Quality assurance

Michael Baker International Promotes Polly Boardman, PMP, MBA, to National Geospatial Practice Executive

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that Polly Boardman, PMP, MBA, has been promoted to National Geospatial Practice Executive. In this role, Ms. Boardman will focus on delivering national geographic information systems (GIS) solutions that address the lifecycle of infrastructure projects and support everything from conceptual planning through surveys, design and construction, while leveraging big data to support operations and maintenance. In addition, the firm's Geospatial Services practice has been named a national Center of Excellence (COE) to centralize operations and provide internal and external stakeholders with GIS solutions to enhance, visualize and streamline projects and overcome challenges.

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  • PITTSBURGH, Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Baker International , a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that Polly Boardman, PMP, MBA, has been promoted to National Geospatial Practice Executive.
  • "Michael Baker's Geospatial Services practice provides innovative and sustainable GIS services to public and private sector organizations by utilizing the latest technology.
  • Under Polly's leadership, the Geospatial Services COE will build on the growth trajectory and natural evolution of our geospatial business," said Trudi Lim, P.E., Western Regional Director at Michael Baker International.
  • "In her more than two decades with Michael Baker, Polly has been successful with complex problem-solving and team collaboration.

Digital Health Leader Joins Leavitt Partners

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Leavitt Partners, an HMA Company, is pleased to announce that Mark Marciante has joined the company's digital health team of experts.

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  • WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Leavitt Partners, an HMA Company, is pleased to announce that Mark Marciante has joined the company's digital health team of experts.
  • Marciante's arrival reinforces Leavitt Partners' commitment to providing innovative and relevant digital health care consulting services to our clients.
  • "We are so excited to have someone with Mark's experience join the Leavitt Partners family," said Ryan Howells, principal and leader of Leavitt Partners' digital health team.
  • These include OneUtah Digital Health Collaborative , co-led by the Utah Governor's office, and Digital Quality Implementers Community , co-led with NCQA, to help implement digital quality measures across the country.

Amerigroup Georgia Earns NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Plus

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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Amerigroup Georgia recently earned the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Equity Accreditation Plus, a recognition of Amerigroup’s leadership in developing solutions to enhance access equitable, high-quality healthcare.

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  • Amerigroup Georgia recently earned the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Equity Accreditation Plus, a recognition of Amerigroup’s leadership in developing solutions to enhance access equitable, high-quality healthcare.
  • “NCQA’s Health Equity Accreditation Plus recognizes our unwavering dedication to eliminating health disparities and ensuring access to high-quality care for everyone,” said Mel Lindsey, President, Amerigroup Georgia.
  • “This milestone positions Amerigroup at the forefront of advancing health equity through our innovative and impactful programs and personalized care to improve the whole health of our members.”
    NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Plus builds upon the Health Equity Accreditation designation Amerigroup received last year, when it was recognized among the first Medicaid plans in the nation to create a strategic framework that prioritizes health equity based on race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
  • “Organizations earning the Health Equity Accreditation Plus like Amerigroup Georgia are leading the way in bridging this gap, and NCQA salutes their commitment.”

Kobiton Open-Sources Appium Script Generation Tool

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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ATLANTA, Feb. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kobiton , a leader in mobile testing, announces that its Appium script generation tool is now available via open source.

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  • ATLANTA, Feb. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kobiton , a leader in mobile testing, announces that its Appium script generation tool is now available via open source.
  • Kobiton CTO Frank Moyer gave a presentation yesterday at the Automation Guild ‘24 virtual conference in which he talked about Kobiton’s decision to open source its Appium script generation tool.
  • By automating Appium script generation, development teams can save money and accelerate testing, significantly reducing testing cycles and enabling faster app releases.
  • Kobiton is the testing industry’s only Appium script generator from a manual mobile test session.

evaluagentCX Provides All-in-One Platform to Help Brands Elevate Customer Experience

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- evaluagent, a global leader in contact center quality assurance and performance improvement software, today introduced evaluagentCX, an automated agent engagement platform that helps brands boost the quality of their sales and service interactions with customers.

Key Points: 
  • evaluagentCX is the first platform to connect out-of-the-box, customizable and AI-driven insights from real customer conversations with automated Quality Assurance (QA), to improve CX agent workflows and provide an elevated Customer Experience (CX).
  • The platform evaluates 100% of customer interactions through call, text, chat and email channels to identify actionable insights from every engagement with a customer.
  • "Businesses need to offer something that's difficult to achieve in today's competitive market: an exceptional customer experience," explained Jaime Scott, Co-founder and CEO of evaluagent.
  • The platform leverages AI and automation to help improve agent performance, enabling QA teams to focus their efforts on the most critical customer interactions.

UnitedHealthcare of California Awarded National Committee for Quality Assurance Health Equity Accreditation

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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UnitedHealthcare of California’s commercial HMO plan has been awarded Health Equity Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality.

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  • UnitedHealthcare of California’s commercial HMO plan has been awarded Health Equity Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality.
  • This accreditation is granted to organizations that lead the market in working to reduce health care disparities by providing culturally appropriate and quality improvement interventions that serve diverse populations.
  • “Our statewide health plan is genuinely committed to ensuring that our commercial members across California have access to quality, equitable health care,” said Steve Cain, chief executive officer, Employer & Individual, UnitedHealthcare of California.
  • These NCQA standards include:
    Building an internal culture that supports the organization’s external health equity work.

Now Taking Applications for the 2024 Health Care Quality and Management Certification (HCQM) Exam; Register by March 1st to save 15% with promo code EXAMPR

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla., Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Health care quality and patient safety have never been more in focus than they are today. It is essential that health care providers and administrators demonstrate their expertise and commitment to health care quality. Health Care Quality and Management (HCQM) Certification is the standard for excellence and is the premier certification focused on skills to administer better, safer care decisions and actions. HCQM Certification validates the practical knowledge of health care leaders to effectively address the need for accountability by demonstrating their understanding of quality techniques and tools to reduce medical errors, ensure patient safety, eliminate waste and unnecessary services, and avoid potentially harmful delays in care.

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  • The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP) provides Health Care Quality and Management Certification to validate and differentiate today's health care professionals.
  • It is essential that health care providers and administrators demonstrate their expertise and commitment to health care quality.
  • Health Care Quality and Management (HCQM) Certification is the standard for excellence and is the premier certification focused on skills to administer better, safer care decisions and actions.
  • ABQAURP leads the field with a certification exam for health care professionals in patient safety, medical management, risk management, utilization, and quality.

Patriot Extends Strike of the CV5 Pegmatite, Drills 34.2 m at 1.06% Li2O in Step-Out Hole and 11.6 m at 3.25% Li2O in Infill Hole, Quebec, Canada

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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Approximately 3 km of highly prospective geological trend remains to be drill tested between the CV5 and CV13 pegmatites.

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  • Approximately 3 km of highly prospective geological trend remains to be drill tested between the CV5 and CV13 pegmatites.
  • 89.5 m at 1.01% Li2O, 17.9 m at 1.31% Li2O, and 19.0 m at 2.56% Li2O, including 11.6 m at 3.25% Li2O (CV23-246).
  • Assays are reported herein for 12 drill holes completed in 2023 at the CV5 Spodumene Pegmatite.
  • Drill results for 12 drill holes completed in 2023 at the CV5 Spodumene Pegmatite are reported herein (Figure 1).

Wellpoint Texas Earns NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Plus

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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Wellpoint Texas recently earned the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Equity Accreditation Plus, a recognition of Wellpoint’s leadership in developing solutions to enhance access equitable, high-quality healthcare.

Key Points: 
  • Wellpoint Texas recently earned the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Equity Accreditation Plus, a recognition of Wellpoint’s leadership in developing solutions to enhance access equitable, high-quality healthcare.
  • “NCQA’s Health Equity Accreditation Plus recognizes our unwavering dedication to eliminating health disparities and ensuring access to high-quality care for everyone,” said Greg Thompson, Wellpoint Texas President.
  • “This milestone positions Wellpoint at the forefront of advancing health equity through our innovative and impactful programs that provide access to individualized care to improve the whole health of our members.”
    NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Plus builds upon the Health Equity Accreditation designation Wellpoint received last year, when it was recognized among the first Medicaid plans in the nation to create a strategic framework that prioritizes health equity based on race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
  • “Organizations earning the Health Equity Accreditation Plus like Wellpoint are leading the way in bridging this gap, and NCQA salutes their commitment.”

Optimi Health To Host MDMA Educational Quality Assurance Webinar For Clinicians And Practitioners

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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VANCOUVER, Feb. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Optimi Health Corp. (CSE: OPTI) (OTCQX: OPTHF) (FRA: 8BN) (“Optimi”), a licensed Canadian drug researcher and formulator specializing in controlled psychedelic substances such as natural psilocybin and MDMA, is announcing an informative webinar titled “Know Your Drug Candidate: Safeguarding Quality in Psychedelic Therapy.” This event, scheduled for Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST), is a crucial opportunity for clinicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, pharmacists, and regulators involved or interested in the GMP manufacturing of psychedelic drug substances.

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  • Optimi Chief Science and Quality Assurance experts to provide in-depth access into the Company’s safety and quality standards.
  • Optimi experts will address critical inquiries which still exist on the definition of validated GMP psilocybin, MDMA, and other psychedelic substances.
  • Optimi is the only end-to-end, publicly listed psychedelics company currently offering its drug candidates at scale to address accessibility through lower costs.
  • Both individuals, considered experts in their respective fields, currently lead the Company's cutting-edge science and quality assurance divisions.