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Global Restaurant Technology Leaders Create Digital Menu Board Partnership

Global Restaurant Technology Leaders Create Digital Menu Board Partnership
With the adoption of Digital Menu Boards accelerating amid industry recognition of revenue improvements and operational efficiency gains, BrightSign LLC and WAND Corporation have announced a partnership to deliver new jointly-developed capabilities.
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How digital technologies are curing menu-labeling headaches
The technology that fuels digital menu boards and ordering kiosks within restaurant locations today is being used to maintain nutritional disclosures in real time. This means that any time a restaurant operator needs to make a change, it can be done on …
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AAFP Leaders Take Family Medicine's Message to Capitol Hill

AAFP Leaders Take Family Medicine's Message to Capitol Hill
… AAFP and other medical associations that the program should be reworked to align with the final rules of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. Implementation of stage three should pause to allow time for essential improvements of …
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Man Overboard Electronics
Other systems, such as Sea Marshall's AU9, broadcast emergency signals on the 121.5 MHz frequency, which the crew back on board the vessel can track using a Sea Marshall SARfinder. Rescuers can home in on these signals using specialized … Once the …
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Verizon Rewards Program Draws Customer Ire, Putting Mobile Data Sharing At Risk
As one commenter pointed out on a Verizon message board, “You can't look over the deals or see anything else until you actually join the program. What does that tell you?” All users start out with at least 10,000 points when they join, with the chance …
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Marketing Maven Leaders Host Business Communication Workshop for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles CHAMP Interns

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 28, 2013

Marketing Maven CEO, Lindsey Carnett, and Human Resources Generalist, Elicia Hildreth, hosted a workshop titled “Business Communication 101” on May 7, 2013 engaging Careers in Health and Mentorship Program (CHAMP) interns with professional development skills.

This workshop is the second held by Marketing Maven in collaboration with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles youth development programs. The CHAMP initiative centers on helping college students pursuing a non-clinical career in health care. As the demand in non-clinical careers increases, CHAMP aims to help young adults in Los Angeles develop critical skills for entry-level development.

“We value CHAMP’s commitment to help students learn about leadership through self-development,” said Carnett. “Becoming an entrepreneur was pivotal to broadening my professional development. Our business communication workshop is meant to challenge students and help them continue to challenge themselves to be well-rounded professionals.”

During the “Business Communication 101” workshop, Carnett defined business communication and how it relates to internal communication including subsets of web-based, non-verbal, and email communication. Carnett helped CHAMP interns reflect on their career goals by asking them to define how they define professionalism in their own lives and what they considered to be their niche or area of expertise.

Carnett also helped CHAMP interns understand the nuances of social media in a work environment by introducing them to social media policies. Hildreth provided an outline of how to arrive prepared for an interview and how to communicate appropriately to reflect a professional demeanor and a well-organized resume.

Business communication involves impromptu speaking; Carnett and Hildreth connected public speaking skills with business communication by interacting CHAMP interns in a debate surrounding multiple controversial topics. They also highlighted the importance of body language by practicing firm handshakes and mock interviews.

As seen in the Forbes Most Powerful Woman Business Leader issue, Carnett has taken her business expertise globally, enlightening her marketing peers and those new to the industry about accountable publicity and positive online reputation. Having spoken at Electronic Retailing Association D2C, California Polytechnic University, and at the Electronic Retailing Association’s Great Ideas Summit, Carnett has gained the reputation as an expert in the field of marketing and public relations.

Hildreth’s human resources experience, along with her Board of Directors position for the non-profit organization, Women of Substance & Men of Honor, Inc., provides her with the tools and experience for business development and communication.

For more information about Carnett, Hildreth, and Marketing Maven, please visit http://www.marketingmavenpr.com.

To learn more about Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ CHAMP internship, please visit chla.org/CHAMP.

About Marketing Maven

Bicoastal PR firm, Marketing Maven is an innovative and exclusive public relations agency that under promises and over performs. Founded by Lindsey Carnett in 2009, the agency specializes in lifestyle and consumer products, companies and events. Additional services include hospitality and gaming PR, social media campaigns, reputation management, direct response marketing, SEO, celebrity gifting and Spanish PR. Marketing Maven develops newsworthy mainstream issues relevant to the clients’ product or service. With offices in New York, the agency then creates media interest and delivers the clients’ message to the masses, creating a demand from the target demographic.

Marketing Maven also has an expertise in Direct to Consumer marketing as well as product development and PR for supplements and ingredients. The agency has the ability to earn product distribution at retail and helps find funding for national product launches. With representatives across the globe, the Marketing Maven team has strong relationships with local, national and international media. Visit http://www.MarketingMavenPR.com for more information about the company.







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Digital Collaboration Solutions Expands Dynamic Advisory Board with Addition of Healthcare IT Leaders Naomi Fried, Chuck Podesta, and Charlene Underwood

Boston, Mass. (PRWEB) January 28, 2014

Digital Collaboration Solutions (DCS), the health care solutions leader for facilitating critical business process change and improved outcomes through innovative care coordination, communications and collaboration, is pleased to announce the addition of three dynamic healthcare industry veterans to its advisory board: Chuck Podesta, senior vice president and chief information officer, Fletcher Allen Health Care and Fletcher Allen Partners; Naomi Fried, chief innovation officer, Boston Children’s Hospital; and Charlene Underwood, senior director of government and industry affairs, Siemens Medical Solutions.

Each brings deep industry experience and perspective to DCS that will accelerate the organization’s growth and unique position in the healthcare IT marketplace.

Podesta brings 30 years of experience, including numerous leadership roles. At Fletcher Allen, his healthcare IT experience is integral to Fletcher Allen Partners’ success as an integrated care system and accountable care organization. Under his leadership Fletcher Allen has successfully implemented Epic as its hospital information system. He is vice chair of the board of directors for Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL), which is both the designated health information exchange (HIE) for the state of Vermont and its federally designated regional extension center (REC). Podesta came to Fletcher Allen in 2008 after serving as SVP and CIO at Caritas Christi Health Care (now Steward Health Care) in Brighton, Mass.

As a longtime health IT veteran, Podesta lends often his expertise to the national stage, including seats on Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) working groups. He also serves on the advisory board for HealthSystemCIO.com and the editorial board at Healthcare Informatics Magazine.

Naomi Fried offers more than a decade of thought leadership expertise in several senior leadership roles as well as an in-depth understanding of how technology can spur healthcare innovation. As Boston Children’s Hospital’s first Chief Innovation Officer, Fried leads a team that promotes technological, clinical-process, and business model innovation across the world-renowned pediatric institution.

The Innovation Acceleration Program she leads focuses on enhancing the innovation culture by supporting strategic innovation initiatives, resourcing grass roots innovation, and identifying unmet innovation opportunities. Prior to joining Children’s, Dr. Fried served as Vice President of Innovation and Advanced Technology at Kaiser Permanente, where she built and managed a team of clinicians and technologists charged with identifying and assessing emerging clinical technologies and introducing them to operational leaders within Kaiser Permanente.

As Senior Director of Government and Industry Affairs at Siemens Healthcare, Charlene Underwood continues to build upon her reputation as one of the country’s foremost healthcare informatics experts. She directs Siemens outreach and advocacy activities in emerging market initiatives, specifically those related to government activities in healthcare IT. Underwood is delivering Siemens’ message to key stakeholders throughout the healthcare industry and on Capitol Hill, while developing programs that enable Siemens leadership in key government and industry initiatives.

Underwood served as the Vice Chair and Chair, HIMSS Board of Directors and as the first chair of HIMSS Electronic Health Record Vendor Association (EHRVA), is on the Federal Health IT Policy Committee Meaningful Use Workgroup, the HL7 Advisory Board, a member of the American Health Information Community (AHIC) Quality Workgroup and Expert Panel, and has sat on many other advisory groups involved in HIT development. Her many accomplishments include earning the HIMSS Fellow designation and being elected to HIMSS board. She boasts an accomplished history of actively advocating for industry involvement in defining how health IT is a means to improving patient safety and outcomes while reducing costs.

“We are extremely pleased and excited to add Charlene, Chuck and Naomi to our distinguished advisory board,” said Michael Levinger, president and CEO of Digital Collaboration Solutions. “Each brings deeply unique experience to the health IT field that recognizes the power of eCollaboration as an industry game-changer. We are eager to continue to build our organization through their steady guidance and invaluable insights.”

The new advisory board members join: Michael Aldridge, vice president of operations at Kansas Foundation of Medical Care and President and CEO of Synovim Healthcare Solutions, Inc.; Karen Bell, M.D., chairperson of the Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) and member of the healthcare IT Policy Committee Accountable Care Workgroup; Andy Freed, president, Virtual, Inc. and former CIO of the Massachusetts Hospital Association; Roger Holloway, executive director, IL-HITREC and Joe Heyman, M.D., a Massachusetts board-certified gynecologist, member of the Board of Directors of the Whittier Independent Practice Association and past chairman of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees.

About Digital Collaboration Solutions, LLC

Digital Collaboration Solutions is a consulting and services company that helps healthcare organizations improve care coordination, patient experience, and provider engagement through innovative care coordination, communications, collaboration, and technology. Our team combines healthcare, healthcare IT and communications experience with the latest in digital collaboration technologies to deliver measurable results and improved outcomes. Visit thinkdcs.com and follow us at @thinkdcs for the latest in healthcare collaboration.