CHICAGO (PRWEB)
April 17, 2020

Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, is pleased to announce the successful closing a $61,290,000 Series 2020 bond issue for Van Wert County Hospital Association (d/b/a Van Wert Health) located in Van Wert, Ohio and issued through the county of Van Wert.

The proceeds of the bonds will be used to complete the construction of an 80,000 square foot expansion of its main campus adding much-needed modern medical, surgical and labor and delivery space. The proceeds of the bonds were also used to refinance certain existing debt of Van Wert Health.

Ziegler was retained by Van Wert Health in the summer of 2019 to assess a unique credit situation for the 27-bed rural healthcare provider. Ziegler’s initial assessment led it down a focused path of finding a capital partner that could provide affordable financing and certainty of execution. After performing a comprehensive solicitation, Preston Hollow Capital LLC surfaced as the investor best positioned to deliver on the goals of Van Wert Health and was able to deliver capital on time in challenging market conditions. The limited public offering provides 30-year committed capital for Van Wert Health.

Ziegler is a premier investment bank to community and regional healthcare providers. For over 80 years, we have been assisting these organizations with creative, tailored financial solutions for their capital needs. Specializing in healthcare, Ziegler offers an array of services including investment banking, financial risk management, merger and acquisition services, as well as capital and strategic planning.

For more information about Ziegler, please visit us at http://www.ziegler.com.

About Ziegler:

Ziegler is a privately held, national boutique investment bank, capital markets and proprietary investments firm. It has a unique focus on healthcare, senior living and education sectors, as well as general municipal and structured finance. Headquartered in Chicago with regional and branch offices throughout the U.S., Ziegler provides its clients with capital raising, strategic advisory services, fixed income sales, underwriting and trading as well as Ziegler Credit, Surveillance and Analytics. To learn more, visit http://www.ziegler.com.

Certain comments in this news release represent forward-looking statements made pursuant to the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This client’s experience may not be representative of the experience of other clients, nor is it indicative of future performance or success. The forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, in particular, the overall financial health of the securities industry, the strength of the healthcare sector of the U.S. economy and the municipal securities marketplace, the ability of the Company to underwrite and distribute securities, the market value of mutual fund portfolios and separate account portfolios advised by the Company, the volume of sales by its retail brokers, the outcome of pending litigation, and the ability to attract and retain qualified employees.

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PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB)
April 17, 2020

NeuroFlow has been awarded $750,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to support the expansion of its digital health platform enabling behavioral health integration in all care settings. This funding from the NSF, which conducts a rigorous merit-based review process, adds to NeuroFlow’s recent government awards.

The SBIR Phase II funding will support key technical initiatives including enhanced EHR integrations and data science efforts to accelerate the already impressive growth achieved by the company. The Philadelphia-based company has recently added key members to its leadership team across sales, engineering, and clinical operations to keep up with increased demand for its suite of products. NeuroFlow’s technology is being used by over 1,000 providers and organizations across the country to support the overall health of over 250,000 patients under contract, up from roughly 5,000 at the same time last year.

“NSF is proud to support the technology of the future by thinking beyond incremental developments and funding the most creative, impactful ideas across all markets and areas of science and engineering,” said Andrea Belz, Division Director of the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships at NSF. “With the support of our research funds, any deep technology startup or small business can guide basic science into meaningful solutions that address tremendous needs.”

A major catalyst of that growth has been the data science underpinning NeuroFlow’s technology, enabling care teams to effectively risk stratify their patient populations and proactively identify at-risk individuals requiring additional support. The NSF funding will allow the team to increase investments in artificial intelligence regarding personalization and natural language processing. These initiatives, along with a combination of behavioral economics, gamification, and award-winning design result in a highly engaging solution, which is critical for remote collection of actionable data that providers can use to drive better outcomes and lower cost of care to the health care system at large.

“This funding will be immensely helpful in accelerating our growth and enabling us to make a greater impact when it comes to closing the gap between mental and physical health,” said the principal investigator on the project and NeuroFlow’s COO and Co-Founder Adam Pardes.

“Especially important in today’s climate, this recognition highlights the equal importance of behavioral health in the holistic treatment of a patient. It is validating for the NSF to support our research and value our technology as it relates to addressing a major healthcare issue affecting millions of lives every day.”

About NeuroFlow

NeuroFlow is a collaborative and measurement-based behavioral health platform integrated in all care settings. NeuroFlow’s suite of HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based tools simplify remote patient monitoring, improve risk stratification, and facilitate collaborative care. Hundreds of health systems, clinicians, and care teams are using NeuroFlow to bridge the gap between mental and physical health in order to improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of care. Learn more at https://www.neuroflow.com

About America’s Seed Fund

America’s Seed Fund powered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) awards $200 million annually to startups and small businesses, transforming scientific discovery into products and services with commercial and societal impact. Startups working across almost all areas of science and technology can receive up to $1.75 million in non-dilutive funds to support research and development (R&D),helping de-risk technology for commercial success. America’s Seed Fund is congressionally mandated through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The NSF is an independent federal agency with a budget of about $8.1 billion that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. For more information, visit seedfund.nsf.gov

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BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (PRWEB)
April 17, 2020

Global Biomedical Technologies is excited to sponsor the next four in a series – “Webinars in Wound Care” – tailored for medical professionals. Join President, Dr. Howard Rosing and Director of Clinical Education, Dr. Mary Arnold Long, Wednesdays at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. Participants may register here: https://comfortrelease.com/about-us/events/

“Properly treating wounds is an essential step in the healthcare process. These webinars are an excellent opportunity to discuss topics related to proper wound care,” said Arnold Long. “We will also answer important questions about how our patented Comfort Release® products create an optimal healing environment for wounds.”

The live-cast “Webinars in Wound Care” series schedule is as follows:

April 22 – How is Comfort Release® Different from Other Wound Care Products?

April 29 – What is MVTR, How is it Determined, and What are its Implications

May 8 – Clinical Product Evaluation: The Important Message About Comfort Release® Tape

May 13 – The Battle Round: The Market Leader vs. Comfort Release®

Rosing is a board-certified neurologist with over 30 years of experience. Rosing partnered with Dr. Yadong Wang and founded Comfort Release® to address Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injuries – MARSI.

Long has over 30 years of nursing experience, She is a board-certified wound, ostomy and continence advanced practice nurse, a rehabilitation registered nurse, and an adult health clinical nurse specialist.

About Global Biomedical Technologies

Global Biomedical Technologies LLC. is a fast-growing medical technology company with innovations in chemistry and biomaterials. Committed to developing products that improve quality of patient care while remaining cost effective and practical for healthcare providers, we have invested extensively in research and development to find innovative solutions to today’s clinical challenges and to redefine care standards.

About Comfort Release®

Comfort Release® revolutionizes the landscape of medical adhesives by developing a patented oligomeric switch (OGS) technology; these products are made with a unique polymery to help people of all ages who have experienced the pain or injury associated with the removal of bandages, tapes or medical dressings. More information about Comfort Release® is available at http://www.comfortrelease.com.

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WASHINGTON (PRWEB)
April 17, 2020

We write to urge government, community and religious leaders to please remember the challenges facing family caregivers as this public health crisis continues to unfold. Unpaid family caregivers are the backbone of the health care system in the United States, providing as much as 90 percent of all home health care for no pay and at personal risk. Said differently, more than 44 million Americans (including more than 1.3 million caregiving youth) are providing unpaid care for loved ones across generations, including veterans, people with disabilities and battling chronic illness and elderly.

With an estimated 28 percent of caregivers also “sandwiched” between caring for an aging parent or older adult while raising children, millions of Americans face the pressures of staying healthy while often balancing the demands of work and school. It is also not lost on us that many unpaid family caregivers may now be unemployed as result of economic uncertainty created by this pandemic.

COVID-19 will also thrust many into caregiving roles for the first time, while also requiring existing caregivers to adapt how they carry out their caregiving responsibilities.

Understanding the role family caregivers of all ages play and the challenges they face will be key to effectively navigating this pandemic. We hope this understanding leads to support across public and private institutions nationwide.

How COVID-19 Amplifies Caregiving Challenges

Unpaid caregivers provide care in several ways:

• Assisting with daily living tasks (e.g., eating, bathing)
• Managing medications
• Coordinating health care needs and appointments
• Monitoring and managing personal finances
• Providing emotional support

In short, family caregivers provide more than 30 billion hours of care annually. This amounts to more than $500 billion in opportunity cost each year, primarily in the form of forgone wages.

Caregiving is influenced by many variables such as the age and underlying conditions of the person receiving care, as well as the caregiver’s individual circumstances. Some live with those for whom they care, others provide care from a distance. Many also work outside the home or attend school, and many must perform caregiving duties without access to paid leave from work or school. Each of these considerations can pose a variety of challenges for individual caregivers.

However, there are two commonalities:

• First, by nature, caregiving is often dynamic and unpredictable. Many caregivers frequently navigate crisis with their loved ones.
• Second, unpaid caregivers keep their loved ones at home, lessening the burden on outside care facilities.

COVID19 is amplifying the challenges and benefits of caregiving. We need to support caregivers of all ages navigate the unforeseen difficulties created by the pandemic, while recognizing the value in keeping loved ones home and not overburdening emergency rooms and hospitals. We also must think critically of how best to provide respite to family caregivers, especially as outlets needed for a break close (senior centers, hair salons, etc).

In addition to the mounting day-to-day challenges, the COVID19 pandemic amplifies the following:

• School or work closures (including teleworking requirements) can amplify and complicate care responsibilities, particularly for sandwich generation caregivers and caregiving youth
• Home health aides, already insufficient, may become unavailable, particularly as the pandemic both increases care needs and reduces availability of direct care workers and volunteers
• Long-distance caregivers may not be able to travel to loved ones
• Caregivers may not able to visit, monitor or coordinate care for loved ones living in facilities closed to access
• Fewer people may be available to provide care as primary caregivers get sick from COVID-19 or other health issues
• Access to necessities including prescription medications and food may become difficult or limited
• Access to care

How to Support Caregivers During the COVID-19 Emergency

Research shows that family caregivers face increased risk for health, emotional, financial, and work-related problems. The following options, however, can help new and existing caregivers adapt:

• Using telehealth options to connect with health care providers (for both caregivers and care recipients)
• Using mail order to fill prescriptions and deliver medical supplies
• Arranging grocery/pharmacy delivery
• Connecting with online or telephone support groups
• Creating closed groups on social media to stay in contact with fellow caregivers and/or members of support team

On an informal level, support caregivers you know by:

• Checking in on your friends/relatives/neighbors who are caregivers and encourage them reach out
• Asking if they need help and if they are ok
• Volunteering to get groceries and supplies for those who are too vulnerable to shop
• Observing social distancing to stop community spread

Sincerely, United Together:

American Association of Caregiving Youth

ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center

Caregiver Action Network

Caring Across Generations

Elizabeth Dole Foundation

Family Caregiver Alliance

(HFC) Hilarity for Charity

National Alliance for Caregiving

Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving

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SAN RAMON, Calif. (PRWEB)
April 17, 2020

The Free Masketeers Hospital Support Program, a San Francisco Bay Area initiative, is aiding local healthcare heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing desperately needed personal protection equipment (PPE).

Thanks to the generosity of many donors and the efforts of over 250 volunteers, the Free Masketeers has supplied 3,000 hospital-approved fabric masks, 3,000 surgical masks and 2,000 KN95 masks to 54 healthcare facilities including 3,300 delivered to the Contra Costa County Health Department this week. The Free Masketeers currently has 5,000 masks available for distribution and welcomes requests from Bay Area healthcare facilities facing PPE shortages.

The Free Masketeers also announces an expansion of its support of healthcare heroes by offering connections to volunteer mental health and legal professionals. “Many of our healthcare heroes have expressed a need for personal counselling and assistance with will updates and estate planning to ensure their families are cared for if they fall ill,” remarked Kris Narayan Chief Executive of The Free Masketeers, “If you are a healthcare worker in need of these services, or a mental health or legal professional willing to donate your expertise, please contact us.”

If you are a non-profit or community organization looking to build grass-roots support for your local healthcare workers, The Free Masketeers can help by providing detailed instructions on how to:

• Manufacture cloth masks that adhere to strict hospital safety specifications
• Raise funds and garner support from donors and city officials
• Source KN95 masks and cloth mask supplies from US and international vendors

Join The Free Masketeers in helping save our healthcare heroes.

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