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Intuiface Releases Reference Designs for COVID-19-Influenced Digital Signage Needs

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Intuiface Reference Designs for COVID-19-themed Scenarios

Intuiface Reference Designs for COVID-19-themed Scenarios

With Intuiface and their new reference designs, users are given the tools, knowledge, and templates necessary to create fully personalized, COVID-19-themed digital solutions that can fit any budget and requirement, even as needs inevitably change over time.


TOULOUSE, France, and CHICAGO (PRWEB)

To help organizations adapt to the new normal of social distancing and touch sensitivity, Intuiface is releasing reference designs for the two most common on-premise challenges. The first design focuses on entrance flow management, visually communicating store capacity and enter/wait messaging. The other design concerns the introduction of touch alternatives for kiosks dependent on human-machine interaction. Collectively, these reference designs enable creative teams of any size and budget to create custom, fit-for-purpose solutions addressing today’s most pressing digital requirements for physical places.

The global pandemic has forced organizations of all sizes to reassess how best to adopt and use on-premise digital content. From retailers to cultural institutions to schools, gathering places for large numbers of health-conscious visitors need to adapt and to do so quickly. Two priorities have risen to the top. The first is managing the flow of visitors into an establishment, ensuring acceptable distancing is maintained through clear communication and without error. The second is to address the inevitable concerns about touchscreen safety by offering touch alternatives, like speech or use of a personal mobile device as a remote control.

Dedicated third-party solutions address these issues but typically at a high cost and with low flexibility and high rigidity that prevents full customization and repurposing for other future uses. By contrast, with Intuiface and their new reference designs, users are given the tools, knowledge, and templates necessary to create fully personalized digital solutions that can fit any budget and requirement, even as needs inevitably change over time.

Each reference design is comprised of a fully operational project sample, process workflows, detailed guidance, supporting videos, and access to Intuiface support. Project samples can be used as-is, but expectations are agencies, integrators, and in-house creative teams will use these samples as a starting point for creating custom solutions running on the hardware of their choice.

“We have run into a significant demand for COVID-influenced usages,” said Sébastien Meunier, Intuiface’s Head of Customer Success. “Since our goal is to lower the cost and skills barrier standing between companies and their ability to serve customers in as safe and sensitive a manner as possible, we thought reference designs would be the perfect enabler. Each design works out of the box but can be easily customized for any unique scenario.”

The two reference designs, “Entrance Flow Management” and “Multi-Mode Interaction” are freely accessible on Intuiface’s new Reference Design website, http://www.intuiface.com/reference-designs. They can be used immediately and without attribution to Intuiface. Future reference designs are planned, addressing other common on-premise digital content themes, including many not directly related to the pandemic. An optional bootstrap service is available for those interested in hands-on guidance for adoption and customization of any reference design.

About Intuiface

Intuiface is the market’s only no-code platform dedicated to the creation, integration, deployment, and analysis of interactive digital experiences for physical spaces. Over 1,600 companies across 70+ countries are connecting people to place using interactive options such as touch, RFID/NFC, beacons, Web APIs, Internet of Things, and much more. It is an ISO 27001 Certified platform that can be used by any industry – including retail, hospitality, real estate, tourism, education – and for any intent – from digital signs to self-service kiosks and assisted selling.

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The Association for Supportive Child Care Receives Multiple Awards to Help Struggling Home-Based Caregivers and Child Care Centers

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“We are committed to our mission of resourcing and supporting anyone who impacts kids and are grateful to be collaborating with other dedicated and passionate organizations in Arizona,” stated Nicole Newhouse, ASCC CEO.


PHOENIX (PRWEB)

The Association for Supportive Child Care (ASCC) has been awarded $100,000 to establish a regional emergency fund to provide relief grants to home-based child care providers by Home Grown, a national collaborative of funders committed to improving the quality of and access to home-based child care. ASCC is partnering with Arizona’s Children Association, the United Way of Pinal County, and Child Care Resource & Referral – Arizona, a program of Child & Family Resources to distribute cash gift cards to family, friend and neighbor home based child care providers across the State of Arizona. ASCC will operate as the administrative home for the regional emergency fund.

It is the collaborating organizations’ goal to provide family, friend, and neighbor caregivers with economic support and to gather data on the impact of COVID-19 on employment status in these type of caregivers’ households. This award will help 366 caregivers with a $300 cash gift card. ASCC is providing matching funds to the Home Grown award, beginning with $10,000 from their tax credit donation campaign raised earlier this year and will continue fundraising efforts with the community.

“We are committed to our mission of resourcing and supporting anyone who impacts kids and are grateful to be collaborating with other dedicated and passionate organizations in Arizona,” stated Nicole Newhouse, ASCC CEO. “These home-based child care providers care for more than 60% of our kids under the age of five year-round and we need to strengthen and support them during this crisis.”

ASCC has also received a $10,260 award from United Way of Northern Arizona which will be distributed directly to child care centers that are struggling to remain open and serve children of essential workers in the Flagstaff area. Due to COVID-19, 82% of licensed child care centers in Flagstaff have been forced to close and those centers that have remained open are operating far below capacity, creating a dire financial situation. Though providing an important service to essential employees and the community, these centers continue to struggle to keep their doors open. Support from the United Way of Northern Arizona will allow these services to continue to be provided and help maintain a healthy and stable child care industry for rebuilding the economy and getting families back to work. ASCC and First Things First have collaborated to connect with local child care centers and discuss their financial needs in the light of COVID-19, self-quarantining, and employee furloughs. ASCC will serve as the administrative home for UWNA funds and distribute them directly to each child care center that has made a request.

“We are incredibly grateful to all the individuals and organizations in our community who are doing their part to support children and families during these tough times,” said Peter Van Wyck, First Things First Regional Director and member of the Social Safety Net Services Coalition. “We appreciate the United Way of Northern Arizona stepping up to help child care providers with critical needs so that they can focus on their primary mission: to keep kids safe and learning while their parents work or head back to work.”

About The Association for Supportive Child Care

The Association for Supportive Child Care (ASCC) was founded in 1976 as a private, nonprofit corporation dedicated to shaping the future of Arizona by enhancing the quality of care for children. Every program at ASCC meets a unique set of needs within the childcare and early education field. The foundation of brain development starts before birth and continues through adulthood. However, in the first few years of life, more than 1 million new neural connections are formed per second. Vision, hearing, language and higher cognitive function are at the peak of development from birth to five years old.

The Association for Supportive Child Care (ASCC) works passionately to ensure that young children have the foundation they need to lead happy, successful, productive lives. We are fueled by our core values of the relentless pursuit of challenge, excellence and humility to provide support, training, education, and professional development to the entire spectrum of those that care for and educate young children: parents, family, friends, neighbors, child care providers (both regulated and unregulated), early childhood educators, administrators, and leaders. Learn more by following @ASCCAZ on social or visiting asccaz.org.

About Home Grown

Home Grown is a national collaborative of funders committed to improving the quality of and access to home-based child care. The members of Home Grown are collaborating to strategically invest in innovative approaches and scale what works in order to drive the most change as quickly as possible. The collaborative is backed by the Buffett Early Childhood Fund, Gary Community Investments, Heinz Endowments, Heising-Simons Foundation, Imaginable Futures (a venture of The Omidyar Group), Klingenstein Philanthropies, MAEVA Social Capital, Merage Foundations, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Pritzker Children’s Initiative. Home Grown has launched a series of resources in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that home-based providers, who play a critical role in supporting the American workforce, are represented in COVID- 19 policy solutions. By meeting the immediate needs of providers, and connecting their needs to local, state and federal policy actions, Home Grow is working to sustain the supply of home-based child care and prevent any sacrifices in quality of care. More at homegrownchildcare.org.

About Arizona’s Children Association

For more than 108 years, Arizona’s Children Association (AzCA) has stayed true to “Protecting Children, Empowering Youth, Strengthening Families,” serving more than 40,000 children, individuals and families in all 15 counties each year. They are one of the oldest and largest statewide child welfare and behavioral health nonprofit agencies in Arizona. Learn more at http://www.ArizonasChildren.org.

About United Way of Pinal County

Since 1981, the United Way of Pinal County (UWPC) has been serving our communities with programs which advocate for the Health, Education and Financial Stability of every person in Pinal County. Uniting generosity with community, UWPC programs are designed to promote lasting change in people’s lives. This begins with early childhood education programming, and the support of our childcare providers.

The UWPC Family, Friend & Neighbor Program, funded by First Things First, provides early childhood education trainings, resources and materials to improve the quality of family childcare environments throughout Pinal County. Serving grandparents, foster parents, and other family, friend and neighbor childcare providers, the FFN Program ensures that children being cared for in an in-home setting are receiving the education and materials they need to succeed.

About Child Care Resource & Referral – Arizona, a program of Child & Family Resources

Child Care Resource & Referral – AZ, a statewide program of Child & Family Resources, Inc. is proud to partner with the Association for Supportive Child Care to support our most vulnerable and under resourced family child care home providers. We are extremely grateful to Home Grown for establishing an emergency response fund in light of COVID-19 and recognizing the critical importance and role of home-based family child care programs.

About First Things First

First Things First works at the state and local levels to give Arizona children the opportunity to arrive at kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed. We invest in proven programs and innovative strategies through grants to community organizations that provide services to children and families. We provide professional expertise and oversight to support local programs and statewide initiatives. And we collaborate with other early childhood system partners to make even more impact.

About United Way of Northern Arizona

Serving the Flagstaff community since 1967, United Way of Northern Arizona (UWNA) is more committed than ever to collaborate with our valued partners to coordinate efforts and leverage resources to invest in the power and potential of successful and resilient youth. Investing in successful, resilient youth to create thriving communities is why UWNA exists. With our partners we are focusing on children and youth, ages 0-18, to invest in the sustainable life skills that our youth will use throughout their lives to navigate challenges and seize opportunities.

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Passive Security Scan Inc. Launches Three Radiation-Free Protective Portals Designed for Business, Educational Institutions and Houses of Worship

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We are thrilled to be able to offer the only safe, radiation-free solution available on the market today. We believe that reducing the radiation we come into contact with AND potential contagions… is a preventative measure we can all afford to embrace.


DEL MAR, Calif. (PRWEB)

Defense Technologies International Corp. (OTC: DTII) (the Company) and Passive Security Scan Inc. (the Subsidiary); innovative providers of security technology and systems with broad and diverse applications, is pleased to update on ongoing progress.

Passive Security Scan is pleased to announce it is offering three new Passive Portal options which will allow for metal detection designed to protect those entering a building, as well as for elevated body temperature, or just simply for elevated body temperature.

The three product versions include:

PASSIVE PORTAL 1 – Screens for metals only;

PASSIVE PORTAL 2 – Screens for metals and elevated body temperature;

PASSIVE PORTAL 3 – Screens for elevated body temperature only.

“Our Passive Portal systems were designed long before the need for temperature control was in place,” said Merrill Moses, CEO. “The challenges facing today’s institutions are growing and ever expanding. We are thrilled to be able to offer the only safe, radiation-free solution available on the market today. There are enough risks we face on a daily basis and we believe that reducing the radiation we come into contact with AND potential contagions… is a preventative measure we can all afford to embrace.”

The company continues to improve their patented Passive Portal system, a system that does not use any electromagnetic radiation of any kind, including x-rays, microwaves and or radio waves in their detection process. The Passive Portal non-invasively and passively detects metal readings via subtle changes in the Earth’s magnetic field. Unlike active systems used in airports and court houses, we are passively detecting, while limiting exposure to students, faculty, and employees who pass daily through systems multiple times each and every day.

The new Passive Portal 2 and 3 passively detect persons with Elevated Body Temperature and alert the operator of this condition as patrons are scanned for metals. Doing so will aid facilities using our “Passive Portal” in also preventing the spread of contagions from entering the facility. The Passive Portal 2 and 3 use only US Food and Drug Administration 510k listed sensors to perform this Elevated Body Temperature detection to ensure that the product is safe and effective in its use. The Passive Portal 2 and 3 also ensure public privacy is protected, as no medical data is saved during operation.

Thermal cameras have a long history of being used in public spaces such as airports, train terminals, businesses, factories, and concerts as an effective tool to measure skin surface temperature and identify individuals with Elevated Body Temperature. Using thermal cameras, monitors can be more discrete, efficient, and effective in identifying individuals that need further screening with virus-specific tests.

President Trump signed H.R.2476 into law this year. The bipartisan sponsored law establishes in the Department of Homeland Security a Nonprofit Security Grant Program, under which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall make grants to eligible nonprofit organizations (tax-exempt organizations and those determined to be at risk of attack) for target hardening and other security enhancements to protect against terrorist attacks. The law makes available $75 million dollars for each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2024 for 501(c)(3) religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational organizations and allows them to purchase physical security enhancement equipment and personnel screening systems with this grant money.

This niche of 501(c)(3) organizations can be easily filled by Passive Portals. In addition, Passive Portal 2 and 3 can be deployed at restaurants, retail stores, health clubs, hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, colleges and universities, coffee shops, movie theaters, and many, many more.

Please contact the company for information on the Company’s Special Program for Churches, Synagogues and other Houses of Worship and Schools at:

Contact: Phone: +1 (800) 520-9485; Email: pssi@passivesecurityscan.com

Website: http://www.passivesecurityscan.defensetechnologiesintl.com/index.html

About Passive Security Scan, Inc.

Passive Security Scan, Inc. (PSSI) is a private Utah Corporation and Subsidiary of Defense Technologies International Corp. (DTII).

Passive Security Scan Inc. was formed to bring our Passive Scanning Technology™ and our Passive Portal™ detection system to the market, and to improve public safety with a system specifically designed for public and private schools, sports arenas, and other public venues. The Passive Scanning Technology™ was developed in 2005 and has been continually improved upon with the newest technological advances. The Passive Portal™ gateway is our newest model ready for production and for the market. The Company is managed by a group of seasoned professionals with years of experience in their respective field of knowledge.

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Delivering Compliant Record Sharing for Healthcare

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PARKER, Colo. (PRWEB)

FaxCore, a leading provider of digital and cloud-based fax server solutions, announces new integration capabilities with Epic, the top-utilized platform for electronic patient records in the U.S and Canada. With this new integration, FaxCore becomes one of very few providers able to support a secure and compliant fax solution that directly connects with Epic.

FaxCore can be used to send faxes from Epic with Epic Print Services (EPS). FaxCore will also post the status of the fax jobs back into Epic, along with optional Epic fax data fields and Patient information for advanced searching and reporting. The FaxCore portal allows users to see details on every fax job and search on metadata.

Epic users will be able to learn about FaxCore through the Epic App Orchard. FaxCore provides several key advantages for healthcare users, including secure fax through an on-premise, hybrid or cloud solution, as well as tracking for incoming and outgoing faxes and automating archival of every sent and received fax. For an added level of security, FaxCore leverages etherFAX’s Secure Exchange Network allowing for DirectFax, thus ensuring HITRUST and PCI-compliance. Additionally, DirectFax offers support for high-resolution documents, guaranteed delivery and end-to-end encryption.

“Today’s healthcare providers, and any business that deals with electronic health records, need an advanced fax solution that aligns with HIPAA requirements – one that can support compliance without making it difficult to access and view pertinent health information,” FaxCore President Tom Linhard said. “FaxCore’s new integration capabilities with Epic means that users will have all of these capabilities directly within Epic, creating a secure and unified environment for patient records and PII.”

To learn more, check out FaxCore’s eBook on how an advanced fax solution supports compliance, and reach out to FaxCore about the advantages of their Epic integration.

About FaxCore

Leveraging their extensive fax server expertise, FaxCore is an industry-leading provider of evolutionary fax server solutions for enterprises and organizations in the healthcare banking and logistics sectors. The company’s flagship FaxCore product line has received numerous awards and continues to provide innovative and revolutionary solutions around the globe to companies of all sizes. For more information, visit http://www.faxcore.com.

About Epic

Epic develops software to help people get well, help people stay well, and help future generations be healthier. For more information, visit https://www.epic.com/about.

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Innovo Detox, a MARC Treatment Center, opens in Pennsylvania

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We offer vital, lifesaving, life-sustaining detox and medical stabilization services and help patients begin their journey of recovery


ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. (PRWEB)

Innovo Detox, a MARC Treatment Center, has opened it’s doors in Pennsylvania, serving patients since March 16, 2020. A new, freestanding healthcare facility, Innovo Detox will offer detox, withdrawal management, and medical stabilization services for individuals suffering from addiction, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders in the local community, from the state of Pennsylvania, and throughout the Mid-Atlantic and surrounding areas.

Innovo Detox has common ownership with Maryland Addiction Recovery Center (MARC), a nationally recognized extended care addiction treatment facility located in Towson, Maryland. However, as a separate organization, will operate independently in order to greater serve those in need, the local community, and partner organizations within the behavioral healthcare field.

“We have always believed that any new organization should fill a substantial need,” Innovo Detox Co-Founder and CEO Sam Bierman said. “We certainly knew that there is a need for these types of comprehensive medical and therapeutic services due to the ongoing addiction epidemic. We also know there was a lack of freestanding detox options throughout the area. So Innovo Detox will be able to support individuals and families in those first days of seeking recovery.”

Innovo Detox will operate with 24 hour medical staff, provide ongoing clinical programming through it’s clinical staff, and 24 hour support through it’s recovery support staff and admissions teams. Addiction is a chronic illness, and detox and stabilization is traditionally the first step someone will take to access care. Once stable, Innovo Detox’ staff will support each patient onto the next appropriate step in treatment, facilitating a vital continuum of care to support long-term, sustainable recovery.

Innovo Detox ownership has tapped Molly Ashcroft to assume the role of Executive Director of the new facility. An experienced professional in the behavioral health and addiction treatment space for over a decade, Molly will be tasked to lead the new facility to provide the highest quality of patient care through the latest in evidence-based medical and therapeutic approaches.

“I am extremely excited and proud to be sitting as the Executive Director of Innovo Detox,” stated Molly Ashcroft, CADC. “We offer vital, lifesaving, life-sustaining detox and medical stabilization services and help patients begin their journey of recovery. I feel inspired each day by our team of medical professionals, clinical professionals, and administrative staff that show up day in and day out to help those that are seeking a new way of life.”

In an effort to make these vital services more accessible and affordable, Innovo Detox is already an in-network provider for Geisinger Health Plan, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, and associated Blue Card Member plans.

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Dr. Alejandro Badia’s Upcoming Book Titled ‘Healthcare from the Trenches’ Details Barriers to Patient Care

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Dr. Alejandro Badia

Healthcare from the Trenches details the system barriers that have led to “skyrocketing health costs, lack of patient access and inefficient delivery of care” and comes at a time when some national leaders are calling the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic a “chaotic catastrophe.


MIAMI (PRWEB)

The coronavirus has exposed the frailties of an American health care system that is wasteful, mismanaged and burdened by unnecessary administrative costs and bureaucracy that often delay – and prevent – patient care, says noted orthopedic surgeon and now author Alejandro Badia MD, FACS.

His soon-to-be-released book – Healthcare from the Trenches details the system barriers that have led to “skyrocketing health costs, lack of patient access and inefficient delivery of care” and comes at a time when some national leaders are calling the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic a “chaotic catastrophe.”

More than 30 million Americans filed initial unemployment claims between mid-March and April 25, 2020 due to business and office closures during the pandemic, and many of these filers find themselves without employer-financed health insurance, according to the Urban Institute. A May 5, 2020 online New York Magazine article reports survey numbers indicating 14 percent of all U.S. adults would avoid treatment if they developed coronavirus symptoms because of health cost issues.

“People are challenged because of a flawed system,” says Dr. Badia, a physician leader who has applied innovative business principles and technology to enhance patient access to health services. “So-called ‘experts’ with zero medical training are hired by insurance companies to dictate what constitutes reimbursable care. Their interference disrupts the doctor-patient relationship, delays or prevents delivery of care and presents obstacles to new approaches that would improve patient outcomes and reduce costs.”

Dr. Badia calls his book “an insider’s account of the complex barriers of U.S. health care from the providers’ and patients’ perspective.”

And, he should know, being founder and chief medical officer of the Florida-based OrthoNOW®, a disruptive network of single-specialty, urgent-care centers and the first immediate orthopedic care center in South Florida. Dr. Badia remains a busy hand and upper limb surgeon via the Doral based (Miami) Badia Hand to Shoulder Center, a one-stop shop outpatient facility.

OrthoNOW® combines health care expertise with advanced business principles and the latest technology to offer on-demand access to comprehensive, specialized orthopedic care in one location. Services include an award winning mobile app for “patients to determine the nearest open facility, send relevant pictures and notify our orthopedic team when they are en-route to the center using the “On my Way NOW™ feature. The app will even call our patients an Uber to transport them to our facility,” says Dr. Badia, who knows that transportation is often a patient barrier to care. Furthermore, the OrthoNOW® app was ahead of the Covid19 curve allowing virtual doctor-patient communications – #teleorthopedics, several years before the current crisis.

“Since the implementation of the [U.S.] Affordable Care Act, health care in America has devolved into a bureaucratic nightmare,” Dr. Badia states. “What began as incremental interference in the relationship between doctor and patient with the passage of the Medicare Act of 1965 is now an impenetrable barrier made up of governmental and health care insurance industry red tape. The result is higher costs and greater inefficiencies.”

Experts concur. An article in a 2017 issue of the Journal of Health Informatics & Management refers to the nation’s health care system as being in “crisis” and indicates the “U.S. health care system consumes far more resources to produce the same or lesser [patient] outcomes as compared to health care systems elsewhere.” The author of the report goes on to say that “powerful interest groups,” including insurance and pharmaceutical companies, hospital organizations, medical equipment firms and information technology businesses have “rigged” the system, sending some 2,400 health care industry representatives to Washington, D.C. to lobby Congressmen.

Early last year (2019), results of a Gallup poll showed 70 percent of Americans believe the U.S. health care system has “major problems” or is in crisis.

“The current COVID-19 pandemic has only amplified the problems, further taxing our health care system – and our economy,” Dr. Badia adds. “Despite the political debates and media coverage on health care policy and reform, there remains little or no feedback from the people in the trenches – the physicians and other health care professionals who provide care to the patients.”

More information about Dr. Badia’s upcoming book is available on his web site at https://www.drbadia.com/healthcare-from-the-trenches/.

Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS, internationally renowned hand and upper-limb surgeon and founder of Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and OrthoNOW®, a walk-in orthopedic care clinic. He is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Association for Hand Surgery and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and an honorary member of many international professional hand societies. Dr. Badia specializes in treating all problems related to the hand and upper extremities, including trauma, sports injury, joint reconstruction, nerve injuries and arthroscopic surgeries. http://www.OrthoNOWcare.com and http://www.drbadia.com.

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MedTech Breakthrough Honors Standout Digital Health and Medical Technology Innovation in 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program

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We are excited to recognize this outstanding set of “breakthrough” digital health and medical technology industry leaders and innovators, and we extend our sincere congratulations to the 2020 award winners.


LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)

MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global health and medical technology market, today announced the winners of the organization’s fourth annual awards program, showcasing technologies and companies that drive innovation and exemplify the best in digital health and medical technology solutions across the globe.

The mission of the MedTech Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of health and medical technology categories, including Healthcare Robotics, Clinical Administration, Telehealth, Patient Engagement, Electronic Health Records (EHR), mHealth, Medical Devices, Medical Data and many more. This year’s program attracted more than 3,750 nominations from over 15 different countries throughout the world.

“In our longstanding mission to highlight the world’s most innovative digital health and medical technologies, this year’s program has been particularly compelling in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, with our 2020 MedTech Breakthrough nominees and winners delivering “breakthrough” solutions to monitor the spread of the pandemic and facilitate better treatment,” said James Johnson, managing director, MedTech Breakthrough. “From digital epidemiology tools to EHR and telehealth solutions, rapid-response test kits and more, MedTech Breakthrough nominees and winners are stepping up in these challenging times and we are thrilled to recognize the winners of our fourth annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program. We are excited to recognize this outstanding set of “breakthrough” digital health and medical technology industry leaders and innovators, and we extend our sincere congratulations to the 2020 award winners.”

All MedTech Breakthrough Award nominations were evaluated by an independent panel of experts within the digital health and medical technology industries, with the winning products and companies selected based on a variety of criteria, including most innovative and technologically advanced products and services.

The 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award winners include:

Leadership        

Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough: Foldax, Tria™ heart valve

Best Overall Fitness Technology Company: Peloton

Best Overall Digital Health Company: Livongo

Best Hospital Technology Implementation: Validic

Best Overall Mental Health Solution: Talkspace

Clinical and Health Administration        

Best Clinical Efficiency Solution: Merit Medical, SCOUT® Radar Localization System

Best Patient Registration & Scheduling Solution: Kyruus, ProviderMatch for Consumers

Best Compliance Management Solution Provider: MedTrainer

Best Clinical Administration Hardware Device: Zebra Technologies, DS9908R-HD hybrid imager

Best Computerized Decision Support Solution: Elsevier, ClinicalPath

Best Overall Health Informatics Solution: HOTB Software, Surgical Center Toolbox

Best Overall Health Administration Software: Convey Health Solutions, Miramar

Patient Engagement        

Best Patient Relationship Management Solution: Greenphire, ClinCard and ConneX

Best Patient Portal: MedBridge

Best Patient Education Solution: GoMo Health, Personal Concierge™

Patient Engagement Innovation Award: RxMx and Roche for their patient app

Genomics        

Best Overall Genomics Solution: 2bPrecise Precision Health™

Best Overall Genomics Company: SOPHiA GENETICS

Internet-of-Things (IoT) Healthcare        

Best Healthcare Robotics Company: Ekso Bionics

Best IoT Healthcare Wearable Device: iRhythm Zio platform

Best Overall Connected Healthcare Solution: Medtronic, MyCareLink™ Heart mobile app

Medical Data        

Best Healthcare Big Data Solution: Bridge Connector

Best Data Visualization Solution: Perficient, PV Hawk

Best Overall Healthcare Data Analytics Platform: Information Builders, Omni-HealthData

Best Overall Medical Data Solution Provider: COTA

Health and Fitness        

Best Personal Health App: Ascenti

Best Overall SleepTech Solution: URGOnight

Best Fitness Mobile App: Nike Run Club

Mobile Communications & Telehealth        

Best Virtual Care Solution: GlobalMed

Best Overall mHealth Solution: Vocera Communications, Inc., Vocera Vina

Best Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Solution: Advanced ICU Care, Remote Cardiac Telemetry Services

Best Overall Telemedicine Platform: VirTrial, Virtual Care Management (VCM) platform

Best Overall Telehealth Solution: Amwell

Telehealth Innovation Award: SOC Telemed, Telemed IQ

Medical Device        

Best New Technology Solution – Monitoring: Teva Pharmaceuticals, Digihaler™

Best New Technology Solution – Surgical: Lumenis, MOSES™ technology

Best New Technology Solution – Therapeutic: Orchestra BioMed, BackBeat CNT™

Best New Technology Solution – Radiology: Novarad, CryptoChart™

Best New Technology Solution – Ophthalmology: Ivantis, Inc, Hydrus® Microstent

Best New Technology Solution – e-Prescribing: DrFirst, iPrescribe

Best New Technology Solution – Dermatology: REVIAN Inc., REVIAN RED

Best New Technology Solution – Drug Delivery: Ivenix, Ivenix Infusion System

Best New Technology Solution – Dentistry: Align Technology, iTero Element® 5D Imaging System

Best Overall Medical Device Solution: Accuray Synchrony® Real-time Adaptive Technology for the Radixact® System

Healthcare Cybersecurity        

Best Healthcare Network Security Solution: BurstIQ

Best Patient Data Security Solution: Synzi

Best Overall Healthcare Cybersecurity Company: ClearDATA

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About MedTech Breakthrough

Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the MedTech Breakthrough Awards program is an independent program devoted to honoring excellence in medical and health related technology companies, products, services and people. The MedTech Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough health and medical companies and products in categories that include Patient Engagement, mHealth, Health & Fitness, Clinical Administration, Healthcare IoT, Medical Data, Healthcare Cybersecurity and more. For more information visit MedTechBreakthrough.com.

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New BioMed Module by Dude Solutions Transforms Biomedical Equipment Management in Hospitals

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Bringing departments together, TheWorxHub delivers a connected suite for biomed and facilities teams to collaborate and track information across multiple sites or locations.


CARY, N.C. (PRWEB)

Dude Solutions, the leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of operations management solutions, today introduced BioMed to their award-winning computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), TheWorxHub™. This new BioMed module provides a cloud-based platform for connecting the people and systems around biomedical engineering to better allocate staff time, automate assignments, help engineers and technicians prioritize work and ensure optimized patient care.

With BioMed for TheWorxHub, clinical engineering teams can standardize intake information and apply set asset management processes with requirements and approval permissions for evaluating new equipment models. This new model evaluation process brings consistency across all biomedical equipment and ensures required inspections and preventive maintenance tasks are properly tracked. Additionally, accreditation standards, such as The Joint Commission, and information on medical equipment management plans are easily accessible from prebuilt reports highlighting standards as they apply to specific categories of equipment, work and battery management.

“Biomedical departments lead the way in bringing new technology, like advanced robotics into operating rooms, all while servicing critical, lifesaving equipment throughout the hospital daily. Multiple departments are needed to get this important work done, and hospitals face the challenge of keeping it all organized with proper documentation required for compliance,” said Josh Malbogat, director of healthcare at Dude Solutions. “We designed BioMed for TheWorxHub with efficiency in mind. Our cloud-based software is accessible from a mobile device or desktop for clinical engineering teams to visualize their work across departments.”

Bringing departments together, TheWorxHub delivers a connected suite for biomed and facilities teams to collaborate and track information across multiple sites or locations. The analytics dashboard provides actionable insights ranging from operational efficiency and staff productivity to risk scoring and analysis on equipment data.

Key features of BioMed for TheWorxHub include:


  • File management – one place to house and access all instruction manuals and attachment files from TheWorxHub, Microsoft OneDrive or Dropbox

  • Battery management – immediately recall battery details, such as chemistry, capacity and voltage, and easily coordinate regular preventive maintenance to better manage battery life and replacements

  • Round Robin Work Assignment Automation – channel work orders directly to a technician to increase patient safety and time to resolution

  • Scan existing barcodes – print or scan barcodes directly from TheWorxHub mobile app to streamline workflows and increase data accuracy

  • New model evaluation – apply data requirements and approval rules for new equipment models to easily keep up with inspections and preventive maintenance

Learn more about BioMed for TheWorxHub here and to request a demo, visit the Dude Solutions website.

ABOUT DUDE SOLUTIONS

Dude Solutions is a leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of operations management solutions to education, government, healthcare, senior living, manufacturing and membership-based organizations. For nearly two decades, Dude Solutions has inspired clients to create better work and better lives. We combine innovative, user-friendly technology with the world’s smartest operations engine, empowering operations leaders to transform the most important places in our lives. Today, more than 12,000 organizations use our award-winning software to manage maintenance, assets, energy, safety, IT, events and more. For more information, visit dudesolutions.com.

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New Counseling Office Opens in Charleston, SC for In-Person and Online Appointments

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (PRWEB)

Thriveworks, a leading counseling practice with 100+ offices across the US, opens its first Charleston, SC office. It is open for both in-person sessions as well as online sessions by phone or video.

Thriveworks stands out from other counseling practices, in that it offers quick, flexible scheduling options. Clients can often meet with their therapist within 24 hours of their call and enjoy evening as well as weekend sessions.

“We want to connect our clients with an exceptional therapist, and fast. With extended hours, an online booking portal, and virtual appointments, we make sure that our clients receive the mental health help they’re looking for,” says Executive Clinic Director at Thriveworks Ryan Culkin.

Thriveworks Charleston provides clients with various counseling opportunities. They can choose to come into the office to meet with their counselor or they can attend their sessions from the comfort and safety of home, via telephone or video.

About Thriveworks:

Thriveworks is dedicated to providing people with premium mental health care as well as exceptional customer service. In addition to flexible scheduling options and online counseling opportunities, Thriveworks offers additional benefits like innovative technologies and email access to one’s provider.

Thriveworks partners with skilled, caring mental health professionals who can offer a wide range of services, including depression therapy, anxiety therapy, stress management, couples therapy, family therapy, life coaching, and more.

For more information, call (843) 480-4034 or visit https://thriveworks.com/charleston-counseling/

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New Genedata Imagence 2.0 Automates and Catalyzes HCS Image Analysis

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Genedata Imagence 2.0 sets new benchmarks for HCS. It now offers full end-to-end automation, reducing the time spent on image analysis by an order of magnitude.


BASEL, Switzerland (PRWEB)

Genedata, the leading provider of enterprise software solutions for biopharmaceutical R&D, today announced the release of Genedata Imagence® 2.0, the latest version of its award-winning enterprise software for high-content screening (HCS) image analysis. Leading biopharmaceutical companies are rapidly adopting Genedata Imagence for speedier development and broader roll-out of imaging assays in their R&D workflows, leveraging it as the first enterprise solution to automate the analysis of HCS images with deep learning.

Genedata Imagence 2.0 sets new benchmarks for HCS. It now offers full end-to-end automation, reducing the time spent on image analysis by an order of magnitude. Allowing incremental learning and knowledge preservation, it enables the analysis of complex phenotypic assay formats without extensive expert input, and the transfer of gained knowledge to new experimental setups when meaningful, thus advancing HCS assays into production much more quickly than with classical analysis pipelines.

This latest version of Genedata Imagence has been further optimized for use of distributed computing resources, allowing computing power to be scaled up when needed; in particular, the parallelization of image analysis steps results in massive time and cost savings. Genedata Imagence 2.0 is also fully interoperable with Genedata Screener® for HCS. Similar to other components of the Genedata Biopharma Platform, it can be deployed using on-demand cloud computing service providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Genedata is continuously extending its partnerships with innovative technology providers through its Genedata Ready-to-Run™ program for full compatibility and integration between the Genedata Biopharma Platform and laboratory instruments and robots. Several Ready-to-Run partners, including Molecular Devices, now offer their technology optimized for use with Genedata Imagence.

“As a world-leading provider of high-performance automated imaging solutions, we are excited to offer deep learning data-rich answers with advanced image-based feature extraction to our customers,” said Susan Murphy, President of Molecular Devices. “From the perspective of being an instrument manufacturer, Genedata’s Ready-to-Run program has allowed additional image analysis capabilities we otherwise would not have been able to offer. Our ImageXpress® Micro high-content imaging system customers can now easily implement walk-away, automated image analysis workflows, while gaining deep insights with Genedata’s Imagence and Screener software in much less time.”

Othmar Pfannes, Ph.D., CEO of Genedata, said “We are excited about the latest release of our highly innovative Genedata Imagence platform, which has already won several awards for the value it brings to biopharma R&D. Acting on the feedback we have received from some of our users, we have now further improved the workflow automation and usability of the software.” Dr. Pfannes continued, “We are also delighted that innovative technology providers such as Molecular Devices have recognized the value of partnering with Genedata and look forward to extending our partnership further to the benefit of our joint customers in the biopharma industry.”

About Genedata

Genedata transforms data into intelligence with innovative software solutions and domain-specific consulting services that automate complex, large-scale experimental processes and enable organizations to maximize the ROI in their R&D, spanning early discovery all the way to the clinic. Founded in 1997, Genedata is headquartered in Switzerland with additional offices in Germany, Japan, Singapore, the UK, and the US.

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