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Jeenie Raises Growth Capital to Accelerate Elimination of Language Barriers Across U.S. Healthcare

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeenie, an industry-transforming virtual interpreting platform that connects clinicians and patients to live interpreters on-demand, today announced its Series A funding round of $9.3M led by Transformation Capital, a leading digital health growth equity firm.

Key Points: 
  • "Jeenie was created to make language assistance ubiquitous, so anyone in the world can effectively communicate without language barriers," said Kirsten Brecht Baker, CEO and Co-Founder of Jeenie.
  • "In healthcare in particular, this means being a voice for the most vulnerable, by ensuring clear, trusted and accurate communication between caregivers and all their patients.
  • Language barriers in U.S. healthcare are a leading cause of inequitable access to quality care, a disparity exacerbated by the transition to telehealth post-Covid.
  • Transformation Capital is a digital health growth equity firm dedicated to supporting commercial stage companies focused on improving people's health and the sustainability of the healthcare system.

Staircase Introduces Total Data Interoperability with Staircase Language

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

PHILADELPHIA, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Staircase, the company building an integrated, digital infrastructure to accelerate tech-enabled mortgages, announced the launch of Staircase Language, which enables any company in the mortgage industry to instantly translate data from any data language into another language, including MISMO standards. MISMO is the real estate finance industry's standards organization that develops essential standards to improve efficiency, reduce cost and improve the mortgage experience.

Key Points: 
  • Using a single line of code, Staircase Language can translate any data language to MISMO standards or to a company's specific data model across a company's entire technology ecosystem.
  • As a result, Staircase Language empowers lenders, servicers, software companies and third-party service providers to work seamlessly with each other without having to change their own data language.
  • Staircase CEO and cofounderAdam Kalamchi added: "By applying blockchain technology principles, Staircase Language liberates data by automatically translating data used by a company into the language their business partners preferand vice versa.
  • Staircase Language also has the ability to take any data language or schema and translate it into a canonical language that can be used by any company working with Staircase.

PocketHealth Closes $16M USD ($20M CAD) Series A Financing to Transform How Patients and Care Providers Access and Share Medical Images

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

Challenging long-standing medical image sharing norms, PocketHealth liberates patient images from care provider silos, putting diagnostic quality images in the hands of patients whenever and wherever they need them.

Key Points: 
  • Challenging long-standing medical image sharing norms, PocketHealth liberates patient images from care provider silos, putting diagnostic quality images in the hands of patients whenever and wherever they need them.
  • Patients on PocketHealth can permanently store their historical medical imaging and access them from any device or browser, all protected with bank-level encryption.
  • At PocketHealth, we believe that frictionless health record access is a patient's right," said Rishi Nayyar, Co-Founder & CEO of PocketHealth.
  • With PocketHealth patients can instantly access, share and take ownership over their own medical imaging and records at any time, anywhere, and with anyone.

Data Council agrees ACORD standards adoption and content for Core Data Record

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

LONDON, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The London Market Group is delighted to announce that, at its meeting on March 22nd, the Data Council, supported by its Technical Group, unanimously agreed that ACORD will be the market's chosen data standards methodology, with the content of the Core Data Record (CDR) set to align with that.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The London Market Group is delighted to announce that, at its meeting on March 22nd, the Data Council, supported by its Technical Group, unanimously agreed that ACORD will be the market's chosen data standards methodology, with the content of the Core Data Record (CDR) set to align with that.
  • "By aligning with ACORD we can drive greater interoperability of systems, as well as between London and other global insurance markets.
  • ACORD has provided insurance standards for more than 50 years, and the ACORD Data Standards are used by thousands of insurance stakeholders across more than 100 countries.
  • For more information on this release, the LMG or the Data Council please contact:

Digital English Language Learning Market to record USD 12.38 Bn growth | Driven by the adoption of English as a global language | Technavio

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

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    The market is driven by the adoption of English as a global language.
  • All these factors are driving the growth of the global digital English language learning market.
  • Digital English Language Learning Market: Use of artificial intelligence and chatbots
    Vendors in the market are incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) to provide customized English language learning solutions to end-users.
  • The APAC region led the digital English language learning market in 2021, followed by Europe, North America, South America, and MEA respectively.

Land Trust Alliance Applauds Presidential Budget Proposal Aimed at Tackling Syndicated Conservation Easements

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

WASHINGTON,  March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America, today applauds the Biden Administration for including in its fiscal 2023 budget a proposal that would tackle abuse of the federal tax incentive for conservation easement donations. The following statement can be attributed to Andrew Bowman, president & CEO of the Land Trust Alliance:

Key Points: 
  • The Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America, today applauds the Biden Administration for including in its fiscal 2023 budget a proposal that would tackle abuse of the federal tax incentive for conservation easement donations.
  • WASHINGTON, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America, today applauds the Biden Administration for including in its fiscal 2023 budget a proposal that would tackle abuse of the federal tax incentive for conservation easement donations.
  • The following statement can be attributed to Andrew Bowman, president & CEO of the Land Trust Alliance:
    "On behalf of the Land Trust Alliance and its nearly 1,000 member land trusts, I applaud the White House for including in its 2023 budget a proposal that mirrors the provisions of the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act.
  • Founded in 1982, the Land Trust Alliance is a national land conservation organization that works to save the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America.

New, Free Video Series Increases Access to Financial Literacy Education for Students, Families, and Educators

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

VANCOUVER, Wash., March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A new series of accessible financial literacy videos has been created through a partnership between the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (Clerc Center) at Gallaudet University, the Washington Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth (CDHY), and Junior Achievement (JA). The videos are available at no cost to students, families, and educators throughout the United States.

Key Points: 
  • The videos incorporate topics aligned with financial literacy, work and career readiness, and entrepreneurship pathways.
  • Concepts include making choices, citizenship, banking, and money, owning a business, being an entrepreneur, getting a job, and more.
  • "The concepts of financial literacy are complicated and access needs to happen repeatedly; videos provide this access," said Corrado.
  • Titled the JA Hand in Hand Video Series , 12 videos on financial literacy are now available to JA students, public and private schools, and families.

ishield.ai joins forces with Lever to help companies create inclusive talent marketing communications

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, ishield.ai announced an enhanced integration with Lever, to help users create more inclusive job postings right in the LeverTRM platform.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, ishield.ai announced an enhanced integration with Lever, to help users create more inclusive job postings right in the LeverTRM platform.
  • We are creating tools to help brands create inclusive internal and external communications.
  • ishield.ai in LeverTRM helps hiring teams to create inclusive job posts to attract and retain diverse talent.
  • "We are excited to partner with Lever to help employers create inclusive job posts that truly reflect your values, and help in attracting diverse talent."

UpHealth Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

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    DELRAY BEACH, Fla., March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UpHealth, Inc. ("UpHealth" or the "Company") (NYSE: UPH), a global digital health company delivering technology platforms, infrastructure and services to modernize care delivery and health management, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2021.
  • The Company is in the process of finalizing its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2021.
  • Fourth Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights:
    Revenue of $33.9 to $41.7 million, with gross margin expansion to 36% to 38%.
  • UpHealth compensates for these limitations by prominently disclosing GAAP financial measures and providing investors with reconciliations from UpHealth's GAAP operating results to the non-GAAP financial measures for the relevant periods.

Flimp Adds Custom Benefits Guides, Expanding Full Set of Solutions for Benefits Communications

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

BOSTON, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flimp Communications, the leading full-service provider of digital employee communication and engagement solutions, today announced the addition of digital benefits guides to its full suite of benefits and employee communication products. The all-new benefits guides are offered in dozens of design styles, pre-populated with "best practice" language, user-friendly layouts, and several customization options to boost employee satisfaction and engagement. The addition of the benefits guide product follows the recently announced Flimp 360, an all-in-one solution for benefits decision support, employee communication, and video. HR leaders and employers can now count on Flimp for everything they need to provide digital benefits communications to in-office, hybrid, remote and deskless workers.

Key Points: 
  • The addition of the benefits guide product follows the recently announced Flimp 360 , an all-in-one solution for benefits decision support, employee communication, and video.
  • HR leaders and employers can now count on Flimp for everything they need to provide digital benefits communications to in-office, hybrid, remote and deskless workers.
  • Standard benefits guides traditionally leave employees feeling lost or unengaged with the benefits-decision process, which translates to less-informed benefits decisions and a lack of appreciation for their benefits packages.
  • With Flimp's custom benefits guides, employees get the advantage of easy-to-access interactive content and industry best-practice language, which drives more engagement and better understanding.