Organ donation

Chronus Announces Strategic Acquisition of eMentorConnect

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Thursday, August 25, 2022
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BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chronus, the leading enterprise mentoring platform, today announces the acquisition of eMentorConnect, a cloud-based platform that helps growing teams and enterprise-level organizations configure their mentoring solutions. A natural alignment, both Chronus and eMentorConnect have a shared mission and vision to create impactful mentoring strategies and offerings for organizations looking to build forward-thinking and inclusive workforces. 

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  • BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chronus , the leading enterprise mentoring platform, today announces the acquisition of eMentorConnect , a cloud-based platform that helps growing teams and enterprise-level organizations configure their mentoring solutions.
  • This acquisition further solidifies our position as the market leader," said Seena Mortazavi, CEO of Chronus.
  • This acquisition is the latest step in Chronus' broader growth strategy.
  • Powered by excellent chemistry and a joint vision between teams, the eMentorConnect acquisition will allow Chronus to expand its service to additional organizations that value mentoring as a key development strategy.

MediGO Partners with The Alliance to Support Emerging Trends in Organ Donation and Transplantation

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022
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The Alliance delivers relevant, targeted, and scalable learning solutions for the organ donation and transplantation community of practice including organ procurement organizations, transplant centers and programs, and hospitals where donations occur.

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  • The Alliance delivers relevant, targeted, and scalable learning solutions for the organ donation and transplantation community of practice including organ procurement organizations, transplant centers and programs, and hospitals where donations occur.
  • The Alliance is not a membership organization, but partners with leading organizations across the continuum to advance a shared mission to save and heal lives through organ donation and transplantation.
  • MediGO will be supporting many new collaborative initiatives and learning programs throughout the year with The Alliance.
  • MediGO, is a first-of-its-kind logistics platform that enables real-time management of time-sensitive medical resources on a centralized communication channel.

Mid-America Transplant and MediGO Partner to Improve Organ Transportation and Save More Lives

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
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By using MediGOs technology, Mid-America Transplant and transplant surgeons will be able to closely monitor the location of organs during transit.

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  • By using MediGOs technology, Mid-America Transplant and transplant surgeons will be able to closely monitor the location of organs during transit.
  • By completing organ donations at this first of its kind facility in the world, Mid-America Transplant has better control over the quality and efficiency of the transplant process.
  • By partnering with MediGO, Mid-America Transplant is addressing challenges faced during time-sensitive transportation of organs to surgeons, whether down the road or across the country.
  • MediGO provides full visibility of the trip to stakeholders across the transplant continuum, from the organ procurement organization (OPO) who facilitated the organ donation to the surgery team waiting to receive it.

OneLegacy’s Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donor Recovery Center Taking Shape at “Topping Out” Ceremony

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
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    When open next year, this facility will build on the success of OneLegacys Redlands Recovery Center that has helped increase lives saved and healed by some 15% since it opened in 2018.
  • The Azusa Donor Recovery Center will triple OneLegacys recovery capacity and by doing so enable OneLegacy to serve even better all 215 hospitals and 10 transplant centers in its seven-county region as well as transplant surgeons from around the country.
  • The Center will also provide a new home for critical research that will improve donation and transplantation for all.
  • One organ donor can save up to eight lives, and one tissue donor can help as many as 75 others heal.

CORE, Donate Life West Virginia Announce First-Ever West Virginia Donor Day, August 1

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021
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To educate West Virginians about this critical need in their own backyard and rally them around a solution, the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), Donate Life West Virginia , W.Va. Gov.

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  • To educate West Virginians about this critical need in their own backyard and rally them around a solution, the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), Donate Life West Virginia , W.Va. Gov.
  • Jim Justice and other local partners, including the families of fallen Charleston Police Officer and organ donor Cassie Johnson, and Cecil Lockhart, a West Virginian and oldest organ donor in U.S. history, are commemorating the first-ever West Virginia Donor Day on Sunday, August 1.
  • Justice said in a proclamation recognizing August 1 as the first-ever West Virginia Donor Day.
  • CORE and Donate Life West Virginia invite all employers, organizations and associations across the state to join the growing list of West Virginia Donor Day partners, which includes the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, a growing list of local businesses and the following hospital partners:

TransMedics to Report Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results on August 5, 2021

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Thursday, July 22, 2021
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ANDOVER, Mass., July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TransMedics Group, Inc. ("TransMedics") (Nasdaq: TMDX), a medical technology company that is transforming organ transplant therapy for patients with end-stage lung, heart and liver failure, today announced that it will release financial results for the second quarter after market close on Thursday, August 5, 2021. The TransMedics management team will host a corresponding conference call beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT.

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  • ANDOVER, Mass., July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --TransMedics Group, Inc. ("TransMedics") (Nasdaq: TMDX), a medical technology company that is transforming organ transplant therapy for patients with end-stage lung, heart and liver failure, today announced that it will release financial results for the second quarter after market close on Thursday, August 5, 2021.
  • The TransMedics management team will host a corresponding conference call beginning at 4:30 p.m.
  • A live and archived webcast of the event will be available on the "Investors" section of the TransMedics website at https://investors.transmedics.com/ .
  • TransMedics is the world's leader in portable extracorporeal warm perfusion and assessment of donor organs for transplantation.

Tracking the Gift of Life

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Thursday, July 22, 2021
Medical specialties, Clinical medicine, Organ transplantation, Medicine, Organ donation, Kidney transplantation, Transplant coordinator

This partnership marks the first time a kidney donation registry has been able to benefit from this technology.

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  • This partnership marks the first time a kidney donation registry has been able to benefit from this technology.
  • MediGOs platform improves efficiency, provides critical real-time logistics data, and communications to the organ donation process by including a tracking device with each kidney during transport.
  • In our very first time using MediGOs technology, this tracking innovation prevented a delay by alerting our transplant coordinator of an issue at an airport.
  • With newfound supply chain transparency, care teams can be proactive in unifying stakeholders, coordinating resources, and making vital decisions- to deliver care at the speed of life.

MTF Biologics Wins New Jersey Top Workplaces 2021 Award

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Monday, July 19, 2021
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MTF Biologics is pleased to announce that it was again named a 2021 Top Workplace by NJ.com, having also received the recognition in 2020.

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  • MTF Biologics is pleased to announce that it was again named a 2021 Top Workplace by NJ.com, having also received the recognition in 2020.
  • Ranking #3 in the state in the large company category (more than 500 employees), MTF also earned the Manager Award.
  • Headquartered in Edison, New Jersey, MTF Biologics has been saving and healing lives for more than 30 years.
  • MTF Biologics is a global nonprofit organization that saves and heals lives by advancing tissue and organ donation, transplantation, and research.

Hollywood’s Most Authentic Organ Donation and Transplantation Storylines to be Honored at the DLH Inspire Awards July 15

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
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The 2021 DLH Inspire Awards, honoring Hollywoods most authentic and positive organ donation and transplantation storylines, will be presented via a LIVE stream on July 15.

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  • The 2021 DLH Inspire Awards, honoring Hollywoods most authentic and positive organ donation and transplantation storylines, will be presented via a LIVE stream on July 15.
  • Andrea Ballas, Amy Eicher and Ray Paolantonio of CBS will receive a 2021 DLH Inspire Award for their efforts to bring the #BeLikeGina campaign to life.
  • TransMedics is receiving a 2021 DLH Inspire Award for its role in ensuring an accurate storyline on NBCs Chicago Med featuring their Organ Care System technology.
  • Abie Rohrig, Kate Glennon, Khalif Kamil and Emily Greenwell were this years winners and will have their videos premiered at the DLH Inspire Awards.

Paragonix Partners With Southwest Transplant Alliance to Provide Advanced Organ Preservation

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Monday, May 24, 2021
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Paragonix Technologies announced a partnership with Southwest Transplant Alliance (STA) to provide advanced organ preservation technology as part of both organizations ongoing work to save lives through organ donation and transplantation.

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  • Paragonix Technologies announced a partnership with Southwest Transplant Alliance (STA) to provide advanced organ preservation technology as part of both organizations ongoing work to save lives through organ donation and transplantation.
  • Under this new partnership, Paragonix will provide the technology, clinical support and education on the advanced preservation capabilities delivered by the Paragonix SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System .
  • The Paragonix system is an FDA-cleared donor heart preservation system designed to ensure donor hearts are transported under optimal preservation conditions.
  • Paragonix is also developing transport devices for the liver, kidney and pancreas designed to improve donor organ quality and extend donor organ preservation time.