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Merit Medical Introduces SCOUT Access Guide

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Merit Medical announced the addition of the new SCOUT Access Guide to its wire-free radar localization portfolio. This slim Guide option was developed to further support oncoplastic breast surgery and greater ease of lymph node dissection. The precision and accuracy of SCOUT radar technology has also been clinically demonstrated to decrease re-excision rates.(1)

In order to further enhance surgeonsโ€™ ability to make smaller surgical incisions, the Access Guide features a 53% reduction in Guide diameter and a longer working length for navigation within the cavity. Clinical validation demonstrated greater ease of access to lesions through small incisions, enhanced oncoplastic surgical approaches, and utility for lymph node dissection. โ€œThe Access Guide facilitates my oncoplastic approach to surgery. I make very small incisions and take minimal tissue around the target, โ€œcommented Allison DiPasquale, MD of Texas Breast Specialists, โ€œThe Access Guide was very precise and there was much more room to see and maneuver within the small cavity.โ€

The Access Guide further expands the comprehensive SCOUT portfolio and reinforces the SCOUT Systemโ€™s position as U.S. market leader in wire-free breast lesion localization. Wire-free localization is quickly becoming standard of care for achieving optimal clinical results while providing patients a better overall experience. Currently, SCOUT Radar Localization has been adopted by over 660 hospitals in the United States and over 100,000 women have experienced a wire-free localization with SCOUT.

Merit Medical offers THINK WIRE-FREEโ„ข educational courses and webinar events for surgeons and radiologists to learn from key opinion leaders across the country about successful implementation and advanced clinical utilization of SCOUT Radar Localization.

About SCOUTโ€‹ยฎ
The SCOUT Radar Localization System is used for breast surgical localization, before or after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and to mark a biopsy site. The SCOUT reflector has a clinically insignificant MRI artifact, it does not interfere with MRI studies, so there is no restriction on the imaging modalities that can be used effectively throughout treatment. With 30 published clinical articles and abstracts, the SCOUT system has been proven to be easy to use and provides accurate detection and precise localization. SCOUT also has been shown to improve radiology workflow and significantly reduce OR delays. SCOUT has received recognition from medical societies and industry associations including the ASBS Scientific Impact Award, the Gold Award for Medical Design Excellence Award and the Premier Innovation Award.

About Merit
Founded in 1987, Merit Medical Systems, Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacture and distribution of proprietary disposable medical devices used in interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy. Merit serves client hospitals worldwide with a domestic and international sales force and clinical support team totaling in excess of 300 individuals. Merit employs approximately 6,400 people worldwide with facilities in South Jordan, Utah; Pearland, Texas; Richmond, Virginia; Malvern, Pennsylvania; Rockland, Massachusetts; Aliso Viejo, California; Maastricht and Venlo, The Netherlands; Paris, France; Galway, Ireland; Beijing, China; Tijuana, Mexico; Joinville, Brazil; Markham, Ontario, Canada; Melbourne, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; Reading, United Kingdom; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Singapore.

1. Chu Q. SCOUT Significantly Reduces Re-excision Rates. Presentation at: 12th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, February 7-9, 2017, Las Vegas, NV

Top 7 Study Tips for Passing Microsoft 70-740 Exam: Are Practice Tests Really Effective?

Top 7 Study Tips for Passing Microsoft 70-740 Exam: Are Practice Tests Really Effective?

HHMGlobal / 12-May-2020 / Microsoft 70-740: Installation, Storage, & Compute with Windows Server 2016 is one of the exams required to earn the MCSA certification. This test is aimed at the individuals who are involved in installing, storing, and computing functionalities present in Windows Server 2016. They carry out common installation tasks and also create and manage images for deployment. The candidates for this exam should have work experience relating to local and server storage solutions, such as disaster recovery, high availability, disks and volumes configuration, storage spaces direct, failover clustering solutions, and data deduplication. In addition to this, they should have the relevant skills in the management of Hyper-V and containers, the applicants also need expertise in monitoring and maintenance of servers in physical &compute environments.

Pass Microsoft 70-740 Exam at the First Attempt

Itโ€™s possible to pass your certification teston the first try if you are adequately prepared before taking it. There are various ways to prepare for MS-300 MS-500 MD-101 70-461 MS-200 98-364 DP-200 98-366 PMP, ITIL, Six Sigma, SalesForce Certifications, and in this post, weโ€™ll share some top tips that will guarantee your success.

  1. Go over the exam objectives

The exam topics cover the technical tasks that will be assessed during the delivery of the test, and it will be practically impossible to study for Certbolt Microsoft 70-740 without understanding them. Basically, the candidates need to develop their skills in the following domains:

  • Installing Windows Servers in Host & Computer Environments: (10-15%)
  • Implementing Hyper-V: (20-25%)
  • Implementing High Availability: (30-35%)
  • Implementing Storage Solutions: (15-20%)
  • Implementing Windows Containers: (5-10%)
  • Maintaining and Monitoring Server Environments: (10-15%)

All the details are available on the Microsoft website. Itโ€™s highly recommended that you go through this to understand the comprehensive areas that your exam will evaluate.

  1. Get studymaterials from the MVA

You shouldnโ€™t give up on earning your Microsoft certification because you donโ€™t have a budget for exam preparation. There are ample free training resources that you can find on the Microsoft Virtual Academy, ranging from presentations, video tutorials, white papersto a host of other study materials. Everything you need to learn about Windows Server 2016 can be found on the MVA.

  1. Use booksandrevision guides

Study guides are very useful when it comes to preparing for any certification exam. They help you structure your study in a way that best suits your learning style. There are quite a number of books that have been designed to guide the candidates through the exam topics in a clear and concise manner. The official recommended study tutorial for Microsoft 70-740 is authored by Jason Kelington and is titled Exam Ref 70-740: Installation, Storage & Compute with Windows Server 2016. This manual offers concise details of each objective of the test and comes with a strategic case study to help the students develop their skills and competence. There is also another book authored by William Panek. This guide also provides a comprehensive review of the exam topics and offers real-world case scenarios, featuring expert insights, practice exercises, chapter review questions, and a detailed searchable glossary. The book is titled MCSA Windows Server 2016 Study Guide and is available onAmazon.

  1. Take an officialtraining course

Learning from the experienced and seasoned Microsoft experts is also a great way of developing competence in the exam content. The fact is that there is no shortage of training courses for Microsoft 70-740. There are the instructor-led and virtual training courses offered by the certified tutors. You can find the details of this training on the Microsoft website. In addition to the official course, there are also video tutorials that you can explore to gain skills in the technical tasks to be measured in the certification test. PrepAway offers video courses featuring a series of lectures designed to prepare the learners for the 70-740 exam.

  1. Use practice labs

To get conversant with Windows Server 2016, itโ€™s important to work with the relevant software. The best way to do this is practice with it in an environment that is mistake-friendly. You should be able to explore various aspects of software without fear of getting penalized for making mistakes. Practice labs help you achieve this. Youโ€™ll find reputable platforms online where you can access practice labs for the Microsoft 70-740 test as well as other aligned exams.

  1. Get Windows Server 2016 software

Since you need to get familiar with the technology of focus for the exam, it makes sense that you need to spend some time working with Windows Server 2016 software. Well, you donโ€™t need to buy the package for your test. You can download the trial version and use it for your preparation process. Interestingly, it gives you access to the software for 180 days, which is an ample time for you to learn everything you should know about Windows Server 2016. To ensure you develop the necessary competence, it is recommended that you focus on those areas that are relevant to the 70-740 certification exam.

  1. Take practice tests from PrepAway

Practice tests are very effective tools to help the candidates understand the exam pattern and format. By taking them, you can grasp the types of questions and also get an idea of possible question patterns that you can expect during your actual test. It is recommended that you take a lot of practice questions before you sit for Microsoft 70-740. PrepAway offers an extensive package of mock tests for your certification exam. The bundle comes with full-length questions and answers, and the students can also take them in a simulated exam environment.

https://www.exam-labs.com/

Conclusion

The study tips highlighted above will help you with your preparation process and performance during the delivery of your 70-740 exam. In addition to the above, you can consider joining a Microsoft study group to learn from other individuals and share details, experiences, and prep options with each other. You can find some effective forums for Windows Server 2016 on the online platform.

New Dates for Med-Tech Innovation Expo 29-30 September 2020

New Dates for Med-Tech Innovation Expo 29-30 September 2020

With global concern regarding the Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) escalating, and after monitoring the situation closely over the last few weeks and consulting with exhibitors and partners Rapid News Group have determined that it is in the best interest of all parties to postpone their Med-Tech Innovation Expo, scheduled for April 1-2 to September.

The latest developments have significantly increased the concerns of participating companies about the health of their employees. Rapid News Group has the same concerns, having health and safety of their exhibitors, visitors, partners and staff as a number one priority.

Therefore working in conjunction with the NEC and in close consultation with their exhibitors and partners, Rapid News Group have rescheduled to 29-30 September 2020 and are confident that these new dates will deliver an excellent alternative timing, offering clarity to exhibitors and visitors.

Med-Tech Innovation Expo will now run alongside Rapid News Group’s other highly successful industrial events, Interplas, The UK’s No.1 Plastics show and TCT 3Sixty, the UK’s event for 3D Printing & Additive Intelligence.

Duncan Wood, CEO Rapid News Group comments “In unprecedented and extremely fast moving circumstances we have to make a very difficult decision to postpone our event until September. We are aware that this decision will require industry professionals, exhibitors, partners and visitors to reschedule their attendance, which will have an impact on their organisations, as it will for Rapid News Group. We are grateful that given the current situation everyone involved has understood and supported our decision.”

About Med-Tech Innovation Expo

Med-Tech Innovation Expo is the UK and Irelandโ€™s leading event for medical device design and manufacturing technology.

Med-Tech Innovation Expo brings together designers, engineers, innovators and manufacturers from across the medical and healthcare sectors to explore new ideas, understand emerging technologies, and source innovative products and services from over 300 companies representing the complete medical device and manufacturing supply chain.

Visitors from the medical engineering and manufacturing community will be able to see the entire spectrum of advanced technology, materials and solutions for concept, design and validation and manufacture including packaging, extrusion and moulding, automation, materials, medical electronics, medical plastics, design, sterilisation, components, testing and inspection, sensors, surface technology, manufacturing equipment & contract services.

Med-Tech Innovation Expo will take place in Hall 2 at the NEC, Birmingham, UK, from 29-30 September 2020. For further information visit: www.med-techexpo.com Follow us on twitter @medtechonline

Med-Tech Innovation Expo is owned by Rapid Medtech Communications Ltd part of Rapid News Group. Rapid Medtech Communications Ltd, Carlton House, Sandpiper Way, Chester Business Park, Chester, Cheshire, CH4 9QE, UK

Texas Hospital Association to Bring AI-Powered Autonomous Monitoring Across Texas Hospitals

Texas Hospital Association to Bring AI-Powered Autonomous Monitoring Across Texas Hospitals

Texas Hospital Association (THA) has formed a partnership with care.ai, an AI-powered autonomous monitoring platform in healthcare to create statewide adoption of artificial intelligence for autonomous monitoring. This statewide program provides awareness to care providers about their patients, providers, and business. care.ai is selectively partnering with the most innovative healthcare providers, including leading for-profit health systems, academic research institutions, and large post-acute care organizations โ€“ and now, the largest Hospital Association in America, that serves as a principal advocate for more than 400 hospitals and health systems members.

Transforming Hospital into a Self-Aware Room

care.aiโ€™s platform uses autonomous monitoring to turn a standard hospital room into a self-aware room that provides real-time information about the patient and caregivers. It uses computer vision โ€“ not cameras โ€“ to detect and alert staff if an at-risk patient attempts to get out of bed if they havenโ€™t rotated in a few hours, or even if an employee hasnโ€™t properly washed their hands.

care.aiโ€™s autonomous monitoring platform gives care teams an unparalleled advantage by providing real-time information about the patient, caregivers and their business. Through the use of its active learning neural networks, care.aiโ€™s edge sensors can autonomously monitor for conditions where timely human care can improve outcomes and mitigate risk.

The care.ai neural network algorithms are built using the worldโ€™s most extensive and proprietary human behavioral library. care.aiโ€™s machine learning capabilities include first-of-its-kind AI algorithms to naturally identify strengths and expose gaps in workflows and partner with caregivers to improve accuracy, efficacy, and efficiency.

Partnership Establishes Framework for AI Adoption in Healthcare

The partnership between care.ai and THA will accomplish two key goals: accelerate the power and effectiveness of AI to deliver more efficient and higher quality care in a cost-effective manner, as well as establish a strategic framework for collaborative learning and adoption of AI in healthcare.

As part of the strategic partnership, care.ai and THA will establish a joint innovation demonstration in Austin, Texas โ€“ where care.ai will showcase its Self Aware Room in a simulated hospital environment. Members of the Texas Hospital Association will be able to see how care.aiโ€™s platform can transform clinical and operational workflows.

CVS Health announces additional COVID-19 resources focused on patient access

CVS Health announces additional COVID-19 resources focused on patient access

CVS Health is taking additional steps across the company to address the COVID-19 outbreak and protect patient access to medication. “Being committed to the welfare of those we serve means being responsive to evolving needs and acting swiftly. This is particularly true in times of uncertainty,” said Troyen Brennan, M.D., M.P.H., Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health. “The latest steps we’re taking will help ensure patients of all ages have every option available to them when it comes to filling prescriptions.”

Beginning immediately, CVS Pharmacy will waive charges for home delivery of prescription medications. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention encouraging people at higher risk for COVID-19 complications to stay at home as much as possible, this is a convenient option to avoid coming to the pharmacy for refills or new prescriptions.

Building on a recent announcement that COVID-19 diagnostic testing and all telemedicine visits are available with no co-pay, Aetna, a CVS Health company, will now offer 90-day maintenance medication prescriptions for insured and Medicare members and is working with state governments to make the same option available to Medicaid members where allowable. Self-funded plan sponsors will also have the ability to offer this option. In addition, Aetna will waive early refill limits on 30-day prescription maintenance medications for all members with pharmacy benefits administered through CVS Caremark.

Caremark is working with all clients to waive early refill limits on 30-day prescription maintenance medications. Most Caremark clients already offer a 90-day benefit for maintenance medications and the option of home delivery from CVS Caremark Mail Service Pharmacy with no delivery cost.

“When you’re in a position to increase convenience and help provide some peace of mind, you act. As long as COVID-19 continues to be a threat, we’ll maintain a relentless focus on how best to serve our patients, members and customers,” Brennan continued.

Through its frequently updated COVID-19 resource center, CVS Health is providing the latest information on precautions consumers should take to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and who should seek medical attention. Anyone presenting COVID-19 symptoms should contact their health care provider immediately.

About CVS Health

CVS Health employees are united around a common goal of becoming the most consumer-centric health company in the world. We’re evolving based on changing consumer needs and meeting people where they are, whether that’s in the community at one of our nearly 10,000 local touchpoints, in the home, or in the palm of their hand. Our newest offerings from HealthHUB locations that are redefining what a pharmacy can be, to innovative programs that help manage chronic conditions are designed to create a higher-quality, simpler and more affordable experience.

ClearDATA Empowers Healthcare Organizations to Mask Patient Data with New Solution

ClearDATA Empowers Healthcare Organizations to Mask Patient Data with New Solution

ClearDATAยฎ, the leader in healthcare public cloud security, compliance and privacy, announced a new Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, ClearDATA Locate Mask, that enables healthcare organizations to leverage unstructured datasets containing PHI or PII by masking or redacting the sensitive data. Powered by industry-leading machine learning models, Locate Mask solves healthcareโ€™s common challenge of broadly sharing patient data securely and in a compliant fashion. Organizations can redact patient information, with up to 15 customized HIPAA identifiers available, while retaining critical information to research, innovate and improve patient care such as age, location, service dates, diagnoses and symptoms.

โ€œData is extremely valuable, especially in healthcare and life sciences, but security and compliance requirements often prevent data from being fully utilized or even shared,โ€ said Suhas Kelkar, Chief Product Officer at ClearDATA. โ€œLocate Mask now offers our healthcare customers an easy-to-use solution that extends the value of structured or unstructured data containing PHI or PII while satisfying security and other privacy considerations.โ€

As part of the Locate product suite, the new offering helps healthcare organizations build a strong culture of compliance while taking advantage of available data for other purposes. By using Locate Mask, healthcare organizations can create a policy-based process of using low risk, meaningful data for research, development and train machine learning models while also maintaining patient privacy and public cloud adoption.

โ€œWith the rise of the digital patient, we see healthcare organizations struggle to compliantly use data that contains PHI or PII for legitimate purposes that further innovation. With our data masking offering, ClearDATA enables companies to take advantage of the wealth of analytical information they maintain โ€“ without risking identification of sensitive patient information,โ€ said Matt Ferrari, ClearDATA Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder.

Without masking technology, healthcare entities are unable to efficiently share data for medical research or to leverage AI or machine learning technology. Currently, if patient data is shared, or even used internally, organizations are forced to use wholesale de-identification or encryption technologies to anonymize all identifiable values. With the precision masking integrated in Locate Mask, the industry can better analyze patient outcomes to drive operational efficiency and lower the overall cost of care.

โ€œRather than taking a sledgehammer to the data and stripping away its value, Locate Mask creates a better combination of data security and data sharing,โ€ continued Kelkar.

ClearDATA Locate Mask is available to all customers starting today. To learn more about how ClearDATA is making healthcare better every single day,

About ClearDATA

Healthcare professionals across the globe trust the ClearDATA HITRUST-certified cloud to safeguard their sensitive data and power their critical applications available across the major public cloud platforms. For healthcare organizations, customers receive one of the most comprehensive Business Associate Agreements (BAA) in the industry, combined with market-leading healthcare-exclusive security and compliance solutions, and multi-cloud expertise. ClearDATAโ€™s innovative platform of solutions and services protects customers from data privacy risks, improves their data management, and scales their healthcare IT infrastructure, enabling the industry to focus on making healthcare better by improving healthcare delivery, every single day.

DrFirst and GoHipo Partner to Use Telehealth to Fight High Relapse Rates After Substance Abuse Treatment

DrFirst and GoHipo are collaborating to keep patients connected with their treatment centersโ€™ care teams using a mobile app for secure messaging and telehealth services.

DrFirst is a pioneer in technology, support, and services that connect people at touchpoints of patient care. GoHipo is a healthcare software and information systems development company that supports continuity of care for addiction treatment.

Nearly 20 million people struggle with substance abuse disorders in the U.S., causing close to 200 deaths each day from drug overdose. High relapse rates point to the need for new ways to support people in recovery. The partnership enables GoHipoโ€™s HipoChat mobile app to provide people in recovery with a new way to support their sobriety. HipoChat offers a supportive social media connection to designated friends, family, and others in recovery. The app is available for Android and Apple iOS devices.

After discharge, many patients can struggle to continue their recovery without the close contact of their inpatient clinical teams and the fellow patients in their support groups, according to Doug Denhart, GoHipoโ€™s founder and CEO. He observes it is even more difficult for the many patients who live hundreds or thousands of miles from their residential treatment centers.

โ€œTraditionally, after treatment, patients return home to the same environments and triggers that led them to substance abuse in the first place. We want to use technology in a new way to help clients remain drug-free and sober,โ€ Denhart adds. โ€œBeing able to continue care with their clinical teams and stay connected with the friends who helped them through recovery can help clients avoid relapse.โ€

The new partnership uses DrFirstโ€™s BacklineR technology to power the GoHipo mobile app, providing 24/7 support for people recovering from addiction. Backlineโ€™s secure messaging meets HIPAA requirements for protecting private health information. The GoHipo app provides:

  • A One-Touch Trigger button that clients in crisis can use to alert their primary support teams, (such as their sobriety sponsors, therapists, families, friends) if they are in crisis and need urgent support
  • Continuity of care with clientsโ€™ entire treatment teams from their residential centers, including physicians and therapists, via HipoChatโ€™s secure telehealth connection
  • Ability to schedule on-line medical assisted treatment (MAT) with their physicians
  • โ€œAlways onโ€ access to clientsโ€™ patient support teams from the treatment facilities
  • Social media community with clientsโ€™ friends and families to help support their sobriety

โ€œThis partnership allows an unprecedented level of support for people recovering from addiction,โ€ said G. Cameron Deemer, president of DrFirst. โ€œReal-time connections for patients, caregivers, and their support community can help them maintain life-changing recovery.โ€

The collaboration also will enable streamlined workflows for e-prescribing and fully integrated telehealth communications between clinicians and patients.

About GoHipo

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Orange County, Calif., GoHipo helps healthcare professionals and insurance companies by using technology to improve workflow, profitability, and maintaining regulatory compliance while also helping improve patient outcomes and reducing occurrences of readmission/relapse.

About DrFirst

Since 2000, DrFirstTM has pioneered healthcare technology solutions and consulting services that securely connect people at touchpoints of care to improve patient outcomes. We create unconventional solutions that solve care collaboration, medication management, price transparency and adherence challenges faced in healthcare. We unite the HealthiverseTM by providing our clients with real-time access to the information they need, exactly when and how they need it โ€“ so patients get the best care possible.

 

DataRobot and InterSystems Partner to Accelerate Adoption of AI in Healthcare

DataRobot and InterSystems Partner to Accelerate Adoption of AI in Healthcare

DataRobot, the leader in enterprise AI, and InterSystems, a global leader in information technology platforms for health, business, and government applications, announced a partnership designed to accelerate the application of AI in healthcare. Through an integration and reseller agreement, the partnership makes it easier for InterSystems customers to integrate predictions and insights from DataRobotโ€™s enterprise AI platform into their healthcare applications.

The DataRobot enterprise AI platform provides automation across the entire AI lifecycle, accelerating and streamlining a userโ€™s journey from data to value. Through this partnership, the enterprise AI platform will be integrated with InterSystems IRISยฎ data platform and InterSystems for Health, the worldโ€™s first and only data platform specifically engineered to extract value from healthcare data.

โ€œHealthcare is prime for disruption in ways that benefit patients, providers and payers, and AI represents the next frontier,โ€ said Bill Hobbib, SVP of Marketing, DataRobot. โ€œOur partnership with InterSystems makes it easier for users to leverage the power of AI to deliver high-quality care, improve patient experience and outcomes, all while reducing the cost of care through AI-driven efficiencies.โ€

DataRobotโ€™s enterprise AI platform will augment InterSystemsโ€™ IntegratedML, a capability that gives developers access to AutoML capabilities directly from SQL. This allows InterSystems IRIS and IRIS for Health customers to embed predictions within their existing applications in a simple, intuitive, and scalable way. InterSystemsโ€™ technology simplifies the data acquisition, normalization, and other โ€œdata wrangling,โ€ and DataRobotโ€™s technology simplifies the entire AI process from feature engineering and modeling to deployment and monitoring. This will accelerate delivery and time to value of ML/AI capabilities in real-time decisioning applications.

โ€œDataRobotโ€™s enterprise AI platform is a natural extension across all InterSystems deployments using our IntegratedML, both in healthcare and also in other industries,โ€ said Scott Gnau, head of Data Platforms for InterSystems. โ€œThis enables developers to easily include machine learning and AI extensions, creating real-time enhanced decisions and analytics for their applications. It makes operations robust as well. IntegratedML is built into InterSystems IRIS and IRIS for Health โ€“ a secure and reliable platform that runs many of the worldโ€™s most health-critical applications, and DataRobot brings in best-in-class MLOps.โ€

โ€œAt Baystate Health, we are focused not only on the 800,000 patients in Western Massachusetts, but also on turning data into insights that can help advance healthcare nationwide and around the world,โ€ said Joel Vengco, senior vice president and chief information officer of Baystate Health. โ€œThis partnership between DataRobot and InterSystems is an exciting one for us; it will put even more powerful tools in the hands of our development staff to create cutting-edge healthcare solutions.โ€

About DataRobot

DataRobot is the leader in enterprise AI, delivering trusted AI technology and ROI enablement services to global enterprises competing in todayโ€™s Intelligence Revolution. DataRobotโ€™s enterprise AI platform democratizes data science with end-to-end automation for building, deploying, and managing machine learning models. This platform maximizes business value by delivering AI at scale and continuously optimizing performance over time. The companyโ€™s proven combination of cutting-edge software and world-class AI implementation, training, and support services, empowers any organization โ€“ regardless of size, industry, or resources โ€“ to drive better business outcomes with AI.

With a singular focus on AI since its inception, DataRobot has a proven track record of delivering AI with ROI. DataRobot has offices across the globe and $431 million in funding from top-tier firms, including New Enterprise Associates, Sapphire Ventures, Meritech, and DFJ Growth.

About InterSystems

InterSystems is the information engine that powers some of the worldโ€™s most important applications. In healthcare, business, government, and other sectors where lives and livelihoods are at stake, InterSystems has been a strategic technology provider since 1978. InterSystems is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA), with offices worldwide, and its software products are used daily by millions of people in more than 80 countries.

About Baystate Health

Baystate Health is a not-for-profit healthcare organization serving over 800,000 people throughout western New England. Services include an academic medical center, community hospitals, medical practices, homecare and hospice, regional reference lab, and the insurer Health New England. As part of a state-wide $1 billion healthcare innovation initiative in Massachusetts, Baystate Health launched an innovation and adoption accelerator, TechSpring, to match private enterprise with partners to take on some of healthcareโ€™s most difficult challenges.

About TechSpring, the Baystate Health Technology Innovation Center

TechSpring represents Baystate Healthโ€™s digital innovation team, specializing in the discovery, evaluation, design, development and deployment of impactful technologies. For 5 years, TechSpring has championed projects building a bridge between a โ€˜living labโ€™ real healthcare environment and healthcare innovators, such as InterSystems, Cerner, athenahealth, and Aruba. By linking technology solutions in the marketplace to Baystate Healthโ€™s passionate problems and strategic initiatives, TechSpring enables partnering digital health companies to access the assets of Baystate Health, and the Western Massachusetts healthcare ecosystem, to test, pivot, refine, and launch new solutions.

IronHealth Enters into Preferred Partnership with PeriGen to Advance Obstetrics AI Technology

IronHealth Enters into Preferred Partnership with PeriGen to Advance Obstetrics AI Technology

IronHealth, the healthcare professional liability and stop loss unit of Ironshore, has entered into a preferred partnership with PeriGen, a perinatal software solutions provider, offering insureds access to leading-edge obstetrics artificial intelligence systems.PeriGenโ€™s FDA-cleared artificial intelligence (AI) tools help clinicians identify real-time clinical warning signs in childbirth. IronHealthโ€™s customers can apply IronHealthโ€™s risk management reimbursement dollars towards โ€œPeriWatch Vigilance,โ€ PeriGenโ€™s early warning system designed to promote patient safety and optimal outcomes during childbirth.

โ€œWe are excited to enter into this partnership that provides IronHealth insureds preferred access to innovative labor and delivery decisionsupport to protect moms and babies,โ€ stated IronHealth President, Lainie Dorneker

IronHealthโ€™s risk management reimbursement dollars can be used by insureds toward products and services, including Healthcare IT,related to risk management quality and performance initiatives. PeriGen now joins the ranks of providers, and is the only obstetrics AI technology partner, whose services can be accessed by clients at favorable pricing when utilizing those funds.

โ€œIronHealth enters into affiliations with leading healthcare providers, enabling insureds to take advantage of innovative risk management tools and resources at favorable pricing,โ€ said Ms. Dorneker. โ€œWhile specific to each partner, our insureds can stretch available risk management dollars to access a range of quality programs and services to improve the efficacy of healthcare outcomes.โ€

Medical studies have revealed that the majority of adverse outcomes for mother and infant related to childbirth are considered avoidable, according to PeriGen research and peer reviews. To help mitigate risks, PeriWatch Vigilance AI-based technology continuously analyzes fetal heart rate patterns.The system also can assess evolving maternal factors that reflect health and labor progression. For both fetal and maternal abnormalities, the PeriWatch Vigilance platform was designed to providetimely and consistent recognition and notification to clinicians within their existing workflow regarding aberrant values and trends.

PeriWatch Vigilance works in tandem with a healthcare organizationโ€™s existing electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) and electronic medical records (EMR) systems, cost-effectively providing an extra layer of patient safety without requiring the hospital to replace legacy technology.

Matthew Sappern, Chief Executive Officer of PeriGen, noted, โ€œThe sustainability of quality healthcare services, especially in highly litigious specialties such as obstetrics, depends on innovation; a fact for which IronHealth has a deep appreciation. We are pleased to partner with the IronHealth team and its insureds to advance best practices in obstetric clinician performance and attention to patient care and safety.โ€

About Ironshore

Ironshore, a Liberty Mutual Company, provides broker-sourced specialty property and casualty insurance coverages for varying risks. The Liberty Mutual group of companies is rated A (Excellent) byA.M. Best and A (Strong) by Standard & Poorโ€™s.

About PeriGen, Inc.

PeriGen offers innovative perinatal software solutions that incorporate advanced statistical analysis features to enhance clinical efficiency and standardization of care during childbirth. Led by skilled Obstetrics practitioners and technology professionals, PeriGen has created the PeriWatch ยฎ platform to provide consistent analysis and timely display of complex data in real-time to promote better human recognition and communication about impending problems during labor. With PeriWatch ยฎ, clinicians can spend more time on direct patient care and less time on manual calculations and data manipulation.

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