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BayCare Names Ann Marie Swindler Vice President, Risk Management

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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CLEARWATER, Fla., Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BayCare, the leading health care system in West Central Florida, today announced that it has named Ann Marie Swindler, BSN, JD, LLM, CPHRM, as its new vice president, risk management, effective immediately.

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  • CLEARWATER, Fla., Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BayCare, the leading health care system in West Central Florida, today announced that it has named Ann Marie Swindler, BSN, JD, LLM, CPHRM, as its new vice president, risk management, effective immediately.
  • Swindler joins BayCare from Bayhealth Medical Center in Dover, Delaware, where she served as general counsel and director of risk management since January 2020.
  • In her role, Swindler will provide strategic direction for and manage of BayCare's risk management functions, including clinical and enterprise risk management, risk finance (commercial and self-insured programs), claims management and risk data activities.
  • Prior to Bayhealth Medical Center, Swindler was the executive director of corporate risk and management for Memorial Health System in Savannah, Georgia, from 2016 – 2019.

Anthem and Carilion Clinic Announce New Contract

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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Carilion Clinic and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia have signed a new multiyear agreement with the health system’s hospitals, facilities, and physicians in Anthem’s network guaranteeing continued access for Anthem members.

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  • Carilion Clinic and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia have signed a new multiyear agreement with the health system’s hospitals, facilities, and physicians in Anthem’s network guaranteeing continued access for Anthem members.
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    The agreement includes plans to expand digital connectivity between the two organizations that will simplify system requirements and streamline processes that ultimately improve patient/member experiences and outcomes.
  • “We look forward to continuing to collaborate with Carilion Clinic making healthcare accessible and affordable for the members we mutually serve,” said Monica Schmude, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia.
  • “Sustaining and improving access to world-class care needed in the communities that we serve is increasingly challenging and costly to deliver,” said Nancy Howell Agee, CEO of Carilion.

Carilion Clinic Selects New Blood Provider

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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ROANOKE, Va., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Carilion Clinic, a not-for-profit integrated health system headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, has partnered with The Blood Connection (TBC) for its blood product needs. This agreement is effective Dec. 31, 2023. TBC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) community blood center and the primary blood provider for more than 120 hospitals in Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.

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  • TBC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) community blood center and the primary blood provider for more than 120 hospitals in Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.
  • "Carilion is excited about our new blood services partnership with The Blood Connection," said Carilion President and Chief Operating Officer Steve Arner.
  • "Local blood donors make the difference in sustaining the community blood supply and preventing blood shortages.
  • We will immediately begin efforts to collect blood products in the community and are seeking blood donors and organizations who are willing to support this partnership and the local blood supply by sponsoring blood drives."

2023 National Certification Champion Award Winners Announced by BCEN

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
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OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), the benchmark for nursing specialty certification across the emergency spectrum, today announced the 2023 winners of its annual BCEN National Certification Champion Award. One winner in each category was selected based on their commitment to emergency, trauma, and transport nursing clinical excellence and professionalism through national nursing specialty certification.

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  • OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) , the benchmark for nursing specialty certification across the emergency spectrum, today announced the 2023 winners of its annual BCEN National Certification Champion Award .
  • "The 2023 BCEN National Certification Champions are national models for supporting emergency, trauma and transport nursing excellence by championing their nurses' success," said BCEN CEO Janie Schumaker.
  • "The 2023 BCEN National Certification Champions are national models for supporting emergency, trauma and transport nursing excellence by championing their nurses' success," said BCEN CEO Janie Schumaker, MBA, BSN, RN, CEN, CENP, CPHQ, FABC.
  • "RWJBarnabas Health is honored to be named the BCEN National Certification Champion.

Montecito Acquires Medical Property in Virginia

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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Montecito Medical, a leading acquirer of medical office properties nationwide, has acquired a 209,000-square-foot medical office property in Roanoke, Virginia.

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  • Montecito Medical, a leading acquirer of medical office properties nationwide, has acquired a 209,000-square-foot medical office property in Roanoke, Virginia.
  • “This is a remarkable medical real estate asset located in an attractive market area,” said Rus Gudnyy, Senior Vice President of Investments at Montecito Medical.
  • “We have deep roots in Virginia and are excited by the opportunities here to invest in medical real estate while helping providers build wealth and serve their patients more effectively,” said Chip Conk, CEO of Montecito Medical.
  • Montecito Medical is one of the nation’s largest privately held companies specializing in healthcare-related real estate acquisitions and partnering with physicians and developers to fund development of medical real estate.

American National Bankshares Inc Announces Board Leadership Succession, Board Nominees and Promotions

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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DANVILLE, Va., March 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American National Bankshares Inc. (the Company or American National) announced today the retirement of its Board Chair, new Board leadership and nominees, and executive promotions.

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  • DANVILLE, Va., March 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American National Bankshares Inc. (the Company or American National) announced today the retirement of its Board Chair, new Board leadership and nominees, and executive promotions.
  • After over 41 years on American National’s Board of Directors, Charles H. Majors will retire as a director and Chair of the Board of the Company and American National Bank and Trust Company (the Bank or American National Bank), effective at the conclusion of the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 16, 2023.
  • The Company’s Board of Directors has nominated Rickey J. Barker and Adrian T. Smith for election as new directors at the Annual Meeting.
  • Both Farrar and Martin have more than 50 years of combined banking experience, with 10 of those years at American National.

MetiStream and Carilion Clinic Partner to Identify High-Risk Patients for Colon Cancer Using AI and NLP

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
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The objective is to proactively target patients who should be screened to significantly impact cancer prevention and improve outcomes.

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  • The objective is to proactively target patients who should be screened to significantly impact cancer prevention and improve outcomes.
  • Carilion Chief of Gastroenterology Dr. Paul Yeaton said, "In this particular project, we're able to identify high-risk patients for colon cancer and ensure they are getting the appropriate and timely screening tests."
  • They initially focused on analyzing care quality and physician performance using AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP).
  • The cancer risk program will increase Carilion's ability to proactively monitor and conduct outreach to patients where they live to improve cancer prevention.

CARILION CLINIC FOUNDATION AND DELTA DENTAL OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE PEDIATRIC DENTAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM SERVING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Carilion Clinic Foundation and Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation today announced the creation of a new partnership and funding agreement that will expand children’s oral health care services in the region through the development of a pediatric dental residency program at Carilion Clinic.

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  • ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Carilion Clinic Foundation and Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation today announced the creation of a new partnership and funding agreement that will expand children’s oral health care services in the region through the development of a pediatric dental residency program at Carilion Clinic.
  • In addition to investments by Carilion, the Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation is funding a $2 million endowment to provide annual programming support in perpetuity.
  • “The majority of southwest Virginia is considered to have a dental health professional shortage and our regional safety-net clinics are in desperate need of relief and support,” said Frank Lucia, Delta Dental of Virginia president and chief executive officer.
  • The addition of pediatric dental residents will allow the clinic to provide preventative and restorative dental care for thousands of additional children each year.

Dicom Systems Sees Substantial Growth Exceeding Company Milestones with Over 46 billion Medical Images Processed Annually

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022
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CAMPBELL, Calif., Nov. 29, 2022  /PRNewswire/ --  Dicom Systems, a leader in enterprise imaging solutions that simplify workflows and interoperability, announced today that over 46 billion medical images pass through the Dicom Systems Unifier platform annually, marking this significant company milestone. Unifier is a vendor-neutral enterprise imaging platform that delivers robust use cases for Artificial Intelligence (AI) workflow orchestration, archiving, hot, warm, and cold image storage, DICOM routing, de-identification, disaster recovery, business continuity, HL7 integration, and machine learning. By increasing the volume of medical images routed through the platform, Clinicians and Radiologists can have faster access in critical moments to support the continuum of patient care. 

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  • By increasing the volume of medical images routed through the platform, Clinicians and Radiologists can have faster access in critical moments to support the continuum of patient care.
  • "Dicom Systems has grown tremendously since 2008 and has promoted team members to support the increasing needs of our customers globally and the industry at large," said Dmitriy Tochilnik , Dicom Systems CEO and CTO.
  • He is responsible for executing the company's business plan, driving sustainable growth, day-to-day operations, Regulatory Affairs, and overseeing operational policies and procedures.
  • Dicom Systems is an enterprise imaging solutions company with roots in DICOM routing.

Strata Unites Over 2,400 Healthcare Attendees at LIFT22 Users Conference

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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CHICAGO, Oct. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over 2,400 attendees from more than 400 healthcare systems and 2,000 hospitals across the nation came together for LIFT22 : The Strata Users Summit, which was held virtually on October 10-12.

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  • CHICAGO, Oct. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over 2,400 attendees from more than 400 healthcare systems and 2,000 hospitals across the nation came together for LIFT22 : The Strata Users Summit, which was held virtually on October 10-12.
  • Our virtual conference brings together healthcare professionals across our customer network to share best practices and discuss strategies for the future.
  • During LIFT22, Strata released its latest industry report Signals, Trends and KPIs: The Changing Face of Healthcare Finance.
  • A forum for healthcare leaders to share success stories and best practices related to financial planning, analytics and performance, this years LIFT22 conference was 100% virtual and 100% free.