Thanksgiving Food Drive
Join ProMed Staffing Resources in supporting Friends of Karen's Thanksgiving Food Drive

This Thanksgiving, ProMed Staffing Resources is determined to make a difference in the lives of families caring for a child with cancer or another life-threatening illness. In partnership with Friends of Karen, a registered 501(c)(3) children's charity that serves 22 counties in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, ProMed has pledged to contribute to the drive and invite their employees and field staff to do the same.

"No family should have to worry about where their next meal is coming from," said Maria Bingeman, Vice President of ProMed Staffing Resources. "As a mother, I can't imagine what it would be like to have to choose between providing food for my family or paying for life-saving medical treatments for my child. We hope that our contribution will make a difference in the lives of those who need it most."

"At ProMed, we are committed to giving back to the communities we serve," said Mendy Hirsch, CEO of ProMed Staffing Resources. "We chose to partner with Friends of Karen because their cause is one that everyone at ProMed feels deeply about."

Friends of Karen is the only organization in the New York Tri-State region that provides the vital, practical, and comprehensive services that relieve families caring for a child with a life-threatening illness of everyday needs and concerns, so they have more time to love. Friends of Karen has touched the lives of more than 17,000 children since its inception in 1978.

"The Thanksgiving food drive is one of the ways Friends of Karen helps ease the financial burden on families with critically ill children," said Gwen Salmo, Special Events Coordinator for Friends of Karen. "With the economic climate as it is, we are so grateful for the support of ProMed Staffing Resources and their commitment to helping our families in need. We hope more organizations and individuals will follow their lead and make this holiday a little brighter for everyone."

"Thanksgiving is a time to come together and give thanks for all that we have," said Zalman Goldman, President of ProMed Staffing Resources. "We are happy to do our part to help those less fortunate and we count on the generosity of our employees and the community to make this possible."

To join ProMed Staffing Resources in supporting Friends of Karen's Thanksgiving Drive, please click here to donate: Friends of Karen - Acceptiva. 

For more information about Friends of Karen, please visit www.friendsofkaren.org.

About ProMed Staffing Resources:

ProMed Staffing Resources is a leading provider of staffing solutions for the healthcare industry. We provide temporary, contract, and permanent placement of nurses, allied health professionals, and support staff. We provide high-quality candidates who are skilled, compassionate, and reliable. For more information about ProMed Staffing Resources, please visit www.promedstaffingresources.com.

ePACT Forms Automation

Clubessential Holdings, the leading provider of club membership management and payment solutions, today announced its strategic acquisition of ePACT Network Ltd., the recognized industry standard for emergency forms automation.

"Our mission in the parks and recreation industry is to empower communities to connect through next-generation software built upon decades of industry knowledge and experience, and personalized services and support," said Randy Eckels, CEO of Clubessential Holdings. "I'm thrilled with our latest acquisition of an organization that is so perfectly aligned with this mission. Stewart Aguanno and his team at ePACT have been committed for more than a decade to creating their easy-to-use software platform trusted by over five hundred customers and more than a million participants to keep their private health records secure and contact information accessible in the event of an emergency. We are excited about the expanded functionality ePACT adds to our integrated recreation management offering."

ePACT's online emergency network helps recreation departments, YMCAs, educational institutions, camps, childcare, youth sports, and many other organizations eliminate the paper forms used to collect emergency contact and medical information, waivers, and consents from families registering for their programs and services. Automating customizable electronic health records, waivers, vaccine tracking, COVID-19 health screening, contactless check-in/out, and emergency communications via text, email, and voice enables ePACT to significantly reduce the customer's heavy administrative workload. ePACT provides an industry-leading experience to patrons supplying information, mitigates risk for organizations, and ensures easy access to emergency information via website and mobile App even when offline.

"Our core goal at ePACT has always been to deliver a secure, market-leading solution to our valued customers. With the increase in demand for automating every aspect of the patron experience, we evaluated how to better serve our customers and support our partners while continuing ePACT's rapid expansion in the coming years," said Stewart Aguanno, CEO of ePACT Network Ltd. "Joining Clubessential Holdings, with its best-in-class reputation for technology in the parks and recreation space, allows us access to an expanded team of resources and a network to fuel expansion across North America with a trusted partner with whom we already integrate closely."

Through brands Vermont Systems and RecTrac, Clubessential Holdings has a four-year history as a valued ePACT integration partner. Its comprehensive recreation management and payment processing solutions provide program registration, ticketing, facility and court reservations, membership management, equipment rental, point of sale, childcare management, and much more. Vermont Systems and RecTrac increase efficiency and productivity while providing extensive reporting, comprehensive business intelligence, and an intuitive interface for community patrons of municipalities, golf clubs, colleges & universities, and the United States Military.

For more information, visit the Clubessential Holdings and Vermont Systems websites. 

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Breakthrough
Breakthrough, the leading patient demand platform

Within 72 hours, more than one hundred physical therapists signed Breakthrough's pledge to fix the healthcare system last week at the American Physical Therapists Association's Private Practice annual conference. By signing the PT pledge, they agreed to join a national campaign for a better, safer, more affordable healthcare system that educates patients about conservative care options. This is a major milestone in Breakthrough's mission to help 1 billion people solve their health challenges naturally by 2030.

"The current US healthcare system is not sustainable, affordable, or effective… It is, in fact, very harmful," said Chad Madden, MSPT, Co-Founder of Breakthrough.

Last weekend, Breakthrough shared staggering statistics about healthcare in the US with APTA conference attendees:

• US healthcare ranks at the bottom of nearly every major health statistic but is the most expensive worldwide: According to CMS, it surpassed $4.3 Trillion, 19.7% of the GDP in 2021.
• In 2021 US healthcare spending per person reached $12,956 annually. For perspective, that means healthcare now costs over 74% of the median household income for a family of four.
• The US wastes $460 billion on unnecessary & ineffective prescriptions & hospital care.
• In contrast, CMS reports that only $34 billion was spent on physical therapy and occupational therapy combined (that's 0.78% of total US healthcare expenditure).

Breakthrough's solution is Patient Demand.

People are often unaware they can choose the care that's right for them and avoid surgery or pills. Patient Demand refers to educational marketing and business strategy designed to increase public awareness for conservative care.

"People need to know the truth about what is best for their health. The way the current system works doesn't share how exercise and physical therapy can solve issues... Instead people are sent straight to risky surgeries or drugs, some with bad side effects. People need awareness so they can make the best decisions for themselves," said Carl Mattiola, Co-Founder of Breakthrough.

Breakthrough announced its new campaign and published PatientDemand.com on Nov. 2, 2022, at the annual conference of the American Physical Therapy Association's Private Practice Section (PPS). They printed an entire newspaper and delivered it in front of every hotel door, highlighting the grim state of US healthcare and inviting attendees to join the Patient Demand campaign.

The PT pledge includes:

• A commitment to educating the public about the truth of the US Health System, and the solutions that conservative care provides.
• A commitment to building patient demand and putting the choice of care in the hands of the patients themselves.

"Something has to change...fast."
~Amanda Lightsey, DPT, Lightsey Physical Therapy

"People need to know they have options. They get discouraged and think they have to live with their issues, so they limit themselves and their lives. We want to empower people to be more proactive and make better choices."
~Brooks West, Discover PT and Wellness

"I'm tired of time and money wasted on ineffective treatments. PT first...and PT for the win!"
~ Sean Weatherston, PT, OCS, CSCS, Altitude Physical Therapy

PatientDemand.com is currently collecting more pledges like these every day, with a goal of 1,000 pledges to start. 

The next phase is a nationwide commercial to the public, heightening public awareness of conservative care even more. There will also be a directory of pledging practices made available online.

About Breakthrough

Breakthrough is the leading patient demand platform for conservative care practices looking for consistent, predictable revenue growth. Co-founders Carl Mattiola and Chad Madden, MSPT, started their mission to "flip the pyramid" (put preventative care before surgery) in 2012. Ten years later, they have a massive following for their marketing education resources, digital marketing management, and powerful software products that have helped thousands of practices grow. The company offers tested and client-ready social media campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, Google, TikTok, as well as email and SMS campaigns, all made easily trackable with automated ROI reports.

More information about how to get involved and take the PT pledge is available at www.patientdemand.com.

HealthMe (https://healthmedocs.com) announced today that their price transparency and direct-pay platform has been selected by the largest independent orthopedic practices in Texas and California, in addition to several prestigious groups all recognized for their quality and outcomes. Golden State Orthopedics & Spine (GSOS), the Fondren Orthopedic Group (a division of OrthoLoneStar), and the Newport Orthopedic Group, the largest orthopedic and musculoskeletal group in coastal Orange County have all signed partnership agreements with HealthMe in the past 30 days.

This expansion signals the rapid growth of the HealthMe client base coupled with a nationwide expansion building upon a foundation of leading orthopedic practices in the Southeast US including the Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics (CSMO) in Chattanooga, TN, OrthoSC, Tennessee Orthopedic Clinics, and more. As a result, HealthMe has developed one of the largest networks of US orthopedic surgeons, in practices ranging from 1 to 150 surgeons, that serve the growing population of self-pay patients.

"At GSOS, we are committed to bringing innovative, customized care to every patient, and an important part of that commitment is to present transparent pricing for our care," commented KC Campion, CEO of GSOS. "As price transparency becomes a key driver in the national healthcare conversation, it's vital that we anticipate changes in the healthcare landscape and reduce the complications of compliance around new federal and state regulations on price transparency. HealthMe is the right digital health partner to help us take the lead in this effort."

Michael Havig, MD, CEO and founder of HealthMe commented, "With the rapid growth of high-deductible health plans and self-insured small business, patients are becoming more proactive in their search for quality health care with pricing that is both easy to understand and is affordable." HealthMe believes that doctors should optimize their time focused on patient care and office staff should be more engaged with patients instead of complex paperwork. "Our mission is to help our partners achieve these goals, and our sustained and rapid growth is a testament to that effort."

About HealthMe™

Price transparency experts and transformers of the patient payment experience, HealthMe™ (https://healthmedocs.com) delivers an online platform that gives medical groups and practices a simple and proven solution to serve the growing population of Direct-Pay patients and health consumers. Founded and developed by doctors, HealthMe's revenue accelerator platform combines the best features of a consumer-friendly online marketplace with the security of a specialized healthcare payment processing solution. With validated success in automating the process of Good Faith Estimates (GFE's), HealthMe is the first company to provide GFE's in eleven languages. HealthMe helps patients find the best healthcare options while saving money on their care while streamlining administrative process for overburdened staff. 

 InterMed Resources Tennessee and UroViu Corp, a company that develops and commercializes highly portable single-use endoscopy platforms, announced their new partnership with InterMed Resources Tennessee as the exclusive distributor to HealthTrust Purchasing Group for all UroViu products.

Under the agreement, UroViu will sell its entire product line at a contracted price for distribution exclusively through InterMed Resources Tennessee to HealthTrust Purchasing Group's 1,600 member facilities throughout the United States.

"HealthTrust Purchasing Group represents a significant opportunity to access a large number of hospitals," said Bruce OuYang, President and CEO of UroViu Corp. "UroViu's cost-effective, ready-anytime, and time-saving solution will enable HealthTrust facilities to implement single-use cystoscopy and hysteroscopy, an efficient, safe, and reliable option for their patients, in clinics as well as acute and emergency care settings, eliminating the need for dedicated procedure rooms."

The single-use platform ranges from a 12-Fr diagnostic semi-rigid cystoscope and equivalent hysteroscope, a 14-Fr injection cystoscope with an integrated needle for drug delivery, to a flexible, deflectable, and rotatable 16.5-Fr cystoscope. Single-use endoscopy is a safe and reliable alternative to traditional reusable scopes that must be cleaned and sanitized after every use. The difficulty of servicing traditional scopes has led to FDA scrutiny due to inherent cross-contamination risks. UroViu's single-use scopes eliminate those risks.

"InterMed Resources is constantly on the search for the most innovative, cost-effective technology to deliver cutting-edge healthcare resources to our partners," pointed out Roger Biles, CEO of InterMed Resources. "We are very excited about what UroViu can deliver for HealthTrust members and their patients."

About UroViu Corporation

UroViu Corporation's mission is to revolutionize the endoscopy platform for improved patient care and provider efficiency with operations in California and Washington and production facilities in Asia. UroViu is the developer of the always-ready cystoscopy & hysteroscopy platforms, the highly portable, self-contained, and versatile single-use endoscopy solution to meet the needs of Urologists, UroGynecologists, and Gynecologists. The unique portable platform and product suite are protected by a portfolio of 20+ patents granted worldwide and many more pending patents. UroViu's vision is to simplify the scope of patient care. For more information, please visit www.uroviu.com.

About InterMed Resources TN

InterMed Resources, located in Brentwood, Tennessee, is a minority-owned business that provides national and corporate consulting and contract management services to a variety of medical device manufacturers and suppliers focused on acute care, surgery centers, hospitals, long-term care, and physician markets. InterMed specializes in representing innovative medical device companies and suppliers in small and medium business market segments. Its management team has extensive clinical, sales, distribution, and national contracting experience (over 50 years collectively) in medical devices.