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TERRE HAUTE, Indiana – With new regulatory standards now in place, an urgent need for telehealth and telemedicine applications has exploded during the recent COVID-19 crisis, leading healthcare providers to search for secure online solutions. Physicians, clinics and other providers who need HIPAA-certified telehealth capacity can now utilize a cost-effective platform available through the Indiana Rural Health Association’s WhiteBark division.
Relieving financial stress
“The financial stress on our rural hospitals has never been greater,” said Don Kelso, Chief Executive Officer of the Indiana Rural Health Association (IRHA). “New reimbursement options and expanded telehealth consult capacity gives physicians and clinics fresh options to deal with dramatically expanded costs and declining revenues.”
The cost and training for new telehealth technology can impede its adoption, so IRHA made arrangements to offer a cost-effective and versatile technology that can be easily adopted, the CEO added.
“The separation and safety requirements of the current Coronavirus crisis have led to greatly increased demand for secure telehealth services, but physicians and providers may face a challenge in finding a cost-effective and secure service that can meet their needs during this intensely unusual time,” said Deena Dodd, Director of Government Relations for the Indiana Rural Health Association (IRHA). “Follow-up telemedicine consults and wellness visits can also be effectively conducted through the IRHA/WhiteBark platform, effectively satisfying social distancing safety concerns during the COVID-19 crisis.”
INDIANAPOLIS – Research-ready, super-high-speed data management resources are now available for epidemiologists, pathologists, biologists and other scientific professionals in synthetic chemistry labo
ratories. The cloud-based Series JL5000 Ancelus SaaS data management system can be immediately deployed for professionals engaged in automating combinatorial chemistry efforts.
Synthetic laboratories, epidemiologists and biotech companies conducting combinatorial chemistry for COVID19 research can leverage high-speed Ancelus SaaS-driven automated methods for reaction design, information management, chemical synthesis, compound analysis, and biological testing. Software available for free 90-day trial to qualified companies or institutions to advance no-risk integration.
The high-speed Ancelus software, capable of processing multiple billions of data records in nanoseconds, has the capacity to potentially support the discovery of relevant compounds, and eventually a novel vaccine or pharmaceutical treatment to aid in the COVID19 crisis through a combinatorial process.
In the interest of saving lives and slowing the economic onslaught engulfing the world, the Ancelus SaaS software will be made available free through a 90-day trial plan to qualified synthetic chemistry laboratories, biotech research companies and other related scientific entities, according to John Morris, chief operating officer of Time Compression Strategies, the developer of AncelusDB and the new cloud-based Series JL5000 Ancelus SaaS software.
The 90-day period will allow companies to integrate and begin using the high-speed, high-capacity data software with little-to-no risk exposure and potentially advance existing combinatorial research in rapid fashion.
INDIANAPOLIS – Plans for Cybertech Midwest, the region’s largest cyber event, are “moving full speed ahead” with new experts being added, initial plans for an onsite cyber range, an escape room activity to promote cybersecurity awareness at all levels, and a new pitch competition for venture capital, and other new elements for the July event.
Midwest’s largest cyber event set to expand at Indiana Convention Center, July 14-15; organizers following guidance from WHO and CDC to ensure participant safety from any coronavirus issues. Organizers will keep participants updated as the COVID-19 situation unfolds.
“In addition to Cybertech’s all-star lineup of cybersecurity experts and industry practitioners, we’re now looking forward to the pitch competition held in partnership with StartUp World Cup for the first time,” said Michael Snyder of MEK, a representative for Cybertech Midwest. “This competition is open to all technology firms, and not just those associated with the cybersecurity space – the Cybertech Midwest winner will qualify to go on to the Grand Finale 2020 round and compete for a $1 million grand prize.”
ELLETTSVILLE and MARTINSVILLE (Indiana – March 17, 2020) – Smithville Communications, Inc., a top 100 national broadband company, and SCI REMC, Indiana’s largest rural electric cooperative, are launching a unique customer-focused agreement. The partnership will accelerate the delivery of high-speed fiber broadband internet to residents and businesses in the common service areas between the two companies.
When completed, the project will serve approximately 3,400 residents and businesses in the common service areas around Ellettsville, Lake Monroe, and Gosport. These include homes presently served by copper-based service.
“This partnership represents a huge win for rural residents in south-central Indiana, and these two companies are proving how Hoosiers can innovate and work together to deliver cutting-edge services to consumers,” said Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch. “As we move to take Indiana to the Next Level, Smithville and SCI REMC are raising the bar and setting an example for how to purposefully accelerate the availability of high-speed broadband in the state.”
“Smithville is pleased to partner with SCI REMC for this project,” said Darby McCarty, Chairman and CEO of Smithville. “We both serve customers in the same geographic area, so it makes sense to work together to provide service, particularly with the high cost to build in rural areas. The real winners here are the residents, who will have better, more reliable internet service as a result.
FRENCH LICK – Direct revenue, tax and indirect income totaling up to $150 million represents the projected forecast from an independent analysis of the Mid-States Corridor Option 3F, according to a study sponsored by the French Lick Parkway Coalition and COOK Group. The research analyzing the potential of a new interstate in the Orange and Lawrence County region was conducted by Ginovus and the Indiana University Public Policy Institute.
According to the analysis, between 500-700 jobs are expected to be created during and after construction in and around Orange and Lawrence counties. Economic development professionals noted the added strong potential for commercial defense growth associated with NSWC and NSA Crane as an expected result of the new interstate.
The following summarizes key benefits of the 3F interstate option for the Mid-States Corridor in southern Indiana, as demonstrated by recent research conducted by Ginovus and the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. A full copy of the research is available for download at http://frenchlickparkwaycoalition.com/
Key Points from GINOVUS & IU Public Policy Institute Study
- Completion of route 3F shows “potential for significant growth in regional employment, wages, and tax revenue.”
WASHINGTON, Indiana – Through high-tech secure connectivity, rural elementary and middle school kids at North Daviess, Loogootee, Barr-Reeve and Cloverdale will now have access to state-of-the-art telemedicine, according to Kathleen Chelminiak, project director of the Indiana Rural School Clinic Network (IRSCN). On January 16, IRSCN announced the opening of new school-based telehealth clinics in Daviess, Martin and Putnam counties. The clinics in Daviess and Martin counties will be served by health care professionals at Daviess Community Hospital, while the high-tech clinic located in Cloverdale will be served by medical professionals at Putnam County Hospital.
The new clinics will make available a new host of on-site medical services to students, said Chelminiak. The opening of the new clinics was celebrated by separate events at Daviess Community Hospital and Putnam County Hospital on January 16.
Officials participating in the event at Daviess Community Hospital included Cara Veale, vice president of Provider Services for the hospital; Chip Mehaffey, superintendent of Loogootee schools; Tiffany Lingenfelter, Loogootee school nurse; Renee Judy, principal of North Daviess; Carrie Loheider, North Daviess school nurse; Travis Madison, superintendent of Barr Reeve schools; and Mandy Ash, Barr Reeve nurse. Officials participating in the Cloverdale event included Greg Linton, superintendent of Cloverdale Community Schools; Tiffany Shields, Cloverdale schools nurse; Meagan Montague, Practice Manager of Putnam County Hospital; Jane Littiken, director of Physician Practices; Kathleen Chelminiak, project director for IRSCN and the Indiana Rural Health Association; and others.
“Through these state-of-the-art clinics, rural students at North Daviess, Loogootee, Barr-Reeve and Cloverdale schools will have access to an Indiana licensed physician or provider from a hospital who will use high-tech and high-resolution diagnostic technology – such as an electronic otoscope or digital stethoscope – to digitally view ears, eyes and throat as needed during a student’s visit,” said Chelminiak.
SHARPSVILLE, Indiana (JAN 14 2020) – Smithville, a national top 100 broadband company based in southern Indiana, launched a $2.7 million high-speed fiber broadband expansion in northern Tipton and southern Howard counties in mid-January, according to Darby McCarty, chairman and CEO of Smithville. As part of the comprehensive project, Smithville will be bringing its premium gigabit speed internet to more than 580 residences in a rural region near Sharpsville, Indiana.
The Smithville expansion will be funded in part from a $250,000 grant from Indiana’s Next Level Connections (NLC) Broadband Grant Program, helping fund the cost to build fiber to some 127 households within the project area that are currently considered unserved, with speeds below 10/1 Mbps. “We are grateful to Gov. Eric Holcomb for his vision and commitment to expand and strengthen Indiana’s critical broadband infrastructure and the focus on reaching Hoosiers in rural areas that are considered unserved,” said Cullen McCarty, executive vice president of Smithville.