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AnswerPro of Omaha Selected for Support Monitoring COVID-19 Vaccine Trials AnswerPro, LLC of Omaha has been selected by Current Health as a strategic partner to provide patient monitoring services for one of the nation’s fi rst COVID-19 vaccine trial. Current Health, a full-service care management organization, provides healthcare professionals visibility to high-risk patients through remote monitoring and integrated virtual engagement tools. Jeffrey Zindel, owner and CEO of AnswerPro, says, “We are uniquely positioned to successfully deliver quality patient monitoring services due to our extensive medical call answering and nurse triage experience. From concept to fruition, we were able to bring this project to life in less than 10 days. Our highly tenured programming and call agent team has been able to pivot effectively, ensuring all monitoring protocols align with the appropriate patient medical teams. We are on-deck to support over 79 U.S. locations as well as additional locations in Chile and Peru." AnswerPro brings the following patient monitoring call center services to Current Health: • 24/7/365 patient monitoring and nurse triage • 50+ years of medical answering experience • Over 20 years average call agent tenure • Staffed with Registered Nurses licensed in all 50 states • Seamless integration with technology developed by Current Health AnswerPro, LLC was founded in 1956 and offers award-winning medical answering services, customized call center solutions, and virtual receptionist services for many businesses and healthcare organizations nationwide. AnswerPro’s tenured team of call experts are highly skilled and are committed to delivering the best caller experience every time and for every call. Learn more online at answerpro.com. The Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital team believes that women and mothers in Council Bluffs and Western Iowa deserve exceptional healthcare that is close to home. To be completed this month, the transformation of Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital’s current birthing area into the hospital’s new Women-and-Newborns Center will create the premier women’s-health facility in Southwest Iowa, providing local mothers, newborns, and their families with unrivalled care and support delivered by leading clinicians and staff in a state-of-the-art environment. This project is ongoing, and has progressed even despite fi nancial obstacles posed by this year’s unanticipated COVID-19 outbreak. When completed, the Center will offer features and services such as the following: six private rooms where mothers can labor in a comfortable, “at-home” environment; a dedicated C-Section suite; 12 post-partum rooms for mother-infant bonding; four Level-II NICU bays with space for private, complex-care consultations; and a sophisticated infant-security system. The highly skilled clinicians at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital’s new Women-and-Newborns Center will provide women, new mothers, and babies the most compassionate, current, and extraordinary care. For more information on how you can help, please call (712) 3966040 or visit jehfoundation.org.
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American Red Cross Encourages Blood Donations to Head Off Impacts of Winter The American Red Cross is encouraging healthy individuals to consider donating blood this month to head off the shortages that tend to occur in winter months when busy holiday schedules and winter weather can negatively impact blood donations. Make appointments to donate by using the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling (800) RED CROSS (800) 733-2767, or enabling the Blood Donor skill on any Alexa Echo device.
Blood products are perishable, and the only source of lifesaving blood for patients is volunteer blood donors. Every day, volunteer blood and platelet donors are needed in Nebraska to help save lives. Blood can be safely donated every 56 days, and eligible donors can feel good knowing that by donating through the Red Cross, they may be helping patients not only in our community, but others across the nation. A blood donation takes about an hour, from start to fi nish, but the actual donation itself only takes about 8-10 minutes.
Each day, the American Red Cross is active in the community, serving those in need. Visit redcross.org or call (800) RED-CROSS to support
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital to Open New Women-and-Newborns Center
Red Cross efforts by volunteering, donating fi nancially, or giving blood.
Northwestern Mutual Donates $50K to Local Childhood Cancer Organizations Northwestern Mutual – Nebraska has been recognized as a 2020 Childhood Cancer Impact Award winner, receiving a $50,000 grant. As part of this award, University of Nebraska Foundation received a $20,000 grant, and Sammy’s Superheroes Foundation, Lolo’s Angels and Camp CoHoLo each received a $10,000 grant. Throughout the year, the offi ce also raised over $40,000 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, for which they received an additional $4,000. The team selected the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Nebraska Chapter as the recipient for this funding.
Each of these organizations serves those affected by childhood cancer through efforts to raise awareness, provide emotional support, fund life-saving research and more. To support these nonprofi ts in their efforts, the team at Northwestern Mutual – Nebraska has hosted over 100 events, dedicated more than 7,500 community service hours and fundraised almost $500,000 for the cause. More than $2 million in grants has been donated to childhood cancerrelated organizations through Northwestern Mutual’s Childhood Cancer Impact Awards since its inception. In addition to the company’s ongoing fi nancial support and volunteerism throughout the year, it has donated more than $345,000 in grants on behalf of the 2020 award recipients. Launched in 2012, Northwestern Mutual's Childhood Cancer Program was developed to fi nd cures, provide family and patient support, and aid those who continue to struggle with long-term effects of cancer treatment. With the help of employees and fi nancial advisors nationwide, the program has contributed more than $30 million and has helped fund over 400,000 hours of research. Visit foundation. northwesternmutual.com to learn more.
