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In-Office General Anesthesia Increases Comprehensive Pediatric Dental Care

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Anesthesia Progress volume 66 issue 4

Anesthesia Progress volume 66 issue 4

The idea of providing in-office general anesthesia (IOGA) attempts to combat this issue and offer complete comprehensive oral health care to pediatric patients in a faster, more comfortable and less expensive capacity.


LAWRENCE, Kan. (PRWEB)

Anesthesia Progress—Regular dental visits for children are just as important as their annual cleaning to ensure they are in good, overall health. Unfortunately, a significant number of children go without oral health care for myriad of reasons, including anxiety, cost and the number of visits to treat a single problematic tooth. Often, pediatric dental cases will be sent to the hospital operating room to be done under general anesthesia, which requires longer wait times and a higher expense. The idea of providing in-office general anesthesia (IOGA) attempts to combat this issue and offer complete comprehensive oral health care to pediatric patients in a faster, more comfortable and less expensive capacity.

Researchers from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati published a study in the current issue of Anesthesia Progress that compared the use of traditional oral sedation with IOGA for pediatric patients undergoing dental procedures at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

The researchers conducted a retrospective analysis examining oral sedation occurring pre- and post-IOGA accessibility with IOGA procedures. There were 930 pre-IOGA oral sedation patients ranging in age from 21 months to 13 years of age; 508 post-IOGA patients with an age range of 21 months to 15.5 years; and 418 IOGA patients ranging in age from 21 months to 13 years. The researchers focused on the percentage of completed cases within each patient population, as well as the percentage of radiographic exams, serious adverse effects, procedure time and repeat patients.

The researchers found the percentage of completed cases with oral sedation fell slightly from the pre-IOGA (88.6%) to post-IOGA (85.2%); however, 99.5% of all IOGA cases were completed. Dental radiographs increased from pre- to post-IOGA oral sedation patients (63.4% versus 3.5%), and 100% of IOGA had complete radiographs. There were no serious adverse events in any of the oral sedation patients, and only one case in the IOGA patients (0.2%). The overall procedure time was longer for IOGA cases (84.9 minutes) compared with pre- (67.9 minutes) and post-IOGA (68.1 minutes); however, the recovery time for IOGA cases was 15 minutes, whereas oral sedation could take up to 30 minutes. The number of repeat patients decreased from pre- to post-IOGA patients (11.1% vs. 5.9%), and only 0.9% of IOGA patients had a repeat visit.

The researchers conclude that IOGA improves access to treatment for pediatric dental patients. Not only does the completion of cases improve dramatically, but the number of radiographs and full dental examinations as well, which gives the necessary comprehensive oral health care to pediatric patients.

Full text of the article, “Impact of Instituting General Anesthesia on Oral Sedation Care in a Tertiary Care Pediatric Dental Clinic,” Anesthesia Progress, Vol. 66, No. 4, 2019, is now available here: https://www.anesthesiaprogress.org/doi/full/10.2344/anpr-66-02-02

About Anesthesia Progress

Anesthesia Progress is the official publication of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA). The quarterly journal is dedicated to providing a better understanding of the advances being made in the science of pain and anxiety control in dentistry. The journal invites submissions of review articles, reports on clinical techniques, case reports, and conference summaries. To learn more about the ADSA, visit: http://www.adsahome.org/.

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Your Best Shot Releases 4 New Wellness Shots For Targeted Health Support

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Your Best Shot

Your Best Shot was created to harness the nutritional powers of the highest-quality herbs and natural compounds Mother Earth has to offer


FORT MYERS, Fla. (PRWEB)

Supporting healthy immune function, mood, focus, libido, joint mobility and skin health is now easier than ever, thanks to Your Best Shot, a new line of liquid supplements that each deliver a targeted blend of beneficial nutrients in a convenient shot-sized drink that fits easily into your purse, backpack or gym bag.

Manufactured in a cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) compliant facility in the southeastern U.S., Your Best Shot formulas are uniquely made from high-quality ingredients, including powdered and liquid herbal extracts, vitamins and more, to ensure maximum potency and effectiveness. The herbal extracts used in Your Best Shot formulas are sourced from locations across the globe, from the mountains of South America to the tropics of South Asia, where many of the ingredients have traditionally been used for generations to support various areas of health.

Available formulas include:

  • Your Best Shot for Wellness & Energy: Delivers a blend of 7 different botanical ingredients, to support immune function, stress response, mood, focus, energy and endurance*

  • Your Best Shot for Healthy Skin: With collagen, biotin, hyaluronic acid and vitamin C, to support healthy skin, hair and nails*

  • Your Best Shot for Immunity Boost: A beneficial blend of elderberry, vitamin C and zinc, formulated to support normal immune function*

  • Your Best Shot for Joint Mobility: Provides glucosamine and chondroitin, MSM and collagen to offer support for joint comfort and mobility*

  • Your Best Shot for Male Virility: Offers libido, energy and mood support from tribulus, maca root, damiana and more*


Each easy-to-take shot:

  • Offers support for a targeted area of health

  • Is free of artificial colors

  • Can be taken on the go – tuck into a purse, backpack or gym bag


“Your Best Shot was created to harness the nutritional powers of the highest-quality herbs and natural compounds Mother Earth has to offer,” said Dan Lowman, co-founder. “Every single ingredient used in these formulas was thoughtfully selected and carefully curated based on its potential health benefits.”

Your Best Shot formulas come in 1.93 oz. (shot-sized) bottles and are available in 6-pack cases with bulk discounts for higher volume orders; a 30-day subscription of 30 bottles is also available.

To celebrate the launch of these unique supplements, all Your Best Shot formulas are now 20% OFF until January 31! Simply enter promo code SAVE20 at checkout to save.

For more information and to purchase Your Best Shot formulas, please visit http://www.bestshotforyou.com.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

About Your Best Shot

The brainchild of Dan Lowman, Daniel Amyradakis and Nic Engstrom, Your Best Shot is a line of shot-sized liquid dietary supplements formulated to harness the nutritional powers of the highest-quality herbs and natural compounds Mother Earth has to offer. Each ingredient was thoughtfully selected and carefully curated based on its potential health benefits. For more information, visit bestshotforyou.com.

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Visikol Expands Headquarters in Move to Hampton, NJ

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HAMPTON, N.J. (PRWEB)

Visikol started off as a university spin out from Rutgers University almost four years ago and has been rapidly growing its business ever since. Today, Visikol has almost five dozen pharmaceutical companies that are leveraging its digital pathology, advanced imaging and 3D cell culture assays to accelerate their drug discovery and development programs. To accommodate a growing Client list and a breadth of assay services, Visikol needed to expand its footprint and in the process has made substantial improvements to its laboratory facility through moving to the Perryville site.

The new space is split evenly between office space and lab space to house the sixteen person Visikol team and its various service offerings. Within the space, Visikol has dedicated spaces for advanced imaging, computing, cell culture, histopathology and general laboratory work.

“Initially, when we launched the company we decided to stay in New Jersey and build the company out of the NJ EDA CCIT incubator simply out of convenience as it was a few hundred feet away from our labs at Rutgers. However, as we have grown, we have really enjoyed building our business in New Jersey and have found it to be a great location for being close enough to Clients but also affordable wherein we can provide our Clients best-in-class services at an attractive price point,” described Visikol CEO Dr. Michael Johnson. Over the next few years, Visikol will use this new facility as a springboard to expand its services through continual R&D as well as to execute Client projects through the companies current service offering.

About Visikol

Visikol is a CRO focused on advanced drug discovery that is leading the fields of bio-imaging, bioinformatics and image analysis. We conduct end-to-end drug discovery services that include both 2D and 3D in vitro models and assays, 3D whole mount tissue imaging, digital pathology and custom drug discovery projects. Visikol offers a portfolio of drug discovery services ranging from 2D and 3D cell culture model and assay development to in vitro screening, animal tissue histology and automated image processing. The focus of these services is to transform tissues into images and ultimately into quantitative data sets that can be mined for actionable insights that help our Clients make more informed decisions during the drug discovery process. Additionally, Visikol manufactures and sells a suite of tissue clearing reagents and 3D immuno-labeling kits. These products allow researchers to easily and rapidly image whole tissues and 3D cell culture models in 3D instead of traditional 2D sectioning. For more information about Visikol or its services, please visit our website at visikol.com.

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Nomadix Becomes a Social Purpose Corporation

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Environmentally conscious consumer goods company transitions from for-profit LLC to social purpose corporation to put environmental and social initiatives in line with profit.

Nomadix Becomes a Social Purpose Corporation

This is one way for us to make sure our use of certified post-consumer recycled materials and other environmentally conscious objectives are built into the DNA of Nomadix for the long term.


SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (PRWEB)

Nomadix, SPC (formerly Nomadix, LLC) is pleased to announce that it has transitioned to a Social Purpose Corporation under the jurisdiction of the state of Washington. Its operations center will be located in San Clemente, California, and the company’s operations will continue as usual. This corporate structural change will protect the company’s triple bottom line approach, making decisions that factor in the benefit of the environment, its employees and customers, in addition to its financial profits.

Social Purpose Corporations can pursue social and financial goals, and have the agency to put those social goals ahead of maximizing profit “in a manner intended to promote positive short-term or long-term effects of, or minimize adverse short-term or long-term effects of, the corporation’s activities upon any or all of (1) the corporation’s employees, suppliers or customers; (2) the local, state, national or world community; or (3) the environment.”

Nomadix co-founder and CEO Zack Helminiak said, “A Social Purpose Corporation acts as a hybrid of a for-profit corporation, which has a duty to maximize financial profits for shareholders, and a non-profit organization, which is prohibited from distributing profits and may have 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. Nomadix runs as a for-profit business, but not at the expense of the environment. This is one way for us to make sure our use of certified post-consumer recycled materials and other environmentally conscious objectives are built into the DNA of Nomadix for the long term.”

Nomadix co-founder and COO Chace Petersen said, “Changing corporate structures might seem trivial, but as a fast-growing company, it was important for us to build a business that will stand the test of time. We hold the company and its manufacturing process responsible to its employees, customers, shareholders, and the environment. Building a corporate structure on that foundation is the ethical path to take, and we are excited to build on this for the future.”

Nomadix co-founder and President Hunter Robinson said, “We know this approach to building a business will become the norm in the future and will lead to better prosperity for all shareholders and communities. Considering overall business impact on all levels will lead to a stronger and healthier company and ecosystem in which to operate.”

The Nomadix SPC Social Purpose Annual Report can be found on its website.

About Nomadix:

Nomadix is a travel, outdoor and active lifestyle company that makes versatile, high-performance products that serve maximum utility, with minimum impact on the environment. Every Nomadix product is made with certified post-consumer recycled material according to the Global Recycle Standard. Nomadix launched “The Only Towel You Need” in 2015, and while it is still the number one selling product, it now produces ultralight towels, festival blankets, and ponchos. As a Washington State Social Purpose Corporation, Nomadix works on a triple bottom line, making decisions that factor in the benefit of the environment, its employees and customers, and financial profits.

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Attainia Announces New Partnership With Accruent

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (PRWEB)

Attainia, the market leader in cloud-based software for medical equipment (FF&E) planning, routine annual capital replacement, tracking and analytics, today announced the launch of a new partnership with Accruent, the leading provider of healthcare technology (HTM) and facilities management (HFM) solutions that optimize asset and maintenance management.

To manage — and reduce — total cost of capital equipment assets, healthcare systems and hospitals must have access to critical data that informs and guides purchasing decisions. The partnership will help healthcare delivery organizations manage their full equipment asset lifecycles and facilitate incremental cost reductions, allowing for improved quality of patient care. Only by consolidating and analyzing data system-wide, and enforcing standardization practices, can healthcare providers negotiate the most favorable purchasing terms and drive out costs from new construction, renovation and routine capital replacement projects. The Attainia / Accruent partnership will support cross-access to tools which are developed specifically to enhance existing processes and to identify all cost-savings opportunities available.

Using the combination of Attainia and Accruent software tools provide critical capabilities and benefits for healthcare organizations, including:

  • The industry’s only integrated furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) product supplier catalog that drives organizational standards with more than 3,200 suppliers that feature more than 63,000 products.

  • An online collaboration environment for equipment planning using workflows to ensure that processes are efficient and accurate, which can dramatically reduce the number of change orders.

  • Visibility into all planned capital equipment for new construction, renovation, expansion and annual replacement requests that maximize the ability to negotiate volume discounts with suppliers and group purchasing organizations (GPOs).

“The Accruent and Attainia partnership will dramatically impact the way our healthcare clients and future prospects manage their capital equipment,” said DJ Chhabra, Attainia CEO and chairman of the board. “Each company has a leading market position with healthcare planning solutions, and the synergy of our products will allow us to provide integrated data insights and an improved client experience in the planning and management of capital equipment. I’m very excited about how this partnership will enhance both organizations’ solutions and deliver improved outcomes for our healthcare clients.”

Currently, Accruent serves more than 55 percent of U.S. hospitals, providing capital planning, healthcare technology management, and facilities management software and services. Attainia provides capital equipment planning and replacement software and analytics to more than 1,000 hospitals.

“A comprehensive capital lifecycle management program can save millions of dollars for a healthcare organization,” noted Al Gresch, Accruent vice president of healthcare customer success, who helped build such systems for three different organizations. “To build such a system requires significant expertise, time, and resources. With this partnership, most of the heavy lifting is done for you and it makes that model achievable for any organization.”

About Attainia

attainia.com, @attainia

Used by more than 1,000 member hospitals, Attainia is the most widely implemented medical equipment planning, budgeting, and analytics software solution for healthcare equipment (FF&E) planning and routine replacement. Attainia drives informed healthcare equipment asset decisions by providing real-time insights, project management support, and powerful collaboration solutions in a thoughtfully-designed cloud-based software platform.

Contact Attainia

Dianna Sovine, 480-648-1697

dianna.sovine@attainia.com

About Accruent

accruent.com, @accruentllc

Accruent is the world’s leading provider of intelligent solutions for the built environment – a $10Bn market spanning real estate, physical and digital assets, and the integrated technology systems that connect and control them. Accruent continues to set new expectations for how organizations can use data to transform the way they manage their facilities and assets. With major office locations in Austin, New Orleans, London and Amsterdam, Accruent serves more than 10,000 customers in a wide range of industries in more than 150 countries around the world.

Contact Accruent

Wayne Henninger, 1-570-573-6556

wayne@waynehenninger.com

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James Fisher Selected as a Member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (PRWEB)

Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Judge James (Jim) Fisher (retired) has been selected as a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.

The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals is the foremost professional organization for experienced mediators and arbitrators practicing in the field of civil and commercial conflict resolution. Formed in 2008, members are selected based on peer nominations and due diligence research in each state, under the guidance of our state committees. Members are distinguished by their commitment to excellence in the field of dispute resolution and their reputation within the profession. To learn more about the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, please click here.

Mr. Fisher is Of Counsel in the firm’s Grand Rapids office. He brings several decades of experience as a successful litigator and distinguished jurist to his active ADR practice. Trained as both a Civil and Domestic mediator, he provides skilled mediation and arbitration services to attorneys and their clients in all types of cases. He has successfully mediated over 400 cases in the last 8 years involving divorce, valuation of closely-held businesses, medical and legal malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death, construction and real estate claims, and estate disputes. He has also arbitrated dozens of disputes in these areas, and for the last two years has served as a Special Master assisting the trial judge with management of discovery disputes arising from the over 200 cases filed against Wolverine Worldwide and 3M in Kent County involving contamination of water wells with PFAS.

Mr. Fisher is a Member and the former Chair of the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission, a commission that was created in 2014 from legislation recommended by Governor Rick Snyder’s Indigent Defense Advisory Commission. The Commission is mandated to adopt minimum standards for indigent defense systems throughout the state, recommend best practices to local courts, and fund grants to improve these services throughout the state. The Michigan Indigent Defense Commission is responsible for oversight of grants in excess of 100 million dollars each year for improvement of legal services to indigent defendants, and as a result Michigan is now considered a national leader in this area.

Mr. Fisher is on the Board of Directors of Highpoint Community Bank and a former board member of the Michigan Judges Association, Spectrum Pennock Hospital, the YMCA of Barry County, and the Kiwanis Club of Hastings. He was a consultant to the Michigan Supreme Court helping trial courts across the state improve their services and is the recipient of the 2012 Michael Franck Professional Responsibility Award for leading Michigan’s Indigent Defense Advisory Commission. Mr. Fisher received his B.S. from Kettering University and his J.D. from Wayne State University School of Law.

About Dickinson Wright PLLC

Dickinson Wright PLLC is a general practice business law firm with more than 475 attorneys among more than 40 practice areas and 16 industry groups. Headquartered in Detroit and founded in 1878, the firm has 18 offices, including six in Michigan (Detroit, Troy, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Saginaw) and 11 other domestic offices in Austin and El Paso, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Lexington, Ky.; Nashville, Tenn.; Las Vegas and Reno, Nev.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Silicon Valley, Calif.; and Washington, D.C. The firm’s Canadian office is located in Toronto.

Dickinson Wright offers our clients a distinctive combination of superb client service, exceptional quality, value for fees, industry expertise and business acumen. As one of the few law firms with ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, Dickinson Wright has built state-of-the-art, independently-verified risk management controls and security processes for our commercial transactions. Dickinson Wright lawyers are known for delivering commercially-oriented advice on sophisticated transactions and have a remarkable record of wins in high-stakes litigation. Dickinson Wright lawyers are regularly cited for their expertise and experience by Chambers, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and other leading independent law firm evaluating organizations.

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American College of Lifestyle Medicine Meets Critical Need for Nutrition Education in Medical Schools with Free Culinary Medicine Curriculum

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Culinary Medicine is a field that brings together nutrition and culinary knowledge and skills to assist patients in preventing, treating, and even reversing food-related disease.


ST. LOUIS, Mo (PRWEB)

Diet has been identified as the single most important risk factor for morbidity and mortality in the United States, yet most health care providers spend relatively few hours learning about nutrition during their training. The need for more nutrition education in medical schools has been highlighted in widespread media coverage emanating from a recent report of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic.

To fill this gap, the American College of Lifestyle Medicine has announced the availability of its new 200-page curriculum book, Culinary Medicine Curriculum, a free resource focused on practical dietary behavior changes, food knowledge and cooking skills needed to move toward a healthier diet. The course author is Michelle Hauser, MD, MS, MPA, FACLM, Chef, who created a highly successful culinary medicine elective course for medical students at Stanford University School of Medicine in 2017 with assistance from Julia Nordgren, MD, Chef, and Stanford colleagues, Maya Adam, MD, Tracy Rydel, MD, Christopher Gardner, PhD, and David Iott, Chef—all of whom except Iott are contributors on the Culinary Medicine Curriculum along with Emma Steinberg, MD, Chef, and Alaina Bever.

The curriculum is available via complimentary download and is intended to be used and implemented in medical schools and other health professional training programs but is easily adaptable for use in a variety of other educational environments, including residency programs, health and wellness coaching, and masters level courses.

“The nutrition education that currently is offered in medical schools is often primarily didactic and focused on the biochemistry of nutrients and health consequences of deficiency states—content that is of limited use in a clinical setting where the majority of the population faces overnutrition due to high intake of ultra-processed, calorie-dense foods,” Hauser said. “Culinary Medicine is an evidence-based field that brings together nutrition and culinary knowledge and skills to assist patients in maintaining health and preventing, treating, and even reversing food-related disease by choosing high-quality, healthy food in conjunction with appropriate medical care.”

While Culinary Medicine does not endorse a single dietary philosophy, this curriculum has been designed to focus on whole food, plant-based nutrition, a dietary pattern centered on foods including vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds. While a number of dietary patterns have been associated with prevention and treatment of common chronic diseases, the whole food, plant-based diet is the only shown to reverse coronary artery disease, which is responsible for one in every four deaths for those over age 35.

The curriculum also includes concrete strategies for health care providers wishing to partner with their patients on improving dietary choices, thereby assisting them in transitioning along a spectrum to a more plant-centric diet focused on whole foods. The goal is to provide students with lessons about healthy diet, tasty food preparation, dietary behavior change and counseling patients via motivational interviewing.

The curriculum has been adapted to enable a wide variety of health professionals to teach Culinary Medicine in their training programs and takes into account world flavors and culinary traditions, while keeping in mind time and resource constraints.

“Providing health care professionals with a strong foundation in Culinary Medicine—including what constitutes a healthy diet and how to find, obtain, and prepare healthy and delicious food—is a key part of educating health professionals to partner and support patients in achieving better health outcomes,” said ACLM President Dexter Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH, FACLM, DipABLM. “Media reports on nutrition research tend to foster confusion about what makes up a healthy diet by focusing on nuances; however, the vast majority of nutrition scientists and public health experts agree on the health benefits of diets rich in whole, plant foods and low in processed foods. We are so thrilled to have partnered with Dr. Hauser on this critically needed curriculum.”

“Culinary Medicine can be thought of as the applied, laboratory portion of a nutrition curriculum for students and trainees,” Hauser said. “Such training can be provided as part of the four-year medical school curriculum, incorporated later as continuing medical education, or included in training programs for those in allied health professional fields.”

To access the Culinary Medicine curriculum, go to https://lifestylemedicine.org/culinary-medicine.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE: ACLM is the medical professional society for those dedicated to the advancement and clinical practice of Lifestyle Medicine as the foundation of a transformed and sustainable health care system. Lifestyle Medicine is the use of a whole food, plant-predominant dietary lifestyle, regular physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances and positive social connection as a primary therapeutic modality for treatment and reversal of chronic disease.

More than a professional association, ACLM is a galvanized force for change. ACLM addresses the need for quality education and certification, supporting its members in their individual practices and in their collective mission to domestically and globally promote Lifestyle Medicine as the first treatment option, as opposed to a first option of treating symptoms and consequences with expensive, ever increasing quantities of pills and procedures. ACLM members are united in their desire to identify and eradicate the root cause of disease. Learn more at http://www.LifestyleMedicine.org.

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DeliverLean CARE Signs Agreement with Humana and CarePlus Health Plans to Provide Post-Discharge Meals to Medicare Advantage Members in Florida

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Together with Humana and CarePlus Health Plans, we are focused on empowering people by giving them access to healthy, fresh food delivered to their door


HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (PRWEB)

Organically grown meal delivery company DeliverLean expands its footprint with the launch of a new program for seniors called DeliverLean CARE, set to launch in January 2020 in partnership with Humana and CarePlus Health Plans. DeliverLean CARE will deliver meals to some Hu-mana and CarePlus Medicare Advantage members discharged from hospitals at no additional cost as part of their health plan.

This is just the latest project in DeliverLean’s expansion. Under the leadership of Founder and CEO Scott Harris, the company has grown at an unprecedented rate and is still expanding. De-liverLean CARE’s senior meals will address different chronic health conditions like Diabetes, Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Disease. A team of world class chefs and dietitians designed 6 specialty meal plans including General Wellness, Diabetic (Carb-Controlled), Low Sodium, Vegetarian, Pureed and Kosher. The menu items focus on transparency of ingredients and take into consideration comfort foods and the simplicity of meals for seniors. Some meals include Chicken Parmesan, Lasagna, Chimichurri Steak, Huevos Rancheros and Pan Seared Flounder.

“We’re excited to bring fresh, healthy meals to our members when they are discharged from a hospital stay,” said Alan Stewart, Humana Senior Vice President and Division Leader. “Our mis-sion is to provide whole person health care for our Medicare Advantage members and that goes beyond the care they receive in the hospital to ensure they have the support they need for a full recovery.”

DeliverLean has had national recognition being ranked the 124th fastest growing company in the nation and 8th in the national food and beverage category by Inc. 500. The company     current-ly operates out of a 60,000-square-foot USDA/FDA-certified kitchen in Hollywood, FL and em-ploys upwards of 300 people.

“Together with Humana and CarePlus Health Plans, we are focused on empowering people by giving them access to healthy, fresh food delivered to their door,” said DeliverLean CEO Scott Harris. “We’re thankful that Humana and CarePlus are taking a preventative approach and be-lieve this benefit will greatly improve many lives while helping to reduce health care costs and lower hospital readmissions.”

DeliverLean CARE is laser-focused on the healthcare market by providing convenient, healthy, fresh meals customized to patient needs without sacrificing quality or taste. The meals are deli-vered overnight directly to homes and are ready to heat and eat in under 2 minutes. DeliverLean CARE is also available to individuals, caretakers, family members or anyone worried about get-ting the proper nutrition to someone they care about. DeliverLean CARE meals are available for direct purchase at http://www.DeliverLeanCare.com and range from $9.95 – $12.95 per meal. The company remains wholly committed to making healthy independent living accessible to the en-tire community in the State of Florida and beyond.

About DeliverLean

DeliverLean is a healthy gourmet meal delivery service who prides itself on maintain-ing the highest quality safety standards, with a focus on food quality and transparency of ingredients. With five meal plans to choose from, including Classic, Paleo, Keto, Vegetarian and Vegan, all meals range from 300-600 calories each. DeliverLean al-lows customers to choose their meals online or from their mobile app giving customers the flexibility to choose from over 150 different menu items weekly for a completely customized approach. DeliverLean also features DL GRBNGO, a line of ready to eat ‘grab and go’ meals including sandwiches, salads, and wraps, available at wholesale to hotels, airports, hospitals, and retail establishments throughout the State of Florida. DeliverLean operates out of a 60,000 SF USDA/FDA Certified commercial kitchen in Hollywood, Florida. DeliverLean was ranked 124th Fastest Growing Company on the Inc. 500 list (2015) and #8 in the nation in the Food and Beverage Category (2013).

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Cutting Edge Spine Announces FDA 510(K) Clearance of its New HA Enhanced PEEK Interbody System for a Direct Lateral Approach to the Spine, the EVOL®ha-DLIF

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EVOLha-DLIF

EVOLha-DLIF Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion System

Maintaining a concentrated focus on the development and commercialization of novel bioactive interbody fusion solutions is at our core as a company.


WAXHAW, N.C. (PRWEB)

Cutting Edge Spine, a leader in the development and commercialization of bioactive spinal solutions, today announced the 510(K) clearance and commercial launch of the latest addition to its bioactive portfolio of interbody systems, the EVOL®ha-DLIF direct lateral interbody fusion system.

The EVOL®ha-DLIF is made of PEEK-OPTIMA HA Enhanced material supplied by Invibio Biomaterial Solutions. Cutting Edge Spine implants made with this material have demonstrated early onset bone formation and apposition to its implants.

“Leveraging our expertise with the PEEK-OPTIMA HA Enhanced material as applied to interbody systems development and clinical validation is paving the way for Cutting Edge Spine to offer the largest worldwide bioactive interbody fusion system portfolio,” said Randy Roof – President, CEO & Founder of Cutting Edge Spine. “Maintaining a concentrated focus on the development and commercialization of novel bioactive interbody fusion solutions is at our core as a company and we believe that is how we can best serve patients and surgeons on a global scale.”

In addition to the EVOL®ha-DLIF, Cutting Edge Spine offers numerous other interbody fusion systems made with the PEEK-OPTIMA HA Enhanced material: EVOL®ha-C, EVOL®ha-ALIF, EVOS®ha.

About Cutting Edge Spine

Founded in 2009, Cutting Edge Spine (CES) is a privately-owned medical device organization, headquartered in Waxhaw, NC. The Company is dedicated to developing and commercializing a novel, comprehensive portfolio of bioactive spinal interbody fusion systems and providing optimal fiscal value to patients, payors and healthcare providers. The Company currently possesses seven 510(K) cleared proprietary technologies and plans to add several more in 2020. For more information, please visit http://www.cuttingedgespine.com.

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National Counseling Practice Opens First Florida Office, Offers Extended Hours

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (PRWEB)

Thriveworks, a counseling practice with 100+ locations across the US, has opened its first Florida office in Fort Lauderdale.

Thriveworks differentiates itself from other counseling practices by providing extended evening and weekend hours, offering flexible cancellations, and accepting most major insurance plans. Additionally, they offer online counseling opportunities.

Regional Clinic Director Ryan Culkin says, “We’re seeing that healthcare services fail to meet the scheduling needs of normal hardworking individuals and their families. We knew we could help change that—at least for mental health counseling.”

Thriveworks offers extended hours, from early morning to evening and weekend appointments. Normal hours of operation are 7:30am-9:00pm, Monday-Friday and 8:00am-5:00pm, Saturday-Sunday.

About Thriveworks:

Thriveworks is known for premium mental health services and customer care. On top of their extended hours, Thriveworks works to provide innovative technologies that supplement the therapy process including phone and email access to one’s therapist as well as a counselor-moderated community discussion board.

Thriveworks offers a variety of mental health services including individual therapy, couples therapy, life coaching, and help for specific issues like depression, anxiety, and addiction.

The Thriveworks philosophy is that everyone can benefit from working with a skilled caring therapist, counselor, or coach. For more information, call (754) 400-5514 or visit https://thriveworks.com/fort-lauderdale-counseling/

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