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Braid.Health Announces Appointment of Senior Vice President of Sales

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Connie Phelps

“Having spent the last 6 years in leading mobile health communications and mobile patient engagement companies, I hope to bring a well-rounded perspective to Braid.Health to help accelerate our impact on healthcare.”


SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB)

Braid.Health — a digital health innovation company that develops collaborative AI-powered diagnostics tools for radiology and the healthcare industry — today announced the appointment of Connie Phelps as Senior Vice President of Sales.

Phelps brings over 20 years of industry experience, working with health systems in sales and marketing leadership roles. Phelps was essential to the rapid expansion of GE’s Healthcare division worldwide, collaborating closely with global distribution channels in high-growth international markets. As a sales leader for their Cardiology IT business for North America, she developed deep domain expertise in Healthcare IT systems. Phelps also served in a sales leadership role at venture-backed Voalte (now part of Hillrom), where she built a multi-disciplinary sales team to deliver mobile communications and workflow to the healthcare enterprise.

Prior to joining Braid.Health, Phelps was VP of Provider Solutions at Wildflower Health, helping to build and commercialize a mobile patient engagement solution specifically for health systems. Under her leadership, Wildflower’s provider solutions business grew year-over-year and is now the leading revenue driver for the company across all market segments. Phelps will assume an advisory role with Wildflower Health moving forward.

“Having spent the last 6 years in leading mobile health communications and mobile patient engagement companies, I hope to bring a well-rounded perspective to Braid.Health to help accelerate our impact on healthcare,” said Phelps.

“Connie brings a wealth of experience and passion to our team,” said Alessandro Sabatelli, Braid.Health Founder and Chief Product Officer. “Her track record of strategic sales success positions her to accelerate our growth worldwide. Our unique solution delivers instant interpretation and diagnosis for patients globally via our groundbreaking imaging diagnosis and communication platform. She’ll play a pivotal role in our growth as we bring expanded capabilities to market to deliver on our goal of universal access to medical expertise.”

“I’m inspired by Braid’s vision of universal access to care and expertise,” said Phelps. “Our solutions are a clean break from legacy imaging and AI solutions with fragmented workflows, often constrained by cloud dependency and outdated architecture. With Kevin and Alessandro’s experience leading innovations at Apple and Twitter, we are in a unique position to transform healthcare delivery.”

About Braid.Health

Braid.Health is a digital health innovation company focused on the development and delivery of an AI powered diagnostic collaboration platform for radiology and the healthcare industry. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, the company was founded in 2018 by Kevin Quennesson and Alessandro Sabatelli, developers behind the Apple Watch, iPhone and Siri. The company is backed by Lux Capital and other prominent investors including former Twitter CEO and COO Dick Costolo and Adam Bain. News about Braid.Health can be found at http://www.braid.health.

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Datafy Announces Strategic Relationship With Rx.Health

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LIVINGSTON, N.J. (PRWEB)

Datafy LLC, creator of an automated SaaS workflow solution that collects and assesses healthcare data privacy criteria, announced an agreement with Rx.Health, an aggregator of health tech applications that integrates with major electronic health record (EHR) systems.

The strategic alignment enables faster onboarding and adoption of clinically-validated health technologies by automating the process of HIPAA compliance reviews.

“Many new medical treatments today incorporate a digital component involving patient data,” said David Barnett, CEO of Datafy. “This proliferation of digital health therapies has placed a tremendous administrative burden upon hospitals, health systems and their vendors to comply with regulations governing the secure handling of information. Our solution automates a tedious process and enables the vendors on Rx.Health’s platform to deliver viable, compliant health solutions more quickly.”

Rx.Health Vice President Gaurav Narang added, “We are very excited to feature Datafy’s automated compliance process as part of our platform’s added value. We validate hundreds of digital assets including apps, remote monitoring solutions, digital therapeutics (DTx) and other digital enablers before stitching them together in rules-based clinically curated digital navigation pathways (DNPs) for both fee-for-service and at-risk population in ACO and bundles. Our relationship with Datafy will reduce the time required for our vendors and clinicians to fulfill a compliance review and allow faster access to newer DNPs.”

As part of the working relationship, digital health vendors will participate in a HIPAA compliance review process led by Datafy, in addition to the clinical validation assessed by Rx.Health. Hospitals, health systems and clinical care providers will know if a vendor on the Rx.Health platform successfully meets minimum criteria for information security.

Originally developed and piloted at Mount Sinai Health System, the Rx.Health platform currently features more than 300 innovative digital therapies available to prescribing clinicians. It offers full integration with existing EHR systems to allow for the inclusion of various digital assets in conjunction with current treatments.

About Datafy:

Datafy streamlines the process of documenting patient data protections and healthcare information security compliance. As a subscription platform, it supports healthcare delivery systems and IT vendors with a simplified, cloud-based workflow that allows for the easy exchange of information and collaboration via a standardized security template. Learn more about Datafy at https://www.datafy.health or @datafy on Twitter

About Rx.Health:

Rx.Health is changing the way both patients and provider think about digital medicine. A spinoff from the Mount Sinai Health System, Rx.Health’s flagship product, RxUniverse, is the first enterprise-wide Digital Medicine delivery system that enables physicians to prescribe evidence-based mobile health applications, multimedia education, wearables, online scheduling, remote monitoring, telemedicine and digital therapeutics to patients at the point of care. More information on Rx.Health is available at http://Rx.Health

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Grove City Medical Center Enters New Era as Part of Allegheny Health Network

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“Our organization grows stronger today as we welcome these many exceptional caregivers at Grove City Medical Center into the AHN family,” said Cynthia Hundorfean, AHN President and CEO.


GROVE CITY, Pa. (PRWEB)

Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and Grove City Medical Center (GCMC) have finalized an affiliation agreement that officially brings GCMC into the family of hospitals affiliated with and operated by the Pittsburgh-based health system. The newly-branded AHN Grove City provides the network and its patients with a vital new access point for high-quality acute care services between Pittsburgh and Erie, with plans to further expand and enhance those services for residents of Mercer County and the surrounding region.

“Today we celebrate the beginning of an exciting new era of health care excellence in Mercer County as an affiliate of Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health,” said Timothy R. Bonner, chairman of GCMC’s Board of Directors. “As we expressed last summer when reaching our affiliation agreement with AHN, we could not have found a partner more closely aligned with and committed to the charitable mission, vision and values that have defined our hospital and its dedicated caregivers for more than four decades.”    

AHN plans to invest more than $40 million over the next decade to strengthen AHN Grove City’s clinical programs, technological capabilities and physical infrastructure. The network will add or enhance a host of clinical services at the hospital, including primary care, neurology, oncology, cardiology, behavioral health, orthopedics, pediatrics, and general surgery, while also expanding onsite telehealth capabilities to include tele-dermatology, tele-stroke and autoimmune consultations, among other specialties.

One of the first big investments being made at AHN Grove City is an upgrade of the hospital’s information technology infrastructure, including installation of the Epic electronic health record system at both the main campus and affiliated satellite facilities throughout the community. AHN is the largest health care network in western Pennsylvania with a singular integrated electronic health record across its many sites of care.

Through the affiliation, a new independent Grove City Health Care Foundation has also been established with an initial endowment of approximately $30 million that will be spent on local health and wellness initiatives.

“Rural hospitals are critically important to the health and well-being of the populations they serve, and there is no better example than the outstanding services provided to this community by the employees, volunteers and affiliated clinicians of AHN Grove City,” said Cynthia Hundorfean, President and CEO of Allegheny Health Network. “Our organization grows stronger today as we welcome these many exceptional caregivers into the AHN family, and we cannot wait to start working together to provide the residents of Grove City and the surrounding region with more of the high-quality, close-to-home health services they need and deserve.”

AHN Grove City is the network’s eighth acute care facility located in western Pennsylvania and ninth hospital overall. The network is also currently in the process of building five additional hospitals in the greater Pittsburgh area, including a 160-bed full service hospital in Wexford, PA and four smaller scale neighborhood hospitals in suburban communities north, south and east of the city.    

Together with Highmark Health, AHN has invested more than $1.5 billion over the past five years to improve access to the network’s services, including construction of the new hospitals, multiple community cancer centers and other outpatient facilities, and the expansion and enhancement of facilities and programs at its existing hospitals.

Residents of the Grove City region have received their medical care from AHN physicians for many years, both through affiliated services and practice locations in the community and transitions to Allegheny General Hospital for higher level care when needed.

About AHN Grove City

AHN Grove City is a 67-bed acute care hospital in Mercer County. The hospital, which employees approximately 400 health care professionals, also operates six outpatient clinics and lab sites throughout its service footprint, offering cancer care, cardiac care, lab services, home health, and imaging services. AHN Grove City opened in November 1981, created through the merger of Grove City Hospital and Bashline Memorial Hospital, both of which were founded in the early 1900s. For more information, visit http://www.gcmcpa.org.

About Allegheny Health Network

Allegheny Health Network (http://www.AHN.org), a Highmark Health company, is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving the greater Western Pennsylvania region. Among the network’s 250 clinical locations are nine hospitals — Allegheny General Hospital, its flagship academic medical center in Pittsburgh; Allegheny Valley Hospital in Natrona Heights, Pa.; Canonsburg Hospital in Canonsburg, Pa.; Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, Pa.; Grove City Hospital in Grove City, Pa, Jefferson Hospital in Jefferson Hills, Pa.; Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie, Pa.; West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh; and Westfield Memorial Hospital in Westfield, NY. AHN also is home to a comprehensive research institute; Health + Wellness Pavilions; home- and community-based health services; and a group purchasing organization. The network employs approximately 21,000 people and has more than 2,400 doctors on its medical staff. Established in 2013, AHN’s member hospitals share legacies of charitable care that date back more than 160 years.

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New Life Hiking Spa Extends the 2020 Season and Offers a “New Year, New Life” Eight Night Wellness Retreat

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New Life Hiking Spa & Wellness Retreat

New Life Hiking Spa’s “New Year, New Life” Retreat is specially priced at $2,020 for a private room and all-inclusive programming.


KILLINGTON, Vt. (PRWEB)

By mid-January, many people’s New Year’s resolutions have fallen by the wayside. New Life Hiking Spa in Vermont is offering a “New Year, New Life” Eight Night Wellness Retreat for the 2020 season.

Open each year from the last spring through early fall, New Life has extended the 2020 dates to include an extra week in May and the first weekend of October. The new dates for New Life Hiking Spa & Wellness Retreat’s upcoming season will be May 14 – October 5, 2020.

The “New Year, New Life” Retreat is specially priced at $2,020 for a private room and all-inclusive programming. This rate includes:


  • A private room with a private bath for 8 consecutive nights

  • Three levels of guided hikes per day (to accommodate every guest’s fitness needs)

  • All fitness and wellness programming

  • Two massages

  • 24 meals (three nutritious, freshly prepared meals a day)

  • This rate also includes Vermont tax & amenity

New Life Hiking Spa offers vacation packages from 3-21 nights during the season. Information and reservations are available on New Life’s website. However, the “New Year, New Life” retreat is only available with a specialized link at http://www.vermont.bz/2020wellness.

About New Life Hiking Spa & Wellness Retreat:

Since 1978, New Life Hiking Spa has been providing affordable wellness and weight loss retreats in the Green Mountains of Vermont. As the name suggests, hiking is the pinnacle of the programming. Three levels of guided hikes are offered each day and the retreat is located where the Appalachian Trail and Long Trail intersect. Spa services, fresh meals, yoga, fitness classes and Vermont hotel accommodations round out this award-winning destination each spring – early fall season.

2020 marks the 43nd summer for New Life Hiking Spa hosting hiking and wellness retreats in Vermont. Over the years, New Life has received many awards and coverage not only for their affordability, but incredible programming. New Life Hiking Spa has been in Travel + Leisure as a #1 destination spa in 2016 and was named one of America’s “Four Great Weight Loss Spas” by Health Magazine.

New Life Hiking Spa’s mission is to provide a safe place for individuals to focus on their wellness in a down-to-earth environment utilizing the gorgeous Green Mountains of Vermont to relieve stress and get back to nature. Guests enjoy a variety of different levels of hiking, healthy food, holistic massages, wellness seminars and fitness classes. A variety of outdoor mindfulness activities round out this affordable retreat vacation.

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Myant to Demonstrate Connected Textiles for Fitness and Cycling at CES 2020 that Enable New Modes of Textile-Based Performance Optimization

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The quantification of performance has become a critical aspect of training and performance optimization for athletes, who have relied on performance quantification technologies to fine tune their performance, understand how to push harder, and when to pull back to avoid injury.


TORONTO (PRWEB)

Myant Inc., pioneers in Textile Computing™, will be exhibiting at CES 2020 in Las Vegas and showcasing a system of connected performance apparel (including a pair of connected cycling shorts) designed to augment fitness experiences, connecting athletes to their bodies, their training partners and coaches. Connected fitness represents just one facet of a life connected through textile that Myant is creating. These garments along with other connected textile form factors are poised to change the way people across society work, care for each other, and play.

The quantification of performance has become a critical aspect of training and performance optimization for athletes, and for cyclists in particular who have relied on performance quantification technologies to fine tune their performance, understand how to push harder, and when to pull back to avoid injury. The objective quantification of performance also serves as a motivational tool, helping to demonstrate progress over time and versus the competition. While many such tools exist, the individual measurement tools are often difficult to swap between bikes and the data generated from various tools are locked in their own platforms making it difficult to obtain a holistic view of performance.

Recognizing these challenges, Myant has been applying their expertise in textiles that can sense and react to the human body and is developing a line of fitness & performance apparel that consolidates numerous performance measurement tools into a single textile-based measurement platform. Different textile form factors (e.g. sports bra, underwear, sweat band, compression tights, etc.) all will have the ability to contribute data towards building a holistic picture of your performance and provide deeper context and understanding on how your broader life off the field (i.e. your sleep, your daily activity, etc.) is impacting your performance on the field. One such garment in development is a pair of connected cycling shorts with EMG sensors knitted directly into the textile which in combination with data captured by other connected garments (such as the connected athletic shoe or ECG shirt) enables access to a variety of performance metrics like fatigue, power output and blood/muscle oxygenation.

Other potential capabilities that can be integrated into fitness & performance apparel include posture detection and haptic feedback to correct form, heart rate via continuous ECG monitoring, respiration monitoring, blood pressure tracking, electrolyte-level monitoring via sweat sensing, activity tracking, electronically-controlled moisture management, and more. The cycling shorts and other fitness & performance interfaces will be on display in Myant’s booth at CES 2020, happening January 7th to 10th in Las Vegas.

The data generated by these textile-based sensors will be fed to the Myant Platform which aggregates these different data types to provide a single holistic view of your fitness & performance. Using machine learning on the Myant Platform, users will also be able to identify and predict performance issues, unlocking a new level of optimization. The insights derived from this data can be shared back to the athlete but also shared with training partners and coaches to augment the training experience. Training partners can share their data via apps connected to the Myant Platform, providing the social motivation to improve and push through.

The optimization of performance through connected textiles is just one of the many possibilities enabled by the Myant Platform, which provides a continuous and ambient connection between people and their bodies, their communities, and their environments across all aspects of daily life (i.e. home, work, and play). Myant’s presence at CES 2020 was designed to encourage others envision these possibilities, inspiring the world to challenge the way they see everyday textile and to reimagine the value that these objects can provide. Myant invites you to visit their booth at CES 2020 (Booth #43925, Sands Expo, Health & Wellness) to discover more about a world connected by textile.

For more information or to schedule a meeting with Myant at CES 2020, please contact:

Brian Fung

Marketing Strategist at Myant

brian.fung@myant.ca, 416-423-7906 x401

Frank Florio

VP, Strategy & Business Development at Myant

frank.florio@myant.ca, 416-423-7906 x421

About Myant Inc.

Myant has created the world’s first platform that continuously and ambiently connects people to their bodies, to each other, and to the world around them. Using connected textiles that can sense and react to the human body and a platform that enables machine learning driven health and performance outcomes, Myant is on a mission to transform human connectedness. With an extensive patent portfolio, key exclusive relationships within the textile computing industry, a multidisciplinary team of researchers, engineers, data scientists, fashion designers and knitting specialists, and over 80,000 ft² of manufacturing capacity, Myant is changing the way people across society connect. Connect with us to find out how we can help you create innovative solutions powered by connected textiles and the Myant Platform.

Visit https://www.myant.ca to learn more.

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Sigma honored by the American Journal of Nursing with four Book of the Year awards

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Sigma is honored to receive four American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Awards for 2019.

The American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Awards recognize some of the best books in nursing publishing, and Sigma is pleased to have two books recognized in multiple categories for 2019.


INDIANAPOLIS (PRWEB)

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) was awarded four 2019 American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards. These awards are regarded as one of the most important and prestigious designations of excellence in nursing book publishing. Now in its 50th year, the AJN Book of the Year competition has recognized Sigma for the last 11 consecutive years.

The following Sigma books were recognized by AJN:

The Influence of Psychological Trauma in Nursing was awarded first place in the Nursing Education/Continuing Education/Professional Development category and first place in the Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing category. Authored by Karen J. Foli and John R. Thompson.

The Influence of Psychological Trauma in Nursing helps nurses gain awareness and knowledge about trauma and recovery so they can heal and bring holistic healing to others. The authors provide a primer on psychological trauma, helping readers identify and understand the common forms of trauma in society. Filled with examples, tools, assessments, and learning objectives, this book helps nurses move forward as trauma-informed caregivers.

Mastering Precepting: A Nurse’s Handbook for Success, Second Edition, was awarded first place in the Medical-Surgical Nursing category and third place in the Education/Continuing Education/Professional Development category. Authored by Beth Ulrich.

The second edition of this book teaches preceptors both the science and art of precepting and empowers them to seek the support they need to be effective. For managers, it emphasizes the importance of providing nurse preceptors with positive and supportive experiences. For educators, it provides the information and knowledge required to develop and improve preceptor programs.

“The American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Awards recognize some of the best books in nursing publishing, and Sigma is pleased to have two books recognized in multiple categories for 2019,” said Sigma Publisher Dustin Sullivan. “This year’s awards raise the total for Sigma Publishing to 43 AJN Book of the Year Awards. I am proud of our authors and editorial team for maintaining such high publishing standards year after year, which in the end, benefits Sigma members and nurses everywhere.”

These 2019 AJN recipients are available for purchase in the Sigma Marketplace and bookstores throughout the world.

About Sigma:

The Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is advancing world health and celebrating nursing excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service. Founded in 1922, Sigma has more than 135,000 active members in over 100 countries and territories. Members include practicing nurses, instructors, researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and others. Sigma’s more than 540 chapters are located at more than 700 institutions of higher education throughout Armenia, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, England, Eswatini, Ghana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malawi, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, the United States, and Wales. Learn more at SigmaNursing.org

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Practicing Active Aging in 2020

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OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB)

As a new year begins, it’s an ideal time to establish healthier habits for the future. For most, making time for physical activity, even a few times a week, can be greatly beneficial for overall health, but this is especially true for older adults.

Regular exercise has been shown to increase cognitive function, prevent many common diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, improve mood, strengthen bones and even reduce risk of dangerous falls. Despite the benefits, the United Health Foundation’s 2019 Annual Report, showed more than 31 percent of Americans age 65 or older reported participating in no physical activity or exercise other than their regular job in the past 30 days.

“No matter your age, fitness level or restrictions, there are countless ways for each and every person to increase their physical health,” said Lakelyn Hogan, gerontologist and caregiver advocate at Home Instead Senior Care. “Whether you choose to try low impact exercises like walking, yoga or water aerobics, or something more adventurous, every little bit is helpful to strengthen the mind and body.”

To avoid feeling overwhelmed at the thought of starting a new exercise routine, Hogan suggests starting slow and working your way towards at least one activity a few times a week. Some ideas include:


  • Start Slow. If you’re not used to exercising regularly, start with activities that will warm up your muscles and joints. Exercises like seated hip marches and ankle rolls help with balance and flexibility, while torso twists and shoulder presses help seniors build strength and muscle.

  • Try a Local Gym. Local gyms may offer group fitness classes, perfect for seniors looking to socialize with friends while working out. Generally led by skilled and certified professionals, classes can often be tailored to unique personal needs. What’s more, classes often occur at the same time each week, so you can make a habit of exercising and add it to your weekly schedule.

  • Seek Out Professional Advice. Working with a personal trainer can be especially valuable for those just getting started. Take this opportunity to discuss what types of activities you’re most interested in trying and what modifications could be helpful. By learning the right exercises for your unique needs, you’ll be able to ensure a safe and beneficial fitness plan. Before you begin any exercise program, it’s worth discussing with your physician.

  • Stroll at Home. You don’t always need equipment, a gym or a trainer to exercise. Sometimes, all it takes is a brisk walk around the neighborhood to help stay fit. The best part about walking is that you can do it anywhere and at any time! To increase the overall health benefits, invite friends or family along for a causal stroll to catch up.

  • Have Fun. Sports like tennis and golf are fantastic ways for seniors to get outside, get active and interact with others. The beauty of these sports is that they are timeless, and you don’t have to be a pro to play. There are many golf and tennis leagues specifically for seniors.

No matter your age, increasing physical activity can help you live a longer, healthier and more independent life. This year, find new ways to achieve your health goals. For more information on how to get started, visit

https://www.caregiverstress.com/fitness-nutrition/

ABOUT HOME INSTEAD SENIOR CARE

Founded in 1994 in Omaha, Nebraska, the Home Instead Senior Care® franchise network provides personalized care, support and education to enhance the lives of aging adults and their families. Today, the network is the world’s leading provider of in-home care services for seniors, with more than 1,200 independently owned and operated franchises that provide more than 80 million hours of care annually throughout the United States and 11 other countries. Local Home Instead Senior Care offices employ approximately 90,000 CAREGivers℠ worldwide who provide basic support services that enable seniors to live safely and comfortably in their own homes for as long as possible. Home Instead Senior Care franchise owners partner with clients and their family members to help meet varied individual needs. Services span the care continuum – from providing personal care to specialized Alzheimer’s care and hospice support. Also available are family caregiver education and support resources.

Visit HomeInstead.com. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.

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China Focus@San Francisco to Offer 1-on-1 Partnering Opportunities

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HOUSTON (PRWEB)

Representatives with MyBioGate announced that they are organizing the largest China-themed partnering conference during JPM Week. The China Focus@San Francisco partners conference will be held on 12 January 2020 at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco from 8 am to 7 pm.

“China Focus would like to be your gateway to China’s healthcare and life science industry. For the overseas biopharmas interested in this huge market with enormous potential, partnering is the preferred approach,” said Miao Guo, Vice President of Operations and spokesperson for MyBioGate and added, “as the largest China-themed partnering conference during JPM Week, China Focus@San Francisco is a golden opportunity for 1-on-1 meetings to connect with Chinese decision-makers.”

“More than 300 business leaders and enthusiastic investors are ready to schedule personal meetings with you,” pointed out Guo.

Guo highlighted that China Focus @San Francisco is a partnering forum designed to provide a meaningful platform to inform, inspire, and foster cross-border partnerships in life science and healthcare.

“China embraced a vigorously growing healthcare market in the past decade. Ever since joining ICH in 2017, China has seen increased clinical trials and accelerated new drug and device approval, stressed Guo. “For life science and healthcare companies outside of China, you need to find the right partners and the right resources to bring your products to China to adapt to the difference in culture, regulation, reimbursement, etc. Chinese biotechs are also actively seeking global market entry opportunities and oversea partners.”

China’s domestic pharmaceutical consumption has increased dramatically in the past several years. By 2020, China’s pharmaceutical market volume is expected to grow to USD 220 billion, becoming the second-largest market after the United States, as reported by Deloitte.

As for who should attend the event, Guo emphasized that the event is ideal for investors, life science innovators and entrepreneurs, biotech & big pharma companies, Medtech (device and diagnostics) manufacturers and distributors, service providers (law firm, financial advisory, regulatory consulting, CRO, CDMO, etc.), and healthcare providers.

Main topics to be covered during China Focus@San Francisco are cross-border investments, Innovations going to China: regulation, market access, manufacturing and distribution

Chinese innovations going west: partnership for capital and market access in the U.S.

For more information, please visit https://events.mybiogate.com/sanfrancisco/

About China Focus

CHINA FOCUS is a one-of-a-kind partnering forum with a mission of connecting essential players and resources in the life science and healthcare ecosystem between China and the rest of the world. It brings together investors, pharma leaders, and innovators around the globe for an exclusive partnering event designed to inspire, inform, and foster cross-border investment and collaboration.

Since 2018, CHINA FOCUS has been successfully held in San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston, and Vienna, attracting more than 600 companies and 800 executives worldwide. It has become a name brand and the go-to event for cross-border partnerships between China and the rest of the world.

Contact Details:

Feier Chen

Manager of Marketing

7707 Fannin Street

Ste. 200

Houston, TX 77054

United States

Phone: (832) 497-2220

Email: feier.chen (at) mybiogate (dot) com

Source: MyBioGate Inc. (event.mybiogate.com)

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R. Martin Chavez Joins Paige’s Board of Directors

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Chavez will be instrumental in working with key executives as they grow the Company’s product portfolio, commercialize their solutions and expand into biopharma services and new geographies.


NEW YORK (PRWEB)

Paige, the leader in computational pathology transforming the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, welcomes Dr. R. Martin Chavez to its board of directors. Chavez joins Paige’s board after recently retiring from Goldman Sachs, where he served 19 years in multiple roles – including CIO, CFO, and Co-Head of Securities. He’s been credited as one of the key figures in elevating the roles of engineering and data science, both at Goldman Sachs and in the financial services sector more broadly. In this hands-on role at Paige, he will be working with the Company to help create a similar transformation in healthcare.

Following Paige’s recent close of its $45 million Series B funding round, Chavez will be instrumental in working with key executives as they grow the Company’s product portfolio, commercialize their solutions and expand into biopharma services and new geographies.

“I’m thrilled at the opportunity to put my experience at the crossroads of math, data, software, and machine learning to work for the crucial mission of revolutionizing cancer prognosis and treatment,” said Chavez, who holds a Ph.D in Medical Information Sciences from Stanford University. “I’m looking forward to joining Paige’s team in driving forward computational models for human tissue, while building a world-class culture of engineering, data science, and clinical decision analysis.”

Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Chavez was CEO and co-founder of Kiodex, acquired by Sungard in 2004. He was also Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Quorum Software Systems. He currently serves on the Board of Overseers of Harvard University, the Stanford Medicine Board of Fellows and the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Advanced Study. He was one of the key figures in elevating the roles of engineering and data science, both at Goldman Sachs and on Wall Street, more broadly.

“I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Marty to our active and influential board of directors,” said Leo Grady, CEO at Paige. “He has been enormously successful as an entrepreneur and leader. At Paige, we intend to transform cancer care in the same way that Marty transformed finance, which will have a far-reaching impact on clinical medicine and drug development. Marty will be very hands on with us, along with Jim Breyer and our other board members, to build a truly transformative healthcare company.”

Chavez joins the Paige board of directors after a stellar year of significant momentum for the Company. Leo Grady, CEO, joined Paige in February 2019 and the Company went on to receive the first FDA breakthrough designation in the same month. Paige’s technology was published in top peer-reviewed journals, highlighting significant advances is building robust AI solutions based on pathology data. The Company ended the year by receiving the first CE mark for a computational pathology solution, Paige Prostate, and announced a partnership with Philips to distribute the product. To close out 2019, the company announced its series B funding and is now working to expand its offerings for clinical pathology practices and the biopharma industry.

ABOUT PAIGE

Paige was founded in 2017 by world leaders in Pathology and AI at Memorial Sloan Kettering. The Company builds powerful, clinical-grade computational technologies to transform diagnosis, treatment, biomarker discovery and drug development for cancer. With AI positioned to open a new future of cancer care, Paige has created an AI-native ecosystem that enables pathology teams to achieve higher quality, faster throughput and lower cost diagnoses and treatment recommendations. Additionally, Paige accelerates new biomarker discovery and its platform is designed to generate new insights into pathways and drug efficacy. Paige is committed to delivering the technology in a way that integrates seamlessly with hospital and laboratory workflow systems and ensures safety, accuracy, security and data privacy.

For additional information, please visit: http://www.Paige.ai, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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HMP Announces Launch of Autoimmune Learning Network

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Clinicians will benefit from a comprehensive platform filled with promising information and insight that will improve decision-making and ultimately patient outcomes.


MALVERN, Pa. (PRWEB)

As multidisciplinary specialists from rheumatologists to gastroenterologists work to manage the complexities of autoimmune conditions, HMP, a leading healthcare event and education company, today announced the launch of the Autoimmune Learning Network, an important tool to help improve patient care.

The Autoimmune Learning Network serves as a robust digital hub of information and education focused on care innovations for patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs). Designed for a multidisciplinary audience in the fields of rheumatology, dermatology, gastroenterology, and immunology, the website offers clinical insights, peer-reviewed journal articles, interactive features, research and industry updates, accredited continuing educational programs, and live events. The Autoimmune Learning Network functions as the online home to HMP’s trusted and award-winning publications in the space, including The Dermatologist, Rheumatology Consultant, and Gastroenterology Consultant.

Visitors to the network can create a custom user experience, selecting preferences for topics and activities that are most relevant to them; receive regular email updates with breaking news and carefully curated content; and connect with a global community of multidisciplinary professionals.

In addition to serving as a content source, the network provides access to HMP’s full suite of well-known and highly regarded continuing education programs and live events in the fields of rheumatology, dermatology, gastroenterology, and immunology, including Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (AIBD), in association with American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), and the Interdisciplinary Autoimmune Summit (IAS).

“With the creation of the Autoimmune Learning Network, HMP is delivering a single, definitive resource where multidisciplinary professionals can go to receive immediate access to clinical knowledge while enjoying a highly specialized content experience,” said Kara Rosania, executive editorial director, HMP. “Clinicians will benefit from a comprehensive platform filled with promising information and insight that will improve decision-making and ultimately patient outcomes.”

For more information about the Autoimmune Learning Network, visit autoimmunelearningnetwork.com.

About HMP

HMP is the force behind Healthcare Made Practical — and is a multichannel leader in healthcare events and education, with a mission to improve patient care. The company produces accredited medical education events and clinically relevant, evidence-based content for the global healthcare community across a range of therapeutic areas. Its brands include Consultant360, the year-round, award-winning platform relied upon by primary care providers and other specialists; Psych Congress, the largest independent mental health meeting in the U.S.; EMS World Expo, North America’s largest EMT and paramedic event; and the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC), the largest wound care meeting in the world. For more information, visit hmpglobal.com.

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