Sharecare and National Alliance partner to connect employers and communities to improve health and well-being across U.S.

Digital Health

Digital health company Sharecare and the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions announced a partnership designed to help employers develop data-driven strategies to positively impact the well-being of their employees and families and the broader communities in which they live, work and play.

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Money makes the cyber-crime world go round – Verizon Business 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report

Cloud | Data Governance | Devops | Digital Health | Information Security

“As remote working surges in the face of the global pandemic, end-to-end security from the cloud to employee laptop becomes paramount,” said Tami Erwin, CEO, Verizon Business. “In addition to protecting their systems from attack, we urge all businesses to continue employee education as phishing schemes become increasingly sophisticated and malicious.”

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Artis Partners with Leader in High-Assurance Digital Identity Verification

Fintech

The company has partnered with Socure, a leader in Day Zero digital identity verification, to validate the identities of consumer loan applicants in real-time.

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Google Launches “Be Kind To Your Mind”

Digital Health

To coincide with Mental Health Month, Google is launching “Be Kind To Your Mind” in collaboration with the CDC to share practical tips and resources to help individuals take care of their well-being.

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Georgia Deploys 448 Wi-Fi Rangers to 36 School Districts

Education/STEM

Today Governor Brian P. Kemp announced a donation from AT&T to the Georgia Department of Education, Foundation for Public Education. The donation will be used to deploy 448 Wi-Fi Rangers to 36 school districts, filling the internet connectivity gap for thousands of students in rural areas, tripling the number of Wi-Fi buses in the state.

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Sharecare’s Flatten the Curve survey completed by 115,000 Americans in April, finds respondents in Hawaii experiencing most financial worry while those in Mississippi and Alabama report least

Digital Health

Comparative well-being analysis reveals 230% increase in anxiety across U.S. due to COVID-19

Survey also reveals more than 50% of Americans exhibiting healthier behaviors during pandemic

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Cory Hewett Named to Bloom Our Youth Board of Directors

Sales Leadership | Young Professionals

Cory Hewett, Co-founder and CEO of Gimme has been named to the Board of Directors for Bloom Our Youth, (d.b.a. Bloom) a social service nonprofit serving foster care children and families throughout Georgia.

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Sharecare and Atlanta Police Foundation collaborate to protect and serve the health and well-being of Atlanta Police Department personnel

Digital Health

The Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) and Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, today announced a collaboration to provide Atlanta Police Department personnel with direct, on-demand access to board-certified emergency medicine physicians for real-time COVID-19 screening and testing referrals. Available for free to all Atlanta Police Department sworn officers, Sharecare Virtual Care is an easy-to-use, secure telehealth solution that empowers people to safely and conveniently address their urgent healthcare needs related to COVID-19.

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OrasiLabs Advances Virtual Application Training for Instructors, Students

Cloud | Devops

Orasi Software, a leading DevOps technology and consulting firm, announced OrasiLabs, the train anyone, anywhere, anytime cloud-based hands-on learning lab solution—an engaging new training environment for software application instructors and students at independent software vendors and companies.

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Aventis Systems Announces Work from Home Bundle

Business Process Management | Cloud | CX | Data Governance | Information Security | Infrastructure

New Offering Is in Response to Urgent Need for Quick and Affordable Remote Office Solutions

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Atlanta Startup, Trella Health, Releases COVID-19 Heatmap for Vulnerable Counties

Data Science & Analytics | Digital Health

In an effort to support the healthcare community and its fight against COVID-19, Atlanta startup and TAG ‘Top 40 Innovative Company’ recipient, Trella Health, has released a COVID-19 heatmap.

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Artis Launches White-Label Lending Solution for Financial Institutions to Drive More Business to SMBs

Fintech

Today Artis Technologies introduced Artis Connect, a cloud-based, white-label lending solution for banks and credit unions to reach more consumers with accessible financing through their own local small- and medium-sized business clients.

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Sharecare partners with IPsoft and NTT DATA to power free COVID-19 screening solution with conversational AI

Digital Health

Pisgah Health Foundation becomes Sharecare’s first Blue Zones Project partner to integrate and deploy interactive screener to help people get clinically validated guidance on COVID-19

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Sharecare launches free platform to enable providers in U.S. with telehealth

Digital Health

HIPAA-compliant Sharecare Telehealth – powered by Updox – available to U.S.-based healthcare providers for free through Sept. 1, 2020

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Sharecare, Blue Zones renew and extend partnership to drive community well-being transformation

Digital Health

Long-term extension of Blue Zones Project collaborative confirms continued demand for community well-being improvement solutions

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Hawks star John Collins joins Sharecare’s Shots for Heroes initiative to give a boost to Atlanta healthcare heroes and first responders

Digital Health

Collins, Hawks Foundation Donate Funds to Provide Immunity-Boosting Shots from Kale Me Crazy for Workers on Front Lines of COVID-19 Pandemic

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Cancer Treatment Planning Must Continue During COVID-19 Pandemic

Digital Health

OncoLens Virtual Tumor Board Software Now Available at No Cost to Support Cancer Treatment Professionals

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Retailers risk losing 42% of US customers if they don’t offer preferred payment methods

Fintech

Despite a growing focus on customer experience, online retailers are still falling short when it comes to the final stage of the online customer journey. Today, PPRO announces research findings that reveal over half of US respondents (58%) would stop a purchase if the checkout process is complicated. These findings highlight the increasing need for retailers to address consumers’ payment preferences.

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Technology Councils of North America Urges Paycheck Protection for Technology Associations

Technology Councils of North America (TECNA), representing tech associations in 35 states which serve over 20,000 technology firms and hundreds of thousands of employees, today sent a letter to Congress and the Trump Administration urging that trade and membership associations can apply for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the CARES Act.

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Sharecare launches free platform to enable providers in U.S. with telehealth

Digital Health

Sharecare has launched Sharecare Telehealth, a comprehensive HIPAA-compliant solution that instantly enables providers, practices and health systems of all sizes to care for their patients remotely. In an effort to help healthcare providers – such as physicians, advanced degree nurses, mental health providers and pharmacists – better support their patients’ well-being during the novel coronavirus pandemic, the digital health company also is making Sharecare Telehealth available for free through September 1, 2020 to healthcare providers in the U.S. that sign up by June 1.

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State of Georgia and CVS Team Up for Drive-thru COVID-19 Testing

Today Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that the State of Georgia has joined forces with CVS Health to increase access to rapid COVID-19 testing. Starting today, CVS will be operating drive-thru rapid COVID-19 testing, offered by Abbott Laboratories, at a site on Georgia Tech’s campus. At full capacity, the site will be able to conduct up to 1,000 tests per day.

People will need to be pre-screened online and register for a test in advance at www.CVS.com/minuteclinic/covid-19-testing.

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Sharecare updates award-winning symptom checker to help people assess individual risk, obtain actionable guidance for COVID-19

Digital Health

Download Sharecare to access AskMD as first line of digital defense if experiencing symptoms associated with the novel coronavirus

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Knowledge is Power! A Breakdown of the CARES Act

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (‘‘CARES Act’’) was signed by President Trump on Friday, March 27th. The legislation is intended to help unemployed workers and small businesses during COVID-19.  In the next 30-days or less, various agencies will be drafting detailed implementation guidelines for some of these bill provisions.  I am providing a summary of individual and small business potential sources of relief.

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Mercer Presents Global Talent Trends 2020 — March 25

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | International Business | Workforce Development

Mercer’s 2020 Global Talent Trends Study identifies the trends of how employers can navigate in an environment that is driving rapid change in the way we work.

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Appian Offers Free Application to Manage COVID-19 Response

Business Process Management | Sales Leadership | Southeastern Software Association | Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing

Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today announced that it has created a free COVID-19 Response Management application for enterprises and government agencies. True to Appian’s commitment for speed, the application can be fully configured and adopted within two hours.

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