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Venture-Backed ‘Sentinel Occupational Safety’ Introduces ‘Safety as a Service’ for hazardous and confined space workers

October 14, 2020

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SafeGuard by Sentinel Occupational Safety

With SafeGuard, a safety manager can oversee the health and safety status of multiple workers simultaneously, including their location, various physiological health indicators, hazards, and stressors.

Aptima Ventures and Accelerant fund spin-off of technology developed for US Air Force
Sentinel’s SafeGuard offering provides ‘Safety as a Service’ to monitor and protect workers in dangerous industrial environments
Patented fusion engine combines sensors, data, and AI for personalized real-time monitoring and alerting

WOBURN, Mass., Oct. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With millions of workers injured and killed annually in hazardous industrial workplace environments, Sentinel Occupational Safety Inc., a new venture-backed startup, is introducing its ‘Safety as a Service’ platform known as SafeGuard™ to improve workplace safety through more preventive oversight.

COVID 19 Brings New Urgency to Health Outreach in NC Latino Community / Public News Service

October 14, 2020

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Latinos and Black Americans comprise 55% of U.S. coronavirus cases, nearly double their population makeup, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released in June. (Adobe Stock)

October 14, 2020

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the coronavirus continues to affect North Carolina’s Latino communities, outreach workers are providing public health information, in Spanish and culturally relevant to this growing population.

Hector Salgado, community impact director for the American Heart Association in Charlotte, was spearheading an effort to raise awareness about heart health and blood-pressure monitoring among Latinos when the pandemic hit. With help from the Mecklenburg County Public Health Department and Blue Cross/Blue Shield, he said, the program pivoted to COVID-19 prevention. As the crisis worsened, Salgado said, he began to notice what he described as rampant misinformation in the Latino community.

“And those resources are not reflected,” he said. “I went to the farmer’s market and I saw

Numbers Soar for Texas Kids Without Health Insurance / Public News Service

October 13, 2020

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Seven Texas counties – Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, Hidalgo, Bexar, Travis and El Paso – were among the top 20 counties in the nation with the highest number of uninsured children, according to a report by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. (Semevent/Pixabay)

October 13, 2020

AUSTIN, Texas — Advocates for children are calling on Texas lawmakers to take action in the next legislative session, after a new report shows the state has the highest number of children in the nation without health insurance.

Texas had an estimated 995,000 uninsured children in 2019, an increase of 243,000 from three years earlier. Data in the annual report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families was collected in 2019, during a relatively strong economic period.

Patrick Bresette, executive director at the Children’s Defense Fund-Texas, said he was startled by the dramatic increase – especially because the data was collected

Fate of ACA Dominates SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing / Public News Service

October 13, 2020

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Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett continue through Thursday. (Rachel Malehorn/Wikimedia Commons)

October 13, 2020

CONCORD, N.H. — Health care advocates say the fate of the Affordable Care Act is on the line, as the first day of Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up.

President Donald Trump’s nominee would cement a 6-3 conservative majority on the high court. Marissa Padilla was principal deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the Obama administration. She said if Coney Barrett is confirmed before the high court hears a case on the ACA on November 10, the law could fall.

And that would have major consequences for New Hampshire.

“Repealing it could threaten coverage for more than 570,000 Granite Staters with pre-existing conditions,” Padilla said. “Repealing the ACA could also kick more

Worksite Health and Wellness Leader, CareATC, Inc., Celebrates 20 Years of Service

October 12, 2020

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TULSA, OK / ACCESSWIRE / October 12, 2020 / CareATC, a leader in workforce population health management, celebrates 20 years of service. Initially launched as a pilot program, CareATC was incorporated in 2000 to help employers save money on healthcare by improving the health of their employees.

Today, CareATC serves more than 150 clients in 35 states and cares for more than 300,000 members providing customizable healthcare services such as On-site & Shared-Site Primary Care Clinics, Biometric Personal Health Assessments, Chronic Disease Management, Wellness Programming, Health Data Analytics, Telemedicine, Pharmacy Dispensing, Direct Contracting, and more.

“Our model of care gives employers greater control over healthcare costs with solutions that work together for total population health management,” says Greg Bellomy, CareATC Chief Executive Officer. “Achieving twenty years of service is a testament to CareATC’s innovation and the true need for advanced primary care in the workplace.”

Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma,

Tom Brady Just Launched This Healthy Meal Subscription Service

October 12, 2020

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While routine workouts and disciplined diets followed by superstar athletes can feel impossible to achieve to the rest of us, Tom Brady has always been game in demystifying exactly what he does to stay in top shape. And this six-time Super Bowl champion is all about eating the right food.

In his 2017 book The TB12 Method, he detailed his diet for the general public, which according to him is a “mix of Eastern and Western philosophies.” Basically, Brady believes in eating foods found in nature (so no chicken nuggets), and letting vegetables lead the way. However, he avoids certain foods that cause inflammation, and stays away from processed stuff as much as possible (although he did tell Men’s Health that obsessively worrying about your diet is probably worse for you than eating that pizza or chip every once in a while.)

And if this all sounds completely enticing but

Fewer Children Have Health Insurance Report Predicts Trouble Ahead / Public News Service

October 12, 2020

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Research shows children with health insurance are likely to grow up to be healthier, more productive adults. (Pixel-Shot/Adobe Stock)

October 12, 2020

PITTSBURGH — The number of children without health insurance was rising nationwide and here in Pennsylvania before the COVID pandemic, and a new report predicts that trend will continue.

The report, from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, says after years of progress getting more kids covered by health insurance, between 2016 and 2019, most of the gains for children achieved through the Affordable Care Act were wiped out. According to Laura Stephany, health policy coordinator with Allies for Children, an estimated 726,000 children nationwide are uninsured – and Pennsylvania has the eighth-highest number in the country.

“We have now 128,000 children across the Commonwealth who are uninsured,” Stephany said. “And our percentage of uninsured children also rose.”

She added those losses occurred when the economy

73 000 Colorado Children Faced Pandemic without Health Coverage / Public News Service

October 12, 2020

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The number of Colorado kids without health insurance is likely to increase further after thousands of families lost employer-based coverage in the economic fallout from COVID-19. (Vperemen.com/Wikimedia Commons)

October 12, 2020

DENVER — Even before the coronavirus pandemic brought the economy to its knees, the number of Colorado children without health insurance was on the rise, according to a new Georgetown University Center for Children and Families report.

In 2019, 73,000 kids in Colorado were uninsured, a 28% increase from three years earlier.

Erin Miller with the Colorado Children’s Campaign said between 2018 and 2019 alone, nearly 10,000 more Colorado kids lost coverage, the largest single-year increase in more than a decade.

“Seventy-three thousand Colorado kids went into the pandemic lacking health insurance coverage, lacking access to health care services, lacking the financial security that health insurance provides,” Miller stated.

Colorado’s rate of uninsured kids, at 5.5%, is close to

Report Fewer Arizona Children Have Health Insurance / Public News Service

October 9, 2020

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Studies show access to health insurance results in better health outcomes, higher academic achievement and greater economic security throughout a child’s life. (sutthichai/Adobe Stock)

October 9, 2020

PHOENIX — The number of Arizona children with health insurance, which had steadily increased over the past decade, has begun dropping again.

A new study shows in 2019, 161,000 Arizona children were uninsured, a 22% increase since 2016.

The report, out today from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, shows Arizona’s 9.2% rate of uninsured kids is fourth-highest in the nation, and almost double the national average.

Zaida Dedolph, director of health policy for the Children’s Action Alliance is concerned the numbers are trending in the wrong direction.

“They’re disappointing, but not surprising, given some of the trends that we’ve seen in the larger health-policy world, basically since 2016,” Dedolp commented. “The Affordable Care Act has been under attack, and people

Missouri Sees Staggering Reversal of Kids with Health Coverage / Public News Service

October 9, 2020

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Healthcare advocates worry that drops in children’s insurance coverage could only worsen as a result of the pandemic. (Adobe Stock)

October 9, 2020

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — During a time when the economy was notably strong, Missouri saw a significant increase in the number of children without health coverage.

An annual report released today by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families reveals in 2019, roughly 95,000 kids in Missouri were uninsured, a nearly 34% increase from 2016.

Lindsey Baker, research director for the Missouri Budget Project, said the trend has long-term consequences, both for children and communities across the state.

“Without health coverage, children can’t access the care that they need to grow and thrive,” Baker asserted. “And there are long-term implications, both for health directly but also for economic success as those children grow older.”

Missouri’s rate of uninsured kids mirrors the national rate and reverses a