Drs. Gregory Toback, Rui Ma, and Marianne Urbanski Educate on Gum Disease in New London, CT

We have found that after gum disease treatment, when a patient has a healthy mouth, they often feel healthier overall.

NEW LONDON, Conn. (PRWEB)
March 18, 2020

Periodontists, Drs. Gregory Toback and Marianne Urbanski of Shoreline Periodontics, hosted the most recent Hygiene Study Club, “Hands-On Instrument Sharpening,” featuring guest speaker, Dr. Rui Ma. Attendees of the course gained hands-on experience and education on sharpening dental instruments and learned best treatment practices for gum disease. The Hygiene Study Club is a part of Dr. Toback and Urbanski’s continuing education courses held regularly in New London, CT.

“The issue with gum disease is that it is a silent concern, with some patients reporting never feeling any pain or knowing they were affected. So, gum disease should not be taken lightly and should be detected early on. Otherwise, we find that patients come to us and there is nothing we can do other than extract affected teeth,” says Dr. Urbanski. “We have found that after gum disease treatment, when a patient has a healthy mouth, they often feel healthier overall.”

The Hygiene Study Club course, “Hands-On Instrument Sharpening,” was dedicated to providing a deeper look at the treatment of gum disease for dentists, periodontists, and their staff. Many treatment options for those affected by gum disease involve the use of small, sharp instruments that scrape away bacteria, tartar, and infection. These tools and instruments must be sharp in order to maximize their effectiveness and provide patients with quick treatment in as gentle a manner as possible. Dr. Ma discussed and participated with attendees on ways to sharpen and utilize these instruments and tools to maximize their effectiveness when treating patients.

Common treatment methods for gum disease include scaling and root planing and osseous surgery. These procedures utilize fine tools that access areas below the gum line or surgically remove infected tissue. Periodontists use these procedures to cleanse the mouth, teeth, bone, and gums of disease and create a healthy environment again. In some cases, tissue must be removed, and bone reshaped, before the area can heal.

Gum disease is a common concern that affects nearly half of all adults to some degree. When the teeth and gums are not cleaned properly or a patient does not receive routine dental appointments, they are susceptible to developing the condition. When affected, patients often experience bleeding gums, loose teeth, chronic bad breath, and eventual tooth loss. Shoreline Periodontics specializes in the treatment of gum disease, both mild and severe, through traditional surgical procedures and modern laser dentistry with a method called LANAP®.

Those in need of treatment for gum disease in New London, CT or Westerly, RI are encouraged to contact Shoreline Periodontics. With two locations to serve more patients, consultations and appointments can be made at either location by visiting their website at http://www.shorelineperio.com or by calling 860-443-2428 for the New London, CT location, or 401-596-0000 for the Westerly, RI office.

About the Periodontists

Shoreline Periodontics is a periodontal practice offering personalized dental care for patients since 1998 and is located in New London, CT and Westerly, RI. Leading board-certified periodontist, Dr. Gregory A. Toback, received his B.A. from St. John’s University and his Doctorate of Dental Medicine from the University of Connecticut. He also received advanced training in periodontics and dental implants at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Dr. Marianne Urbanski has been voted one of Connecticut’s top dentists for more than seven years by Connecticut Magazine. Dr. Urbanski graduated cum laude from the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts where she earned a Bachelors’ degree in Biology. She also received her Doctor of Dental Medicine degree and her Masters’ of Dental Science degree from the University of Connecticut Dental School. Dr. Urbanski and Dr. Toback pride themselves on offering caring, professional treatment to each patient. Dr. Toback and Dr. Urbanski focus on minimally invasive surgeries including LANAP® laser gum surgery and are certified to offer the Chao Pinhole Surgical Technique™ for treatment of gum recession. To learn more about Shoreline Periodontics and their dental services visit their website at http://www.shorelineperio.com or call 860-443-2428 for the New London, CT location, or 401-596-0000 for the Westerly, RI office.

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Pandemics often raise people’s fear and anxiety. It is important to remember there are measures everyone can take to help protect their own health and wellness and the health and wellness of their families, co-workers and communities.

NOVI, Mich. (PRWEB)
March 18, 2020

Mastery Training Services has released a new online training course called, “Protecting Yourself Against COVID-19 and Other Contagious Illnesses.” Individuals and employers can use this course for free through the end of May to learn how to help prevent the spread of contagious illnesses like COVID-19.

This video-based course starts by detailing the common types of contagious illnesses. The course teaches users how a person can be infected with the COVID-19 virus, what precautions to take to prevent becoming infected with any type of contagious virus, and what measures to take to reduce the risk of spreading any type of virus to others. Specific recommendations are given for caregivers to follow to avoid infection when caring for a sick person. This course concludes with a discussion of general pandemic preparedness and reinforces how to develop a pandemic plan for one’s family.

This course is available free of charge through the end of May. Individuals can access the course here by clicking “Buy Now.” There is no charge for the course and no need to enter any credit card information. Employers wishing to have their teams train on this can call us at 800-258-3837 to set up an employer account.

Pandemics often raise people’s fear and anxiety. It is important to remember there are measures everyone can take to help protect their own health and wellness and the health and wellness of their families, co-workers and communities. Training courses, such as this one, help people deepen their understanding and change their behaviors, which in this case could save lives.

This online course can be completed on a computer or device connected to the internet. It is available for individuals to take on pay-per-view basis, by visiting mastery.com.

This course is also available in Mastery Training Services’ library of over 1,500 online training courses. All of Mastery Training Services’ VOD courses are published on the MasteryTCN™ courseware platform, which provides continuity in the learner experience from one course to the next. All courses on the platform play across all devices and browsers, giving users the ultimate flexibility for when and where they can access training assignments.

Mastery Training Services’ library covers a variety of topics for organizations of all sizes, across industries. If you are looking to train your workforce, click here.

About Mastery Training Services

Mastery Training Services is a leader in the corporate online training marketplace. We help organizations grow and become more successful with our comprehensive workplace training systems and services. In this way, Mastery fulfills its mission of helping build more successful, effective and amazing organizations.

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Definitive Healthcare Partners with Esri to Assist in Pandemic Planning and Response

“We are happy to support our long-time client, ESRI, with essential data to help them provide powerful intelligence on healthcare providers to governments that are recommending actions to manage the impact of COVID-19 worldwide,” said Jason Krantz, Founder and CEO of Definitive Healthcare.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (PRWEB)
March 18, 2020

Definitive Healthcare, the leading provider of data, intelligence, and analytics on the healthcare provider market, today announced that it has partnered with Esri, the world’s largest location intelligence company, to help deliver data through an interactive mapped data service to enable analysis, visualization and tracking of US hospital bed capacity, and potential areas of geographic risk, during the COVID-19 outbreak.

These resources illustrate the location and number of licensed beds, staffed beds, ICU beds, and total bed utilization rates in hospitals across the United States. Click here to view the resource. The Esri COVID-19 GIS Hub also contains other data layers such as an overlay of US Census data to help decision-makers compare the surrounding US population with the total number of available hospital beds. These resources were developed to provide researchers, public health authorities, and the general public with user-friendly information to help identify geographic areas of risk – with a low capacity to accommodate sick patients – as COVID-19 unfolds. In this dashboard, Definitive Healthcare’s data and intelligence is spatially enabled by Esri’s Geospatial Cloud – depicting the most accurate view of where in the US, and at which hospitals, additional bed capacity could be accommodated.

“As the COVID-19 virus spreads in the U.S., and around the world, public health providers and other types of responders have been trying to understand which areas may require the greatest amount of aid. We built this geographic map of US hospital bed utilization and capacity to solve some of these challenges,” said Este Geraghty, ESRI’s Chief Medical Officer. “We have been using Definitive Healthcare’s industry-leading healthcare datasets for several years and have relied on their platform’s accuracy and depth for many of our research endeavors. In times such as these, accessible and actionable information is crucial, and we know we can count on our long-standing relationship with Definitive Healthcare during this time of worldwide need. This partnership is truly a match made in heaven.”

Access Esri’s COVID-19 GIS Hub to review and use relevant information from across the globe. Alongside Definitive Healthcare’s US Hospital Bed Data the hub contains several useful maps and tools for tracking information about the spread and mitigation of coronavirus disease around the world. In addition to the Definitive Healthcare-powered map, other tools include a deeply informative “Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases” dashboard, created by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, GIS apps that illustrate data at the regional level in China, Italy, Japan, and Hong Kong, and a story map article that examines age and social vulnerability in the context of Coronavirus.

“We are happy to support our long-time client, ESRI, with essential data to help them provide powerful intelligence on healthcare providers to governments that are recommending actions to manage the impact of COVID-19 worldwide,” said Jason Krantz, Founder and CEO of Definitive Healthcare. “We support their mission fully and want to do our part to share pertinent, relevant, and actionable information to people who need to make important decisions for their countries, communities, and families. This is an unprecedented time, and we are committed to doing everything we can by providing the data necessary to help manage this crisis.”

View the map, titled “Definitive Healthcare: US Hospital Beds,” here.

About Definitive Healthcare

Definitive Healthcare is the most comprehensive and accurate source for data insights and analytics on the healthcare provider market. Its product suite provides the most comprehensive and highest quality data available anywhere on 8,800 hospitals and IDNs; 135,000 physician groups; 1.7 million physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals; 11,000 ambulatory surgery centers; 15,800 imaging centers; 85,500 long-term care facilities; 40,000 clinics; 1,800 ACOs and HIEs; and 5.8 billion medical commercial claims covering 210 million patient lives. The company’s data provides its 2,500 clients with the analytics and insight needed to effectively segment and research the healthcare provider market. Definitive Healthcare is backed by 22C Capital, Advent International, and Spectrum Equity. For more information, or to trial the service, visit https://www.definitivehc.com/.

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About Esri

Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping, offers the most powerful geospatial cloud available, to help customers unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Founded in 1969, Esri software is deployed in more than 350,000 organizations including 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, all 50 state governments, more than half of all counties (large and small), and 87 of the Forbes Top 100 Colleges in the US, as well as all 15 Executive Departments of the US Government and dozens of independent agencies. With its pioneering commitment to geospatial information technology, Esri engineers the most advanced solutions for digital transformation, the Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics. Visit us at esri.com.

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Covenant Medical Center Adult Emergency Department Video Wall Content Christmas Scene

The video walls and content have certainly been a key contributor in creating a calmer, more inviting atmosphere for patients, families and hospital staff members.

LUBBOCK, Texas (PRWEB)
March 18, 2020

Render Impact was commissioned to create dynamic, evolving content for the Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX as part of a new immersive and therapeutic digital experience in their Adult Emergency Department.

The visual transformation of the Emergency Department waiting room was designed to help reduce perceived wait times and increase patient satisfaction in an area that is typically associated with stress and anxiety. “The main goal for Covenant was simple: to enhance the overall patient experience by providing a comforting and serene space while waiting for care,” said Walt Cathey, CEO of Covenant Medical Center.

The AV Design and Integration was led by the Professional Services and Design Team at Lubbock Audio Visual, Inc. In order to bring Covenant’s vision to life, they designed two different size video walls for the Adult Emergency Department waiting room. The larger of the two was a 15-screen media wall in a 5×3 configuration with landscape-mounted displays and native resolution of 9600×3240 pixels. The other was a 4-screen media wall in a 4×1 configuration with portrait-mounted displays and native resolution of 4320×1920 pixels.

The content planning and strategy was a collaborative effort involving all stakeholders and guided by the Render Impact team. The goal was to produce a variety of content including historical footage, health trivia, computer-generated (CG) digital art, long-form video stories, branding and seamlessly-loopable, custom CG content. “One question we asked ourselves again and again during the production was: Can your eyes get lost in this scene? We wanted to make calming videos that pull viewers in a little deeper. Something that expands that needed distraction at a tense time,” added Dan Maher, Production Manager at Render Impact.

Some of the current video wall content includes a custom CG waterfall, American flag, night sky, eagle flying, health-related trivia, nature scenes, 3D animations incorporating success stories, brand and mission values, and a timeline video celebrating 100 years of Covenant’s history. A few content pieces, such as the CG night sky and waterfall, were developed to loop seamlessly so they can be enjoyed for longer periods of time before the next scene appears on the video wall.

A few weeks after the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the Covenant Adult Emergency Department personnel stated, “The immersive and therapeutic digital experience that is now engaging patients and their families is helping to lessen the stress during hospital visits. The video walls and content have certainly been a key contributor in creating a calmer, more inviting atmosphere for patients, families and hospital staff members.”

Render Impact will continue to develop new content for the video walls in order to build a larger library of content and keep it fresh. Here is a link to view some of the current video wall content – https://vimeo.com/showcase/6745080

Render Impact helps businesses and brands engage their target audiences with powerful multimedia content customized for the location of their digital signage displays and desired effect. Render Impact takes a collaborative approach to each project and prides themselves on high quality design and top-notch service. No project is too large or too small for Render Impact and the same can be said about the screens on which the content is displayed. Learn more at https://renderimpact.com/

Covenant Health has served for more than 100 years as the only faith-based, clinically integrated health network in the West Texas, eastern New Mexico region providing a Christian healing ministry. Covenant’s network includes seven hospitals, more than 1,000 licensed beds, more than 6,000 caregivers, nearly 100 primary care providers, and a medical staff of more than 600 physicians at its cornerstone facilities. Learn more at https://www.covenanthealth.org/

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SPH Analytics’ Smart Patient Engagement defines clear personas within your member or patient population taking into account not simply clinical data and SDOH, but also layering in a person’s propensity to engage in their health and other complex factors…

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (PRWEB)
March 18, 2020

SPH Analytics (SPH), a leader in healthcare analytics and population health management, has launched the Smart Patient Engagement™ platform, a new integrated predictive analytics solution to empower healthcare providers and health plans to drive desired patient/member behaviors. The platform elevates patient/member engagement strategies by stratifying the population according to the level of engagement in their own healthcare, disease conditions, risk factors and social determinants of health (SDOH) and then conducts multi-modal outreach with persona-specific messaging.

“Health plans and providers have historically been blind about how to target patient and member engagement to drive optimal action and results. They need analytics that provide tremendous transparency and precision into when, where and how they should take action to deliver maximum return amid competing priorities for investment dollars,” said Amy Amick, CEO of SPH Analytics. “SPH Analytics’ Smart Patient Engagement defines clear personas within your member or patient population taking into account not simply clinical data and SDOH, but also layering in a person’s propensity to engage in their health and other complex factors that have historically served as barriers to optimal engagement and desired outcomes. Our Smart Patient Engagement solution provides the critical clarity for when, where and how to engage a patient or health plan member, allowing for much greater impact with a more efficient spend.”

Through Smart Patient Engagement, health plans and providers can

1.    Stratify and build cohorts via one or more of SPH’s predictive analytics tools:

• Healthcare Engagement Index (HCEI™), a model based on 10 years of SPH’s national survey data that assesses, predicts, and stratifies the engageability of patients/members in their health care using their behaviors, attitudes, knowledge, and literacy
• Condition Intelligence Analytics™ disease database covering 200 million Americans
• Population Care™, the top ranked Population Health Analytics platform, to stratify populations by risk factors
• Experience Explorer™ patient experience measurement.

2.    Design variations of outreach messages for each identified cohort group

3.    Conduct omnichannel outreach via email, text, interactive voice response, live agent, and mail, with different combinations for different cohorts

4.    Measure and analyze the effectiveness of messaging, creating a blueprint of the best engagement approach by cohort for the particular healthcare organization’s own patient/member population

Smart Patient Engagement supports targeted outreach programs that close care gaps, improve patient/member health, enhance quality measure scores and ratings and strengthen patient/member loyalty.

About SPH Analytics

SPH Analytics (SPH), a leader in healthcare analytics and population health management, empowers clients to analyze and interpret their clinical, financial, and consumer experience data to maximize their performance. SPH’s Population Care™, Population Value™, and Population Engage™ solutions are built on the innovative Nexus™ Platform, providing insights and impact to integrated health networks, ACOs, hospitals, ambulatory care providers, physician groups, and health plans. SPH’s quality measure dashboards, financial risk measurement, healthcare survey and patient outreach solutions, and consulting services empower clients to meet the Triple Aim by improving population health, reducing overall cost of care, and improving the patient experience.

SPH Analytics is a recognized leader in the industry, earning accolades as a top ranked population health vendor by KLAS, ranked the number one analytics firm out of the top 50 disruptive health IT companies by Black Book Research, and ranked number one in End-to-End Population Health Analytics Vendors by Black Book Research. SPH Analytics has been providing insights to clients for more than 35 years and serves clients in all 50 states. Corporate headquarters are in metro Atlanta. SPH Analytics is a portfolio company of the $3 billion STG Partners. For more information, call 1-866-460-5681 or visit SPHAnalytics.com.

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