AGFA HealthCare, That's life in flow.

AGFA HealthCare is proud to announce that it has been named to the Leaders Category in the IDC MarketScape: U.S. Enterprise Medical Imaging 2022-2023 Vendor Assessment (doc #US48168021e, November 2022). According to the IDC MarketScape report, vendors should:

"Consider AGFA when you are a medium-sized to large healthcare provider looking for a platform-based solution with a differentiated level of intelligence that promotes a more collaborative medical imaging work environment."

AGFA HealthCare has been recognized by the IDC MarketScape for the following strengths:

Converged Platform
Enterprise Imaging Platform builds on AGFA's long-standing domain experience in medical imaging IT. The solution combines connected (cross) enterprise care, converged multispecialty support, an adaptable automated workflow, and disease-oriented augmented intelligence across the platform. The resulting capabilities (e.g., real-time collaboration and communication, multidisciplinary imaging for 15+ service lines, anytime-anywhere access, AI-enabled rules-based workflow automation, modular deployment) differentiate AGFA's solution. One customer said, "I took a trip a few times to RSNA and HIMSS, and AGFA was the only vendor at the time that seemed to understand the concept of enterprise imaging." This perception of AGFA having a robust, vendor-neutral platform with capabilities that can scale with modern-day requirements stood out in interviews.

Augmented Intelligence
AGFA's RUBEE for AI embeds "augmented intelligence" capabilities (advanced visualization, workflow orchestration, automated triage, smart hanging protocols, automated reporting, critical finding notifications, and specialty imaging packages) into the solution. Combining AI-driven automation with disease-oriented AI analytics helps customers generate more insight and practice better evidence-based medicine than traditional imaging workflows.

Ecosystem Integration
AGFA's XERO modules help enable enterprisewide collaboration between local healthcare professionals and external stakeholders. The XERO Exchange Network (XEN) allows image and report sharing at any time, which promotes regional and local collaboration between stakeholders (e.g., clinicians, patients, and other providers).

Furthermore, the solution is FHIR-enabled and has an open API ecosystem, which simplifies the ability for the vendor and its customers to integrate and improves interoperability. AGFA also holds many alliances and partnerships, which extend its ecosystem orientation even further, including with Microsoft Azure, AWS, Oracle, and Google, in addition to hardware OEMs (Dell, HPE, and Barco) and others (Philips Forcare, Qaelum, TOMTEC, Ascend, Cordiana, and MediReport).

About AGFA HealthCare

AGFA HealthCare is transforming the role of medical imaging into a high-impact, data-driven enterprise-wide information flow - supporting health professionals across the globe with secure and scalable imaging data management.  

AGFA's preeminent product, the Enterprise Imaging Platform, creates an Imaging Health Record™, or IHR, to align with and fulfill a health system's EHR.  The IHR provides an unobstructed flow of patient imaging information to help clinicians achieve their clinical, operational, and business strategies.

AGFA HealthCare is a division of the AGFA-Gevaert Group and traded on Euronext Brussels (AGFB).

For more information, visit www.agfahealthcare.com, and on LinkedIn.

About IDC MarketScape 

IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.

Addison Group
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Addison Group, a national leader in professional services specializing in talent solutions and consulting, announces today that it has fully incorporated Beacon Resources, an Addison Group company, to move forward under the Addison Group brand name.

For current clients of Beacon Resources, its brand integration to Addison Group includes access to a robust network of talent with significantly greater reach and opportunities to secure highly qualified professionals. Beacon Resources' clients will also gain access to the full portfolio of Addison's recruiting capabilities beyond finance and accounting, including information technology, non-clinical healthcare, human resources, administration, and digital marketing.

In 2014, Beacon Resources, headquartered in Woodland Hills, California, was acquired by DLC group to make the larger more established finance and accounting professional services firm an ideal acquisition. Addison Group, seeking to expand its West Coast presence and grow its market share, acquired the group in 2019. Throughout the past decade via strategic partnerships and alignments, Addison Group has blended a multitude of relationship-based staffing and consulting firms into what is now a major market contender, and viable award-winning professional services consortium. 

Beacon Resources' Managing Directors and team retain their roles within the expanded organization:

"The entire Beacon Resources team is excited about the tremendous opportunities it gives to our clients. Our team remains committed to facilitating ideal connections between our clients and our candidates, and now formally as Addison Group, our recruiting experts will have access to even more resources to perform exceptional services on a larger scale." ~ Odeh Haddad, Managing Director, Beacon Resources

"Our transition to Addison Group has been completely synergistic because our motto and our methodology are aligned with our passion for people. While the Beacon Resources brand has officially retired, our commitment to building and maintaining meaningful relationships has only been strengthened with the increased reach and additional resources of Addison Group. Completely integrating with Addison will allow us to nurture existing connections and expand offerings into newly emerging markets." ~ Dana Carr Brown, Managing Director, Beacon Resources

Under the integration, the Beacon Resources brand will officially retire. All of its existing business relationships and activities continue under the Addison Group name while providing the same unparalleled level of service.

About Addison Group

Addison Group, a leading talent solutions and consulting company, provides expertise with a national reach and a localized touch. Addison offers a full suite of consulting and recruiting capabilities across multiple sectors, including information technology, finance and accounting, non-clinical healthcare, human resources, administrative, and digital marketing. Addison has been repeatedly recognized by the media as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States by Forbes' Top 200 America's Best Professional and Specialist Search Firms, America's Best Recruiters and Executive Search Firms, and America's Best Temporary Staffing Firms, SIA Top 100 Staffing Bold Leaders, and Inc. Best 100 Places to Work. Known for its people-first culture, Addison combines deep expertise, client and candidate relationships, and a growing network of offices across the U.S. to provide national reach with a localized touch.

Cedar, an enterprise healthcare engagement platform that improves the end-to-end consumer financial journey, was recently endorsed by the Montana Hospital Association's shared services division MHA Ventures (MHAV) as their preferred choice in patient financial engagement technology. Through this endorsement, Cedar will be listed as the MHAV's only preferred patient financial engagement technology.

The MHAV is a hospital member organization that nominates vendors through a rigorous and lengthy vetting process, identifying relevant technologies for their hospital members in the region. The association collects organizational background, testimonials, references, offerings and other essential company details. 

Cedar was selected based on its ability to drive results in a time when health systems face significant financial pressures. Cedar's flagship solution, Cedar Pay, generates an average 30% lift in patient payments for clients, with 89% of patients reporting an exceptional financial experience.  

"MHA is excited to launch a partnership with Cedar. This proven, impactful patient engagement solution is making a big difference for a rural state like Montana. In fact, several MHA members are already seeing positive results. Cedar is a great solution that simplifies the patient experience, saves employee time and improves cash flow," said Rebecca Schauf, Sales & Marketing Manager, MHA Ventures.

Cedar is excited about the MHAV partnership and looks forward to improving financial outcomes for both patients and providers in Montana. 

"We commend the Montana Hospital Association for its commitment to improving the patient financial experience, particularly in light of the challenging economic times that both patients and health systems are facing," said Florian Otto, CEO and Co-founder of Cedar. "We look forward to bringing the same consumer-centric approach to financial engagement to Montanans that we've delivered for health systems across the country."

Cedar is on a mission to empower individuals to easily and affordably pursue the care they need, transforming the patient financial experience through a unique end-to-end solution. To learn more about Cedar's innovative platform, visit https://www.cedar.com/.

About Cedar

Cedar is committed to improving the healthcare billing experience for all. With an innovative platform that connects providers and payers, Cedar empowers healthcare consumers with a personalized journey—all powered by data science and interactive design. For Cedar clients, this leads to improved financial outcomes, more efficient operations and greater consumer loyalty. To learn more about why leading U.S. healthcare organizations trust Cedar to manage the end-to-end financial experience from pre-registration to post-visit billing, visit www.cedar.com and join us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

About Montana Hospital Association

The Montana Hospital Association is a nonprofit organization with more than 80 members, including 100% of Montana's hospitals, that provide the full spectrum of healthcare services. This includes hospital inpatient and outpatient services, skilled nursing facilities, home health, hospice, physician services, assisted living, senior housing, and insurance services. MHA Ventures, Inc. is the for-profit subsidiary of MHA, created to deliver solutions that improve patient care, reduce operating costs and strengthen the financial viability of Montana's hospitals. Learn more at MTHA.org.

Everwell Health

Everwell Health is excited to announce two executive leaders that have recently joined the organization which further strengthens the company's innovation capabilities and supports its long-term growth strategy.  Volkan Eren has assumed the newly created role of Vice President, Sales & Business Development, while Catherine Kwik-Uribe will serve as Vice President of Scientific & Regulatory Affairs. 

Mr. Eren will head the sales team and lead commercial strategy and sales administration. Volkan joins the organization from a unique background with fast-paced entrepreneurial businesses like Enzymotec, along with experience and roles of increased responsibility leading sales teams at larger scaled companies like Frutarom and IFF.  Volkan's prior role at IFF was Sales Leader for Supplements, Food, & Beverages.  Volkan will focus on business expansion and diversification, as well as leading our sales organization. Volkan holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration & Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University and earned a master's degree in Economics from City University of New York.

Dr. Kwik-Uribe is responsible for maintaining the excellent reputation that Nutrition21 (Everwell Health's first platform investment) has earned throughout the years, while creating new strategies to build expertise, ideas, and processes that support the platform's "science-first" approach.  Catherine comes from a successful career at Mars Incorporated, her most recent role as VP, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Applied Science & Nutrition for Mars Edge.  Catherine has worked across multiple product categories and led scientific teams of all sizes, conducted extensive research in human health and nutrition, and led the translation of science into consumer-relevant claims.  Her expertise will drive the company's clinical research needs and support new product claims and regulatory approvals in the U.S and international markets.  Dr. Kwik-Uribe earned her Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from University of California, Davis and completed her post-doctoral training in toxicology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Catherine has authored and co-authored more than 40 publications on the analysis, safety, and efficacy of nutrients and bioactive constituents in foods.

Both executives also bring M&A experience that will be important as Everwell Health invests to expand the platform.  Steve Rosenman, CEO of Everwell Health commented, "These new leaders compliment our existing team at Nutrition21.  Their experience and success, both at nimble, high growth companies and at highly professional, scaled global enterprises will support Everwell Health's dual growth strategy of optimizing organic opportunities at Nutrition21, while aggressively developing strategic partnerships and pursuing external business development.  These roles align with our commitments and continued investments in science, and in capabilities to serve our customers and help them grow." 

ABOUT EVERWELL HEALTH

Everwell Health aims to help people look, feel and perform their best by advancing the science of safe, convenient and attainable functional ingredients. The company adds meaningful value to dietary supplement, food and beverage brands by offering scientifically substantiated functional ingredient solutions. The company is actively focused on business development partnerships across the functional ingredients market. www.everwellhealth.com

ABOUT NUTRITION21

Nutrition21 is an industry-leading developer and marketer of efficacious, high-value, clinically substantiated ingredients for use in dietary supplements, functional foods and beverages. With decades of experience, the Company's scientific platform has continued to create unique, patented products that are both safe and clinically effective. To build consumer trust, Nutrition21 ensures product efficacy and safety through a product development process that involves rigorous preclinical and clinical research. The Company currently holds over 100 domestic and international issued and pending patents for its ingredients which support unique claims associated with sports nutrition, weight management, cognitive health, and beauty-from-within, among others. For more information on Nutrition21 visit: www.nutrition21.com