We’ve spent nearly two decades working hard to provide the best service and supplies to anyone who needs us. It’s an honor to be able to touch even more lives with the kind of care we’re truly privileged to provide.

OKLAHOMA CITY (PRWEB)
December 18, 2019

180 Medical, a leading nationwide supplier of intermittent catheters and ostomy supplies, is proud to announce they now offer incontinence products. This new expansion of their supply line allows them to extend their highly reviewed customer service and top-quality incontinence supplies for patients living with urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and other medical conditions that may cause neurogenic bladder and/or neurogenic bowel.

After living with a spinal cord injury for ten years, Todd Brown founded 180 Medical in 2002. During the decade before 180 Medical’s launch, Brown dealt with frequent urinary tract infections, which affected his health and energy, and he couldn’t find a medical supply company with staff that understood or cared about his needs. Once he discovered sterile-use catheters and other urological supplies, he felt like his quality of life made a 180° turnaround. Todd knew other people also needed a reliable company where they could receive proper care, compassion, and medical supplies that could help turn their lives around too. This led him to create 180 Medical.

180 Medical, a subsidiary of ConvaTec, is glad to provide incontinence supplies as a way to touch even more lives with the kind, knowledgeable service for which 180 Medical has become known by so many customers and healthcare professionals across the country. 180 Medical is contracted with Medicare, state Medicaid plans, and an ever-growing number of private insurance plans.

“It’s an exciting time for us at 180 Medical,” says Mark Jassey, Chief Commercial Officer of 180 Medical. “We’ve spent nearly two decades working hard to provide the best service and supplies to anyone who needs us. It’s an honor to be able to touch even more lives with the kind of care we’re truly privileged to provide.”

180 Medical now offers a wide range of insurance-covered incontinence supplies, including pull-on protective underwear, adult diapers and briefs, children’s training pants, baby diapers, urinary bladder pads, incontinence liners, male guards, booster pads, and underpads (chux) to protect mattresses, bedding, and chairs. 180 Medical provides incontinence products from a wide range of the top manufacturers and incontinence supply brands in the nation today, such as Tranquility, TENA, First Quality, Prevail, Cuties, Comfees, Attends, and Covidien (Cardinal Health).

As one of America’s top providers of intermittent catheter supplies, ostomy products, and now a wide range of incontinence products, 180 Medical is excited for more opportunities to impact lives all over the United States positively.

For more information, please visit http://www.180medical.com.

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Dr. Lisa Vernon

SCOTCH PLAINS, N.J. (PRWEB)
December 18, 2019

NJ Top Docs has reviewed and approved board certified OB/GYN specialist, Lisa Vernon MD FACOG for 2019. Dr Vernon is dedicated to the care of women throughout all of their stages of life for over a decade. She holds board certification from the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Treating patients in both Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Dr. Vernon exudes compassion and expertise. She attended Meharry Medical College for her medical degree and completed an internship program at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Vernon then received her residency training at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

Services provided by this NJ Top Doc include consultations for contraception and infertility, minimally invasive gynecological surgeries, high and low risk pregnancy care, management of menopausal symptoms, annual gynecological examinations, pediatric gynecology, as well as cancer and STD screening/treatment.

To learn more about Dr. Lisa Vernon, please click here: https://njtopdocs.com/nj-doctors/lisa-vernon/

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NJ Top Docs is a comprehensive, trusted and exclusive healthcare resource featuring reviewed and approved Top Doctors and Dentists in New Jersey online in an easy to use format. NJ Top Docs only reviews and approves providers based on merit after they have been extensively vetted.

NJ Top Docs is a division of USA Top Docs which allows patients to meet providers online before making their appointment.

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TOLEDO, Ohio (PRWEB)
December 17, 2019

Graham’s Foundation, the global support organization for families facing the challenges of premature birth, is pleased to announce that Christopher Rand, the Chief Executive Officer of AngelEye Health, a provider of virtual patient engagement solutions, has joined its board of directors.

“We started Graham’s Foundation because, in spite of the incredible support we received during our twins’ time in the NICU, we felt like we were barely surviving,” says Nick Hall, founder of Graham’s Foundation. “Getting to hold our son, Graham, and hearing from our nurses that he knew he was being held, meant the world. That’s when I knew we had to help make a difference for future parents of extremely early preemies. That’s why I’m so glad to have Christopher on our board. He gets it, and his company gets it.”

“Both AngelEye and Graham’s Foundation share the common goal of giving families the support they need while their child is in the NICU,” says Rand. “They are wholly committed to support, comfort, inform, and guide families who experience premature birth, and our technology enables their ability to accomplish their mission.”

The AngelEye Health Virtual Care Platform enables parents, families, and care teams to stay connected when their newborns and children are in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). AngelEye offers live-stream video, real-time family chat, and HIPAA-compliant, one-way multimedia updates between parents and the care team.

A recent integration of InJoy Health Education’s content enhances a hospital’s ability to provide parents with material tailored for their baby’s specific condition upon admission and up to 90 days post-discharge.

About Graham’s Foundation

Our vision is a world where no parent goes through the experience of prematurity alone. The mission is to support, comfort, inform and guide families who experience premature birth. By collaborating with the healthcare community and parents of preemies, we improve the well-being of preterm babies and families. Our support programs are designed to meet their unique needs. They include NICU, transition home, and remembrance care package programs, trained parent mentors, MyPreemie the market-leading app for parents of preemies, and access to online communities with tens of thousands of engaged parents making new connections. For more information and to donate, visit GrahamsFoundation.org.

About AngelEye Health

AngelEye Health is the leading virtual engagement solution that provides hospitals with robust communication and patient education solutions, removing the physical barriers separating families during their NICU or PICU stay. The advanced camera, one-way audio, and HIPAA-compliant applications enhance the patient and family experience, improve quality of care, and increase efficiencies across the care continuum. Founded in 2013, AngelEye Health partners with 70+ hospitals, 11,000 parent, and 25,000 family users annually. For more information, visit angeleye.health. Follow us here: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.

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Regence is dedicated to transforming health care by delivering innovative products to our members, and we’re proud to continue providing a digital health solution to them thanks to our partnership with Wildflower.

PORTLAND, Ore. (PRWEB)
December 17, 2019

Regence and Wildflower Health today announced the launch of BabyWise, a pregnancy and parenting mobile app that connects select Regence members to key maternity resources, health trackers and clinical health milestones.

Wildflower helps clients personalize the healthcare journey for individuals by leveraging the power of digital health. Regence is a family of health plans in Oregon, Idaho, Utah and select counties in Washington, each an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association dedicated to making health care better, simpler and more affordable.

The BabyWise app was developed exclusively for Regence health plan members. It easily and quickly connects members to resources like 24/7 nurse line support with click to call features, surveys for a healthy pregnancy and reminders for prenatal appointments.

Additionally, Regence BabyWise continues support of new parents with clinical to dos and voice-activated trackers for baby up to age 2. Users can tell Amazon Alexa to track activities just for baby with the feeding and diaper tracker, just by using their voice.

“Our maternity nurses are dedicated to the health of you and your baby and the BabyWise app is an extension of that care that provides information and resources – any time, day or night” said Jamie Halstead, director of Regence care management. “Regence is dedicated to transforming health care by delivering innovative products to our members, and we’re proud to continue providing a digital health solution to them thanks to our partnership with Wildflower.”

The Regence BabyWise app can be downloaded in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store by following the links, searching “BabyWise” in your app store or texting BABYWISE to 503 444 8721. Currently, BabyWise is available as an additional purchase exclusively for Regence self-insured members.

Features both engage and inform users throughout their experience, and include:

• Click to call 24/7 nurse line support
• Healthy pregnancy surveys
• Personalized healthy pregnancy To Dos of each step in the pregnancy journey.
• Q-List to keep a list of questions to talk about with a doctor
• Ultrasound videos: What babies look like at each stage of pregnancy
• Health trackers for baby’s kicks and mom’s weight gain

After baby comes, support continues from pregnancy to parenthood. Baby has their own profile for new parents to learn about:

• Important clinical topics for newborns and young children from 0 to 2 years old like developmental milestones by age, literacy, dental health and nutrition
• Tips on challenges facing new parents, including postpartum depression screening
• Life hacks for new parents like sleep, first week with baby at home, swaddling and traveling

“We’ve enjoyed collaborating with Regence over the past four years to bring innovative digital health solutions to their members,” said Leah Sparks, Wildflower Health founder and CEO. “What started as mobile-enabled support for healthy pregnancies has now evolved into a trusted solution for growing families by simplifying healthcare and connecting families to the right support at the right times. This includes decision support to enable healthy choices throughout pregnancy and those important first few years.”

The BabyWise app can be downloaded in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store by following the links, searching “BabyWise” in your app store or texting BABYWISE to 503 444 8721.

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About Regence

Regence serves more than 2.6 million members through Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah, Regence BlueShield of Idaho, and Regence BlueShield (select counties in Washington). Each health plan is a nonprofit independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Regence is part of a family of companies dedicated to transforming health care by delivering innovative products and services that change the way consumers nationwide experience health care. For more information, please visit regence.com.

About Wildflower Health

Wildflower empowers women and their families to confidently navigate and access the care they need, when they need it. By deeply integrating our technology into healthcare and personalizing the user experience, we help the entire healthcare ecosystem meet the expectations of today’s consumer, driving a meaningful impact on health for entire families. Learn more at http://www.wildflowerhealth.com.

Disclaimers:

Regence health plans are Independent Licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association serving members in Idaho, Oregon, Utah and select counties of Washington

Wildflower Health is a separate and independent company that provides pregnancy app products to Regence members.

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Mr. John A. DiAngelo, President and CEO of Inspira Health – winner of this year’s Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO

“We appreciate this recognition of Inspira Health’s overall accomplishments…I share this award with the entire Inspira team, and our many community partners.” – Mr. DiAngelo

WASHINGTON (PRWEB)
December 17, 2019

The influential Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO was presented once again at The Leapfrog Group’s annual Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C. tonight. This year’s recipient was Mr. John A. DiAngelo, President and CEO of Inspira Health in New Jersey.

The award was created by Costs of Care, a leading non-profit dedicated to curating and disseminating insights from the frontlines of health care to help delivery systems provide better care at lower cost, to recognize a hospital and/or health system CEO who has demonstrated courageous and ethical leadership addressing the twin issues of affordability and quality of health care in their community.

“Patients want to know that health care leaders are doing all we can to ensure that they receive the best health care in a way that is as affordable as possible,” said Chris Moriates, MD, Executive Director of Costs of Care. “Addressing patient affordability will require new solutions and brave leadership.”

Mr. DiAngelo has led the charge in supporting underserved populations through Inspira’s involvement with the Cumberland County Housing First Collaborative (CCHFC). This unique consortium of social service organizations, faith-based institutions and government officials follows the Housing First model to tackle chronic homelessness, with the goal of ending homelessness in the county by 2020. The movement is part of a broader effort to understand and address social determinants of health – poverty, access to nutritious food, violent surroundings, etc. – that play a role in managing and preventing diseases, and affect overall health.

The Outstanding Healthcare CEO award is named in honor of Steven Schroeder, MD, Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care at the University of California San Francisco and former President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Schroeder has spent five decades inspiring and mentoring leaders to forcefully advocate for better quality and more affordable health care, and he has inspired leaders of both Costs of Care and The Leapfrog Group.

Dr. Schroeder said about this year’s winner, “John DiAngelo has shown that health systems can contribute to the health of the community they serve, and can do so in an affordable manner. His work models the values and programs that distinguish excellent medical systems, and he is most worthy of this award.”

“We appreciate this recognition of Inspira Health’s overall accomplishments in the areas of patient safety, clinical quality and reducing health care costs. I share this award with the entire Inspira team, and our many community partners,” said Mr. DiAngelo.

“Great health system leaders know that quality and affordability go hand-in-hand,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “With this award we’re pleased to join with Costs of Care in recognizing a CEO who tackles patient safety, quality, and cost simultaneously, and as a result provides better care to the community.”

About Costs of Care

Costs of Care is a nonprofit organization dedicated to curating and broadly disseminating insights from the front lines of health care to help delivery systems provide better care at lower cost. Since 2009, Costs of Care has collected more than 500 personal accounts from physicians, nurses, and patients all over the United States that illustrate routine and high yield opportunities to improve the value of care delivery through improved decision-making. Costs of Care has created widely adopted and enduring resources to educate medical trainees and clinicians about how to address health care costs and provide high-value care, including the textbook Understanding Value-Based Healthcare, the “COST” framework for designing value improvement projects, multiple workshops, and free, CME-approved video modules. In December 2019, Costs of Care launched the Affordability Moonshot – envisioning a world in which “no one has to choose between their life and their life-savings” – paired with an Affordability Accelerator to support and collaborate on promising ideas to improve patient affordability.

Connect at http://www.costsofcare.org, be a part of the Moonshot at moonshot.costsofcare.org, and follow on Twitter/Instagram @CostsOfCare.

About The Leapfrog Group

Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American health care. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects and transparently reports hospital performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog’s other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections.

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