Lurie Children's Hospital

FIRST LOOK FOR CHARITY FUNDRAISER AT THE 2024 CHICAGO AUTO SHOW RAISES $2.8 MILLION FOR LOCAL CHARITIES

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

CHICAGO, Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago Auto Show raised more than $2.8 million benefiting 18 local charities at the First Look for Charity gala.

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  • CHICAGO, Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago Auto Show raised more than $2.8 million benefiting 18 local charities at the First Look for Charity gala.
  • The Chicago Auto Show raised more than $2.8 million benefiting 18 local charities at the First Look for Charity gala.
  • First Look for Charity provides attendees with an exclusive viewing of the Chicago Auto Show a day before it opens to the public.
  • The 2024 Chicago Auto Show runs from Feb. 10-19, opening daily at 10 a.m. For more information, please visit FirstLookforCharity.org .

Sibel Announces its 4th FDA Clearance for Continuous Wearable Vital Signs Monitoring with ANNE® One and Additional Strategic Collaboration with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

CHICAGO, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sibel Health, a leading digital health company, announced today that its continuous wearable monitoring solution, ANNE® One, has received another 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ANNE® One platform now allows for continuous ambulatory ECG monitoring, SpO2, temperature, and non-invasive blood pressure measurements. In addition, this new clearance extends the population to include individuals 12 years and above for monitoring in the home and hospital settings.

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  • The ANNE® One platform now allows for continuous ambulatory ECG monitoring, SpO2, temperature, and non-invasive blood pressure measurements.
  • In addition, this new clearance extends the population to include individuals 12 years and above for monitoring in the home and hospital settings.
  • Steve Xu MD, Co-Founder and CEO of Sibel Health, said "Our mission here at Sibel Health is to deliver Better Health Data for All®.
  • Sibel Health also announces a new collaboration with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and its research enterprise, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute.

Children's Nebraska expands Medline partnership through Laboratory prime vendor agreement

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

NORTHFIELD, Ill., Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Medline today announced that Children's Nebraska, headquartered in Omaha, has expanded its partnership with Medline by awarding the healthcare supplier and manufacturer a laboratory prime vendor agreement. This new agreement is an extension of Medline's existing relationship with the healthcare provider in which Medline has been Children's Nebraska medical-surgical prime vendor since 2013.

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  • NORTHFIELD, Ill., Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Medline today announced that Children's Nebraska, headquartered in Omaha, has expanded its partnership with Medline by awarding the healthcare supplier and manufacturer a laboratory prime vendor agreement.
  • This new agreement is an extension of Medline's existing relationship with the healthcare provider in which Medline has been Children's Nebraska medical-surgical prime vendor since 2013.
  • As part of the lab prime vendor agreement, Medline is providing a comprehensive portfolio of lab testing materials, consumables and equipment to Children's Nebraska main lab and its 20+ outreach specialty clinics.
  • Chris North, laboratory director at Children's Nebraska, cited Medline's consistency, level of service and an increasingly robust lab product portfolio as reasons for awarding Medline its lab prime vendor agreement.

Chicago Auto Show's 2024 First Look for Charity Gala Set to Raise Millions for 18 Chicagoland Organizations

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

CHICAGO , Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago Auto Show's 32nd First Look for Charity gala will take place on Friday, Feb. 9, from 7-11 p.m. at McCormick Place.

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  • CHICAGO , Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago Auto Show's 32nd First Look for Charity gala will take place on Friday, Feb. 9, from 7-11 p.m. at McCormick Place.
  • The gala is produced by the Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA), the organization that represents local new-car dealers, and raises at least $2 million annually for 18 Chicago area charities.
  • The black-tie affair offers an exclusive, first chance to experience the Chicago Auto Show with gourmet food & drink.
  • "There is no other night quite like First Look for Charity," said JC Phelan, Chicago Auto Show chairman.

Illinois Lawyer Creates Fantastical Adventure Books for Young Readers, Inspired by His Two Daughters' Love of Magic, Mystery, and Suspense

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

BARTLETT, Ill., Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- An epic two-book series of adventures featuring two young, vibrant, and gifted sisters Matea, 14, and Luciana, 11, battling against magical foes, uniting with other children with special powers from around the world, and using their talents to defeat evil, has been recently penned by Illinois lawyer Vincent M. Miceli. The Last Triceracorn Book One and The Last Triceracorn Book Two were inspired by the author's two daughters, Matea and Luciana, who were avid readers with big imaginations and loved the fantasy stories that their father developed for them at bedtime. Eventually they persuaded him to write his stories down, a journey which began in 2017 and led to the publication of his first award-winning book in 2022, which has sold 6000 copies. The second book in his series came out earlier this year. For logo, images of the book and photographs click here.

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  • Vincent M. Miceli's award-winning The Last Triceracorn books take young readers on magical, fantasy-filled adventures.
  • Miceli describes The Last Triceracorn books as non-stop adventure, almost like a scavenger hunt with secret codes to be solved along the way.
  • Book critics have awarded Miceli five stars for his books and during 35 book signings he has sold out of books.
  • The Last Triceracorn Books One and Two are available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target, Walmart and other booksellers.

ConcertAI's TeraRecon, Integrates Clinical and Generative AI, Supporting Clinical Research and Advancing Clinical Care Solutions at #RSNA23

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Monday, November 20, 2023

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ConcertAI's TeraRecon, the advanced visualization and clinical AI leader, recently unveiled first-in-category capabilities in advanced visualization, AI, and expansions to its AI partner ecosystem to enhance research capabilities and support complex clinical study workflows. These solutions will provide researchers with enhanced data analysis tools for in-depth study, contributing to more informed care strategies that can improve patient outcomes.

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  • New solutions empower clinicians and research teams with AI orchestration, model development, visualization, and multi-modal data management to power clinical research, clinical trials, and patient care strategies.
  • These solutions will provide researchers with enhanced data analysis tools for in-depth study, contributing to more informed care strategies that can improve patient outcomes.
  • Leveraging ConcertAI's Eureka Life Science AI Platform, powered by TeraRecon, MSKCC will drive advancements in multi-modal AI workflows, using clinical and radiological imaging data.
  • Our joint vision is clear: advance the utility and efficacy of Clinical AI in oncology research, extending its benefits to more patients and institutions in the future.

Award-winning My Special Aflac Duck® soars into the Windy City to provide comfort and joy to Chicago children facing cancer and blood disorders

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

COLUMBUS, Ga., Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, a leading provider of supplemental health insurance products in the U.S. and a proud supporter of families of children with cancer and blood disorders such as sickle cell disease, yesterday delivered its acclaimed My Special Aflac Ducks to children at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago.

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  • Since 2018, My Special Aflac Duck® has brought comfort and joy to over 25,000 kids with cancer and sickle cell disease.
  • The robotic duck utilizes medical play, realistic motions, and emulates emotions to interact with and provide comfort to children as they navigate treatment.
  • My Special Aflac Duck was created following extensive research spanning over 18 months, involving more than 100 children, families and health care professionals.
  • It is part of Aflac's commitment to children and families facing pediatric cancer and blood disorders that extends over 28 years and $170 million.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago Wraps Up Community Kindness 2023

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Friday, October 13, 2023

CHICAGO, Oct. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Chicago real estate brokerage Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago and the Kindness Foundation have concluded their annual Community Kindness initiative for 2023. During Community Kindness, REALTORS® and staff from the firm's 22 offices select organizations to provide extra support in the form of volunteer time and services in their respective communities.

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  • During Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago's annual Community Kindness initiative, REALTORS® and staff from the firm's 22 offices select organizations within their communities to provide extra support in the form of volunteer time and services.
  • CHICAGO, Oct. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Chicago real estate brokerage Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago and the Kindness Foundation have concluded their annual Community Kindness initiative for 2023.
  • The results of our Community Kindness initiative are proof positive that a committed and focused group of people can accomplish great things.
  • Joe Stacy , Senior Vice President and General Growth Manager of BHHS Chicago as well as Kindness Foundation Chairman, shared, "I'm very proud of our company and the results of our Community Kindness initiative.

Nemours Children's Health Appoints Matthew M. Davis, MD, as Executive Vice-President, Enterprise Physician-in-Chief and Chief Scientific Officer

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Monday, September 18, 2023

WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nemours Children's Health announces the appointment of Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAPP, as Executive Vice-President, Enterprise Physician-in-Chief and Chief Scientific Officer.

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  • WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nemours Children's Health announces the appointment of Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAPP, as Executive Vice-President, Enterprise Physician-in-Chief and Chief Scientific Officer.
  • He will also work to ensure that education, training, and community engagement are fully integrated within clinical and research efforts.
  • "Dr. Davis is one of America's most innovative and eminent thought leaders in academic pediatrics," said R. Lawrence Moss, MD, FAAP, President and CEO of Nemours Children's Health.
  • "I am honored to join Nemours Children's Health as the new Physician-in-Chief and Chief Scientific Officer across the Delaware Valley, North Florida, and Central Florida regions," said Dr. Davis.

Learning Pool impresses in three categories at the Brandon Hall Excellence Awards for Human Capital Management

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning Pool, the leading global provider of corporate learning solutions, is the recipient of three awards at the internationally recognized Brandon Hall Excellence Awards for Human Capital Management 2023.

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  • NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning Pool, the leading global provider of corporate learning solutions, is the recipient of three awards at the internationally recognized Brandon Hall Excellence Awards for Human Capital Management 2023.
  • The Brandon Hall Excellence Awards for Human Capital Management recognize best practices for initiatives in learning and development, talent management, leadership development, talent acquisition, human resources, sales performance, diversity, equity and inclusion and the future of work.
  • "The Center for Childhood Resilience at Lurie Children's Hospital is honored to receive a Brandon Hall Excellence Award for Human Capital Management alongside our partner, Learning Pool.
  • The winning organizations will be honored at the Brandon Hall Group's HCM Excellence Conference in West Palm Beach, FL in February.