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NTT DATA and Agisol Announce U.S. Small Business Administration Mentor-Protégé Collaboration

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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NTT DATA , a global digital business and IT services leader, and Agisol, LLC are pleased to announce their collaboration in the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Mentor-Protégé Program.

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  • NTT DATA , a global digital business and IT services leader, and Agisol, LLC are pleased to announce their collaboration in the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Mentor-Protégé Program.
  • Agisol is an SBA 8(a) certified Economically Disadvantaged Small Woman Owned Business that provides complex program management and IT solutions to federal agencies and private industry.
  • SBA-recognized mentors are given limited small business standing and as an approved SBA mentor, NTT DATA will offer its significant capabilities to a greater range of Federal Healthcare agencies.
  • As part of the mentor-protégé relationship, NTT DATA will offer Agisol comprehensive assistance in management and technology, business development, and contracts.

CalmWave Announces World’s First “Transparent AI” to Support Mission-Critical Decision Making in the ICU

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023
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CalmWave , the company leveraging AI to gauge hospitals’ Operations Health to improve nurse retention and patient outcomes by reducing alarm fatigue in intensive care units, today announced its “Transparent AI” platform to support mission-critical decision making in the ICU.

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  • CalmWave , the company leveraging AI to gauge hospitals’ Operations Health to improve nurse retention and patient outcomes by reducing alarm fatigue in intensive care units, today announced its “Transparent AI” platform to support mission-critical decision making in the ICU.
  • CalmWave’s transparent AI approach reduces non-actionable alarms by as much as 83 percent1 when compared to the same number of manual alarm limit adjustments.
  • Alarming also contributes to the lack of sleep and excessive noise in ICUs, hindering patient recovery and increasing risks such as ICU delirium.
  • With trustworthy AI, the decision-making process is open to oversight, review, and analysis,” said Ophir Ronen, Founder and CEO, CalmWave.

EmVenio Research adds principal investigators to research team

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinical research organization EmVenio Research recently announced the addition of Dr. Stephen Blank, M.D., and Dr. Suzanne Swan, M.D., to its team, serving as principal investigators. In their roles, they will oversee and conduct objective clinical research to ensure independent, high quality and reproducible results, as well as manage oversight of compliance, financial, personnel and other related aspects of research projects. Coming from varying medical backgrounds, Dr. Blank and Dr. Swan offer a diversity of expertise, expanding EmVenio's ability to conduct a wider range of clinical trials.

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  • DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinical research organization EmVenio Research recently announced the addition of Dr. Stephen Blank, M.D., and Dr. Suzanne Swan, M.D., to its team, serving as principal investigators.
  • Stephen Blank and Suzanne Swan to its team of principal investigators.
  • Blank and Swan bring to our team a magnitude of experience and knowledge in the research of new treatments and therapies," said Thad Wolfram, EmVenio president.
  • "With their diverse backgrounds in medicine, they offer a unique level of oversight to the studies EmVenio conducts and provide our organization the depth to conduct a wider range of clinical research studies for pharmaceutical and clinical research organizations."

Kimberly Finnegan joins Unissant as SVP Growth, Federal Health

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Thursday, February 23, 2023
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Kimberly Finnegan joins Unissant, Inc. as SVP Growth, Federal Health, after 20+ years of success at other organizations.

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  • Kimberly Finnegan joins Unissant, Inc. as SVP Growth, Federal Health, after 20+ years of success at other organizations.
  • She has first-hand knowledge across a wide swath of the federal government healthcare landscape, both from technology and process perspectives.
  • “With Kimberly's extensive Federal health experience, Unissant is thrilled to welcome her onboard!” said Unissant CEO, Manish Malhotra.
  • At companies such as Leidos, she led teams targeting federal healthcare agencies with sales, sales engineering, and consulting services.

Shane McNamee of Smile Digital Health Named 2023 FedHealthIT100 Award Recipient

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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TORONTO, Dec. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Smile Digital Health, a leading health data fabric and exchange platform, is proud to announce that Dr. Shane McNamee, Senior Vice President, Strategic Growth, Smile Digital Health, has been named as a 2023 FedHealthIT100 Award Winner.

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  • TORONTO, Dec. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Smile Digital Health, a leading health data fabric and exchange platform, is proud to announce that Dr. Shane McNamee, Senior Vice President, Strategic Growth, Smile Digital Health, has been named as a 2023 FedHealthIT100 Award Winner.
  • Prior to joining Smile Digital Health, Dr. McNamee served in the Department of Veterans Affairs, spending years supporting the physical and psychological issues of severely combat-wounded and combat-exposed veterans.
  • In 2022, he was also a recipient of this prestigious award, showing that he continues to push towards digital transformation in the healthcare industry.
  • For further information, visit https://www.fedhealthit.com
    Smile Digital Health is a health information technology company focused on delivering better global health through open standards.

Accenture Federal Services Awarded a Position on National Cancer Institute’s IT Services Blanket Purchase Agreement

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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Accenture Federal Services (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has been awarded a position on a software engineering and IT support services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Information Technology (IT) Engineering office.

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  • Accenture Federal Services (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has been awarded a position on a software engineering and IT support services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Information Technology (IT) Engineering office.
  • Accenture Federal Services looks forward to enhancing the National Cancer Institutes ability to keep pace with technology trends, adopt emerging technologies, and help move innovative ideas to solution delivery and production, said Accenture Federal Services Managing Director and Federal Health Leader, Jill Olmstead.
  • Accenture Federal Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, is a U.S. company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
  • Accenture Federal Services transforms bold ideas into breakthrough outcomes for clients at defense, national security, public safety, civilian and military health organizations.

Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) Shares Key Findings from Annual Meeting

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Thursday, November 10, 2022
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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA), a non-profit organization dedicated to the global adoption of decentralized clinical trials and research within life sciences and healthcare, today announced several key initiative updates that will continue to progress throughout 2023. Specialized DTRA teams presented these initiatives during its 2nd Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, from November 6-9, 2022. The meeting was attended by select professionals from its global membership of leaders in decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) including regulators, pharmaceutical and biotechnology sponsors, contract research organizations (CROs) and other service providers, technology companies, research sites, and advocacy leaders.

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  • SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA), a non-profit organization dedicated to the global adoption of decentralized clinical trials and research within life sciences and healthcare, today announced several key initiative updates that will continue to progress throughout 2023.
  • Specialized DTRA teams presented these initiatives during its 2nd Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, from November 6-9, 2022.
  • The Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance ( DTRA ), a non-profit organization, was convened to enable collaboration of stakeholders to accelerate the adoption of patient-focused, decentralized clinical trials and research within life sciences and healthcare through education and research.
  • It works to make research participation accessible to everyone, enabled by the consistent, widespread adoption of appropriate decentralized research methods.

DSS, Inc. Announces Appointment of Brion Bailey as Director of Federal Business Development

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022
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JUNO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS, Inc.), a leading provider of health information technology (HIT) solutions for federal, private and public health care organizations, today announced that Brion Bailey has joined the company as the Director of Business Development for its Federal Health division.

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  • In this role, Bailey will be a key driver of revenue growth for the company's federal health division.
  • "We are excited to have Brion onboard to help expand our ever-growing footprint in the federal health arena," said Mark Byers, president of DSS, Inc. "He brings a deep level of sales and business development expertise in supporting cutting-edge and disruptive healthcare innovations."
  • "I look forward to helping the company foster a culture of innovation through collaboration with customers and business partners.
  • Bailey has a Master of Science in Marketing from St. Thomas University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Florida International University.

Care Access Acquires Brazil Research Site to Expand Decentralized Clinical Trial Capabilities to Latin America

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
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Care Access , the world leader in decentralized clinical trials delivery, today announced the acquisition of Instituto Brasil de Pesquisa Clnica ( IBPClin ), a clinical trial center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as the first step to bring its decentralized clinical trial delivery model to Latin America, where hard-to-reach, underserved and traditionally underrepresented communities would gain unprecedented access to clinical trials.

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  • Care Access , the world leader in decentralized clinical trials delivery, today announced the acquisition of Instituto Brasil de Pesquisa Clnica ( IBPClin ), a clinical trial center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as the first step to bring its decentralized clinical trial delivery model to Latin America, where hard-to-reach, underserved and traditionally underrepresented communities would gain unprecedented access to clinical trials.
  • Care Access has pioneered a unique clinical trial delivery model to decentralize the clinical research site and to take research to hard-to-reach patients, wherever they may be, through a combination of mobile research infrastructure, traveling clinical professionals, and virtual investigators.
  • Over the last year, Care Access has made significant strides (leveraging Series C and Series D funding) to expand its capabilities for global clinical trials and the global regulatory ecosystem.
  • Care Access is a leading decentralized research organization (DRO) that breaks down traditional barriers in clinical research for patients, sponsors, and physicians.

Ready Computing's Veterans Data Integration and Federation (VDIF) Enterprise Platform (EP) Selected for Prestigious 2022 FedHealthIT Innovation Award

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Friday, May 20, 2022
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NEW CITY, N.Y., May 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ready Computing, a leader in healthcare IT and interoperability within the federal, state, and commercial sectors, is excited to share that the Veterans Data Integration and Federation (VDIF) Enterprise Platform (EP) program has been selected for the 2022 FedHealthIT Innovation Award, which will be celebrated at the 8th Annual FedHealthIT Innovation Awards and Networking Event.

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  • NEW CITY, N.Y., May 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ready Computing, a leader in healthcare IT and interoperability within the federal, state, and commercial sectors, is excited to share that the Veterans Data Integration and Federation (VDIF) Enterprise Platform (EP) program has been selected for the 2022 FedHealthIT Innovation Award, which will be celebrated at the 8th Annual FedHealthIT Innovation Awards and Networking Event.
  • The VDIF Enterprise Platform enables the composition of a comprehensive Veteran Health Record that's interoperable across the VA enterprise as well as with external VA partners such as the Department of Defense.
  • Improving the health and wellness of Veterans across the country has been a matter of public concern for decades.
  • About Ready Computing: Established in 2011, Ready Computing specializes in implementing health information exchanges for federal, state, and commercial entities.