Arketi Group Offers Free Reopening Readiness Checklist for Communications Professionals
Business Process Management | Corporate Development | Fintech | Information Security | Marketing | Sales Leadership | Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing
Useful questionnaire helps communications teams address key opportunities for safely bringing employees back into the office
Sharecare acquires MindSciences, fortifies platform with best-in-class digital therapeutics for anxiety, tobacco and overeating
Corporate Development | Digital Health
Sharecare has acquired MindSciences, the leader in evidence-based behavior change apps. Founded by renowned neuroscientist and behavior change expert, Dr. Jud Brewer, MindSciences provides best-in-class digital therapeutics that help people reverse unhealthy habits involving food, tobacco, stress and anxiety – which contribute to the most costly and widespread health issues in the United States. This acquisition builds on Sharecare’s existing partnership with MindSciences, through which its tobacco cessation program was made available to the digital health company’s payer, provider, government and employer group customers.
Alogent Expands its Digital Banking Footprint with Space Age Federal Credit Union
Alogent announced today that Space Age Federal Credit Union selected its digital banking platform, NXT. By increasing member engagement through its intuitive interfaces and full-featured interactions that can start on one channel and continue in another, NXT delivers consistency and simplicity throughout the user journey on both native and web applications.
MCPc and Apptega Partner to Deliver Managed Cybersecurity Governance and Compliance
Apptega’s Comprehensive Platform Gives MCPc Edge in Managing the Cybersecurity Programs of Their MSSP Clients.
PPRO Publishes its 2020 Payment Almanac – The Most Complete Source of Payments Insights in the Market
Today, PPRO, the leading local payments platform-as-a-service, launches its 2020 Payment Almanac in partnership with Edgar, Dunn & Company. The product of thousands of hours of research, analysis, and insights from PPRO’s payments experts, the third edition of the almanac contains detailed information for more than 450 local payment methods and the latest e-commerce data from 60 countries around the world. In addition to updated figures, this edition reveals new data, including granular e-commerce growth rates and the top industries for cross-border shopping.
TwoRivers ITAD Solutions Joins Terra’s “Done with IT” Mail-in Electronics Recycling Program
Cloud | Corporate Development | Data Governance | Data Science & AI | Fintech | Information Security | Infrastructure | Mobility | Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing | Transportation Tech
TwoRivers ITAD Solutions (TIS) has joined TERRA’s Done with IT program to provide a simple and safe electronics recycling mail-in option for businesses and individuals from their Certified R2 facility in Lithonia, GA.
Robinson College of Business Introduces South’s Most Advanced Education Platform
Robinson Anywhere, a digital teaching facility that provides high-quality remote access to Robinson’s graduate programs, beginning in the fall.
Sharecare and Augusta University forge public-private partnership to accelerate Georgia’s recovery from COVID-19
Georgia-based health organizations launch Well-Being Georgia to educate, boost testing, track real-time status of pandemic on behalf of all Georgians
Sharecare and National Alliance partner to connect employers and communities to improve health and well-being across U.S.
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.
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.”
Artis Partners with Leader in High-Assurance Digital Identity Verification
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.
Google Launches “Be Kind To Your Mind”
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.
Georgia Deploys 448 Wi-Fi Rangers to 36 School Districts
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.
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
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
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.
Sharecare and Atlanta Police Foundation collaborate to protect and serve the health and well-being of Atlanta Police Department personnel
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.
OrasiLabs Advances Virtual Application Training for Instructors, Students
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.
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
Atlanta Startup, Trella Health, Releases COVID-19 Heatmap for Vulnerable Counties
Data Science & AI | 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.
Artis Launches White-Label Lending Solution for Financial Institutions to Drive More Business to SMBs
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.
Sharecare and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Business of Health host student competition to identify data-driven solutions for North Carolina well-being
Competition winners earn a total of $6,000 in prize money for local non-profit organizations supporting COVID-19 relief efforts
Sharecare partners with IPsoft and NTT DATA to power free COVID-19 screening solution with conversational AI
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
Sharecare launches free platform to enable providers in U.S. with telehealth
HIPAA-compliant Sharecare Telehealth – powered by Updox – available to U.S.-based healthcare providers for free through Sept. 1, 2020
Sharecare, Blue Zones renew and extend partnership to drive community well-being transformation
Long-term extension of Blue Zones Project collaborative confirms continued demand for community well-being improvement solutions
Hawks star John Collins joins Sharecare’s Shots for Heroes initiative to give a boost to Atlanta healthcare heroes and first responders
Collins, Hawks Foundation Donate Funds to Provide Immunity-Boosting Shots from Kale Me Crazy for Workers on Front Lines of COVID-19 Pandemic
Cancer Treatment Planning Must Continue During COVID-19 Pandemic
OncoLens Virtual Tumor Board Software Now Available at No Cost to Support Cancer Treatment Professionals
Retailers risk losing 42% of US customers if they don’t offer preferred payment methods
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.
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.
Sharecare launches free platform to enable providers in U.S. with telehealth
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.
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.
