Porter Hospital taps into VITL to finalize electronic records implementation
Porter Medical Center, Inc,Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc has announced that it has secured $272,000 in funding through grants from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the State of Vermont to finalize the implementation of an electronic health records system at Porter Hospital and its network of physician practices.‘The resources being provided to finalize the implementation of our electronic health records system as well as to help our physician partners achieve meaningful use in their practices illustrates just how important it is in having VITL lead the way in creating a robust and vibrant health information network for Vermont,’said James L Daily, President of Porter Hospital. ‘It is especially important that these much needed human and financial resources are available to hospitals in rural communities to enhance care for our patients.’The agreement between VITL and Porter Hospital will include a number of measurements for success, including improving provider satisfaction survey results, the completion of the hospital attaining Medicare Meaningful Use and increasing the number of practices already live from six to eleven among other milestones.Porter Hospital is a critical access hospital offering comprehensive medical care and 24-hour emergency services. There are 60 physicians on the medical staff who offer primary care and an array of specialty services. Porter Hospital has a network of 11 physician practices throughout Addison County.‘This is another example of how VITL is helping health care providers, and in particular hospitals, to accelerate the transition from paper records to electronic health records in order to safely and securely exchange clinical data,’said John K. Evans, president and CEO of VITL. ‘We want health care providers to view us as a resource to enhance their respective health information technology systems and we are pleased that Porter Medical Center has reached out to us.’About VITL: Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. (VITL) is a non-profit organization that assists Vermont health care providers statewide with adopting and using health information technology to improve the quality of care delivery as well as to enhance patient safety and outcomes. Comprised of a collaborative group of stakeholders including health plans, hospitals, physicians, other health care providers, state government, employers, and consumers, VITL is the designated health information exchange (HIE) for the state of Vermont and also the state’s federally-designated regional extension center. For more information, please visit www.vitl.net(link is external).
Related The online race expo will include several training booths with exclusive content tailored to the Run The Edge customer. The virtual online expo is built as a visual space where participants can learn insider training tips, seek nutritional advice, get information about injury prevention, interact in forums, and explore products and brands in the expo hall.The Training Room and Aid Station of the virtual expo will provide participants with training plans from the 5K to the marathon, cross training advice, tips on injury prevention and recovery, and advice on running healthy and happy all year long. Contributors will include the Run The Edge Founders Olympian Adam Goucher and Behavioral Psychologist Tim Catalano, Professional Running Coach Jay Johnson, and Running Experts and Authors of Another Mother Runner, Dimity McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea, and more.The Nutrition Bar within the virtual online expo will store shopping lists, nutrition tips, and recipes for eating healthy throughout the year provided by Lottie Bildirici (Running on Veggies), two time Olympian Kara Goucher, along with other nutrition experts.The Community Forum will centre on the participants and will aim to be a place for people to interact with each other and share training tips and stories while encouraging each other throughout the year. Alongside the Community Forum will also be a Listening Lounge where the participant will find podcasts and be able to share their favourite playlists.Inside the online expo will be an Expo Hall where all brand partners will host their interactive booths. This will include live technical representatives for the exhibiting companies that will be there to answer questions, provide product advice and offer customer support.The expo brands will switch out quarterly. Some of the brands that will be featured in the first quarter will be Oiselle, Soleus, Dirty Girl Mud Run, and I Love to Run. Participants are encouraged to check in periodically for access to daily giveaways and downloadable swag bags such as coupons, discounts and other fun surprises.“The amazing part of this past year was watching tens of thousands of people participate in a challenge together with consistent inspiration and motivation,” said co-founder Tim Catalano. “Watching the community with such charisma and dedication take over and drive the identity of Run The Year ultimately inspired us to create a whole new platform where we could truly give as many tools as possible for all of our participants to succeed.”Run The Edge, based in Boulder, Colorado, is positioned as an all-encompassing motivational training system dedicated to helping all runners and walkers succeed by overcoming their own personal challenges. The team offer the Level Up training plans, have authored the best-selling book, Running the Edge, a philosophical and inspirational take on running performance, and created the premier annual fitness challenge Run The Year, and offer virtual runs for charity throughout the year.The ultimate goal of Run The Edge is to help people around the world improve their fitness and overall wellbeing, and to encourage all levels of transformative growth through community support.www.runtheedge.comwww.runtheyear2016.com Run The Edge, a motivational training community that launched the ‘most successful annual virtual fitness challenge in 2015’ has opened up registration for 2016 with new market offerings. Last year, Run The Edge inspired over 25,000 runners and walkers to ‘Run The Year’ and cover 2,015 miles in the year of 2015.Starting on 1 January 2016, the inspiration and challenge continues with 2,016 miles in 2016. The early success of 2015 led to the devotion of making 2016 even more engaging and rewarding for participants. With this in mind, Run The Edge is unveiling a ‘first to market virtual health and fitness expo with a sneak peek in December, with exclusive offerings from leading industry experts that will only be available to Run The Year participants and will be fully functioning on January 1st.’To join the ‘Run The Year 2016’ challenge, each participant will pay the annual membership cost of US$25 per person. The challenge is also open to groups of two, three or four people to ‘Run The Year’ together as a team. The solo challenge equates to an average running or walking distance of 5.5 miles a day for the year, the duo pair challenge equates to an average of 2.75 miles a day, the triple team challenge equates to an average of 2 miles a day, and so on.A mileage tracker is offered as part of registration where progress is entered manually throughout the year from an application inside the online expo.
BrightSign has taken the wraps off its new BSN.cloud Virtual Partner Pavilion, showcasing select partners’ work demonstrating how they’ve integrated their respective CMS workflows into BSN.cloud. BrightSign had planned to showcase these partners within a live partner pavilion at DSE this past March. However, those plans were placed on hold once the show was postponed.“Our partner pavilion was going to be one of the highlights of our involvement at DSE — not just for BrightSign, but for the many CMS partners that were planning to showcase their work,” said BrightSign’s CEO Jeff Hastings. “I’m so glad we found a way to spotlight their offerings via a free, widely available platform. And while virtual events are certainly no substitute for in-person interaction, we hope that our partner pavilion will serve as a worthy replacement until we can safely resume in-person events.”BrightSign’s BSN.cloud Partner Pavilion features informative webinars from various CMS partners, demonstrating how they’ve integrated their CMS platforms into the BSN.cloud Cloud Control workflow. These webinars collectively demonstrate how the broader CMS community embraces BrightSign’s new cloud-based player management platform by highlighting various ways CMS leaders across the industry are utilizing BSN.cloud.
Construction project news from Phoenix College, McCarthy Building Companies, CyrusOne, D.L. Withers Construction and more.Phoenix College remodeling work includes student unionAddition and remodeling work to the existing Hannelly Student Center continues at Phoenix College. The main construction project is remodeling of the Learning Center Building into a student union with an exterior patio. Work includes 45,650 SF of remodeling and 13,000 SF. Expected completion of the $16.8M project is 3Q 2012. D.L. Withers is the general contractor; RNL Design is the architect.McCarthy projects include solar station, new school buildingMcCarthy Building Companies is completing construction of the 145-acre Cotton Center Solar Station in Gila Bend. The $14.3M project involves installation of the largest (18 mw) photovoltaic ground-mounted solar tracking system in Arizona. Installation includes PV racking system, modules and electrical system. The 75,000 solar panels are arranged in 1,566 rows connected to 108 single-axis trackers. On sunny days the construction project is expected to produce enough energy for 4,500 residential customers. Developer is SOLON Corporation and APS. Subcontractors include Blount Contracting, Buesing Corp., Schuff Steel, Ironco, and Delta Diversified. Expected completion is late 4Q 2011. … McCarthy completed a new, 2-story, 67,000 SF building that houses 32 classrooms, a library, dining room and administrative offices at Aguilar Elementary School in Tempe. HDA was the architect for the $11.6M renovation project. Subcontractors: E&K of Phoenix, Kortman Electric, Maverick Masonry, Midstate Mechanical, Schuff Steel, Progressive Roofing and Suntec Concrete.1 MSF data center scheduled to break ground in 2012CyrusOne, a data center colocation provider, plans to build a 1 MSF facility in Chandler with construction set to begin in 2012 and completion expected by early 2013. CBRE helped complete the sale of a 40-acre parcel at Continuum, a 152-acre master-planned science and technology business park located in the Price Corridor. This facility will serve as the primary location for CyrusOne’s West Coast colocation operations, targeting the Northern and Southern California markets. Luke Walker, David Carder and Nick Di Paolo of CBRE’s Phoenix office represented the seller, Capital Commercial Investments Inc. of Austin, Texas. CyrusOne was represented by Mark Bauer of Jones Lang LaSalle in Phoenix.D.L. Withers to build MCSO 911 call centerD.L. Withers Construction will begin work on the $80M, 120,000-140,000 SF Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center and Administration Building in 2Q 2012. The 5- to 7-story building at the SWC of 5th Ave. and Madison in Phoenix will house the 911 dispatch center and consolidate MCSO administrative functions. Architect is Gabor Lorant Architects. Expected completion is 3Q 2013.DPR wraps up renovation at Hospice of ArizonaDPR Construction completed a 12,064 SF renovation of a one-story unoccupied building and existing site area for Hospice of Arizona in Mesa. The interior build-out included 13 resident/patient rooms, staff support and administrative spaces, family gathering areas, a cafe, outdoor courtyard and a commercial kitchen. The Greenfield Comfort Garden, a feature of the exterior site, honors former Arizona Gov. Rose Mofford. Projects DPR is completing in 4Q 2011: Willis TI, Scottsdale, 24,992 SF; West Valley Medical Center PACU renovation, Goodyear, 3,500 SF; SARRC Vocational & Life Skills Academy TI, Phoenix, 10,159 SF; and Merkel Corp. TI, Scottsdale, 25,804 SF.Mortenson selected for 3 projects on NAU campusMortenson Construction has been awarded three projects on the Northern Arizona University campus in Flagstaff, including a new Science & Health Building and major renovation to the Multipurpose Events Center. The $55M, 120,000 SF Greenfield Science & Health Building will add new teaching and research labs and classrooms. Expected completion is 3Q 2014. The $18.5M events center project is a major renovation of the 94,000 SF NAU Fieldhouse into a multipurpose center. Work includes space reconfiguration, structural repairs, a new west entrance and new acoustics and lighting. Expected completion is 1Q 2013. A $3.5M renovation to the Lab 17 building includes HVAC balancing and fire and life safety updates. Expected completion is 4Q 2011.Pegasus Construction completes TI in Goodyear buildingPegasus Construction completed a $140,000, 2,800 SF tenant improvement of an existing building at 1380 N. Litchfield Road in Goodyear for New Orleans-based Naked Pizza. The project includes a kitchen and customer area for takeout and delivery, an open office area to train kitchen staff and a conference room. The building will eventually become the local corporate office for Naked Pizza. Architect was Reece Angell Rowe Architects. Subcontractors included Uniko Glass and Mirror, Sunset Acoustics, Northwest Floor & Wall, JJJ Electric, Freedom Fire Protection, Diamondback Builders Services, Commercial Service Company, Banker Insulation, AZ Professional Painting, ABBA Aire and Mountainview Flooring.Kraus-Anderson breaks ground on multi-family projectThe Phoenix office of Kraus-Anderson Construction Company broke ground on a 17,176 SF supportive housing project at 1140 E. 5th Ave. in Mesa. The 18-unit accessible apartment complex will serve low-income individuals with physical disabilities. The multi-family building will include 14 one-bedroom units, four two-bedroom units, resident parking and a community building. The complex is located in an infill site and will feature landscaping using native species, pedestrian paths leading through the 2-acre, three-building site, and underground storm water infiltration system. Expected completion is 1Q 2012.STG Design, MT Builders complete retirement communityConstruction was completed recently on the 176,332 SF, $17M Alta Vista Retirement Community in Prescott. STG Design provided architectural services and MT Builders was the general contractor. The project consists of two senior living communities linked by a shared 14,000 SF recreation center. There are 44 units of assisted living and 88 units of independent living. The development is situated on a 6-acre parcel with a view of the mountain ranges that surround Prescott.On the drawing boardScottsdale-based AZ Sourcing LLC is planning to build a 1.5 MSF business center in Casa Grande to be named Phoenix Mart. Colliers International has been hired to sign up prospective tenants. The proposed $150M project will include a convention center. Tenants will sell merchandise ranging from consumer products, automotive products and food. … An apartment complex in Scottsdale is being proposed by a local developer who plans to demolish the old Barcelona nightclub at 73rd St. and Greenway-Hayden Loop. Plans by Scottsdale Place LLC call for a four-story, 240-unit apartment complex at the site. … LWI Advisory Group of Del Mar, Calif., has submitted plans to the City of Gilbert for a 382-unit apartment complex near SanTan Village. The proposed complex is near the SWC of Ray Rd. and SanTan Village Parkway.
The Huffington Post:You might believe that happy kids stand a better chance of growing up into happy adults.And for the most part you’d be right–a recent study looking into the effect a happy adolescence has on adult life found that most outcomes are better for happier teens. But a startling fact also emerged: happy teens are more likely to divorce.Researchers at the University of Cambridge used data from 2,776 teens who participated in a 1946 British birth cohort study. Their teachers rated the children at ages 13 and 15 on whether they exhibited any of four different measures of happiness: “very popular with other children”; “unusually happy and contented”; “makes friends extremely easily”; and “extremely energetic, never tired.”Read the whole story: The Huffington Post More of our Members in the Media >
Share on Twitter Share on Facebook The researchers were particularly interested in a pattern of brain activity known as the late positive potential (LPP), which is a neurophysiological marker of attention to emotional stimuli. In other words, LPP provides a measure of how much someone is paying attention to emotional information.The researchers found that LPP for negative pictures was lower when participants reappraised negative pictures compared with passively viewing them. Additionally, LPP appeared to be substantially reduced in the frequently active group at the final stage of the reappraisal process.The finding “supports the idea that the frequency of physical activity might be positively related to better ability of controlling negative emotions,” the researchers said.Likewise, participants reported less unpleasant feelings after reappraising the negative pictures compared with passively viewing them. However, the frequently active and the infrequently active group did not differ in their self-rated feelings.“This might raise some concerns about the validity of the results presented in the article,” the researchers said. But they believe there findings are still valid “because we found a significant between-group difference in the LPP component, which is commonly regarded as the objective measure of the reappraisal efficacy.”In conclusion, the authors of the study said that “being physically active might be associated with a greater ability to control negative emotions via reappraisal. However, the differences between frequently and infrequently active participants seem to be small and observable only when neural measures of reappraisal efficacy are employed.”The study, “Frequent physical exercise is associated with better ability to regulate negative emotions in adult women: The electrophysiological evidence“, was authored by Tomasz S. Ligeza, Patrycja Kałamała, Olga Tarnawczyk, Marcin Maciejczyk, and Miroslaw Wyczesany. New research provides some preliminary neurophysiological evidence that women who are physically active tend to be better at decreasing the intensity of negative feelings. The study was published in the journal Mental Health and Physical Activity.For their study, the researchers assessed the ability of 26 frequently active and 26 infrequently active women to control negative emotions. Participants were considered “frequently active” if they were involved in aerobic activities at least three times per week for at least one year, while the infrequently active group reported exercising less than one time per week.The participants viewed emotionally charged pictures — such as disgusting food, sad people, accidents, violent images, animal mutilations, surgical procedures — and were asked to reinterpret the negative pictures in a less negative manner or to passively watch the picture in order to experience it naturally. During this task, the researchers monitored their electrical brain activity. Pinterest
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DeMoulpied comes to LSI from the Private Client Services practice of Ernst & Young where he managed strategy & operations improvement engagements for privately held client businesses. Some of his prior roles include VP of strategic development, director of strategic initiatives, and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at OptumHealth, UnitedHealth Group’s health services business, as well as Lean Six Sigma Black Belt at General Electric, where he applied operations improvement principles to customer service, supply chain and product development. A successful entrepreneur, deMoulpied is also the founder of PrestoFresh, a Cleveland-based e-commerce food/grocery business. DeMoulpied has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management from the United States Air Force Academy and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Dayton in Marketing and International Business. He served six years with the USAF overseeing the development of technology used on fighter aircraft and the E-3 Surveillance aircraft, finishing his career honorably as Captain. With more than 20 years of experience across multiple industries and functional areas, deMoulpied has particular expertise in organizations with complex technical products. Combined, his prior positions have required a spectrum of skills in corporate strategy, operations improvement, product quality, and revenue cycle management. He has an impressive history of utilizing data driven problem solving (Lean Six Sigma) and project management (PMP and CSM) to achieve strategic goals surrounding customer satisfaction, operational efficiency and improved profit. LSI President Brett Tennar says, “Steve’s success in developing operational strategies that improves the bottom line, builds teamwork, reduces waste and ensures quality product development and distribution checks many of the boxes of what we were looking for in a COO. This, coupled with his career in the Air Force working with highly technical systems and his in-depth understanding of Lean Six Sigma and Business Process Management sealed our offer. As our tagline states, our products are Powered by Science. This data driven approach is one reason why our company has grown exponentially as we employ the most advanced technology to product development. I am confident that Steve is the right person to drive operational strategy for our diverse and growing brands.” Advertisement NEWTON, NJ — icarz, Inc., a leading provider of software for in-store and distributor systems, has announced the appointment of Sanjay Apte to executive vice president. Apte will be responsible for software development, delivery and support. AdvertisementClick Here to Read MoreAdvertisement Apte has more than 17 years of experience in technical management, software engineering and development of cross industry solutions. He joined icarz after having worked for the company in a consulting capacity advising on technology strategy and deployment. He had previously been with Scient/iXL and Sybase. At Scient/iXL he was the global managing partner, leading the company’s worldwide financial services technology practice. Prior to that, Apte was senior vice president for Sybase/ Financial Fusion, where he was responsible for the delivery of integrated financial solutions to leading financial institutions worldwide. For more information about icarz, go to: www.icarz.com. _______________________________________ Click here to view the rest of today’s headlines.,Lubrication Specialties Inc. (LSI), manufacturer of Hot Shot’s Secret brand of performance additives and oils, recently announced the expansion of senior leadership. Steve deMoulpied joins LSI as the company’s chief operating officer (COO). AdvertisementClick Here to Read MoreAdvertisement
In addition to supporting the then industry’s earliest companies, Granatelli became a household name in the late ’60s through the ’70s with TV commercials for his STP fuel and oil additives, as well as the turbine-engine STP-Paxton car of Parnelli Jones that pushed the field at the 1967 Indianapolis 500. DeMoulpied comes to LSI from the Private Client Services practice of Ernst & Young where he managed strategy & operations improvement engagements for privately held client businesses. Some of his prior roles include VP of strategic development, director of strategic initiatives, and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at OptumHealth, UnitedHealth Group’s health services business, as well as Lean Six Sigma Black Belt at General Electric, where he applied operations improvement principles to customer service, supply chain and product development. A successful entrepreneur, deMoulpied is also the founder of PrestoFresh, a Cleveland-based e-commerce food/grocery business. DeMoulpied has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management from the United States Air Force Academy and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Dayton in Marketing and International Business. He served six years with the USAF overseeing the development of technology used on fighter aircraft and the E-3 Surveillance aircraft, finishing his career honorably as Captain. LSI President Brett Tennar says, “Steve’s success in developing operational strategies that improves the bottom line, builds teamwork, reduces waste and ensures quality product development and distribution checks many of the boxes of what we were looking for in a COO. This, coupled with his career in the Air Force working with highly technical systems and his in-depth understanding of Lean Six Sigma and Business Process Management sealed our offer. As our tagline states, our products are Powered by Science. This data driven approach is one reason why our company has grown exponentially as we employ the most advanced technology to product development. I am confident that Steve is the right person to drive operational strategy for our diverse and growing brands.” Advertisement In a 2001 interview with SEMA News upon his induction into the SEMA Hall of Fame, Granatelli provided this answer when asked what he considered his proudest accomplishment: “My sons,” he said. “In the business world,” he continued, “it would be the job I did at STP. I took a little-known company and made it into a household name in nine years. There were [STP] decals on every kid’s motorcycle, bicycle, notebook, wagon and car.” With more than 20 years of experience across multiple industries and functional areas, deMoulpied has particular expertise in organizations with complex technical products. Combined, his prior positions have required a spectrum of skills in corporate strategy, operations improvement, product quality, and revenue cycle management. He has an impressive history of utilizing data driven problem solving (Lean Six Sigma) and project management (PMP and CSM) to achieve strategic goals surrounding customer satisfaction, operational efficiency and improved profit. No funeral services for Granatelli have been announced.,Lubrication Specialties Inc. (LSI), manufacturer of Hot Shot’s Secret brand of performance additives and oils, recently announced the expansion of senior leadership. Steve deMoulpied joins LSI as the company’s chief operating officer (COO). AdvertisementClick Here to Read MoreAdvertisement From SEMA eNewsAdvertisementClick Here to Read MoreAdvertisementRacing icon Andy Granatelli passed away Sunday, December 29, at the age of 90. He was a pivotal force in the earliest days of the specialty-equipment industry, building a business out of selling speed equipment to new automotive enthusiasts who wanted to modify their cars. Grancor (short for Granatelli Corp.) was a warehouse distributor serving the Midwest by importing products from California manufacturers such as Edelbrock, Winfield and Belond.
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UK: An £86m upgrade of the Belfast – Londonderry line was announced last month by Translink, the holding company which runs Northern Ireland Railways. Tenders will be called in early 2011 and the work is to be completed in 2013, cutting 30 min off the 2 h 15 min journey time.The 150 km route accounts for half of NIR’s 1 600 mm gauge network. Funding will come from central government, with £63·2m to go on track and signalling, including relaying the entire line between Coleraine and Londonderry Waterside and constructing an extra passing loop. The price excludes bridge and signalling renewals and the current £12m track life extension programme between Ballymena and Coleraine. The plan also excludes station improvements, as some have already been upgraded in line with disability legislation.Two of the 20 additional DMUs for which NIR has called tenders will be allocated to the line from 2011. According to General Manager Mal McGreevy, introduction of 23 three-car CAF units in 2004-05 resulted in significant growth, with ridership increasing from 6·57 million passengers in 2001-02 to 9·5 million in 2007-08. CAPTION: The Londonderry line has seen a 49% increase in passengers over the last two years, to more than 1 million passengers/year.