CHICAGO, May 3, 2023 (Newswire.com) - The American Association of Medical Assistants® (AAMA) installed Claire M. Houghton, CMA (AAMA), as a 2022-2024 AAMA Trustee at the 66th AAMA Annual Conference. In this capacity, Houghton, a resident of Spokane Valley, Washington, represents medical assistants and CMAs (AAMA)® across the nation.

Medical assisting is one of the nation's careers growing much faster than the average for all occupations, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Medical assistants work in outpatient health care settings. Employers are seeking and recruiting these allied health professionals because of their uniquely diverse clinical and administrative patient-centered training.

"It is such an honor to be chosen for this role and to help serve medical assistants nationwide," says Houghton. "Our profession is integral to the delivery of quality health care, and the CMA (AAMA) sets the bar for medical assisting excellence."

Houghton has served as a member or chair of many AAMA committees, strategy teams and task forces, including Leadership Development, Bylaws and Resolutions, Membership Development, Marketing and Editorial Advisory. She also continues to serve her local chapter and state society.

Houghton has been a medical assistant for 21 years. She has worked in many specialty practices and currently works in a family practice.

The Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA)® — or CMA (AAMA) — credential represents a medical assistant who has been credentialed through the Certifying Board of the AAMA. The Certifying Board of the AAMA was awarded accreditation by the International Accreditation Service under ISO/IEC Standard 17024:2012, the global benchmark for personnel certification bodies, thus distinguishing the CMA (AAMA) from all other medical assisting certifications.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANTS®

The American Association of Medical Assistants®, the only organization in the world devoted exclusively to the medical assisting profession, was established in 1956 and serves the interests of more than 92,000 medical assisting professionals. The American Association of Medical Assistants provides quality resources and educational opportunities for medical assistants by offering certification, advocacy for quality patient-centered health care, credential acknowledgment and scope-of-practice protection. For more information, visit www.aama-ntl.org.

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Francesca Llanos
Public Relations and Marketing Manager
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Original Source: The AAMA Reelects Claire M. Houghton, CMA (AAMA), as 2022-2024 AAMA Trustee

Agreement aims to increase patient access to advanced 3D imaging technology for an expanded range of clinical procedures

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 3, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Glidewell, the largest full-service dental laboratory in North America and a leading provider of dental products and services for more than 50 years, has entered into an agreement to distribute Carestream Dental's cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging systems in the United States and Canada.

CBCT imaging systems from Carestream Dental provide high-resolution 3D images of a patient's teeth, jaw, and surrounding structures. This allows dental professionals to more accurately diagnose and treat a range of dental conditions, including complex implant cases.

"We're thrilled to partner with Carestream Dental to promote access to this cutting-edge technology," said Glidewell CEO Stephenie Goddard. "Carestream Dental's CBCT systems are a perfect complement to our growing ecosystem of clinical CAD/CAM dental solutions, and help us further our commitment to making patient treatment faster, more predictable, and more affordable."

Carestream Dental's award-winning, easy-to-use 3D imaging systems provide CBCT, panoramic, and cephalometric functions in a compact form factor. Premium options with expanded features and enlarged field of view provide ultimate versatility for an extended scope of treatments.

"We are excited to collaborate with Glidewell to make our CBCT systems more widely available to dental professionals across the United States and Canada," said Carestream Dental CEO Lisa Ashby. "Glidewell's proven commitment to innovation and customer service make them an ideal partner to help us deliver on our mission of transforming dentistry, simplifying technology, and changing lives. We look forward to helping their expansive audience of dental professionals deliver more precise diagnoses, improved workflows, and superior patient care."

To deliver even more options to dentists on their digital journey, Glidewell will also be distributing intraoral sensors, wall-mounted and handheld generators, and imaging software from Carestream Dental. As part of the distribution agreement, the companies will work to co-develop educational initiatives and training programs, ensuring customers are able maximize the usage and value of their CBCT technology.

For more information, visit carestreamdental.com.

Contact Information:
Eldon Thompson
Sr. Director of Marketing
[email protected]


Original Source: Glidewell to Distribute CBCT Imaging Systems From Carestream Dental

CHICAGO, May 3, 2023 (Newswire.com) - The American Association of Medical Assistants® (AAMA) installed Monica Case, CMA (AAMA), as the 2022-2023 AAMA Vice President at the 66th AAMA Annual Conference. In this capacity, Case, a resident of Harrison, Tennessee, represents medical assistants and CMAs (AAMA)® across the nation.

Medical assisting is one of the nation's careers growing much faster than the average for all occupations, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Medical assistants work in outpatient health care settings. Employers are seeking and recruiting these allied health professionals because of their uniquely diverse clinical and administrative patient-centered training.

"It is an honor to serve the association and profession during a time of innovations in health care," says Case. "The CMA (AAMA) contributes an integral piece in health care delivery, bringing competence, knowledge and versatility. The CMA (AAMA) plays a vital part in delivering quality health care while ensuring patient safety."

Case brings a great deal of experience to her role. She has worked as a certified medical assistant for over 35 years. Case is the clinical lead and quality care coordinator at Chattanooga Family Practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she has worked for 31 years.

Case has served the AAMA in many capacities, including 2021-2022 Speaker of the House, 2018-2021 Vice Speaker of the House and 2016-2018 Trustee. She is currently the chair of the Annual Conference Committee, Marketing Committee and Maxine Williams Scholarship Committee and a member of the Awards Committee, CASAT-FASD Committee, Partnership Task Force and Advisory Task Force. She has also chaired and served on many other AAMA national committees and strategy teams. Case previously served as president of the Tennessee Society of Medical Assistants and the Chattanooga Chapter of Medical Assistants.

The Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA)® — or CMA (AAMA) — credential represents a medical assistant who has been credentialed through the Certifying Board of the AAMA. The Certifying Board of the AAMA was awarded accreditation by the International Accreditation Service under ISO/IEC Standard 17024:2012, the global benchmark for personnel certification bodies, thus distinguishing the CMA (AAMA) from all other medical assisting certifications.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANTS®

The American Association of Medical Assistants®, the only organization in the world devoted exclusively to the medical assisting profession, was established in 1956 and serves the interests of more than 92,000 medical assisting professionals. The American Association of Medical Assistants provides quality resources and educational opportunities for medical assistants by offering certification, advocacy for quality patient-centered health care, credential acknowledgment and scope-of-practice protection. For more information, visit www.aama-ntl.org.

Contact Information:
Francesca Llanos
Public Relations and Marketing Manager
[email protected]
7735905524


Original Source: The AAMA Installs Monica Case, CMA (AAMA), as the 2022-2023 AAMA Vice President

JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 3, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Apprentice.io, which helps life science manufacturers get treatments to patients faster by providing one platform to turn molecules into medicine, announced today it has been placed as a Visionary in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). 

This year, Apprentice was recognized as a Visionary for its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. Last year in 2022, we were placed as a Niche Player in the same report. We think this an improvement in our position.

Apprentice's Tempo Manufacturing Cloud improves operations at the site level by coordinating the materials, equipment, recipes, and personnel needed to plan, execute, test, and release a batch from one shared system. Using our newly announced Connected Manufacturing Network (CMN), companies can now connect all sites together to view, manage, and accelerate the end-to-end drug production lifecycle.

This report states, "The next phase in the evolution of MES will be the convergence of technologies (processes) that support end-to-end supply chain planning and execution functions."

"We are building our Tempo Manufacturing Cloud to go beyond the traditional boundaries of MES and deliver on the vision of convergent technology that accelerates the entire supply chain," said Angelo Stracquatanio, CEO & Co-founder of Apprentice. "Our customers are recognizing that traditional software vendors can't innovate fast enough to keep up with the rapid change happening in life sciences."

Since this assessment has been completed, Apprentice raised an additional $65 million in funding led by ICONIQ Growth to sustain its incredibly rapid pace of innovation and released a new product, CMN. CMN knits together the disparate teams and sites across internal and external manufacturing to manage and accelerate production from one centralized platform. 

With a total of $207M in raised capital and a year of outstanding growth recognized by the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Fast 500 as one of the fastest-growing companies in America, Apprentice plans to continue building international support for its multinational customers.

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About Apprentice.io

Apprentice's disruptive technology helps life science manufacturers get therapeutics to patients faster by providing one platform to turn molecules into medicine. The company's Tempo Manufacturing Cloud accelerates the end-to-end drug product lifecycle by connecting together distributed teams and sites, helping them execute better on the shop floor, and sharing real-time enterprise-wide visibility. Learn how 15 of the top 20 US pharma companies use Apprentice to accelerate high-quality production of drugs for diseases of all types, from COVID to cancer, at www.apprentice.io.

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Marie Forshaw
VP, Marketing
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Kristen Kucks
Director of Communications, Marketing
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Original Source: Apprentice.io Placed in 2023 Magic Quadrant for Manufacturing Execution Systems

Sifter technology is helping Ayble Health deliver a best-in-class dietary support tool for people with IBS, IBD, and other GI conditions

CHICAGO, May 3, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Sifter SP, Inc. and Ayble Health, Inc. have entered a partnership to integrate Sifter's innovative Shop By Diet technology and enhanced food and nutrition data into Ayble's precision nutrition program. This partnership provides Ayble members an unprecedented level of dietary support for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and other chronic digestive conditions.

It's all about diet personalization: one size fits none. Ayble's HIPAA-compliant digital gastroenterology care platform, powered by Sifter technology, combines behavior science and clinical protocols to radically improve the standard of care for IBS/IBD patients.

Ayble's precision nutrition program guides users through a personalized elimination diet that features Sifter's extensive, curated food product database and powerful Shop By Diet filtering. Through four phases of the Ayble program—identify, eliminate, reintroduce, and apply/adjust—Ayble members suffering from IBS/IBD are able to build the least restrictive diet that most improves their symptoms, with the support of an expert coach. Throughout this process, users have access to Sifter's industry-leading food discovery engine and barcode scanner, allowing them to apply their personalized therapeutic diet to their regular grocery shopping routine.

Because accuracy is critical, Ayble integrated Sifter technology to provide enhanced food data and dietitian-vetted filtering to formulate IBS/IBD-friendly diets and help members assess trigger foods. "One of the most challenging parts of dietary experimentation for digestive disease patients is the 'so what' part, namely how to change purchasing and cooking habits. Our goal at Ayble is to ensure patients can actually adhere to the diet that's helping them manage symptoms. Sifter is an industry leader in the field, and we're proud to be partnering with them on this important initiative," stated Sam Jactel, CEO and founder at Ayble Health.

Sifter provides an unparalleled level of precision in finding foods that are appropriate for complex, health-focused diets thanks to an extensive enhanced food product database that is cleaned, curated, and evaluated in the context of more than 200 dietary filters and ingredient exclusions. 

"A growing number of progressive, next-gen companies like Ayble are using Sifter's API to power their digital health platforms," noted Andrew Parkinson, Sifter CEO and co-founder. "We became the industry leader based on solid science, accurate data, and AI-driven technology. Transformative digital health platforms like Ayble understand the power of offering personalized grocery shopping functionality to their members and customers, and they share Sifter's passion to make healthy eating easy for everyone." 

About Sifter: 
Pioneering grocery ecommerce entrepreneurs Andrew and Thomas Parkinson, founders of Peapod and ItemMaster, created Sifter to make healthy eating easy for everyone. Sifter technology was built to support both retail and healthcare enterprise platforms that realize healthy eating is good for business. Companies can now offer their consumers a fast, scientifically accurate way to find foods that match their unique dietary preferences and food avoidance needs. Visit Sifter.solutions.

About Ayble Health:
Ayble Health is a precision health platform empowering patients with chronic GI conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to manage their care beyond the pill. Ayble combines the largest GI behavioral health database in the world with its proprietary machine learning algorithms to build personalized, predictive care for every patient—all with the human touch of a licensed care team. Visit ayblehealth.com.

Contact Information:
Pierce Hollingsworth
Chief Content Officer
[email protected]
630.815.6592


Original Source: Sifter and Ayble Announce Partnership to Transform the Management of Chronic Digestive Diseases Through Diet

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., May 3, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Point-of-Care Partners (POCP), a leading health IT management consulting firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Alix Goss and Leslie Amorós to its team. Both are joining POCP from Imprado, where they worked on various projects with POCP since 2018 and 2019, respectively.

David Grinberg, owner and president of DynaVet Solutions and Imprado, will be taking a step back from the Imprado side of the business due to family and health reasons. During this time, he will continue to focus on DynaVet. Grinberg expressed his enthusiasm for Goss and Amorós joining POCP, saying, "It was important to me as I take a step back to know that these two extraordinary leaders could carry on their important work, and the industry could continue to benefit from their leadership and insight into some of the biggest challenges in the health technology and interoperability space."

POCP and Imprado have a long-standing relationship, and the consultants' move to join POCP is a natural progression that offers continuity of service for their clients and for the industry committees and thought leadership positions they hold.

Goss is joining POCP as a senior consultant and will continue her work on the HL7 Da Vinci Project in addition to advising the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council. Goss will also continue her role as Chair of HL7's Policy Advisory Committee, building on her longstanding industry efforts such as her role as co-chair of the Standards Subcommittee of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics.

Amorós is joining as a senior communications/PR consultant and will continue to focus on communications and marketing services for HL7 Da Vinci and HL7 CodeX FHIR Accelerators, as well as consult with the Pennsylvania Health Insurance Exchange Authority on the commonwealth's online health coverage marketplace, provide Delaware Health Net with crisis communications training, and advise other POCP clients. Both Goss and Amorós will continue to support the Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Program and its PA Patient & Provider Network, or P3N, and will be available to work on other POCP consulting projects. POCP provides market intelligence; business and product strategy; and program, product, and project management to a variety of different health IT stakeholders including payers, providers, pharmacies, technology companies, and the Federal government.

Tony Schueth, CEO of POCP, said, "We are thrilled to have Alix and Leslie join us. We've worked alongside them for years and have always thought of them as valued team members, so to have them join us in an official way is just really wonderful. We look forward to having them be part of the POCP family for years to come."

About Point-of-Care Partners

Point-of-Care Partners (POCP) is a leading health IT management consulting firm assisting healthcare organizations across the healthcare ecosystem in the evaluation, development & implementation of winning health information management strategies in a rapidly evolving digital world.

About Imprado

Imprado is the strategic managerial consulting group of DynaVet Solutions, a Veterans Administration-verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business with specialization in technology services. The consultancy's name and approach are forged from the United States Marines' informal motto, "Improvise, Adapt, Overcome." Collaborating and aligning with clients' strategic objectives, Imprado fortifies organizations to overcome challenges, enhance capabilities, and achieve long-term success.

Contact Information:
David Grinberg
Owner & President
[email protected]
443.844.1824

Melissa Bundy
Marketing Lead
[email protected]
404.245.5240


Original Source: Alix Goss and Leslie Amorós to Join Point-of-Care-Partners in Next Step of Collaborators Working to Advance Interoperability