Bethesda gives first COVID-19 vaccine to residents and staff in Willmar
Fanchon Ellwood, a resident at Bethesda Grand in Willmar, was the first resident to receive the vaccine. “I have a new great-grandbaby I want to meet, and this vaccine will make us all safer so I can do that,” she said. 2:40 pm, Dec. 31, 2020 ×
Fanchon Ellwood, a resident at Bethesda Grand in willmar, was the first resident to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.
Photo courtesy of Bethesda
WILLMAR Bethesda residents and staff received their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, according to a news release from the organization.
New health tech startup executive looks to ramp up sales of medication dispenser
By Todd Nelson, Special to the Star Tribune December 27, 2020 3:07pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Former Medical Alley executive Kathleen Motzenbecker is now applying her industry experience as senior vice president of business development at Omcare, a Burnsville-based health technology startup that just raised $2.5 million to commercialize a medication-dispensing device.
Motzenbecker, hired as Omcare s senior vice president of business development in October, is focusing on building partnerships with caregivers, pharmacies and other potential customers for the Omcare Home Health Hub.
The device includes a video portal so that family members or caregivers can communicate with the user and confirm that the user takes the right medication at the right time. Poor medication adherence accounts for an estimated 25% of hospitalizations and up to
Wakefern chain to participate in federal coronavirus vaccination efforts
Wakefern Food Corp.’s ShopRite chain has joined a pharmacy partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help administer COVID-19 vaccinations.
Under the Pharmacy Partnership Strategy for COVID-19 Vaccination Program, HHS and CDC will work with selected ShopRite Pharmacy locations to widen access to coronavirus vaccines in the communities they serve, Keasbey, N.J.-based Wakefern said Monday. The company noted that ShopRite pharmacies also are working with state and local jurisdictions to participate in earlier phases of the campaign that aim to reach priority populations, including health care and frontline workers.
Correction: This article has been revised to correct the spelling of Anser Innovation and how frequently the Home Health Hub dispenses medication.
With new funding secured, a Minnesota health startup will bring its in-home health technology to consumers next year.
Ōmcare has received a $2.5 million investment from Connect the Grey Investment Management to bring its Home Health Hub, an in-home device that dispenses and allows monitoring of a user’s medicine intake, to market following the conclusion of its pilot program.
“We are pioneering products that [enable] remote care in the home, and promises real medication adherence meaning the right medication, [at] the right time, [for the] right person,” said Lisa Lavin, Ōmcare’s founder and CEO.
The capital came from Connect the Grey Investment Management.
The company intends to use the funds for commercialization of its Ōmcare Home Health Hub™ .
Led by Founder and CEO Lisa Lavin Ōmcare provides the Ōmcare Home Health Hub, which incorporates on-time medication dispensing with visual confirmation that users are taking the right medication at the right time, along with remote face-to-face communication with their care team through the video portal.
The company is conducting a pilot program, in partnership with Minnesota based Ecumen Senior Care and Thrifty White Pharmacy, in early 2021 to evaluate how the technology improves medication adherence, reduces the cost of care and decreases the feeling of isolation and loneliness in users. Ōmcare will build upon success from the pilot program with a commercial launch expected later in 2021.