDNY). New York City was deemed an epicenter in the United States for the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergency vehicles will aid FDNY in ambulance surge capacity for coronavirus response. The ambulances were rented under a fifteen-month lease agreement with DBC’s leasing agency partner.

“We have always fostered an open dialogue with FDNY,” says Chad Brown, Vice President of USA Sales for Demers-Braun-Crestline. “New York City’s first responders have experienced some very challenging periods in recent years. This time, we were honored to assist them by delivering nineteen new ambulances from our Demers, Braun, and Crestline product lineup. It is critical for front-line heroes to have dedicated resources such as emergency vehicles and equipment to successfully care for their communities. We are thankful to play a role in that for New York City.”

Demers-Braun-Crestline pulled from in-stock inventory at their facilities, and their dealer partner locations, to source the nineteen new ambulances. This allowed DBC to offer FDNY a wide selection of models, available for immediate delivery. The first batch of vehicles was delivered on May 19, 2020; the second caravan arrived on May 28, 2020. Included in the delivery were six Demers’ ambulances, seven Braun models, and six Crestline units. All ambulances feature cot restraint systems to meet the city’s specifications, as well as the iconic FDNY graphics package.

The New York City Fire Department made an announcement on Facebook regarding the new ambulances. “The ambulances have arrived in New York City, and will be deployed into service as EMTs and paramedics continue to respond to New Yorkers in need. The COVID-19 pandemic has been the busiest period in the history of EMS, with call volume increasing by 50% daily at the height of the pandemic.”

View the FDNY delivery video on YouTube here. For more information about this delivery, please contact Vanessa Bomboir, Marketing Manager for Demers-Braun-Crestline at 306.986.5677 or vbomboir@crestlinecoach.com.

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OkToStay Launches to Help U.S. Travelers Book Hotels with COVID-19 Health and Safety Factors in Mind

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GREENWICH, Conn. (PRWEB)

Splitty Travel, a hotel booking platform, today announced the launch of OkToStay, a new online resource providing cleanliness, safety and COVID-19 response scores for nearly 30,000 hotel properties in the U.S., enabling travelers to make hotel booking decisions with comfort and confidence.

Much like TripAdvisor scores hotels based on features, amenities, restaurants and more, OkToStay assigns a score for each individual hotel based on a wide range of categories related to hygiene, sanitization, cleanliness and overall safety, using data sourced from online sources and the hotels themselves. Scores are calculated by considering a wide range of factors, including the policies the hotel has put in place to protect visitors, such as fever checks or in-house testing; density of rooms and public areas; proximity to hospitals; frequency with which rooms, towels and sheets are changed and cleaned; and more.

At launch, OkToStay will offers scores for more than half the hotel properties in the U.S. Splitty expects to have all U.S. hotel properties, as well as 200,000 global hotels, available by end of year.

“Travel is coming back to the U.S., but as we continue to learn how to live with the virus, it will be different than before COVID-19,” said Eran Shust, CEO and Co-Founder at Splitty. “In addition to considering the usual factors when deciding which hotel to book, such as the nightly rate, number of restaurants, etc., travelers will also consider health and safety and opt for those properties that are taking appropriate precautions. OkToStay was created to serve as a singular resource to help travelers find and book those hotel properties quickly and easily so they can travel comfortably this summer and beyond.”

As business activity and population movement slowly increases across the U.S., travel is expected to increase as well, particularly as the summer months arrive. According to recent studies, 90 percent of Americans who have canceled a trip due to the pandemic are still planning to travel, with 77% expecting to take a trip by October. Splitty surveyed its own customers and found that a hotel’s general cleanliness and institution of COVID-19-related policies will be an important factor when deciding where to book.

Users can link directly to a hotel’s main website to book a room. Hotels can participate by claiming their profile and providing additional information regarding their policies and pandemic response efforts.

About Splitty:

Splitty is the first booking platform to use proprietary machine-learning technology to provide consumers with creative hotel booking offers. Splitty combines multiple booking options into one hotel reservation, in order to provide travelers with unbeatable deals while maintaining a seamless user experience.

Founded in 2015, Splitty is led by an experienced team of travel and tech industry veterans, with experience at companies such as Huawei, Microsoft, Skyscanner and Expedia. The Splitty team spent three-plus years developing an award-winning algorithm, which has now reached global coverage of more than 500,000 properties in 127 countries. To date, the company has raised $10 million in total from Fuson (ClubMed, Atlantis Hotels and Cirque du Soleil), Techstars Ventures, Cockpit Innovation (El Al Airlines’ investment arm) and 2b Angels.

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How Temple University Used Data to Turn a Setback into a Success Story, presented by Rapid Insight

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Higher Education is facing a series of compounding crises. David Kaiser’s insight and experience will be very valuable when determining how to adapt and recover to arrive at a stronger, more data-informed position when the crisis subsides. – Mike Laracy, Founder and President of Rapid Insight


CONWAY, N.H. (PRWEB)

Times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, bring the importance of data to the forefront of everyone’s mind. In an upcoming free webinar, David Kaiser of Temple University’s Fox School of Business will discuss how addressing a crisis ushered in an unprecedented ability for the entire institution to access data strategically. The webinar will take place on Thursday, June 18th at 2 PM ET (11 AM PT).

The webinar will illustrate how building relationships and partnerships enables university-wide improvements to the strategic application of analytics. It will feature David Kaiser, the Senior Director of Strategic Analytics at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, and James Cousins, Analyst Manager at Rapid Insight.

Topics of discussion will include how data can be used to break down silos between departments and start conversations about collaborative initiatives, determine which classes can be held online and which can only take place in person, improve curriculum development, qualify faculty, and increase the efficacy of scholarship programs.

“With as much praise and discussion as advanced analysis techniques get, David’s work reminds me of the basic but critical need for strong partnerships around data,” said James Cousins, Rapid Insight Analyst Manager. “The scope of his data warehousing effort and the collaboration he’s introduced for operational insights is inspiring.”

Mike Laracy, Founder and President of Rapid Insight, said, “Higher Education is facing a series of compounding crises. David Kaiser’s insight and experience will be very valuable when determining how to adapt and recover to arrive at a stronger, more data-informed position when the crisis subsides.”

This webinar focuses on a topic that is timely and urgent. Colleges and universities nationwide are working to create data-informed strategies to deal with the continuing impact of COVID-19, and this webinar will offer insight into methods of building lasting change out of the impact of a crisis.

To learn more about this webinar and to register, click here.

About Temple University’s Fox School of Business:

The vision of Temple University’s Fox School of Business is to transform student lives, develop leaders, and impact our local and global communities through excellence and innovation in education and research.

The Fox School’s research institutes and centers as well as 200+ full-time faculty provide access to market-leading technologies and foster a collaborative and creative learning environment that offers more than curriculum—it offers an experience. Coupled with its leading student services, the Fox School ensures that its graduates are fully prepared to enter the job market.

The flexibility and responsiveness of our knowledge-creating research faculty allows the school to address the needs of industry and generate courses and programs in emerging fields. As a leader in business research, the Fox School values interdisciplinary approaches and translational research that influence and impact real-world problems. Our research informs an adaptive curriculum, supports innovation in teaching and prepares students for the ever-changing business environment.

About Rapid Insight:

Rapid Insight is a leading provider of business intelligence and automated predictive analytics software. With a specialty in higher education and a focus on ease of use and efficiency, Rapid Insight products enable users to turn their raw data into actionable information. The company’s analytic software simplifies the extraction and analysis of data, enabling institutions with student populations of all sizes to fully utilize their information for data-informed decision making. For more information, visit http://www.rapidinsight.com.

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