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Healthcare Leaders Turn to New Screening Technology to Address Workplace Violence

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Evolv Technology (NASDAQ: EVLV), the modern security technology company transforming threat and weapons detection to create safer experiences, continues to see growth in the healthcare sector as hospital leaders add advanced weapons detection to their safety plans.

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  • Evolv Technology (NASDAQ: EVLV), the modern security technology company transforming threat and weapons detection to create safer experiences, continues to see growth in the healthcare sector as hospital leaders add advanced weapons detection to their safety plans.
  • With over 70% of workplace violence taking place in a healthcare setting and the majority of emergency physicians saying violence in the emergency department harms patient care, the need to address staff safety has become paramount for many hospital administrators.
  • “We have successfully stopped a significant number of dangerous items from entering our facility with this new system.
  • They wanted to be able to take care of patients and not worry about their safety.

59 Tristate Hospitals Unite for "It Doesn't Kill to Ask" Child Gun Safety Campaign

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With firearms remaining the leading cause of injury and death in children, the nation's largest regional collaboration of health systems, representing 59 hospitals in Philadelphia, Southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and Southern New Jersey, is kicking off the year with a public service campaign that encourages a community approach to protecting children from unlocked guns.

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  • HospitalsTogether.com is the new name and website for the coalition's ongoing multi-media campaign called "It Doesn't Kill to Ask."
  • The campaign empowers caregivers, parents and community members to speak up about safe gun storage in homes a child might visit, providing actionable tools and new resources to aid in the process.
  • Given the importance of the gun safety public service message across the region, these hospitals and health systems are united in facing this crisis together.
  • Founded and led by national healthcare leader Rhoda Weiss, Ph.D., the expanded coalition partnered with Northwell Health, New York State's largest health system, in leading the gun safety effort.

BBB National Programs Announces 98 Distinguished Panel Pool Members for 2024 National Advertising Review Board

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Founded in 1971, the National Advertising Review Board provides appellate review of BBB National Programs' National Advertising Division and Children's Advertising Review Unit decisions.

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  • Founded in 1971, the National Advertising Review Board provides appellate review of BBB National Programs' National Advertising Division and Children's Advertising Review Unit decisions.
  • For 2024, panel pool members include 98 distinguished leaders from three different categories:
    A National Advertising Review Board appellate panel generally consists of five members from the pool, with three national advertising representatives, one agency representative, and one public sector representative on each panel.
  • Nominations for National Advertising Review Board panel pool members are made by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A's), American Advertising Federation (AAF), Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and BBB National Programs.
  • Following is the list of BBB National Programs' National Advertising Review Board panel pool members for 2024.

Aegis Ventures Charts New Course for Healthcare Transformation

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aegis Ventures, a New York-based venture studio focused on healthtech and healthcare AI, today released an enhanced strategic vision centered around the development of the Digital Consortium, a select group of health systems partnering to build, launch, and deploy digital health products addressing core challenges in care delivery and operational efficiency.

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  • The Digital Consortium is one component of Aegis' recently published whitepaper defining the studio's mission to cultivate enduring partnerships within healthcare, building healthtech solutions to address healthcare's most pressing quality, equity, and cost problems.
  • To coincide with the paper's publication, Aegis is announcing David Feinberg, M.D., Chairman of Oracle Health, has joined as Senior Advisor.
  • I am thrilled to support Aegis as we partner closely with health systems to reimagine the experience of healthcare for patients and caregivers."
  • Feinberg's role at Aegis is expected to be complementary and synergistic to his ongoing leadership role at Oracle.

Feinstein Institutes Leader Calls for a Federally-Funded, National Maternal Health Moonshot

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Friday, December 22, 2023

The pressing maternal health crisis is influenced by various factors, including socioeconomic disparities, racial inequalities, violence, trauma, and underlying health conditions.

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  • The pressing maternal health crisis is influenced by various factors, including socioeconomic disparities, racial inequalities, violence, trauma, and underlying health conditions.
  • Develop a maternal health moonshot mindset to set goals, allocate funding and promote scalable programs across all communities.
  • Davidson’s participation with the NIH is important for new research and interventions to improve maternal health.”
    Northwell Health continues to make maternal health a priority.
  • In 2022, the health system formed its Center for Maternal Health , led by Dawnette Lewis, MD, MPH .

Clinical Alarm Management Market Worth $5.4 billion | MarketsandMarkets

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

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  • Clinical Alarm Management Market - Key Benefits of Buying the Report:
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Clinical Alarm Management Market Worth $5.4 billion | MarketsandMarkets

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Clinical Alarm Management Market - Key Benefits of Buying the Report:

Key Points: 
  • Clinical Alarm Management Market - Key Benefits of Buying the Report:
    The report can help established firms as well as new entrants/smaller firms to gauge the pulse of the market, which, in turn, would help them garner a greater share.
  • Product Development/Innovation: Detailed insights on upcoming technologies, research and development activities, and product launches in the clinical alarm management market.
  • Market Diversification: Exhaustive information about products, untapped regions, recent developments, and investments in the clinical alarm management market.
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Northwell Health debuts inspirational New Year ad campaign featuring only centenarians

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Monday, December 18, 2023

This holiday season, Northwell Health , New York’s largest health system, will unveil a new inspirational ad campaign featuring a cast of Northwell patients and other New Yorkers who have reached the remarkable milestone of having lived 100 years or more.

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  • This holiday season, Northwell Health , New York’s largest health system, will unveil a new inspirational ad campaign featuring a cast of Northwell patients and other New Yorkers who have reached the remarkable milestone of having lived 100 years or more.
  • The campaign debuted today and will run through mid-January 2024 in New York.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231218115894/en/
    A behind-the-scenes look during the filming of Northwell’s “Resolutions” commercial starring only centenarians.
  • “We wanted to spread a message of goodwill this holiday season and an emotional reminder of our successful ‘Raise Health’ movement,” says Joe Leston, Deputy Chief Marketing Officer at Northwell.

Northwell Health, NYC Administration for Children’s Services, Center for Fair Futures & Foster Agencies Launch Program to Improve Health Services for Young Adults Transitioning out of Care

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Monday, December 4, 2023

Northwell Health , New York State’s largest health system, the New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), the Center for Fair Futures and three foster agencies serving Queens – Forestdale , SCO Family of Services and MercyFirst – today launched a new pilot program that aims to improve health care services for young adults transitioning out of foster care.

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  • Northwell Health , New York State’s largest health system, the New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), the Center for Fair Futures and three foster agencies serving Queens – Forestdale , SCO Family of Services and MercyFirst – today launched a new pilot program that aims to improve health care services for young adults transitioning out of foster care.
  • Through this first-of-its-kind, public-private partnership, the pilot program coordinates the Fair Futures life and skills coaching with Northwell’s patient navigation services to increase and streamline access to health services for those in foster care.
  • Working with ACS and the Center for Fair Futures’ coaches, the program will enroll 50 to 100 transition-age adults, providing these individuals with health care navigators.
  • Thank you to our partners at Northwell Health and the Center for Fair Futures as well as our foster care agencies, Forestdale, SCO and MercyFirst.

Northwell Opens $52M Cancer Center, Multispecialty Practice in Queens

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

As part of the new cancer center, Queens Medical Associates (QMA), a member of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute, will move its highly regarded hematology and oncology practice, located in Fresh Meadows for over 30 years, to Rego Park.

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  • As part of the new cancer center, Queens Medical Associates (QMA), a member of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute, will move its highly regarded hematology and oncology practice, located in Fresh Meadows for over 30 years, to Rego Park.
  • Northwell treats about 19,000 New Yorkers with cancer each year, more than any other cancer provider in the state.
  • “We’re excited to open a new outpatient cancer center in the heart of Queens to deliver the best cancer care close to where people live,” said Richard Barakat, MD , physician-in-chief and executive director of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute.
  • “Northwell is uniquely positioned to care for patients in Queens – one of the most diverse places in the country.