Intermountain’s donation will help facilitate access to health services and improve quality of life to those individuals receiving services in the new resource centers.”
— Preston Cochrane, executive director of Shelter the Homeless
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA, March 28, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Utah's Shelter the Homeless received a $1 million donation from Intermountain Healthcare in support of its Home4Change campaign. The campaign is raising funds for three new homeless resource centers as part of the Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation’s $10 million matching grant.
Donations matched by the Miller Family Foundation to date equal more than $4 million. This includes contributions from individuals, businesses, and foundations.
Shelter the Homeless is working with state and local government leaders and key community stakeholders towards replacing the downtown Salt Lake City, Utah community shelter this summer with a network of three smaller homeless resource centers spread across the city. These resource centers are part of a broader change by implementing long term strategies that address the complex issues of homelessness and help individuals achieve self-reliance and housing stabilization.
“Intermountain’s goal of helping people to live the healthiest lives possible extends to everyone,” said Mikelle Moore, senior vice president of community health at Intermountain. “We hope to support community organizations that improve prevention, detection, and management of chronic diseases, including those experiencing homelessness that will be served by the partners of Shelter the Homeless, who are even more vulnerable to these conditions.”
Being homeless, unsurprisingly, is terrible for health. People without a permanent place to live have a life expectancy that is 26 years less than the average American. For some, a health crisis might be the reason that they lose a job and become homeless. Each new resource center will provide not only a safe, warm place to sleep, but a wide range of supportive services including housing assistance, employment training, life skills, food, medical care, storage, counseling, and connections to long-term community support. Centers will be served by a mobile medical clinic, and clients will have on-site access to a nurse manager.
“Housing stability is a key determinant for both physical and mental health. Intermountain’s donation will help facilitate access to health services and improve quality of life to those individuals receiving services in the new resource centers,” said Preston Cochrane, executive director of Shelter the Homeless.
The resource center model focuses on shifting from an isolated impact approach to a broad cross-sector coordination strategy. It’s modeled to support eight primary impact areas that are part of a comprehensive strategy to minimize homelessness including: Housing, Wellness, Employment, Education, Safety, Legal Rights, Community Engagement, and Positive Social Support.
For more information on the resource center model and transition timeline, or to make a donation to the Home4Change campaign, please visit http://www.home4change.org/.
Intermountain Healthcare is a Utah-based not-for-profit system of 23 hospitals, 170 clinics, a Medical Group with some 2,300 employed physicians and advanced care practitioners, a health insurance company called SelectHealth, and other health services. Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in transforming healthcare through evidence-based best practices, high quality, and sustainable costs. For more information about Intermountain, visit intermountainhealthcare.org.
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Techcyte, a leading developer of AI-based image analysis solutions, announced that the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded patent number 10,255,693.
We’re excited to see the first of many patents issue surrounding our deep learning image analysis platform.”
— Rick Smith, President
LINDON, UT, UNITED STATES, March 29, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Techcyte, a leading developer of AI-based image analysis solutions, announced today that the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded patent number 10,255,693 to the company for its z-level deep learning technology.
Rick Smith, President of Techcyte, said, “We’re excited to see the first of many patents issue surrounding our deep learning image analysis platform. It is very difficult to get highly accurate algorithms, which has led to patentable innovations.”
Techcyte is using this technology to create algorithms for the human, veterinary and air-quality industries. Laboratories, clinics, hardware manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and hospitals will all benefit from Techcyte’s digital diagnostics solutions.
In 2019, Techcyte will deliver digital diagnostic solutions for blood, fecal ova and parasites, cervical cytology, and bacteriology. Additional tests will be announced when they are ready for use.
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About Techcyte
Headquartered in Orem, Utah, Techcyte, Inc. was founded in 2013 as a technology transfer from the University of Utah with a mission to lower healthcare costs through artificial intelligence. Techcyte uses the power of deep machine learning to perform image analysis of whole slide images. Image analysis is required for widespread adoption of digital pathology in research, pharma, human, air quality and veterinary diagnostic testing.
Ben Cahoon
Techcyte, Inc.
+1 801-980-0414
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Nutrition is an integral part of helping people live the healthiest lives possible.”
— Joy Musselman, Intermountain’s director of clinical nutrition
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA, March 29, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Caregivers from Intermountain Healthcare have donated more than 6,000 pounds of food this month to support children who experience chronic hunger in Utah's Davis County.
The donations were made to the Bountiful Food Pantry’s Pantry Pack program, which helps feed at-risk students in Davis School District. The project supports Intermountain’s work to improve the social determinants of health, which are non-medical factors that affect health and well-being.
Pantry Packs — which include two breakfasts, two lunches, and several snacks — are provided each Friday to students to give them enough to eat on the weekends. Intermountain’s donation equals nearly 5,000 Pantry Packs, or more than 8,000 meals. About 24 percent of students in the district receive subsidized meals during the week, but face an increased risk of hunger over the weekend, according to the pantry.
“Nutrition is an integral part of helping people live the healthiest lives possible,” said Joy Musselman, Intermountain’s director of clinical nutrition. “We can’t be as healthy as we possibly can if we’re not putting nutritious foods into our bodies.”
Chronic hunger impacts more than 40,000 Davis County residents, including nearly 18,000 children. It’s linked to health issues and chronic diseases including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Chronic hunger doesn’t happen all the time; it may reflect a household’s need to make trade-offs between important basic needs, such as utility or medical bills and purchasing nutritionally adequate foods.
“Intermountain is an organization of caregivers. We care for people,” Musselman said. “And food is one of the ways we show we care. The food packs we’ve provided help children in our communities feel cared for, even by getting something as simple as granola bars, applesauce cups, and instant oatmeal.”
Nearly all of the 60,000 Pantry Packs the Bountiful Food Pantry distributes are assembled by volunteers. The pantry employs only two staff members, which creates a significant need for volunteer groups. Individuals, families, civic and church groups, and others are invited to visit the Pantry’s volunteer website to sign up to assist in their work.
Intermountain Healthcare is a Utah-based not-for-profit system of 23 hospitals, 170 clinics, a Medical Group with some 2,300 employed physicians and advanced care practitioners, a health insurance company called SelectHealth, and other health services. Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in transforming healthcare through evidence-based best practices, high quality, and sustainable costs. For more information about Intermountain, visit intermountainhealthcare.org.
Daron Cowley
Intermountain Healthcare
801-442-2834
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Colonial Flag Foundation launches its FIRST Virtual Healing Field® flag display to raise funds and awareness to prevent child abuse
SANDY, UT, UNITED STATES, March 30, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Colonial Flag Foundation has joined forces with Operation Underground Railroad & National Exchange Club to end child abuse. Each year approximately 3 million children are reported as abused in the U.S. – sadly, that number is growing.
The Colonial Flag Foundation has raised over $42 million dollars to help charities through its Healing Field® and Field of Honor® flag display events. Now, for the first time, it is hosting a Virtual Healing Field® flag display to raise funds to end child abuse and give the victims of abuse more resources.
Virtual Healing Field® Flag Display Program
Beginning on April 1st through April 30th, 2019 Colonial Flag Foundation and its partners Operation Underground Railroad and the National Exchange Club will launch in a national effort the first Virtual Healing Field® Flag Display where individuals across the country can stand together in a united effort against child abuse.
For a $5 donation, individuals, churches, businesses and organizations can sponsor a flag. Sponsored flags will be flown on our Virtual Map to raise funds while at the same time inspiring others and show support in ending child abuse.
Flags may be posted ‘in memory’ of someone and may include a short bio or a short message.
Watch our virtual flag postings increase as communities and organizations across America unite to end child abuse: www.healingfield.org/childabuseprevention/.
Please take advantage of this unique opportunity and spread the word with your audience.
About Colonial Flag Foundation
The Colonial Flag Foundation is a 501(C)(3) non-profit which develops and implements meaningful programs to help bring awareness, educate and raise funds for organizations around the country.
About Operation Underground Railroad
Operation Underground Railroad is a 501(C)(3) non-profit founded by Tim Ballard which assists governments around the world in the rescue of human trafficking and sex trafficking victims, with a special focus on children. O.U.R. also aids with planning, prevention, capture, and prosecution of offenders, and works with partner organizations for prevention, victim recovery, strengthened awareness, and fundraising efforts.
In the United States, child sex trafficking can intersect with domestic child abuse. When a victim is
trafficked by a family member, very often domestic violence is also taking place. Violence in the home can
also cause victims to become more vulnerable to being trafficked outside of the home, as both abusers and
traffickers use similar tactics, including power and control, to dominate their victims.
Understanding the intersection between domestic child abuse and sex trafficking is extremely important for
raising awareness of the realities of what survivors and victims’ face. (Unicef, NRCDV.org)
About National Exchange Club
National Exchange Club is celebrating their 40th anniversary of adopting Child Abuse Prevention as a National Project. Colonial Flag Foundation has partnered with many local Exchange Clubs to post Blue Ribbon Flags to raise awareness of the magnitude of this tragedy while raising funds to develop and support programs to break the cycle of abuse.
Stacy Rogers
Colonial Flag Foundation
+1 866-375-3524
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