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New Telehealth Dentistry Service Brings Access to Critical Oral Care Home


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In our current public health crisis with the COVID-19 outbreak, teledentistry is essential as the first line of defense for keeping patients safe and healthy, said Dr. Scott Odell, Chief Dental Officer at Virtudent.

In its mission to make high-quality oral healthcare accessible to all, Virtudent, Inc. (http://www.virtudent.com), the leading provider of teledentistry services for employers, today announced a new service. Virtual Dental Consultations are now available, making it easy and convenient for anyone with dental-related questions, issues or pain to obtain advice and care from Virtudent’s team of expert dental professionals from the safety and security of their own home.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, individuals are being asked to stay at home, and dental offices worldwide are closing their doors to all but emergency procedures. Failing to address symptoms quickly can mean going from routine to costly emergency care at a time when hospitals do not have the bandwidth or equipment to mitigate emergencies outside of COVID-19 cases.

Virtual Dental Consultations bring dental visits typically performed at a dentist’s office directly to the patient in a digital format. Anyone can go to http://www.virtudent.com/teledentistry to schedule an online consultation. A Virtudent dentist will answer questions, assess the situation, provide recommendations and advice and refer to a specialty provider for additional care if needed. Virtudent will bill patients’ dental insurance for the virtual visit. If no insurance is available, the patient will pay the discounted rate of $49.

“There are 2.2 million emergency room visits for dental problems annually, but most ERs in the U.S. are not equipped to deal with dental emergencies,” said Dr. Scott Odell, Chief Dental Officer at Virtudent. “In our current public health crisis with the COVID-19 outbreak, teledentistry is essential as the first line of defense for keeping patients safe and healthy.”

“We are excited to offer this vital service in support of our mission to advance dental health and access for all,” said John Voith, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Virtudent. “In these trying times, Virtudent is committed to supporting our patients by providing online teledental emergency consultations. By bringing our high-quality, teledental diagnostic care to even more patients, we are making it safer for everyone, meeting them where they are today and working to help improve the overall health of the population.”

For more information or to schedule a consultation, visit http://www.virtudent.com/teledentistry.

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About Virtudent

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, Virtudent is a teledentistry practice committed to improving overall health and well-being by providing easy access to high-quality, prevention-focused dental care in the workplace. Through partnerships with hundreds of top employers, including Dunkin’ Brands, Microsoft and Wayfair, they have saved their clients tens of thousands of employee work hours. Their business model brings together experienced dentists, highly-trained hygienists and a proprietary portable dental system in a convenient setting to address often overlooked oral health. For more information, visit http://www.virtudent.com.

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Generations Healthcare Announces Newest Facility in El Cajon, California


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With the acquisition of Bradley Court, we further our commitment to bring state-of-the-art skilled nursing to those most in need in the San Diego area, said Thomas Jurbala, Generations Healthcare’s director of project development.

Generations Healthcare announced today the acquisition of its latest facility: Bradley Court Special Care Center, located in El Cajon, California. The facility was acquired on March 1.

Bradley Court is the eighth Generations facility in the greater San Diego area and the 29th addition to the Generations family. The facility is located at 675 E. Bradley Avenue in El Cajon.

This announcement comes at a time when medical facilities of all kinds are under immense pressure. With the current state policies in place to combat the spread of COVID-19, California is in special need of rehab facilities committed to delivering high-quality care to and protecting the most vulnerable members of the community.

“With the acquisition of Bradley Court, we further our commitment to bring state-of-the-art skilled nursing to those most in need in the San Diego area,” said Thomas Jurbala, Generations Healthcare’s director of project development. “Bradley Court has a long history of providing excellent service. It will continue to provide an extraordinary environment in which patients can recover and rehabilitate following an acute-care episode.”

Though newly acquired, Bradley Court has been serving El Cajon for over 25 years. Bradley Court is a 56-bed facility specializing in helping patients with psychiatric diagnoses as well as skilled nursing. The facility consists of two buildings, with plans for a third building, which would bring 99 additional beds to the total.

“We are proud to join the Generations family,” said Jamie Boehs, Bradley Court facility administrator. “Bradley Court has long believed that there is no higher calling than serving the elderly and the infirm. With Generations, we feel supported and a part of something much larger.”

For more information, call (619) 448-6633 or visit lifegen.net/bradleycourt/index.html.

About Generations Healthcare

Generations Healthcare was founded upon the belief that caring for the sick, the elderly and the infirm is a special and sacred stewardship. It is our mission to have this belief reflected in everything we do: in the presentation of our homes, in the professionalism of our staff and in the daily delivery of care to our residents and their families. It is our purpose that whoever enters a Generations home will be met with kindness, competence and compassion.

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New Date for HERS Breast Cancer Foundation’s Annual Gala


HERS Breast Cancer Foundation has rescheduled its annual People with Purpose gala from May 2, 2020 to August 22, 2020.

Although the date has changed, venue and event elements remain the same. Guests will gather at the elegant Castlewood Country Club which is nestled in the scenic hills of Pleasanton, California. Attendees will enjoy a festive cocktail reception with entertainment by pianist Diane King, fundraising games, the opportunity to bid on highly desirable and original silent and live auction items, a delicious three-course dinner with wine, and more.

Silent auction prizes include a gorgeous woven sterling silver necklace and bracelet set while live auction items include offerings such as a handmade intricate afghan by artist Lisa Stambaugh and a Firetruck Birthday Package which includes a birthday cake delivery by City of Fremont Firefighters. And thanks to the generosity of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, fundraising game prizes include a spectacular 65″ LG Smart 4K TV and two pairs of Apple AirPods Pro.

As previously announced, the evening’s highlight will be the HERS Awards presentation. Given to individuals and organizations that demonstrate outstanding dedication to breast cancer survivors and HERS Programs, the awards represent what the organization strives to provide for each of its patients: Hope, Empowerment, Renewal, and Support.

The 2020 award recipients are the Tri-City Voice Weekly Newspaper, Alameda County District 1 Supervisor Scott Haggerty, Washington Hospital Healthcare System Nurse Tammy Ballantyne, and Dutra Enterprises, Inc.

For more information about the HERS Awardees, visit https://hersbreastcancerfoundation.org/people-with-purpose/.

The August 22nd gala will be emceed by HERS friend and long-time supporter Emmy award-winning reporter Heather Holmes. Proceeds will benefit HERS Charitable Programs which provide post-surgical products and services to low income and under-insured patients. For more information about HERS services, visit https://hersbreastcancerfoundation.org/hers-breast-cancer-foundation-program-stores/.

To purchase gala tickets, visit https://hersbcf.ejoinme.org/PWP2020. Inquiries regarding sponsorships and donations should be directed to Tina Fernandez Steckler at (510) 790-1911.

About HERS Breast Cancer Foundation

HERS Breast Cancer Foundation’s mission is to support all individuals healing from breast cancer by providing post-surgical products and services regardless of financial status. The Foundation is truly unique; it is the only nonprofit organization in the Bay Area that provides appropriate products (bras, prostheses, lymphedema garments, and wigs) for breast cancer survivors regardless of income and insurance status. HERS is now in its 23rd year of providing post-surgical products and is well-known for its compassionate, expert fitting services offered in welcoming, safe spaces.

HERS Breast Cancer Foundation operates three Program Stores locations: Stanford Health Care ValleyCare in Pleasanton, Kaiser Permanente Hospital in San Leandro, and Washington Hospital Healthcare System in Fremont.

HERS Breast Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, Federal Tax ID #94-3309906.

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NYC Orthopedic Surgeon Jonathan Glashow M.D. Announces Office Remaining Open as an Orthopedic Sports Medicine Urgent Care Facility to Reduce Emergency Room Burdens


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The practice is taking all precautionary measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 so we can still treat patients with urgent, acute issues during this time. We truly appreciate the loyalty of our patients and hope to return to normal operation soon, says Dr. Jonathan Glashow

Dr. Jonathan Glashow’s New York City orthopedic practice is located in Midtown Manhattan at 737 Park Avenue, Suite #1A. Dr. Glashow provides the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of orthopedic injuries and conditions. He is doing everything possible to ensure the health and safety of his patients and staff during the coronavirus pandemic. Currently, appointments are now limited to patients in need of urgent orthopedic care. The clinic is implementing best practices in exam rooms to minimize exposure to respiratory pathogens for both practitioners and patients by providing a high level of disinfection protocols and hygiene standards. Below are guidelines being followed by the practice and patients:


  • Dr. Glashow is only seeing two patients in the office at a time, and no individual will be in the waiting room.
  • Office common area and restroom counters and door handles/knobs are being cleaned with disinfectant between each patient visit.
  • All patients will be seated in a sanitized exam room upon check-in.
  • All patients and staff entering the office must be fever free and MAY NOT exhibit any coughing, sneezing or flu like symptoms. They also must not have been in contact with any individual who has traveled internationally in the last 14 days or with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. They must not have been exposed to anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 14 days.
  • Patients need to adhere to recommended CDC and WHO standards for hand hygiene. The washing of hands must be done prior to entering the exam room, and patients are asked not to touch phones after washing.
  • Patients are asked to observe social distancing of at least six feet and refrain from direct contact. If they cough or sneeze, they need to use their elbow crease or tissue to cover the mouth.

“The practice is taking all precautionary measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 so we can still treat patients with urgent, acute issues during this time. We truly appreciate the loyalty of our patients and hope to return to normal operation soon,” says Dr. Jonathan Glashow

More about Dr. Jonathan Glashow:

Dr. Jonathan Glashow is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and co-chief of sports medicine orthopedics at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center and has been in private practice for over 29 years. He is a top-rated physician who is trusted by professional athletes, specializing in orthopedic shoulder surgery and knee injuries. Dr. Glashow completed his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and residency at Lenox Hill Hospital NYC in orthopedic surgery. He earned subspecialty fellowship training in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery at the Southern California Orthopedic Institute/UCLA in Los Angeles, California.

To find out more information about Dr. Jonathan Glashow or to schedule an appointment at his orthopedic practice in NYC, please call (212)794-5096 or visit http://www.orthopedicsurgeonnyc.com.

For further questions about the novel coronavirus visit the CDC website https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.

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Cloudticity™ Oxygen Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace


“Cloudticity™ Oxygen can help bridge the gap for healthcare, making the cloud more accessible and ultimately enabling greater innovation across the healthcare space.”

Cloudticity, today announced the availability of Oxygen, the company’s HITRUST-certified managed cloud solution for healthcare, in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Cloudticity customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management.

Founded in 2011, Cloudticity focuses exclusively on helping healthcare organizations be successful on the public cloud. Cloudticity has found that many healthcare organizations have limited resources and expertise and struggle to rapidly scale cloud environments while maintaining HIPAA compliance. Making the offering available on Azure Marketplace means more healthcare organizations using Microsoft Azure can easily access solutions to help them accelerate HIPAA workloads, increase reliability, and maintain compliance – all while being backed by the security of Cloudticity’s HITRUST-certified platform.

Sajan Parihar, Senior Director, Microsoft Azure Platform at Microsoft Corp said, “We’re pleased to welcome Cloudticity to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, which gives our partners great exposure to cloud customers around the globe. Azure Marketplace offers world-class quality experiences from global trusted partners with solutions tested to work seamlessly with Azure.”

Gerry Miller, Founder and CEO of Cloudticity commented, “The integration with Microsoft allows us to be a better partner to our customers. Many healthcare organizations want to leverage the flexibility and reliability of Microsoft Azure but don’t have enough resources to do so. Cloudticity Oxygen can help bridge the gap for healthcare, making the cloud more accessible and ultimately enabling greater innovation across the healthcare space.”

The Azure Marketplace is an online market for buying and selling cloud solutions certified to run on Azure. The Azure Marketplace helps connect companies seeking innovative, cloud-based solutions with partners who have developed solutions that are ready to use.

Cloudticity helps healthcare, life science, and genomic organizations accelerate innovation by enabling HIPAA-compliant cloud adoption and high availability. Cloudticity is a next-gen managed services, managed compliance, and managed security partner for healthcare companies.

For more information, press only:

Kate Z. Wang, Cloudticity, 855.980.2144, kate.wang@cloudticity.com

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DIA Dental Implant Center Provides Consultations for Dental Implant Procedures in Austin, TX at No Cost


Dr. Dan Holtzclaw, Dental Implant Specialist in Austin, TX

Dr. Dan Holtzclaw Offers Complimentary Dental Impant Consultations for Austin, TX

I didn’t even have much pain afterward at all. It’s incredible. It will change your life immensely.

DIA Dental Implant Center offers complimentary consultations for dental implant procedures to those with damaged or missing teeth in Austin, TX. This practice offers care from some of the most experienced dental implant specialists in the world. Even those with the complex missing teeth cases have an increased chance of eligibility for permanent tooth replacement at DIA Dental Implant Center, and can confirm what treatments are available to them in a consultation at no cost.

Completing thousands of dental implant procedures every year, the DIA Dental Implant Center doctors are highly skilled and experienced. The practice features an in-house laboratory full of world-class Zirkonzahn™ technology and a team of doctors that specialize in each aspect of the dental implant procedure, so patients can receive their entire treatment under one roof, and often in just one appointment.

Because of their expertise in implantology, the doctors at DIA Dental Implant Center offer dental implant procedures that require extremely advanced skill and experience, rare to most doctors in the industry. The practice is one of few in the nation to offer zygomatic dental implants, and one of even fewer to provide pterygoid dental implants for patients with severe bone loss. They also have designed their own patented full mouth dental implant procedure, DIArch™.

With DIArch™, patients are able to replace an entire mouth of missing teeth with just one appointment. The DIArch™ treatment includes surgery, sedation, prosthetic restoration, and even extra implant posts, if needed, at no additional cost. With DIArch™, patients receive a complete, beautiful smile in one day, restoring their confidence and their ability to eat and speak clearly without discomfort.

“I had both arches done in the same day, so I didn’t have to come back for another procedure,” says Travis, a DIA Dental Implant Center patient who received full mouth dental implants. “I didn’t even have much pain afterward at all. It’s incredible. It will change your life immensely.”

Those with failing or missing teeth who are interested in receiving one of the cutting-edge dental implant procedures available at DIA Dental Implant Center are invited to come in for a cost-free consultation. To schedule an appointment, call 512-375-0050 or visit http://www.diadentalimplants.com.

About the Practice

DIA Dental Implant Center was founded by Dr. Dan Holtzclaw, one of the world’s leading authorities on full arch immediately loaded dental implant treatment. Using experience from thousands of dental implant procedures, Dr. Holtzclaw pioneered the DIArch™ implant teeth-in-a-day treatment concept, which allows patients to receive a new dental implant smile in just one day. With an in-house laboratory utilizing world-class Zirkonzahn™ technology, staff oral surgeons, staff prosthodontists, and experienced dental technicians, DIA Dental Implant Center is able to provide industry leading dental implant treatment in one convenient location, eliminating the need for patients to travel to multiple offices, as is required with most traditional dental offices. To learn more about the DIA Dental Implant Center advantage visit http://www.diadentalimplants.com or call 512-375-0050.

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Oak Health Center Welcomes Dr. Vania Manipod to the Team


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Dr. Vania Manipod

Oak Health Center, Southern California’s premier comprehensive mental health outpatient care organization, is pleased to welcome Dr. Vania, Manipod, D.O., to its Fullerton office. Dr. Manipod is certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry.

In addition to her experience as a general psychiatrist, Dr. Manipod brings her experience as a writer, speaker, and medical expert. She has been featured in various publications and TV shows, and has built an international following on social media through her blog (freudandfashion.com) and Instagram (@freudandfashion).

Dr. Manipod believes in a holistic approach to psychiatry that incorporates psychotherapeutic techniques, diet, and lifestyle, in addition to medication management, when indicated. Dr. Esther Park, co-founder of Oak Health Center, said “We are very blessed to have Dr. Manipod join us in our mission at this critical time, when COVID-19 has been such a traumatic and anxiety-inducing experience for so many people.”

To make an appointment with Dr. Manipod, patients may call the Oak Health Center Fullerton office at 714-706-0206 or send an email to contact@oak.care

More information about the growing Oak Health team is available at https://www.oak.care/our-team

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PTS Diagnostics Announces A1CNow+ Controls™


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PTS Diagnostics-branded controls ensure that our customers have access to a high-quality solution that meets our stringent regulatory guidelines.

PTS Diagnostics, a U.S.-based manufacturer of point-of-care medical testing devices announced today that they are launching A1CNow+ Controls for the A1CNow®+ test system.

Initially available in the United States, European Union, and the United Kingdom, A1CNow+ Controls can be stored frozen for up to three years, refrigerated for eight months, or at room temperature for seven days. Intended to ensure accurate A1C results, the solution comes with two levels, each in a dropper style vial and can be successfully run in minutes.

“PTS Diagnostics-branded controls ensure that our customers have access to a high-quality solution that meets our stringent regulatory guidelines,” said Mark Duncan, Director, Global Product Management. “We are excited to provide benefits such as easy-to-use dropper style vials and extended shelf life.”

For additional information about the product, reference the A1CNow+ Controls webpage: ptsdiagnostics.com/a1cnow-plus-system/a1cnow-controls.

Please call customer service at 317-870-5610 (direct) or 877-870-5610 (toll-free US only) with any questions. Connect with your local distribution partner if you are interested in purchasing A1CNow+ Controls or any other product. Find them via ptsdiagnostics.com/distributors.

About PTS Diagnostics

Through its People, Technology and Service, PTS Diagnostics creates health innovation that drives action and results. Since 1992, we have helped medical professionals and patients achieve better health outcomes through our accurate, precise, fast, affordable, and certified point-of-care medical devices. Healthcare professionals have used our CardioChek® products to assess cardiovascular disease risks for millions of patients worldwide through lipid panel screening. And, our A1CNow® systems, which provide fast and reliable HbA1c testing, have helped physicians deliver more effective treatments to patients with diabetes. For more information, visit ptsdiagnostics.com.

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Financial Poise™ Announces “Cannabis Legal & Business Issues for Employers & Employees” a New Webinar Premiering April 22nd at 1:00 PM CST through West LegalEdcenter™


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This episode addresses numerous issues, including recent changes to state laws, best practices for drug testing, dealing with employees who are registered users of medical marijuana; and navigating “drug-free workplace” rules.

With the introduction of state-legalized cannabis products for both medicinal and adult use, the legal landscape governing these relationships has become more complicated. In this episode, we’ll address numerous issues, including recent changes to state laws regarding medical and adult-use cannabis; best practices for drug testing (and being tested); dealing with employees who are registered users of medical marijuana; and navigating “drug-free workplace” rules for federal contractors, among others.

To learn more and register, click here.

The webinar will be available on-demand after its premiere. As with every Financial Poise Webinar, it will be an engaging and plain English conversation designed to entertain as it teaches.

About Financial Poise –

Financial Poise has one mission: to provide reliable plain English business, financial and legal education to investors, private business owners and executives, and their respective trusted advisors. Financial Poise content is created by seasoned, respected experts who are invited to join our Faculty only after being recommended by current Faculty Members. Our editorial staff then works to make sure all content is easily digestible. Financial Poise is a meritocracy; nobody can “buy” their way into the Financial Poise Faculty. Start learning today at https://www.financialpoise.com/

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Demystifying MRI for Body and Muscle Composition in Multi-Center Global Clinical Trials, Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Xtalks


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Despite being widely available, historically, MRI has sometimes been deemed too cumbersome to implement in clinical trials – especially multi-center trials where reproducibility is key.

Join André Ahlgren, PhD, Imaging Scientist, AMRA Medical and Sarah Formosa, MRI Specialist, AMRA Medical in a live webinar on Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 11am EST (4pm BST/UK).

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is regarded as the gold standard for soft-tissue imaging, primarily because it greatly contrasts soft tissue and is a simple, non-invasive procedure without ionizing radiation, making it patient-friendly. Not only is it a pure imaging device, but MRI has also evolved into a very powerful tool that quantitatively measures diverse properties of the body. One such application is body and muscle composition analysis, which is increasingly used to understand patients’ metabolic and functional profiles on a deeper level for health concerns such as muscular dystrophies, sarcopenia, obesity, liver disease and diabetes.

Despite being widely available, historically, MRI has sometimes been deemed too cumbersome to implement in clinical trials – especially multi-center trials where reproducibility is key. In particular for body composition analysis, MRI is sometimes overlooked because it is perceived as too difficult compared to alternatives such as DXA, single-slice CT/MRI techniques, ultrasound, functional tests and BMI. However, data derived from these other modalities lack the gold standard quality, risking the loss of valuable insights into patients’ body composition and muscle quality, which can lead to improper decision-making or conclusions in clinical studies. Using optimized and standardized imaging protocols and processing, MRI-based body composition analysis is now more rapid, robust and reproducible than ever. As MRI protocols and biomarkers are standardized, the use of MRI in clinical trials becomes simpler and more available.

This webinar begins with a short introduction to MRI, and the MRI techniques used for body composition analysis. It covers common MRI sequences and protocols, and the importance of standardization. One of AMRA Medical’s experienced MRI Technologists will describe a body composition MRI examination from the patient’s perspective highlighting tolerability. In the last segment, we explain how automatic image processing generates the measurements, discuss the advantages of volumetric MRI-based body and muscle composition measurements, and describe the utility of the measurements in a selection of applications and therapeutic areas.

For more information or to register for this event, visit Demystifying MRI for Body and Muscle Composition in Multi-Center Global Clinical Trials.

ABOUT XTALKS

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

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

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

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