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Hackensack Meridian Health CEO Robert C. Garrett Ranked No. 1 in CEO Forum's 10 CEOs Transforming Healthcare in America

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수요일, 7월 5, 2023

EDISON, N.J., July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most integrated health network, is proud to announce that CEO Robert C. Garrett is ranked No. 1 in the prestigious CEO Forum's 10 CEOs Transforming Healthcare'' in the U.S. for the third year in a row.

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  • EDISON, N.J., July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most integrated health network, is proud to announce that CEO Robert C. Garrett is ranked No.
  • 1 in the prestigious CEO Forum's 10 CEOs Transforming Healthcare'' in the U.S. for the third year in a row.
  • By viewing healthcare through a broader lens, including non-medical issues, we add a human dimension to the training of future physicians.
  • "Every person in this nation should have equal access to high-quality healthcare providers and be given all the tools necessary to achieve optimal health," Mr. Garrett said.

Georgia Health Information Network Receives $1M USDA Grant to Upgrade Technology and Support Medically Underserved Georgians

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목요일, 6월 29, 2023

ATLANTA, June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Georgia Health Information Network (GaHIN), Georgia’s state-designated health information exchange (HIE), has received a $1,000,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Emergency Rural Development Community Facilities Grant program.

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  • ATLANTA, June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Georgia Health Information Network (GaHIN), Georgia’s state-designated health information exchange (HIE), has received a $1,000,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Emergency Rural Development Community Facilities Grant program.
  • This community-based grant program aims to promote rural healthcare services by expanding and enhancing healthcare delivery to medically underserved citizens living in counties of persistent poverty.
  • GaHIN will use the USDA grant funds to upgrade its network system and has selected Ready Computing as its technology partner to advance health information exchange, telehealth, primary care, acute care, behavioral health and behavioral health care coordination.
  • In August 2021, USDA made the Emergency Rural Health Care Grants available through the American Rescue Plan Act to help rural health care facilities, tribes and communities expand access to health care services and nutrition assistance.

Oova, Inc. Announces Series A $10.3M and Launches New Oova Membership Model to Empower Women on their Reproductive Journeys

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화요일, 6월 13, 2023

NEW YORK, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Oova, Inc., a trailblazer in women's health and fertility solutions, is proud to announce its Series A raise of $10.3M, and introduce the new Oova Membership model, designed to provide unparalleled support and empowerment to women as they navigate fertility while trying to conceive. Unlike traditional one-time purchases or subscription-to-refill kits, the Oova Membership offers a comprehensive, ongoing solution for women's reproductive health.

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  • Unlike traditional one-time purchases or subscription-to-refill kits, the Oova Membership offers a comprehensive, ongoing solution for women's reproductive health.
  • Understanding the evolving needs of women on their fertility journeys, Oova, Inc. is proud to launch the Oova Membership to address these needs holistically.
  • Community Connection: The Oova Membership fosters a vibrant and supportive community of like-minded women who are on similar journeys to parenthood.
  • To learn more about the Oova Membership and how it can support women on their fertility journeys, please visit oova.life.

ECRI Names the Guthrie Clinic Winner of 2023 Health Technology Excellence Award

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목요일, 5월 4, 2023

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ECRI, the nation's largest independent patient safety organization, names the Guthrie Clinic (Sayre, PA) as the winner of its 2023 Health Technology Excellence Award. ECRI's annual award honors a member facility for implementing an exceptional initiative to improve patient safety, reduce costs, or otherwise facilitate better strategic management of health technology.

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  • Rural health system innovated a technology solution to improve healthcare delivery models in a short-staffed, post-pandemic environment
    PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ECRI, the nation's largest independent patient safety organization, names the Guthrie Clinic (Sayre, PA) as the winner of its 2023 Health Technology Excellence Award.
  • ECRI's annual award honors a member facility for implementing an exceptional initiative to improve patient safety, reduce costs, or otherwise facilitate better strategic management of health technology.
  • The Guthrie Clinic, a rural integrated health system serving patients in New York and Pennsylvania, won this year's award for its strategic approach to addressing staffing shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • In addition to naming the Guthrie Clinic the 2023 award winner, ECRI recognizes the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality (Baltimore, MD) as runner-up for its development and implementation of an innovative safety-event-reporting software application.

Commure Strongline Wins Industry Innovation Award for Protecting the Healthcare Workforce

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수요일, 5월 3, 2023

Commure, Inc. , a leading healthcare technology company committed to connecting, protecting, and empowering the healthcare workforce, today announced that Commure Strongline , its staff safety solution purpose-built to protect workers from workplace violence, earned the 2023 Best IoT Healthcare Security Solution award by MedTech Breakthrough.

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  • Commure, Inc. , a leading healthcare technology company committed to connecting, protecting, and empowering the healthcare workforce, today announced that Commure Strongline , its staff safety solution purpose-built to protect workers from workplace violence, earned the 2023 Best IoT Healthcare Security Solution award by MedTech Breakthrough.
  • “Every 30 minutes, a healthcare worker is assaulted, putting an unacceptable and unsustainable strain on our healthcare workforce — and it’s our responsibility as healthcare technology builders and solution providers to help hospitals take action,” said Ashwini Zenooz, MD, CEO of Commure.
  • “Since deploying Commure Strongline, we’ve seen improvements in key safety metrics, such as decreased emergency response times.
  • Congratulations to the Commure team for taking home a well-deserved 2023 MedTech Breakthrough Award.”
    To learn more about how Commure Strongline is protecting healthcare workers from workplace violence, visit commure.com/strongline .

MDClone Receives Third Straight "Best Healthcare Big Data Platform" Award From MedTech Breakthrough

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수요일, 5월 3, 2023

BE'ER SHEVA, Israel, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MDClone, a leading data analytics and synthetic data company, today announced that it has been named "Best Healthcare Big Data Platform" for the third consecutive year in the 7th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global health and medical technology market.

Key Points: 
  • MDClone offers solutions that give users across the healthcare ecosystem the ability to more easily access and leverage data.
  • MDClone is the first company to deliver an innovative, self-service, data analytics environment powering exploration, discovery, and collaboration throughout and among healthcare organizations.
  • "Valuable insights are buried inside the massive quantities of healthcare data, but accessing healthcare data is difficult, time-consuming, and labor-intensive costing health systems valuable resources, time, and money," said James Johnson, managing director, MedTech Breakthrough.
  • Congratulations are in order once again this year to MDClone for being MedTech Breakthrough's 'Best Healthcare Big Data Platform!'

LABCORP AND JEFFERSON HEALTH ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC LABORATORY RELATIONSHIP

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수요일, 5월 3, 2023

BURLINGTON, N.C., May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Labcorp (NYSE: LH), a leading global life sciences company, today announced an agreement to enter into a strategic relationship with Jefferson Health (Jefferson), the largest health system serving the greater Philadelphia area and Southern New Jersey. When complete, the arrangements between Jefferson and Labcorp will serve to build academic collaborations around teaching and the development of innovative tests.

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  • BURLINGTON, N.C., May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Labcorp (NYSE: LH), a leading global life sciences company, today announced an agreement to enter into a strategic relationship with Jefferson Health (Jefferson), the largest health system serving the greater Philadelphia area and Southern New Jersey.
  • Jefferson and Labcorp will work together to establish the Innovation Driving Excellence in Academics (IDEA) initiative, with a goal of advancing testing capabilities and technologies to improve health outcomes.
  • "This strategic relationship enables Jefferson to leverage Labcorp's wide-range of laboratory services, which will help deliver improved outcomes for our patients and optimal service to providers," said Joseph G. Cacchione, MD, CEO, Jefferson.
  • This relationship follows other strategic collaborations that Labcorp has established with a range of local and regional health systems that have enhanced services for patients and providers.

Palette Life Sciences Announces Launch of Barrigel® Center of Excellence Program and First Designations

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화요일, 5월 2, 2023

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. and STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Palette Life Sciences, a fully-integrated global life sciences company dedicated to improving patient outcomes, today announced the launch of the Barrigel® Center of Excellence Program. The program recognizes doctors who have achieved exceptional clinical expertise in the Barrigel procedure and are steadfast in their dedication to patient education and improving outcomes of prostate cancer radiotherapy. Physicians and their institutions designated as a Barrigel Center of Excellence have completed additional advanced technique training and demonstrated a high degree of procedure skill and experience.

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  • SANTA BARBARA, Calif. and STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Palette Life Sciences , a fully-integrated global life sciences company dedicated to improving patient outcomes, today announced the launch of the Barrigel® Center of Excellence Program.
  • Physicians and their institutions designated as a Barrigel Center of Excellence have completed additional advanced technique training and demonstrated a high degree of procedure skill and experience.
  • Palette Life Sciences is thrilled to announce the first designations.
  • of NY Urology in Syracuse, NY
    “Palette Life Sciences is pleased to launch the Barrigel Centers of Excellence program and designate these outstanding institutions and physicians for their commitment to minimizing the side effects of prostate radiation therapy and delivering the gold standard for prostate cancer treatment,” said Travis Gay, Chief Commercial Officer at Palette Life Sciences.

WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE COMPANY WATKINS-CONTI COMPLETES CLINICAL TRIAL OF STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE DEVICE YŌNI.FIT

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목요일, 4월 20, 2023

EDMOND, Okla., April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Watkins-Conti Products, Inc. ("Watkins-Conti"), a healthcare company that develops solutions for often-overlooked issues affecting women at every stage of life, announced today that it has successfully completed a clinical trial studying the safety and effectiveness of its flagship product, Yōni.Fit. Yōni.Fit is a vaginal insert designed to manage stress urinary incontinence (SUI), the involuntary leakage of urine upon physical activity or pressure on the bladder.

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  • Yōni.Fit is a vaginal insert designed to manage stress urinary incontinence (SUI), the involuntary leakage of urine upon physical activity or pressure on the bladder.
  • Seventy one (71) participants enrolled in a randomized, controlled, single blind, multi-center study of the Yōni.Fit device in women with SUI.
  • Results from the study are being submitted to a peer-reviewed journal and associated medical conference held later this year.
  • The funds have been directed towards creating quality management systems, protecting the company's robust intellectual property portfolio, conducting a clinical trial, and expanding the executive team and expert advisers.

Workday Sees Continued Momentum in Healthcare, Helping Healthcare Organizations Drive Transformation Through Operational Insights

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월요일, 4월 17, 2023

CHICAGO, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HIMSS Conference 2023 (Booth #7524) -- Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced continued momentum within the healthcare industry, having recently added several new healthcare organizations to its growing global roster of customers. The company also announced that KLAS Research recognized Workday as the top performing cloud ERP solution for healthcare in the ERP 2023 report.

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  • The company also announced that KLAS Research recognized Workday as the top performing cloud ERP solution for healthcare in the ERP 2023 report .
  • Amid supply chain disruptions and an evolving regulatory environment, healthcare organizations must deliver care within increasingly tight operating margins.
  • "As healthcare organizations navigate economic uncertainty and adapt to changing business demands, they need the right tools to accelerate their digital transformation efforts so they can generate value quickly and efficiently," said John Kravitz, head of healthcare, Workday.
  • Stop by the Workday booth (#7524) at the HIMSS Conference 2023 (April 17–21, 2023) to hear from Workday customers, connect with Workday executives, and see demos of Workday Financial Management , Workday HCM , Workday Adaptive Planning , and Workday SCM solutions for healthcare.