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Ascendion Named Market Leader in Generative Enterprise Study from HFS Research

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascendion, an AI-first digital engineering company, has earned the title of Market Leader among global service providers in the recently released inaugural HFS Horizons: Generative Enterprise™ Services, 2023 report.

Key Points: 
  • The report examines Ascendion's capabilities, shedding light on the key reasons, methods, and importance behind their standout generative enterprise services.
  • The HFS report emphasizes Ascendion's evolution into a generative enterprise powerhouse, praising its drive for efficiency, risk mitigation, and agile team deployment.
  • "Ascendion doesn't just believe in the power of the Generative Enterprise, it is going all out to become one.
  • This first-hand experience is resulting in expertise that will serve its clients well," said David Cushman, executive research leader, HFS Research.

Ascent Named A Best Places To Work By American Banker, San Diego Business Journal, and Best Companies Group

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascent, a leader in outcomes-based lending and student success, announced today that it has received recognition as a Best Places to Work for in 2023 from American Banker, the San Diego Business Journal and Best Companies Group.

Key Points: 
  • "We are incredibly honored to receive three Best Places to Work awards this year," said Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ascent Ken Ruggiero.
  • American Banker ranked Ascent #2 out of 50 companies on its Best Places to Work in FinTech list for a second year in a row.
  • Moving up 11 spots from last year, Ascent received the #7 ranking out of 46 from the San Diego Business Journal for the 2023 Best Places to Work award.
  • In addition, Ascent has been named one of the Best Places to Work in SoCal by Best Companies Group.

Learning Without Tears Wins 2 Back to School Awards from Tech & Learning

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

CABIN JOHN, Md., Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Two products from Learning Without Tears (LWT) have been honored with 2023 Back to School Awards from Tech & Learning: Handwriting Without Tears® and Phonics, Reading, and Me™. Handwriting Without Tears, LWT's flagship product, has been a staple in classrooms for 40 years, wherever students are learning to write.  Phonics, Reading, and Me is a cutting-edge literacy solution that utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) to teach through text with differentiated instruction. It's personalized pathways secure key foundational literacy skills while building important content knowledge and conceptual understandings.

Key Points: 
  • Tech & Learning's Awards of Excellence program, "The Best Tools for Back to School," is designed to help educators find the products and solutions that will support their work in any learning environment.
  • Learning Without Tears is a leading early childhood learning company with solutions that have been proven to produce measurable and meaningful learning results.
  • For more than 42 years, the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence have recognized exceptional products and services within education technology.
  • "Learning Without Tears is grateful to Tech & Learning and all the judges that played a role in this year's Back to School Awards program," said Terry Nealon, CEO at Learning Without Tears.

ONC Awards The Sequoia Project 5-Year TEFCA RCE Contract

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Monday, August 28, 2023

“The Sequoia Project and our RCE team are extremely proud of TEFCA’s progress to date, and we look forward to bringing its promise and benefits to reality soon.

Key Points: 
  • “The Sequoia Project and our RCE team are extremely proud of TEFCA’s progress to date, and we look forward to bringing its promise and benefits to reality soon.
  • We couldn’t have gotten this far without close collaboration with ONC and the candidate QHINs (Qualified Health Information Networks),” said Mariann Yeager, CEO of The Sequoia Project.
  • Since then, The Sequoia Project is committed to the core principles of transparency and broad stakeholder engagement while serving as the RCE.
  • In 2022, ONC and The Sequoia Project released TEFCA, and later that same year, began accepting applications for the country’s first candidate QHINs.

The Vonage Foundation Honored With 2023 Tech Cares Award

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

HOLMDEL, N.J., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage, a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, has been honored with a 2023 TrustRadius Tech Cares Award in recognition of The Vonage Foundation and its mission to help bridge the digital divide by making communications technology more accessible to all.

Key Points: 
  • Award Recognizes Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility, Closing Digital Divide
    HOLMDEL, N.J., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Von age , a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, has been honored with a 2023 TrustRadius Tech Cares Award in recognition of The Vonage Foundation and its mission to help bridge the digital divide by making communications technology more accessible to all.
  • "The Vonage Foundation has been honored with a 2023 Tech Cares award, recognizing their unwavering commitment to corporate social responsibility," said Megan Headley, VP of Research at TrustRadius.
  • The Vonage Foundation partners with organizations to help support its mission for education, telehealth, connected world, and crisis response.
  • "We are very proud to be recognized for the work of The Vonage Foundation," said Joy Corso, Chief Marketing Officer for Vonage.

The Sequoia Project Adds New Members to its Board of Directors

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

The Sequoia Project welcomes board members Jennifer Blumenthal of OneRecord, Matthew Eisenberg, MD, of Stanford Medicine Health Care, Wylecia Wiggs Harris of AHIMA, and Colonel Thomas Cantilina, MD, of the Department of Defense.

Key Points: 
  • The Sequoia Project welcomes board members Jennifer Blumenthal of OneRecord, Matthew Eisenberg, MD, of Stanford Medicine Health Care, Wylecia Wiggs Harris of AHIMA, and Colonel Thomas Cantilina, MD, of the Department of Defense.
  • The enhanced board of directors will bring fresh perspectives and guidance to The Sequoia Project’s work on the nation’s most pressing health IT interoperability challenges.
  • “We are excited to welcome our new board members, Blumenthal, Eisenberg, Harris, and Cantilina, who have been involved and supportive of The Sequoia Project’s mission.
  • “I also want to congratulate the continuing members of the board of directors, whose leadership and expertise have been vital to us across all of our efforts.”
    The board of directors elected officers for the year.

CommonWell Health Alliance Reacts to QHIN Application Approval

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Monday, February 13, 2023

“CommonWell Health Alliance is proud to move on to the next onboarding step to becoming a designated QHIN.

Key Points: 
  • “CommonWell Health Alliance is proud to move on to the next onboarding step to becoming a designated QHIN.
  • CommonWell’s existing network capabilities are well-positioned to support the technical objectives of TEFCA and the industry as a whole,” said Paul L Wilder, executive director of CommonWell Health Alliance.
  • The success of TEFCA will rely, in part, on the participation of well-established Health Information Networks.
  • CommonWell is well positioned to qualify as a QHIN since it has built and scaled an existing nationwide health data exchange network utilizing a Record Locator Service .

Kno2 Recognized By HHS As An Inaugural QHIN Applicant Under TEFCA

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Monday, February 13, 2023

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Kno2®, the company leading the future of healthcare communication, announced today that its application to be a designated Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), has been accepted by The Sequoia Project as the Recognized Coordinating Entity.

Key Points: 
  • Kno2 was invited by Health and Human Services (HHS) to attend a TEFCA recognition event today in Washington, DC to commemorate a major interoperability milestone.
  • VP of interoperability, Matt Becker represented Kno2 as a recipient of a "Certificate of Recognition" for being an inaugural QHIN applicant to proceed to Phase 3: Pre-production Testing Process and Project Plan Completion.
  • This application approval brings Kno2 one step closer to potentially becoming a QHIN.
  • At a recent event in Las Vegas, Micky Tripathi, the national coordinator for health information technology at HHS, thanked Kno2 for stepping up and applying for QHIN designation.

Health Gorilla is Approved for Onboarding as a Qualified Health Information Network

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Monday, February 13, 2023

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Gorilla , a leading Health Information Network and interoperability provider, has become one of the first companies to have its application approved to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN).

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Gorilla , a leading Health Information Network and interoperability provider, has become one of the first companies to have its application approved to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN).
  • Through the new network of federally designated QHINs, healthcare organizations will be able to easily connect and exchange health information securely on a nationwide basis.
  • "I'm absolutely thrilled about Health Gorilla's approval towards becoming one of the first Qualified Health Information Networks," said Steven Lane, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer of Health Gorilla.
  • When fully designated, individuals and healthcare organizations will be able to connect to Health Gorilla's QHIN and exchange health information in compliance with TEFCA.

CMS’ Dr. Mary Greene To Keynote The Sequoia Project Annual Meeting

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Dr. Greene will address CMS’ interoperability priorities and burden reduction activities in her keynote presentation at 9 a.m. on Dec. 14 in Washington, DC.

Key Points: 
  • Dr. Greene will address CMS’ interoperability priorities and burden reduction activities in her keynote presentation at 9 a.m. on Dec. 14 in Washington, DC.
  • The keynote will complement other annual meeting speakers, including Mariann Yeager, CEO of The Sequoia Project, who will address the non-profit’s latest developments and upcoming priorities for 2023.
  • The Sequoia Project Annual Meeting runs from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Dec. 14.
  • The Sequoia Project is a non-profit, 501c3, public-private collaborative chartered to advance implementation of secure, interoperable nationwide health information exchange.