Categoría: Influencers

LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — SCAN Health Plan^®, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage health plans, today announced the first phase launch of artificial intelligence (AI) based predictive models designed to improve health outcomes and inform benefit and service design. This implementation will improve SCAN’s ability to identify high-needs members and provide tailored interventions to help avoid or reduce hospitalizations.

«At SCAN our goal is to support our members at every stage of their journey and utilizing advanced technology, such as AI, enables us to do so on a much more proactive basis,» said Josh Goode, SCAN chief information officer. «As our members’ needs evolve, the KenSci platform allows us to better interpret the needs behind the data so that we can respond with programs and services to help keep them healthy and independent.»

As a part of the first phase implementation, SCAN and KenSci, a system of intelligence for healthcare, have launched explainable AI models for healthcare, enabling SCAN to identify members at risk of Hospitalization for Potentially Preventable Complications* (HPC) as well as those eligible for Nursing Facility Level of Care (NFLOC). The platform provides SCAN with insights, proactively identifying members potentially at risk for specific disease states allowing for early interventions. In addition, SCAN is using machine learning (ML) techniques that are routine across consumer applications but new to healthcare in helping identify gaps in care to improve the management of chronic conditions.

«The volume and veracity of data opens up immense possibilities for healthcare organizations to transform the way they support their plan members,» said Samir Manjure, co-founder & CEO, KenSci. «We are excited to work with SCAN and appreciate their expertise in developing these tools to meet the needs of seniors. Together, there is tremendous opportunity to impact the health of older adults.»

«Data is a critical asset in modern healthcare and harnessing it appropriately provides invaluable insight,» said Moon Leung, SCAN senior vice president and chief informatics officer. «By leveraging KenSci’s AI expertise, we believe we can utilize our data to improve health outcomes and quality of life for many of our members.»

^*HPC measure is based on National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) HEDIS® technical specifications. For more details, please visit ncqa.org

About SCAN Health Plan
SCAN Health Plan is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans, serving more than 220,000 members in California. Since its founding in 1977, SCAN has been a mission-driven organization dedicated to keeping seniors healthy and independent. Independence at Home, a SCAN community service, provides vitally needed services and support to seniors and their caregivers. SCAN also offers education programs, community funding, volunteer opportunities and other community services throughout our California service area. To learn more, visit scanhealthplan.com or facebook.com/scanhealthplan or follow us on Twitter @scanhealthplan.

About KenSci
KenSci’s machine learning powered risk prediction platform helps healthcare providers and payers intervene early by identifying clinical, financial and operational risk to save costs and lives. KenSci’s platform is engineered to ingest, transform and integrate healthcare data across clinical, claims, and patient generated sources. With a library of pre-built models and modular solutions, KenSci’s machine learning platform to integrates into existing workflows allowing health systems to better identify utilization, variation and improve hospital operations. With Explainable AI models for healthcare, KenSci is making risk-based prediction more efficient and accountable.

KenSci was incubated at University of Washington’s Center for Data Science at UW Tacoma and designed on the cloud with help from Microsoft’s Azure4Research grant program. KenSci is headquartered in Seattle, with offices in Singapore and Hyderabad. For more information, visit www.kensci.com.

View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/scan-health-plan-leverages-ai-based-predictive-models-to-improve-identification-of-high-risk-members-301108271.html

SOURCE SCAN Health Plan

BROOKSHIRE, Texas, Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — During a Goya Gives, «Working for our Country» event at Goya’s Brookshire, Texas manufacturing and distribution facility, former United States Marine Mark «OZ» Geist joined local business leaders in presenting the company with a cash donation to go towards stocking food pantries in Central, Texas.

«I recognize and applaud the Goya families’ courage and sacrifice in not surrendering to fear in the face of the invisible enemy by continuing to work and ensure not only their own prosperity but that of our nation,» said American Hero Mark Geist.

Goya Gives, with overwhelming support from consumers, business leaders, community and faith-based organizations, has been able to extend its arms far beyond what was initially thought possible. «I am truly pleased to support a company who has worked through this pandemic at a time when economic activity and education around the globe has come to an abrupt halt. We are proud to join others in providing much needed food and nourishment to those in need,» said Mike Brannon, CEO of Brannon Industrial Group, who led the group presenting the donation.

«I thank Goya and its employees for keeping our critical food supply stocked and plentiful. I am humbled to play a part by supporting Goya Gives,» said Rick Figueroa, Business and Community Leader.

«We are grateful and humbled by the outpouring of support for our Goya family from our consumers and friends alike. We are proud of our courageous workforce who heroically proclaimed, ‘If we don’t step up, who will?’ Most importantly it is humbling for these courageous Goya family members to be recognized by a true American hero,» said Bob Unanue, President and CEO of Goya Foods. 

Through Goya Gives, a global program committed to promoting the overall well-being of communities through social responsibility, environmental initiatives, and company values, Goya supports each year nearly 300 charitable endeavors, scholarships, and events. In times of desperate need, Goya has always been at the forefront of disaster and humanitarian relief efforts, providing millions of pounds of food worldwide. At the start of the pandemic, the company donated an additional 500,000 pounds of food and 20,000 protective masks to health care providers. During Hurricane Maria Goya donated over 1 million pounds of food to the people of Puerto Rico, in addition to the starving people of Venezuela during governmental unrest, to the people of Haiti during the earthquake, and at home during Superstorm Sandy, and Hurricanes Isaac, Harvey, and Irene. Since 1936, giving back is the heart of Goya and has always been a part of the company’s DNA.  

To learn more about Goya Gives, please visit: www.goya.com

About Goya Foods

Founded in 1936, Goya Foods, Inc. is America’s largest Hispanic-owned food company, and has established itself as the leader in Latin American food and condiments. Goya manufactures, packages, and distributes over 2,500 high-quality food products from Spain, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central, and South America. Goya products have their roots in the culinary traditions of Hispanic communities around the world. The combination of authentic ingredients, robust seasonings, and convenient preparation makes Goya products ideal for every taste and every table. For more information on Goya Foods, please visit www.goya.com. 

Press Contact:
Natalie J. Maniscalco
845.659.6506
natalie@retromedianyc.com

Photo – https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1226626/Goya_Foods_Texas_Facility.jpg
Logo – https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1153368/GOYA_Logo.jpg  

SOURCE Goya Foods, Inc.

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The global health crisis has created an inventory emergency for many retailers. Today’s unpredictable and volatile customer buying habits are limiting the effectiveness of using historical data to predict purchasing behavior and plan product inventory accordingly. Powered by machine learning, the new Oracle Retail Inventory Optimization Cloud Service can sit between a retailer’s forecasting and supply chain systems to help highlight the next best actions they can take to optimize inventory. This helps retailers get to answers on inventory placement and volume faster so they can better serve customers while maintaining a healthy cash position.

«Retailers are struggling to adjust decades of well-defined inventory and traditional supply chain management processes that have been thrown a curveball by COVID-19,» said Jeff Warren, Oracle Retail vice president of strategy and solution management. «With the ability to be deployed in just weeks, Oracle Retail Inventory Optimization Cloud Service does the heavy lifting and modeling to rebalance and optimize inventory so retailers can invest in the right products and automatically adapt to new consumer patterns as they occur.» 

In today’s climate, the ability to respond to changing customer demands as quickly as possible is critical. Oracle Retail Inventory Optimization Cloud Service comes with pre-built machine learning models that more accurately predict overall inventory levels; recommend inventory re-distribution; balance supply and demand to free up money tied up in excess inventory; and more.

The cloud service easily integrates with existing forecasting and supply chain solutions and can be deployed quickly to reduce the burden on a retailer’s IT and development teams.

Making Inventory Work

Consumer habits in recent months have been anything but typical as shortages spurred the need for people to try new brands or stores, and the desire to go out less has led to fewer shopping trips, but often larger overall grocery purchases. As a result, inventory moves out of the stores faster, creating a strain on both the supply chain and its financial model, leading to a gross margin problem.

For example, an average grocery retailer, with 30,000 SKUs and at least 1,000 stores, will have millions of SKU-store combinations. Determining the optimal replenishment plan when things are changing so rapidly is almost impossible without the help of purpose-built, machine learning models.

With Oracle Retail Inventory Optimization Cloud Service retailers can simulate and forecast optimal inventory positions and parameters to eliminate trial-and-error. As a result, supply chain executives and chief financial officers can come together to navigate tricky terrain, manage cash flow, and determine the impact of inventory on the balance sheet. The autonomous solution self-learns and automatically tunes to optimize working capital and deliver fast value by:

• Performing continuous optimization of replenishment parameters;
• Informing replenishment strategies with service-to-inventory trade-offs;
• Translating objectives into machine learning-driven replenishment policies down to the item-location;
• Recommending inventory re-distribution to serve customers and avoid markdowns;
• Enriching the inventory movement processes with time-phased inventory projections;  
• Helping increase employee productivity to maximize a constrained workforce; and  
• Interacting with Oracle Retail Offer Optimization to drive better outcomes through simultaneous manipulation of supply and demand. 

The cloud service is generally available today. To learn more or request a demo, visit: https://www.oracle.com/industries/retail/products/supply-chain/inventory-optimization

About Oracle Retail

Oracle is the modern platform for retail. Oracle provides retailers with a complete, open, and integrated platform for best-of-breed business applications, cloud services, and hardware that are engineered to work together. Leading fashion, grocery, and specialty retailers use Oracle solutions to accelerate from best practice to next practice, drive operational agility, and refine the customer experience. For more information, visit our website, www.oracle.com/retail.

About Oracle

The Oracle Cloud offers a complete suite of integrated applications for Sales, Service, Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, plus Highly Automated and Secure Oracle Cloud Infrastructure featuring the Oracle Autonomous Database. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at www.oracle.com.

Trademarks

Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oracle-inventory-optimization-enables-retailers-to-navigate-uncharted-demand-301109546.html

SOURCE Oracle