“Our hope is that we can translate important findings from psychological science to support people during this very difficult time.”

KENMORE, Wash. (PRWEB)
May 06, 2020

With most of the country under stay at home orders, teams from Bastyr University and the University of Washington saw an opportunity to study the effects of social isolation on mental health. The project is an expansion of an earlier study from UW that set out to assess how residents of King County, Washington, were being impacted during this time of physical isolation. Participants quickly signed up, filling all 500 slots.

“The main question we heard over and over again was, what should someone do to best cope with the crisis?” Said Dr. Jonathan Kanter, lead investigator of the original study and Director of the UW Center for Science of Social Connection. This was when Bastyr University’s Dr. Dan Rosen of the Department of Psychology joined as a co-investigator.

The two universities now seek to answer this question in a national study open to participants anywhere in the United States. Rather than solely observing the participants, the research team is investigating the positive impact of specific interventions designed to support participants in dealing with the negative feelings associated with COVID-19, such as isolation, uncertainty, and anxiety. Participants who receive these exercises one tip a day, for 14 days. All participants in the study take a brief survey at the end of each day for one month.

To inform and create these interventions, Drs. Rosen and Kanter used existing contextual behavioral science research surrounding distress, loneliness, and social isolation to ensure that the suggestions are evidenced-based in psychological science. Intervention examples include a brief mindfulness-based exercise to help participants cope with negative thoughts and internal obstacles and asking participants to reach out to someone that has made a significant impact on their lives and express gratitude. The study encourages participants to explore a wide range of emotions, both positive and negative, with a particular emphasis on supporting social connection. Excitement and interest have quickly grown; The study promptly attracted over 1,000 participants and has room to grow to 2,000.    

“Our hope is that we can translate important findings from psychological science to support people during this very difficult time,” said Rosen, “Our results will provide additional information on how to respond to the needs of our community in effectively coping during times of crisis.”

The study aims to measure how effective certain motivational mental health tips and exercises are to improve their relational and mental health. The two institutions hope this data will ultimately inform public health organizations on how people are coping with social distancing.

For more information on the study, or to sign up for the chance to be a participant, visit https://www.surveysignal.com/optincovid19.aspx?SSID=040220092014.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For more information about Bastyr and to arrange to speak with a company spokesperson, please contact Nancy Trent or Pamela Wadler at 212-966-0024 or pam@trentandcompany.com

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Mom’s Goop Six Piece Groomer’s Starter Kit

STAMFORD, Conn. (PRWEB)
May 06, 2020

The American Pet Products Association (APPA) wants to help pet owners who are at-home with pets during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social isolating is a whole lot better with pets and according to APPA’s 2019-2020 National Pet Owners Survey, over half of pet owners report benefits of pet ownership as companionship and that pets help relieve stress. Below are some products manufactured by APPA members that help keep pets entertained, active and healthy while at-home during quarantine.

Some businesses have been unavailable to pet owners including many groomers across the nation. Mom’s Goop Six Piece Groomer’s Starter Kit comes with the fixings for a clean dog which include degreaser, shampoo, conditioner, rubber grooming brush, skid proof mat and quick drying towel. Dogs can get the spa treatment at-home with this easy three-step process.

Price: Starts at $62.00

http://www.momsgoop.com

For pet owners who are temporarily working from home, NaturVet Quiet Moments Calming Aid is a good remedy for their pet when they return to the office. The unique blend of

Thiamine and L-Tryptophan helps reduce stress and tension, while Melatonin helps to promote rest and relaxation.

Price: $15.90

http://www.naturavet.com

Active cats are healthy cats. The Chase Me Toy by Eyenimal keeps indoor cats active and motivated. A motorized ribbon wand moves and changes direction to attract and keep cats entertained for hours to come. It also features two motorized speeds and is powered by batteries.

Price: $34.60

http://www.idealpetproducts.com

Many pet owners have taken up working on puzzles during social distancing and now dogs can join in on the fun. The Mandala & Star by My Intelligent Pets is a puzzle that contains two games in one. The game trains a dog’s dexterity and concentration skills while boosting their natural instincts of curiosity, drive to play and sense of smell

Price: $52.00

http://www.myintelligentpets.com

As pet owners venture outside, they might want to walk a little longer than usual. The DOOG Walkie Bag and Belt hold all dog walking essentials for a long hike or quick walk around the block.

The stylish crossbody bag comes with a water bottle holder, an inner, water-proof pocket for your phone, and includes 20 eco-friendly pick up bags that pull out of the front pocket like tissues.

Price: $39.99

http://www.doogusa.com

The dogPacer Treadmill is for those extra active dogs who might need more than a few walks a day or for an owner who can’t keep up with their dog. This dog treadmill is portable, lightweight and safe for the dog. Plus, the digital display offers three prescribed exercise patterns or pet owners may choose to just go at their dog’s pace.

Price: $499.00 plus shipping

http://www.dogpacer.com

If you would like more information, product samples, images and interview opportunities, contact Liz Freeman at liz@theimpetusagency.com or 916-606-8795.

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The American Pet Products Association (APPA) is the leading trade association serving the interests of the pet products industry since 1958. APPA membership includes more than 1,100 pet product manufacturers, their representatives, importers and livestock suppliers representing both large corporations and growing business enterprises. APPA’s mission is to promote, develop and advance pet ownership and the pet product industry and to provide the services necessary to help its members prosper. APPA is also proud to grow and support the industry through the following initiatives: Pets Add Life (PAL), Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) Pets and Vets Program, the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI), the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC), Bird Enjoyment and Advantage Koalition (BEAK), and the Pet Care Trust. Visit http://www.americanpetproducts.org for more information.

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Patients will figure prominently in healthcare’s transformation planning and recovery post-COVID-19.

More than ever before, providers’ recovery plans must call for patient-focused operating and financial models in order to win in the new, post-COVID-19 healthcare economy. – Kevin Fleming, CEO, Loyale Healthcare

LAFAYETTE, Calif. (PRWEB)
May 06, 2020

Just about any way you slice it, the COVID-19 crisis has dealt healthcare a huge financial blow. Hospitals have been overwhelmed in New York and New Jersey, while in other parts of the country, beds have remained empty as elective surgeries and patient care deferrals have converged to create a perfect financial storm.

High costs for COVID-related treatments, insufficient revenue to offset those costs (even with the federal government’s two separate relief payments) and the suspension of all nonessential services has led to reduced liquidity and growing balances from patients – many who are experiencing their own financial crises.

Healthcare providers, like most businesses in other sectors in a post-COVID environment, are likely to see a slow, halting return to normal. Some are already applying lessons learned from this harrowing experience to set the stage for a recovery characterized by resilience, innovation, new forms of collaboration and a focus on patients.

Patients will figure prominently in healthcare’s transformation planning and financial recovery. More than any other entity in the U.S.’s complex matrix of healthcare stakeholders, patients will determine which healthcare providers and operating models will prevail in the months following COVID-19. Here’s why…direct patient payments for deductibles, co-pays and other out-of-pocket expenses now represent more than a third of provider revenue. The rest of provider revenue is effectively determined by patient choice. More than ever before, providers’ recovery plans must call for patient-focused operating and financial models in order to win in the new, post-COVID-19 healthcare economy.

These operating models will embrace and improve upon new systems and procedures that were employed or developed to improve patient care during the crisis. These include expanded remote care delivery using telehealth platforms and other “contactless” patient service channels. They will delve more deeply into leveraging analytics to drive more effective clinical, management and financial practices. Critically, a patient-first operating model will break free from outdated revenue cycle practices that were alienating patients even before the crisis began.

Just as the rapid adoption of telehealth platforms has proved to be a cost-effective way to deliver personalized healthcare at scale, the adoption of a digital patient financial engagement platform will offer a multitude of patient and provider benefits. These include:

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  Higher productivity from admissions, administrative, billing and collections staff – Enabled by automated, contactless, patient preclearance; intelligent workflows; digital patient outreach; patient self-service. Importantly, higher productivity will support improved employee morale and the ability to focus on higher value patient-facing services.
• Patient financial transparency – Consumer and regulatory pressure to improve price transparency has taken a back seat since the crisis began, but this issue will be more important than ever as patients, payers and regulators work to overcome their own crisis-related financial difficulties.
• Advanced Interoperability – A platform that seamlessly unites the patient’s financial and clinical experiences from beginning to end, unifying transactions across the entire ecosystem, providing patients and providers with clear visibility into patient financial obligations and performance.
• Patient affordability – Before the crisis even began, as many as half of Americans were avoiding care because they were unable to afford their out-of-pocket. Now, millions of those Americans are out of a job. And even when they do return to work, it will likely be months before they recover financially. For healthcare to thrive in the new healthcare economy, it must embrace a pricing and payment model that works with patients to deliver payment options like discounts, payment plans and financing that interact with patients to fit healthcare into household budgets.
• Revenue improvement and opportunities for growth – By relying on technology to improve productivity, support patient personalization and self-service, and interact with patients to drive more affordable care, providers will reduce operating costs and drive better revenues. Further, a patient-friendly financial model will serve as a compelling competitive differentiator. This will be especially important as the appetite for alternative delivery settings grows.

As part of a provider’s broader post-COVID recovery strategy, patient financial engagement will be an essential element of healthcare’s transformation. This prediction is borne out by other crises, including the financial crisis of 2008-2009. The COVID-19 crisis is of course unprecedented in modern history. But, looking back at the financial crisis of 2008-2009, some clues about the market for healthcare services and the ways the industry will adapt to meet the market’s expectations can be drawn.

In the first of a series of Forbes.com articles titled, “Before and After: FinTech Vs. Healthcare COVID-19 Crisis”, author Stephanie MacConnell finds some parallels between the two events. Noting that the FinTech crisis led to widespread economic suffering and consumer dissatisfaction, she observes that “innovation came to the FinTech industry during a time of trial and strife. Innovation will come to Healthcare for the same reason.”

The article points out that during the FinTech crisis, “most consumers didn’t exactly understand what went wrong or how, (but their) distrust and resentment led to a market where “consumers…flocked to new competitors with attractive front-end experiences that promised they were different”. The transition was lubricated by increasing access to wi-fi and smart phones, digital market channels that have since matured beyond imagining back in ’08-’09. As we look beyond the current crisis, healthcare providers may find themselves more vulnerable to competing models than ever.

As providers and consumers of healthcare in the United States, our collective COVID-19 experience has set the stage for healthcare’s transformation. That transformation will place demands on every stakeholder in the system – providers, the government, payers and patients. An article published recently by McKinsey & Company titled, “From “wartime” to “peacetime”: Five stages for healthcare institutions in the battle against COVID-19”, predicts that, “the next normal for healthcare will look nothing like the normal we leave behind.”

The article defines these five discontinuous stages as follows:

1. Resolve – Moving beyond provider response to the immediate crisis, “many leaders are beginning to recognize the importance of planning for the complicated return stage…particularly as we remain vigilant against virus resurgence in the absence of a vaccine or treatment.” Changes that will fundamentally change healthcare include, 1) the expectations and needs of individuals, 2) the combination of resilience and productivity demanded by funders of healthcare expenditure (patients and payers), 3) the ability to flex up and down capacity and shift care across modalities – including virtual health and 4) the promise of exponential improvement through technology and medical science.

2. Resilience – For healthcare providers with the foresight and financial circumstances to maintain liquidity and address solvency issues, the opportunity will exist to grow for sustainability. Emerging themes include: strategic acquisitions, capitalizing on moves toward digital therapies and care delivery and embedding advanced analytics in operations.

3. Return – Providers and payers (Medicare/Medicaid, insurance companies) will both play key roles. For providers, tending to a beleaguered workforce and an operation that assures non-COVID patients of safety are top priorities, then working with regulators to maintain crisis-driven changes where patient care was improved and appropriately generating financial reserves.

4. Reimagination – This phase begins by distilling and securing beneficial behaviors from the crisis such as remote and at-home care delivery. Then extending these learned themes into reimagination at a grand scale, e.g. a community, patient-centered model of healthcare and digitally integrated patient journeys. Critically, this phase addresses the core issues laid bare by the crisis, reforming the supply chain and focusing on social and behavioral drivers of health.

5. Reform – This phase contemplates how the relationship between government, businesses and individuals will change to ensure a more successful response to future public health events and long-term industry sustainability. These may include: the acceptance of new monitoring techniques; data interoperability (already a defined regulatory objective) as a renewed priority; strategic reserves of supplies and an improved supply chain; an emergency medical force; improved, multilayer response efforts; standardization of fragmented medical systems and heightened expectations of financial protection.

Here at Loyale, we’re dedicated to helping health systems and hospitals optimize their financial condition by transforming their patients’ financial experiences. We are convinced that the path forward will be defined by richer, more rewarding patient – provider relationships that consider every dimension of the care experience. That is a future we believe we can all get excited about.

Kevin Fleming is the CEO of Loyale Healthcare

About Loyale

Loyale Patient Financial Manager™ is a comprehensive patient financial engagement technology platform leveraging a suite of configurable solution components including predictive analytics, intelligent workflows, multiple patient financing vehicles, communications, payments, digital front doors and other key capabilities.

Loyale Healthcare is committed to a mission of turning patient responsibility into lasting loyalty for its healthcare provider customers. Based in Lafayette, California, Loyale and its leadership team bring 27 years of expertise delivering leading financial engagement solutions for complex business environments. Loyale currently serves approximately 12,000 healthcare providers across 48 states. Loyale is proud to have an enterprise-level strategic partnership with Parallon which includes the deployment of Loyale’s industry leading technology at all HCA hospitals and Physician Groups.

PEAR Sports Health & Fitness Platform

The mission at PEAR Sports is to leverage increasingly pervasive activity data from wearables…Adding Performance Lab’s science and AI algorithms to PEAR’s real-time coaching technology means we will be able to offer the only truly intelligent, custom, adaptive training solution on the market.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (PRWEB)
May 06, 2020

PEAR Sports®, creator of the PEAR Health & Fitness Platform™ that delivers smart digital coaching technology, today announced it has acquired Performance Lab®. Performance Lab is the leader in AI fitness coaching science and automation for the fitness, health and wellness markets. This merging is part of a joint strategy to further the combined companies’ science-based digital offerings and better serve remote work forces.

With over 30 years’ experience, Performance Lab has unparalleled domain expertise at analyzing and interpreting performance data for thousands of athletes of all levels and perfecting ARDA, their patented AI-driven exercise recommendations engine. Meanwhile, PEAR Sports has led the market in delivering real-time, interactive audio coaching, voiced by world-class athletes and developing a diverse, deep workout content library. Additionally, PEAR Pro™ with human touch tele-coaching allows trainers to quickly customize individual and group workouts with smart guidance for proper sequencing, training load, and recovery balance. These strong combined IP portfolios will create a powerful company that can deliver a complete digital coaching solution to the health and wellness markets. The consolidated, patented assets and technologies will encourage wellness and fitness providers to work with PEAR to bring engaging, measurable activity to their members no matter how they workout and where they work out.

Performance Lab’s coaching process is highly personalized, motivating and effective. A five-year study* with over 1,500 participants in a goal-based environment resulted in significant improvements in health markers (see case study link below). Importantly, an astonishing 97% of participants reported that they enjoyed the training experience and would choose to participate again.

Bob Allison, Founder of PEAR Sports, said, “The mission at PEAR Sports is to leverage increasingly pervasive activity data from wearables, interpret it, and apply it in ways that can impact the effectiveness of digital coaching and even human touch coaching. Adding Performance Lab’s science and AI algorithms to PEAR’s real-time coaching technology means we will be able to offer the only truly intelligent, custom, adaptive training solution on the market. We are thrilled to welcome the experienced team at Performance Lab to PEAR and to work together to create a powerful player in the digital health and fitness arena.”

The PEAR Health & Fitness Platform enables enterprises to build and deliver state-of-the-art digital fitness and wellness programming. PEAR’s proprietary solution combines the best in mobile and wearable technology with human-coach guidance, paired with music to optimize the training effect. Bespoke workout content ranges from running to spinning, strength, flexibility and more. Performance Lab’s proven science will now be informing PEAR’s Training Intelligence®, analyzing and interpreting biometric performance data and contextual information to create workouts that balance training to optimize results. Then informed post-activity recommendations are delivered to reach personal goals and affect behavior change. Finally, the new performance data is used by the advanced AI fitness engine to update the individual’s training, therapy or health plan. Along the way, human-touch coaching, in-person or via tele-coaching, is also supported.

According to Jon Ackland, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Performance Lab, “The combined approach, clients and market relationships mean our joined companies can generate increased value in its core platform, data distribution partnerships and business analytics. Our organizational synergies will allow PEAR to focus on developing the best user experience and content while Performance Lab will focus on measurement, data and AI associated with content recommendations. The natural synergies of PEAR’s market and program knowledge and Performance Lab’s science expertise increases our scale and improves our relevance in the marketplace. This is a very exciting development!”

Members of Performance Lab will join the PEAR Sports Team, and the company will maintain offices in New Zealand, housing the Performance and Sports Science Platform. Performance Lab’s senior executive members include Jon Ackland who established the world’s first commercial sports science institute, has authored nine books on performance training, and is a former national Ironman triathlete. The Performance Lab senior executive team brings extensive experience, leadership and energy to this new merger. PEAR Sports Development Lab is located in Solana Beach, California.

Applications for PEAR’s new enterprise AI coaching platform are prevalent in healthcare and corporate wellness, gyms and fitness boutiques, as well as military, government and first responder programs. Clients have included Intel, Oakley, and Life Fitness.

About PEAR Sports

PEAR Sports is perfecting the personalized delivery of digital health, wellness and fitness programs. Our platform and solutions deliver on-demand customized coaching that creates great experiences for customers and enterprises.

About Performance Lab

Since 1987, Performance Lab has pioneered the use of wearable sensors in the areas of exercise and training. The company is a developer of proprietary algorithms and software platforms for fitness and health applications. Our AI platform transforms data into intelligence that informs decision making and behavior change. See arda.ai.

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“We believe in technologies like AI as key enablers for manufacturing excellence. We are excited about the collaboration with Quartic.ai to demonstrate that digitally enabled smart manufacturing of APIs will be more competitive than offshore imports,” said Tony Quinones, CEO of Bright Path Labs.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWEB)
May 06, 2020

Quartic.ai, a manufacturing AI and IIoT platform supplier, and Bright Path Laboratories, Inc. (Bright Path Labs), a provider of continuous flow reactor technologies, signed an agreement to develop an AI-powered continuous manufacturing platform for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and other small molecule drugs using Bright Path Labs’ continuous bioreactor and the Quartic.ai smart manufacturing technology.

The U.S. imports approximately 72% of its APIs used in domestic pharmaceutical production from foreign countries, like China and India. The COVID-19 crisis has quickly exposed significant gaps in the American drug supply.

“In the long term, U.S. pharmaceutical companies should also rethink their supply chains, including by changing the practice of replenishing their inventories just in time and diversifying API supplies to reduce dependence on Chinese and Indian manufacturers,” according to Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Bright Path Labs’ advanced continuous flow Spinning Tube-in-Tube (STT®) technology can rapidly produce chemicals and pharmaceutical active ingredients with higher yields, faster reaction times, greater purity, and does so using reaction and process chemistry founded on the principles of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering. Beyond fast, Bright Path Labs’ advanced manufacturing technology is also directly scalable from development bench, to skid, to modular full-scale commercial operations in months, as opposed to the years that are typical.

“The AI technology provided by Quartic.ai will help speed up the design, validation and approval of molecules to use this technology in line with the Quality-by-Design (QBd) guidelines set by the FDA to assure drug safety. We will be able to make DoE (Design of Experiments) dynamic for process development and technology transfer while also providing continuous monitoring of quality for real-time-release.” said Quartic.ai’s CEO, Rajiv Anand.

“We believe in technologies like AI as key enablers for manufacturing excellence. We are excited about the collaboration with Quartic.ai to demonstrate that digitally enabled smart manufacturing of APIs will be more competitive than offshore imports. We also know that this advance technology can provide higher process control and compliance; exactly the capabilities that FDA is urging the industry to accelerate. Bright Path is working with the FDA’s Emerging Technology Team to integrate real-time AI into the process control strategies for the intermediates actives we are manufacturing using the STT continuous flow reactor,” said Tony Quinones, CEO of Bright Path Labs.

This combined Bright Path Labs-Quartic solution will help strengthen America’s drug manufacturing independence and ensure critical supply of medicines to patients.

About Quartic.ai

Quartic.ai is a technology company based in Toronto, Ontario, and San Jose, California with a development centre in Bengaluru, India. Quartic.ai provides AI enabled solutions specific for life sciences industry to enable pipeline acceleration, tech transfer, Qbd (Quality by Design), CPV (Continued Process Verification), RTR (Real-time-release) and continuous manufacturing. Its flagship product, the Quartic Platform, accelerates the adoption of Industry 4.0 for process manufacturing practitioners to develop and deploy their own AI and IIoT-based solutions. The Quartic Platform was recognized with the 2019 Pharma Innovation Award for Pharma 4.0.

For more information, contact Quartic.ai at 1-866-QUARTIC or visit http://www.Quartic.ai.

About Bright Path Labs

Bright Path Labs is a pharmaceutical innovation company focused on reducing drug development cycle times and direct scaling of manufacturing processes for drug substance commercialization. The company deploys its cutting-edge, proprietary continuous-flow reactor technology for chemical synthetic route optimization using green chemistry and then offers development, clinical, and high throughput commercial production applications augmented with advanced closed-loop control for continual process verification.

For more information, contact Bright Path Labs at 1-317-997-0907 or visit http://www.BrightPathLabs.com.

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Angela La Gamba, Digital and Social Media Specialist, Providence Healthcare Foundation

“We’re still in the very early stages of leveraging a social engagement approach to relationship building, but we’re finding our rhythm and excited to be able to build more robust relationships online with existing and prospective donors,” says Angela La Gamba, Providence Healthcare Foundation.

TORONTO (PRWEB)
May 06, 2020

COVID-19 is seriously impeding fundraising efforts for many nonprofit organizations. Grapveine6 is supporting these organizations in their social engagement efforts by donating training and access to the Grapevine6 enterprise content engagement platform and social publishing app at no charge during this period. Providence Healthcare Foundation is the first organization to benefit from this donation program.

New Challenges

With the state of the world and the dubious prospects for the next few months, many not-for-profit organizations experience significant difficulties with their fundraising programs since direct outreach and community events channels are currently unavailable. A lot of private businesses are now adapting to the situation by moving their business online, but most charitable organizations lack access to the same level of technology.

The lifeblood of every not-for-profit organization is community engagement. Building awareness, cultivating advocacy, nurturing ever-greater enthusiasm for the mission and, of course, raising critical funds are all inherently personal endeavors.

Critical to success is strengthening relationships with donors, a task made very difficult as the world endures unprecedented strains on our healthcare system, economic wellbeing, and ability to gather in groups as we have historically done.

New Opportunities for Charitable Organizations

With personal distancing and other coronavirus-related quarantine practices affecting the foreseeable future, fundraising organizations are forced to prioritize digital channels, leaning into social engagement to expand fundraising reach and awareness. Using social networks to reach and educate the local community about fundraising opportunities not only drives donations, but enhances brand awareness and contributes to community building, creating social solidarity in the face of the pandemic.

Social engagement creates opportunities to expand fundraising reach and awareness, but a personal touch still makes the difference. Grapevine6’s technology and support enable both.

Early Adopters

Providence Healthcare Foundation provides support to the patients, residents, clients, staff and volunteers of Providence Healthcare. They focus on four main areas: rehabilitation, palliative care, long-term care and community programs. Patients of the nonprofit healthcare facility are recovering stroke victims, amputees, and others suffering from complex medical conditions. Their mission is to help these individuals go home as quickly as possible and integrate back into their communities.

In late 2019 Brian Cook, Chief Revenue Officer for Grapevine6, visited Providence Healthcare and was struck by the incredible work being done at the hospital. During his tour he learned the Foundation relied on traditional methods to conduct community outreach and fundraising. He saw an opportunity for the Foundation to enhance digital engagement with their community on social media and offered to help by donating his company’s Content Management Platform software.

“We’re still in the very early stages of leveraging a social engagement approach to relationship building, but we’re really beginning to find our rhythm and excited to be able to build more robust relationships online with existing and prospective donors,” says Angela La Gamba, Digital & Social Media Specialist for Providence Healthcare Foundation. “What we most enjoy about the program is being able to send out personalized content to our existing audience with the click of a button,” she noted.

Helping Not-For-Profits Promote Fundraising During COVID-19

The Grapevine6 team recognizes the challenges facing the fundraising industry. To that end, the company is donating training and access to the enterprise content engagement platform and social publishing app at no charge during this pandemic period. If your nonprofit organization is interested in tapping Grapevine6’s social engagement platform for fundraising, please contact Paul Odnoletkov podnoletkov@grapevine6.com.

About Providence Healthcare Foundation

Since 1987, Providence Healthcare Foundation has worked with generous donors and the community to raise essential funds for Providence Healthcare, a leader in providing rehabilitation, palliative care, long-term care and community programs in Toronto. The Foundation is one of the few Canadian charities to achieve the prestigious accreditation from Imagine Canada’s Standards Program: http://www.providence.on.ca/foundation

About Grapevine6

Grapevine6 is a patented social and digital sales engagement platform that accelerates sales and marketing efforts. Launched in 2013, Grapevine6 uses artificial intelligence to provide the content that moves sales opportunities through the pipeline in a more efficient and effective way. Grapevine6 solves the content challenges faced in deploying employee advocacy, content marketing and social selling, and works with existing sales and marketing investments to increase ROI. The company was designated a Leader by Forrester in The Forrester New Wave™: Sales Social Engagement Tools, Q2 2019. Grapevine6 won the 2020 Corporate Excellence Award for Outstanding Content Engagement. Headquartered in Toronto and led by an award-winning team of engineers, Grapevine6 powers the global social selling program at some of the largest technology and financial services companies in the world. Follow Grapevine6 on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. For more information visit Grapevine6.com.

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Vie Towers in Hyattsville, Maryland.

MIAMI (PRWEB)
May 06, 2020

Vie Management, a student housing and multifamily communities financing, acquisition, development and management company is launching a new program to support traveling medical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program, set to start May 1 and go through Aug. 1, is giving 100 free beds to traveling medical professionals across five of its communities throughout the U.S.

The communities include Vie Towers in Hyattsville, Maryland, Vie Lofts at San Marcos in San Marcos, Texas, Vie at Raleigh in Raleigh, North Carolina, Southgate Apartments in State College, Pennsylvania, and Hillcrest Apartments and Oakwood Townhomes in Big Rapids, Michigan.

“We greatly appreciate the sacrifices that medical professionals all over the U.S. are making in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic in order to keep us safe and healthy,” said Derrick Milam, COO of Vie Management. “We feel it is our duty to help them out in any way we can in order to remove any of the obstacles they may face during these difficult times, such as finding temporary housing when traveling to serve a new community.”

This offer is available to any traveling nurse, first responder and healthcare professional who needs to temporarily relocate in order to serve a new city or town due to the coronavirus pandemic. To put in an application, medical professionals can apply online through the community’s website in order to complete the application process, identify their profession and sign a formal lease. No credit check is required.

“When facing uncertainty, it’s crucial that we stand together to help each other wherever and whenever we can,” Milam said. “Our medical professionals and first responders need our support and we are happy to help them, just as they have always helped us.”

For more information about Vie Management, please visit http://www.viemgmt.com or call (786) 899-2954.

About Vie Management:

Vie Management is a vertically integrated real estate investment and management company operating a diversified portfolio of student housing and multifamily communities throughout the country. With over 18 years of experience, Vie has owned and managed more than 40,000 beds. Vie’s global team of 200 dedicated professionals believe it is our core mission to create engaging and inspiring living experiences for all our thousands of valued residents across the premier housing markets of the United States. Emphasizing a life of health, fitness, diversity and personal growth, Vie has created destination communities with a consistent track record of success and value-creation for our residents and investors alike. In every community we cultivate, guests enjoy access to premium services such as world class Fitness Centers (Vie Fit), exclusive high-end coffee experiences (Kahvie Café), comfortable coworking and creative lounges, elevated design and an array of unique amenities for resident enjoyment and creativity.

Vie Management is active in all its local communities, via its Vie Inspired Program, and committed to philanthropic investment wherever we are located.

http://www.viemgmt.com

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Xtalks Life Science Webinars

Join this educational webinar to learn how to create successful development paths for CAR-T and T-cell receptor (TCR) therapies.

TORONTO (PRWEB)
May 06, 2020

Cancer remains one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, but impressive advances in adoptive T-cell therapies, such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapies, have led to drug development breakthroughs that offer new hope to many patients. However, the development pathway for these engineered cell-based therapies faces several unique challenges, particularly with safety assessment and medical monitoring.

Join this educational webinar to learn how to create successful development paths for CAR-T and T-cell receptor (TCR) therapies. Along with a historical overview of these engineered T-cell products, published guidelines will be covered and how development is shaped by the attributes of the therapeutic itself will be discussed.

The speakers will also cover safety biomarkers that can help predict cytokine release syndrome (CRS) or neurologic adverse events and will discuss predictive biomarkers that can assist with patient stratification. They will also provide insights on handling immune-related adverse events and best practices in toxicity management to manage ongoing safety monitoring challenges.

Join industry experts from Covance in a live webinar on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 10am EDT (3pm BST/UK):

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  Brian E. McIntosh, PhD, Study Director and Scientific Lead, Cell, Gene and Regenerative Therapies
• Akanksha Gupta, PhD, Head, Immunology, Biomarker Solution Center
• Carlo Lanza, MD, PhD, Executive Medical Officer at Covance and Subject Matter Expert in Hematology Oncology

This webinar is part of a scientific series Covance is offering focused on trends, challenges and opportunities associated with current and future applications in Oncology. Learn more and register for upcoming webinars on topics such as adoptive cell therapies, biomarker technologies for the detection of cancer driver mutations, novel targeted therapies and more.

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