Dr. Constance Chen

In particular, acupuncture has shown promise when used in ‘perioperative care,’ in findings that its use before and after surgery can improve the clinical outcome and speed recovery.

NEW YORK (PRWEB)
May 20, 2020

Acupuncture is part of an ancient system of Chinese medicine that has been used for more than 2,500 years to treat disease and relieve pain by restoring balance to the flow of energy (“qi”) through the body. Acupuncture theory believes that this qi moves throughout the body along twelve main channels (“meridians”) that represent the major organs and functions of the body and that applying thin needles to specific points achieves pain relief and other beneficial effects.

“Acupuncture is one of the better known types of alternative medicine,” says plastic surgeon and breast specialist Dr. Constance M. Chen. “Its acceptance has grown as physicians have come to see that it can be effective, and it is sometimes incorporated into conventional healthcare. In particular, acupuncture has shown promise when used in ‘perioperative care,’ in findings that its use before and after surgery can improve the clinical outcome and speed recovery.”

Surgery affects the body in many different ways, depending on the type and location of the surgery, the aftereffects of anesthesia, and the patient’s overall health. Beyond these variations, however, all surgery is trauma to the body – the entire body – and generates a stress response beyond the immediate surgical site. This stress response causes hormonal and metabolic changes that can weaken the immune system, disrupt the gastrointestinal tract and leave the body more vulnerable to infection. In some studies, perioperative acupuncture has been found to reduce stress and anxiety before surgery, reduce the need for opioids during surgery, and decrease both pain and post-operative nausea and vomiting after surgery.

“Acupuncture can effectively reprogram the body to switch from the ‘fight-or-flight’ stress response to rest and relaxation,” says Dr. Chen. “The precise mechanism that causes this effect isn’t known but it may be due to acupuncture increasing the body’s production of endorphins, the natural hormones that counteract inflammation, pain and stress.”

The primary goal of preoperative acupuncture is to reduce the anxiety and stress that can make surgery riskier and anesthesia management more difficult. Anxiety before surgery can also lead to sustained postoperative anxiety as well as increased sensitivity to postoperative pain and longer recovery time. In multiple studies, acupuncture applied thirty minutes before administering anesthesia induced a relaxation response. There are indications that it can also act therapeutically to stabilize blood pressure and blood sugar.

During surgery, acupuncture in combination with conventional anesthesia can reduce the dose of opioids needed and provide a more comfortable post-operative experience than anesthesia alone. After surgery, acute pain can delay wound healing, prolong recovery, and increase the risk of postoperative infection. Acupuncture can help alleviate pain and reduce the amount of medication needed to control it. Post-operative acupuncture may also promote the recovery of the immune system, bladder function, and the gastrointestinal tract.

The most common and most thoroughly studied use of acupuncture in surgical practice is to control postoperative nausea and vomiting. About one-third of patients undergoing surgery with general anesthesia suffer postoperative nausea and vomiting in the 24-48 hours following surgery. Nausea and vomiting are triggered in the brain, which receives signals via neurotransmitters – chemical messengers that transmit stimuli from various parts of the body to the brain. After surgery those stimuli might include pain, fear, and anxiety, or reactions to anesthetics and drugs such as opioids that are used to control pain.

“Some patients find postoperative nausea and vomiting more unpleasant and distressing than post-operative pain and it can impede recovery from anesthesia and surgery as well,” says Dr. Chen. “Medications to control nausea and vomiting are of limited efficacy and may have adverse side effects, making acupuncture an appealing and effective alternative.”

The use of acupuncture has become increasingly common pre- and post-surgery. The World Health Organization includes the prevention and treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting and the treatment of pain as conditions that may benefit from treatment with acupuncture.

Dr. Chen concludes, “Our goal is to make every patient’s surgery and recovery as comfortable as possible. Some patients find that acupuncture plays a part in achieving that goal.”

Constance M. Chen, MD, is a board-certified plastic surgeon with special expertise in the use of innovative natural techniques to optimize medical and cosmetic outcomes for women undergoing breast reconstruction. She is Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery) at Weill Cornell Medical College and Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery) at Tulane University School of Medicine. http://www.constancechenmd.com

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Graphs showing brain pattern changes before & after Cereset’s legacy neuromodulation technology is used for stress-related symptoms in law enforcement.

Law enforcement stress regulation is a huge issue for law enforcement officers as well as for all of us who those officers have sworn to protect and serve.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (PRWEB)
May 20, 2020

Law Enforcement has always been a highly stressful career – serving to protect, facilitate justice, and remove danger for all of us. The positions of these men and women put them constantly in harm’s way both from the criminal element as well as from the defense for not following rules precisely. Officers have always had to face very high daily stress. Now, COVID-19 introduces another even greater degree of stress as the officer may be exposing themself in the line of duty to Coronavirus and subsequently infect their loved ones. The dangers of the Coronavirus cause those who protect us to be under stress for themselves and now, also for the safety of their families and friends.

In the clinical pilot trial, Wake Forest used Cereset’s legacy neuromodulation technology to provide non-invasive brain balance sessions to law enforcement officers. Participants showed statistically significant improvements in all symptoms as well as stress related bio-measures used, and these improvements persisted for two months following the study. The full-study publication can be read in “Global Awareness in Health and Medicine” Volume 9:1-10, 2020 – https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2164956120923288

Cereset patented BrainEcho® technology echoes the brain back to itself using sound to reflect real time brain frequencies. This echo causes the brain to listen to itself much like a child may listen to their own echo yelled in a tunnel. The echoing process has been used in over 9 clinical trials with a total of over 600+ patients to support the brain to modulate between hemispheres, as dance partners may move across a dance floor, without being stuck, using only one foot to take steps.

The study was led by Dr. Charles H. Tegeler, Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Neurology, and McKinney-Avant Chair in Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. Cereset is a Brain State Company located in Scottsdale, Arizona.

“Law enforcement stress regulation is a huge issue for law enforcement officers as well as for all of us who those officers have sworn to protect and serve,.” said Dr. Charles Tegeler, senior author of this paper. “Based on the need in this country and around the world, and based on these pilot data for symptom reduction and autonomic cardiovascular regulation, a major clinical trial to best define practical use of Cereset neuromodulation technology is warranted for law enforcement and for all first responders facing severe stress.”

ABOUT CERESET

Cereset is a wellness company that helps clients relax their brains to manage stress, restore hope and achieve restful sleep through its patented BrainEcho® technology. Cereset empowers the brain to reset itself as it hears and “sees” its own reflection. The global technology leader in non-invasive brain self-restoration and optimization, Cereset enables the brain to fully relax and naturally rebalance itself from the inside out. There is no outside intervention, stimulus or medication of any kind – the brain does its own work while the client naps or relaxes quietly in a comfortable chair. To schedule an appointment at a Cereset client center, or to learn more, visit https://cereset.com and for more research, visit https://cereset.com/research

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SmartMouth Honors Veterans This Memorial Day

“We take great pride in our corporate partners. SmartMouth again stepped up to help our struggling active military, veterans, and their families,” says Jon Jerome, CEO of H.E.R.O.E.S. Care.

ST. LOUIS (PRWEB)
May 20, 2020

Most of us will never experience what it feels like to be stationed overseas, apart from our loved ones for extended periods of time. For these 170,000 deployed servicemen and women, receiving a care package from home can help dispel the loneliness and boost morale. In order to fill this need, Jon Jerome and his family began sending care packages to troops overseas and the H.E.R.O.E.S. Care Organization was born. What started in 2003 with thirteen care packages from Jon’s family, has now grown into a respected non-profit organization sending thousands of care packages each year. In addition to care packages, H.E.R.O.E.S. Care helps over 50,000 military families each year gain access to emergency financial aid, employment opportunities, and mental health care services through a network of specially trained caregivers.

In honor of veterans and their families, this Memorial Day SmartMouth partnered with H.E.R.O.E.S. Care to donate nearly 6,000 tubes of SmartMouth Premium Zinc Ion Toothpaste to be sent out in care packages to troops serving overseas and to be distributed to military families in the U.S. The organization and all of the recipients were excited to receive this donation because they know the importance of oral care, and the additional benefits of Zinc is music to their ears, or shall we say mouths.

“We take great pride in our corporate partners. SmartMouth again stepped up to help our struggling active military, veterans, and their families,” says Jon Jerome, CEO of H.E.R.O.E.S. Care.

He explained that every item H.E.R.O.E.S. Care can provide through care packages and food pantries removes another layer of stress during these trying times. “Great partners make great things happen and SmartMouth is one of those great partners. Thanks will never be enough.”

SmartMouth’s participation in this charity also allows them to honor the members of their own team who have served. Founder Dr. Marvin Cohen, SP4, served in the U.S. Army before starting the company; Brent Dellay, EVP, 1SG, U.S. Army (Ret); Carol Walsh, Supply Chain Coordinator, SMSgt, MO Air National Guard (Ret); Legrand Strickland, Graphic Designer, SGT, U.S. Army (Ret).

Brent Dellay, EVP of SmartMouth and Army First Sergeant (Ret), who organized the donation affirms, “The resources that H.E.R.O.E.S. Care provides to our troops and their families before, during and after deployment is essential, and SmartMouth is proud to support them with this donation.”

About H.E.R.O.E.S. Care

H.E.R.O.E.S. Care is a nonprofit organization located in Fenton, Missouri whose mission is to provide a nationwide and efficient support network available before, during and after deployment to post 9/11 servicemen and -women, veterans and their families that is known to military members, their families and commanders, and the communities in which they live.

To learn more about H.E.R.O.E.S. Care please visit https://heroescare.org/.

About SmartMouth Oral Health Laboratories

SmartMouth Oral Health Laboratories manufactures and markets SmartMouth branded mouthwash, toothpaste, and mints through national retailers and online. Founded by a veteran and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, SmartMouth has been working to end bad breath forever since 1993.

To learn more about SmartMouth Premium Zinc Ion Toothpaste and the entire line of SmartMouth Premium Oral Care Products, please visit https://smartmouth.com/.

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EnSoftek looks forward to continuing its mission under the CIO-SP3 contract of providing innovative, leading edge and user-friendly technology to improve the delivery of quality patient care whenever and wherever it is needed.” said, Ramana Reddy, President and CEO, EnSoftek.

BEAVERTON, Ore. (PRWEB)
May 20, 2020

EnSoftek, Inc., a pioneer in agile Behavioral Health (Mental Health and Substance Abuse), and integrated Primary Care and Social / Public Health Information Technology and an integration solutions firm, provides mission-focused, comprehensive technology solutions to public sector enterprises.

EnSoftek’s team is composed of Vysnova, Inc., a specialist in international Health IT; KRM Associates a long time Health IT partner for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense and Indian Health Services; Enterprise Venture Corporation, an expert in information assurance, software development and analytics; and Zane Networks, a leader in virtual health, virtual learning communities and coordinated care support.

Team EnSoftek’s proven past performance has earned an award in the following Task Areas:

Task Area 1 – IT Services for Biomedical Research, Health Sciences, and Healthcare

Task Area 2 – Chief Information Officer (CIO) Support

Task Area 3 – Imaging

Task Area 5 – IT Operations and Maintenance

Task Area 7 – Critical Infrastructure Protection and Information Assurance

Task Area 10 – Software Development

“EnSoftek looks forward to continuing its mission under the CIO-SP3 contract of providing innovative, leading edge and user-friendly technology to improve the delivery of quality patient care whenever and wherever it is needed. We will be offering government customers, particularly in light of the current crisis, the critical clinical support tools and controls to ensure regulatory compliance needed to create environments for recovery, wellness, and whole health for positive therapeutic outcomes,” said, Ramana Reddy, President and CEO, EnSoftek.

Conrad Clyburn, Senior Health IT Program Manager of EnSoftek added, “Our proven capability to complete implementations on time and on budget and exceeding stakeholder and end-user expectations, even during these unprecedented times in terms of the shelter-in-place orders caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, are key to our success.”

About EnSoftek, Inc.

Founded in 1998, EnSoftek offers cost-effective, state-of-the-art information technology, healthcare IT solutions and services by supporting clients’ ever-changing mission needs and requirements. For more than 20 years, we have developed, re-engineered, implemented, automated, integrated, maintained, and supported solutions for over 150 public and private-sector enterprises in the U.S.

Currently in use in 26 states throughout the country, DrCloudEHR from EnSoftek is a meaningful use stage 3 certified (supporting Interoperability), native cloud electronic health records (EHR) system designed for behavioral health and human services organizations. DrCloudEHR, available with anytime, anywhere access, helps our customers deliver better services, improve patient care, engagement, health outcomes; and provide better overall patient satisfaction – making it the preferred solution for current and future behavioral health, health and human services, and integrated care providers. EnSoftek provides diversified enterprise IT solutions to both public and private sector enterprises.

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Prevent Blindness has announced the recipient of the “2020 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health,” and recipient of the inaugural “Rising Visionary Award.”

“By working together, and learning from the successful efforts of those who are making a significant impact on the vision and eye health in their communities, we can help to expand those efforts across the country,” said Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness.

CHICAGO (PRWEB)
May 20, 2020

Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety organization, has announced the recipient of the “2020 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health,” as the Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Program (CVRP) at West Virginia University. The recipient of the inaugural “Rising Visionary Award” is Araba Otoo, third-year optometry student, at The Ohio State University. Both award recipients will have the opportunity to present at the Ninth Annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health National Summit, to be held as a virtual online event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health is named for Mrs. Jenny Pomeroy, who served as CEO of Prevent Blindness Georgia from 1996 until 2013, and was an advocate for championing the role of public health in vision and eye care services and programs. The annual award recognizes an individual, team, or organization that has made significant contributions to the advancement of public health related to vision and eye health at the community, state, national, and/or international level.

The CVRP, led by program director Rebecca Coakley, MA, CLVT, was selected by a volunteer committee for the program’s innovative approach to respond to the individual needs of visually impaired children, teachers, parents, and related professionals in West Virginia. Founded in 1996, the CVRP has a three-pronged approach in meeting the needs of blind/visually impaired children by:

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  Providing comprehensive low vision exams in the community.
• Mentoring teachers of the visually impaired who are often isolated without appropriate support and training.
• Creating and implementing special programing to address the “nonacademic” needs of the child with visual impairments to succeed in life.

To help children succeed outside of the classroom, the CVRP began a program to assist in mastering skills in relation to independent living, communication, organization, self-help, socialization, and self-advocacy. Last year, the CVRP held four events for visually-impaired students: adventure camp, summer day camp, technology camp, and an orientation and mobility weekend trip to New York City. The CVRP and its low vision services continue to serve as a model for programs both nationally and internationally, including countries such as Canada and Egypt.

Araba Otoo, a third-year optometry student at The Ohio State University, was selected as the first recipient of the Prevent Blindness Rising Visionary Award. The award recognizes an optometry student or resident, ophthalmology resident, or other health care professional student or resident in the United States who has the best essay based on a question related to the 2020 Focus on Eye Health National Summit theme, “An Eye to the Future.” Otoo’s essay featured ideas on public education and awareness tactics to create the most impactful change to improve the future outlook of vision and eye health.

“By working together, and learning from the successful efforts of those who are making a significant impact on the vision and eye health in their communities, we can help to expand those efforts across the country,” said Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness. “We not only congratulate the CVRP team on their receipt of the 2020 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, but thank them for their outstanding work. We look forward to Ms. Araba Otoo’s impact as she continues her career providing sight-saving services.”

For more information on the Prevent Blindness Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, please visit https://preventblindness.org/jenny-pomeroy-award-for-excellence-in-vision-and-public-health/. Information on the Prevent Blindness Rising Visionary Award may be found at https://preventblindness.org/rising-visionary-award/. Or, contact Nita Sinha, director of Public Health, at (800) 331-2020 or npatelsinha@preventblindness.org.

About Prevent Blindness

Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness is the nation’s leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. Focused on promoting a continuum of vision care, Prevent Blindness touches the lives of millions of people each year through public and professional education, advocacy, certified vision screening and training, community and patient service programs and research. These services are made possible through the generous support of the American public. Together with a network of affiliates, Prevent Blindness is committed to eliminating preventable blindness in America. For more information, or to make a contribution to the sight-saving fund, call 1-800-331-2020. Or, visit us on the Web at preventblindness.org or facebook.com/preventblindness.

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SAN DIEGO (PRWEB)
May 20, 2020

NucleusHealth, a provider of cloud-based medical image management technology and teleradiology services, announced today that it has received Conformité Européene (CE) Mark approval for Nucleus.io. The CE marking confirms that Nucleus.io, a suite of solutions that provides secure accessibility of medical images to improve workflows and speed patient care, meets the requirements of the European Medical Devices Directive (MDD). This now allows NucleusHealth to commercialize Nucleus.io across the European Union and other CE Mark geographies.

“We’ve had great success with using the cloud and our proprietary streaming capabilities to help streamline the viewing, storing and sharing of medical images in the U.S.,” said Claude Hooton, President and Chief Operating Officer of NucleusHealth. “We are very excited about now having the opportunity to provide value outside the U.S. as well.”

The company launched Nucleus.io, its second-generation image management platform, to provide a more robust system that could serve as an organization’s full picture archiving communications system (PACS), which earned its FDA 510(k) clearance in May of 2017. The Nucleus.io platform is positioned to serve the collaborative nature of the imaging community with hopes of facilitating innovative use-cases that accelerate patient care globally, as it has with U.S.-based facilities. Now, with both CE Mark approval and FDA 510(k) clearance, Nucleus.io can be seamlessly integrated into interoperability initiatives at major hospitals across the U.S. and Europe.

The deployment of Nucleus.io removes accessibility roadblocks that many in the imaging community face. The benefits of image-enabling clinical workflows can be realized with time and cost savings that lessen strain on administrative staff, burden on IT teams, and frustration for physicians and patients alike. Organizations can offer patients control of their own health data and empower them to take an active role in their care, while equipping clinicians with a secure tool for collaborating and interacting with images from end-to-end.

“As we’ve seen an increase in the use of telemedicine during the COVID-19 crisis, it has become clear that healthcare no longer has geographical boundaries. We will eventually be able to seamlessly share images across the globe with no delays due to latency or other historical hurdles,” said Hooton. “We are looking forward to connecting communities around the world.”

Technology licensing opportunities are now available in the EU for Nucleus.io exclusively as a web-scale platform-as-a-service (PaaS) with target geographies to be determined based on the needs of interested partners. Nucleus.io software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that include Nucleus Dx (diagnostic workstation), Nucleus iX (image exchange), and Nucleus iS (infinite storage) are expected to become available in the European Union in early 2021.

About NucleusHealth

NucleusHealth is advancing patient care through innovation in cloud-based medical image management, facilitating a global image exchange accessible by patients, physicians and healthcare networks. NucleusHealth licenses its Nucleus.io software as a service (SaaS) and web-scale platform as a service (PaaS) technologies to healthcare organizations and companies across the globe. The company’s StatRad teleradiology service was founded in 1996, by radiologists for radiologists, and develops and implements forward-thinking solutions for radiology groups. For more information, call us at +1(858)251-3400, visit us at http://www.nucleushealth.io, or connect with us on Twitter or LinkedIn.

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Touching Lives Adult Day Services

“The residents’ grandchildren love sending messages, uploading photos, and connecting via video chat at events. They feel like their grandparents are with them.”

WEST BEND, Wis. (PRWEB)
May 20, 2020

Touching Lives, provider of senior day services in Savage, MN, will be opening a new 6-room Care Home in July. Like the company’s previous construction model, the entire residence will be outfitted with GrandCare technology to enhance the quality of care and attention for the senior residents who live there, while providing cognitive assists, entertainment and a high-quality, innovative connection to family.

Touching Lives has installed a GrandCare easy-to-use touchscreen in each bedroom. Each resident can use their private GrandCare for medication reminders, daily schedules, music, YouTube videos, games, video chatting and photo/message sharing with family and friends. Deborah Delaney, founder and CEO of Touching Lives, says her current residents love their experience with GrandCare, especially during the pandemic. “The residents’ grandchildren love sending messages, uploading photos, and connecting via video chat at events. They feel like their grandparents are with them.”

“We are delighted to participate in this holistic and innovative approach to serving older adults,” said GrandCare CEO Laura Mitchell. “In addition to addressing health and safety needs, Touching Lives gets it. They understand that the individual’s emotional and social connectedness are equally important considerations.”

In addition to its social and video functions, GrandCare provides wireless remote activity monitoring and telehealth sensors that can alert designated family or caregivers when a resident needs assistance, or something is amiss. For example, if a resident has a fever, fails to access medications or doesn’t get out of bed, a caregiver could be automatically notified. GrandCare’s HIPAA video chat can connect residents with caregivers or clinical providers, and GrandCare ‘Care Notes’ provide a remote communication messaging platform between families, providers and caregivers

“Video calls have been great,” said Delaney. “We’re even going to try remote physical therapy for one of the residents.”

GrandCare makes the residents feel more secure as well, according to Delaney. “Residents welcome the alert buttons to ask for help.” Each resident has a push-button pendant that sends alerts to the on-duty caregiver’s GrandCare System at a central location. Sensors in each room are programmed to send alerts for unusual activity, e.g. if the resident isn’t up by a certain time in the morning, or the resident is getting up in the middle of the night. Sensors on exit doors can alert the caregiver if someone is coming or going at odd hours.

Delaney added, “The motion sensors have been a life saver for several residents. They have lowered our fall risks when a resident has tried to get out of bed.”

In addition to phone and text alerts, Touching Lives has set up a central GrandCare station to receive alerts, which means the wireless pendants and sensor alerts continue to work, even if the Internet goes down. “The staff like being able to generate a shift resident summary for the management team, with details on each resident,” said Delaney.

About GrandCare Systems

GrandCare, on the market since 2005, is designed to reduce hospitalizations, manage health conditions and keep individuals more independent and connected to their loved ones. The heart of GrandCare is a large touchscreen appliance, which provides the individual with social communications, games, music, instructions, reminders and medication prompts. Optional telehealth & activity devices can wirelessly report information and remotely send email, text and phone alerts to caregivers if something seems amiss. No computer skills are needed for the resident. GrandCare is utilized by family caregivers, professional in-home care organizations, senior housing communities and disability providers. For more information, visit: http://www.grandcare.com, call 262-­338-6147, or contact sales@grandcare.com.

About Touching Lives Community

Touching Lives Adult Day Services is an adult day program specializing in providing superior and comprehensive Senior Care Solutions. It is a place where a vulnerable adult can come during the day to participate in one-of-a-kind programs and care services designed to enhance social and physical well-being while supporting one’s cultural values, traditions and preferences. Touching Lives Adult Day Services participants realize the fullest possible journey with utmost respect. Touching Lives Community of Savage is a Residential Care Home with six bedrooms.Touching Lives is a state-of-the-art premiere residential senior care, memory care and hospice care home, providing an alternative to large-scale care facilities. The mission of Touching Lives Community is to provide quality care with cultural comfort, enabling our residents to age with dignity, love and compassion. http://www.touchinglivesmn.com/

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Art Wilmes, former principal with Milliman and current Verinovum board member

In today’s environment, front-line caregivers and patients rely on trustworthy and timely data. Without curated data, these caregivers and patients are disadvantaged at the time they are most vulnerable,

TULSA, Okla. (PRWEB)
May 20, 2020

A new video series from healthcare data curation company Verinovum explores the crucial role that data curation plays for payers and providers combatting COVID-19. The content covers the initial observation that data quality may have let down frontline caregivers and patients, and how to get your data back on track.

Art Wilmes, former principal with Milliman and current Verinovum board member, created this four-part series to share his conviction regarding the value he has found in clean, accurate data throughout a career defined by its use and analysis.

“I firmly believe that clean, curated, high-quality data is the only way for the healthcare industry to move forward and to succeed – not only in terms of coming out on the other side of the COVID-19 crisis, but also in terms of all innovation and growth, from implementing AI to population health management to achieving true value-based care,” says Wilmes. “And I believe Verinovum’s Data Curation as a Service platform is a powerful solution to help transform data into a valuable asset.”

In the first video, released April 20, Wilmes discusses the necessity of accurate data analysis and the ways data curation can help with COVID-19 detection and prevention. “In today’s environment, front-line caregivers and patients rely on trustworthy and timely data. Without curated data, these caregivers and patients are disadvantaged at the time they are most vulnerable,” he says in the video.

The second video, to be released in June, will discuss data quality more broadly, how EHRs alone aren’t enough, and why data curation is vital for healthcare organizations. Other topics planned for the series include data curation as a science, the pitfalls of data lakes, and the need for quality scoring to assess aggregated databases.

“At Verinovum, we believe that clean and curated data is the missing link to help healthcare institutions fulfill their missions. Without it, organizational processes and analytics are rendered ineffective and patient outcomes suffer. If there’s any silver lining to COVID-19, it’s that healthcare innovators are seeking answers to some of the foundational issues in healthcare, including the need for clean data,” says Verinovum CEO Mark McCurry.

About Verinovum

Verinovum is a market leader in clinical data cleansing and curation, enabling payers, providers, clinically integrated networks and accountable care organizations to improve operating performance and quality with actionable information. By delivering clean, complete, and accurate data, Verinovum supports healthcare organizations in their efforts to access the right information, in the right format, at the right time, so it may be tailored and curated to fulfill specific use cases and achieve mission-critical clinical and business goals. Discover more at Verinovum.com.

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Xtalks Life Science Webinars

TORONTO (PRWEB)
May 20, 2020

Dry powder inhalation (DPI) drug products are rightfully developed with efficacy and safety in mind to serve critical patient needs. However, as early drug development progresses to clinical development, the ability to efficiently manufacture these products becomes a more important determinant of eventual commercial feasibility.

Whether a DPI product can be manufactured at scale is dependent upon a variety of factors from chemical and physical properties of the formulation to manufacturing conditions.

In this webinar, these factors will be examined as sources of potential process risk. A case study will demonstrate the impact drug formulation can have on processing, product behavior, and performance. Strategies for mitigating process risk will be presented to avoid revisiting formulation development and the corresponding delays that can result.

Join Justin Lacombe, PhD, Vice President, Operations, Experic in a live webinar on Monday, June 8, 2020 at 11am EDT (4pm BST/UK).

For more information or to register for this event, visit Inhalation: Connecting Formula to Filling.

ABOUT XTALKS

Xtalks, powered by Honeycomb Worldwide Inc., is a leading provider of educational webinars to the global life science, food and medical device community. Every year thousands of industry practitioners (from life science, food and medical device companies, private & academic research institutions, healthcare centers, etc.) turn to Xtalks for access to quality content. Xtalks helps Life Science professionals stay current with industry developments, trends and regulations. Xtalks webinars also provide perspectives on key issues from top industry thought leaders and service providers.

To learn more about Xtalks visit http://xtalks.com

For information about hosting a webinar visit http://xtalks.com/why-host-a-webinar/

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