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SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwired - Oct 8, 2013) - Next Wave Health (http://www.nextwavehealth.com), an investment advisory firm and innovator in healthcare information technology, today announced its most recent venture, the formation of Next Wave Connect, Inc., provider of the first smart social networking application designed specifically to help the healthcare industry solve common problems and develop best practices. The cloud-based software, Next Wave Connect (CONNECT), enables healthcare professionals and peers, of all types, to collaborate within social networking communities, giving them a forum for solving the industry's most challenging problems. Next Wave Connect became available today at the CHIME13 Fall CIO Forum, although 27 industry-leading organizations have already become founding members.

"Industry response has been overwhelmingly positive," stated Ivo Nelson, founder of Next Wave Health. "Next Wave Connect has a stellar team of leaders in place, which accounts for much of the confidence we're seeing this early in the game." Drex DeFord, CEO of Next Wave Connect, is a 25-year veteran in healthcare IT and acts as an advisor to Next Wave Health. In addition, Mike Davis has joined as executive vice president of research and analytics, bringing over 35 years of healthcare strategy and expertise to Next Wave Connect, including leadership roles at HIMSS Analytics and Gartner, Inc.

The 27 founding member organizations that have already enrolled with Next Wave Health include Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center, Seattle Children's Hospital and Sharp HealthCare, among others. They represent every model of healthcare: integrated delivery networks including small group practices, accountable care organizations, academic medical centers, children's hospitals, research institutes, and community hospitals.

Darren Dworkin, CIO at Cedars-Sinai, said, "We've looked at many enterprise software tools on the market today, but couldn't find one that would flex to our healthcare needs until we saw Next Wave Connect. It's the first enterprise social networking application we've seen that helps us collaborate within Cedars-Sinai, and allows us to do so with our peers across the industry. We're all trying to solve the exact same problems at the exact same time -- it makes sense for us to work together. Until now, we haven't had the right social tools." CONNECT helps organizations address issues such as meaningful use, ICD10, privacy and security, new reimbursement models, and many other challenges.

CONNECT is a service-oriented product that actively provides the expertise of community managers and advisors to assist members in creating professional communities and facilitating their collaboration. The managers help set up groups that connect members with common interests and issues. They also introduce groups to advisory council experts (ACEs), industry veterans with deep expertise in healthcare industry subjects. ACEs answer questions, assist members in making connections, and ultimately create and publish resolutions. ACEs that CONNECT members have access to include: well-known CIO and Healthcare IT blogger Ed Marx; Rick Skinner, CIO at University of Virginia Health System; Marc Probst, CIO of Intermountain Healthcare, Jeffrey Ferranti, M.D., chief information officer and vice president for Medical Informatics at Duke Medicine, to name a few.

"Today's healthcare problems are complicated, and solving them requires a collective effort from a multitude of specialties," said DeFord. "CONNECT facilitates this collaboration, allowing healthcare providers, payers and vendors to work together in a unique online community, crowd-sourcing solutions that result in smarter, safer, and more efficient healthcare."

CONNECT also allows members to designate their communities as "open", allowing anyone to participate, or "closed". Closed communities require participants to be pre-approved, and limit conversations to a private circle of collaborators.

Next Wave Connect is built on the SSM 2.0 technology platform and will launch new features regularly. As a cloud-based application, upgrades will be available to members immediately, without requiring healthcare IT departments to track or implement changes.

About Next Wave HealthNext Wave Health provides start-up healthcare technology companies with initial funding and growth capital, experienced industry advisors, and operational services that support business development and growth. Next Wave Health currently serves as a strategic advisor or investor for several healthcare technology companies, including Encore Health Resources, Smart Social Media, Health Care DataWorks, MedSynergies, HealthPost, and SCI Solutions. For more information, visit http://www.nextwavehealth.com.

About Next Wave ConnectNext Wave Connect is a wholly-owned social networking application company of Next Wave Health, based in Houston, Texas. Next Wave Connect (CONNECT) is the first healthcare industry-specific, smart social networking application, connecting healthcare professionals and peers -- of all types, from across healthcare organizations -- giving them a place to collaboratively solve the industry's most challenging problems. For more information, visit http://www.nextwaveconnect.com.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zach Marks, age 13, founded Grom Social after being kicked off of Facebook twice by his parents. Zach's vision was to create a safe, educational, fun, and highly interactive digital social networking platform for kids between the ages of 5-16. So, Zach, along with his brothers, sister, and friends of the family developed the platform and brought the various characters to life. The beta platform of Grom Social was officially launched in November of 2012 as a "Social Network by Kids for Kids."

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According, to Darren Marks, CEO, Grom Social has gained significant traction in recent weeks with membership in 201 countries and territories throughout the world. The average member views approximately 50 pages per visit while spending in excess of 31 minutes per visit. Marks stated, "The growth in the number of page views and the increase in the average online duration per visit demonstrate 'stickiness' amongst the members." Marks attributed this early success to the simple fact that the content and ideas within Grom are developed "By Kids for Kids."

Grom Social has also caught the attention of several corporate partners as well over the past few month including MTV2 and Florida Virtual School (FLVS). Grom Social and Zach will be featured on the inaugural MTV2 show "Jobs that Don't Suck" in early 2014. Also, the company has signed a strategic marketing agreement with FLVS, a worldwide leader in home school education. This agreement includes cross-marketing initiatives, as well as the development of a 3D educational game. "These agreements, as well as other pending agreements demonstrate the adoption and interest of the Grom Social brand by major media and corporate partners too," stated Marks.

Lastly, Zach Marks, Founder of Grom Social, was really excited about the new additions to the leadership team. Marks stated, "I'm really stoked that we added some great people to help with our gaming and entertainment growth." The additions to leadership team include the following:

Brenda Romero has joined Grom Social as Executive Vice President, Games. She will lead the strategic direction and gaming initiatives for the company. Mrs. Romero is an award winning game designer, artist, writer, and creative director who entered the video game industry in 1981 at the age of 15. She is the recipient of the 2013 Women in Games Lifetime Achievement awarded by Microsoft and she was named one of Forbes "12 Women in Gaming to Watch" in 2013.

John Romero has joined Grom Social as an Advisor on gaming design and development, as well as technology. Mr. Romero is an award winning game designer, programmer, and artist whose works spans over 130 games, 107 of which have been published commercially including the iconic works Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, and Quake.

Eric Tannenbaum has joined Grom Social as an Advisor on media and entertainment partnerships, as well as initiatives. Mr. Tannenbaum is an Executive Producer of the hit CBS Two and a Half Men. He was the former President of Artist Television Group (ATG) and he served as President of Columbia Tri-Star Television.

For more information on Zach Marks and Grom Social please log onto http://www.gromsocial.com.

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ATLANTA - Following a walk through nearly empty hallways, there is no receptionist at Dr. Thomas Frieden's outer office. Just a ring-for-service sign. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to manage a partial shutdown at an institution where nearly everything is ultimately a matter of life or death. "The longer it goes," he says, "the more complex it is. What isn't an imminent threat to health on day four is on day 10."

As of now, eight of 10 global disease detection centers - the field offices where outbreaks are identified and countered - are closed. No processing of blood samples for parasitic diseases is taking place. No testing of counterfeit malaria medicines.

Fortunately, the CDC's polio eradication effort has been largely exempted from the shutdown. It is part of one of the most ambitious medical enterprises in history - attempting to eliminate a highly contagious virus from the wild. This has been achieved only twice before, with smallpox and rinderpest. The end of polio transmission is a few hundred yearly cases away. Even a brief pause would risk losing ground.

Poliovirus - which destroys neuron cells controlling swallowing, breathing and use of limbs - was once a source of seasonal panic in the United States. Epidemics (usually arriving in summer) sometimes caused states to close their borders, with inspectors demanding certificates of health from children under 16. American infections peaked at nearly 58,000 in 1952. (Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Steve Cohen were both infected as children.) As late as 2004, dozens of Americans still lived in iron lungs.

But the use of the Salk and Sabin vaccines has chased the virus across the planet. The last American infections were in 1979 (among Amish who resisted vaccination). This was also the year that Rotary International started a campaign to eliminate polio transmission in the Philippines, beginning a global eradication movement that now includes the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Gates Foundation and the CDC. In 1999, Type 2 poliovirus (of three types) was eliminated in the wild. India has been polio-free since 2011 - an important proof of concept. (If polio can be eliminated in northern India - with its dense population and poor sanitary conditions - it can be defeated anywhere.)

More than 99 percent of poliovirus transmission has been stopped over the last few decades. But the final bit is the hardest.

In 2011, an independent review panel questioned if the opportunity for polio eradication was being squandered. It lit a fire under the movement. Partners increased their commitments. Frieden moved his effort into the CDC's Emergency Operations Center - a high-tech amphitheater in which the disease is minutely tracked in maps and charts.

There are two regions where wild polio transmission has never been eradicated: in the tribal areas along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border and in northern Nigeria. In Afghanistan, efforts by the ministry of health have been innovative and successful. There have been only six cases so far this year, all of which (when the CDC examined the genetic fingerprints of the viruses) originated in Pakistan. In Pakistan, infections are largely confined to North Waziristan, where the local Taliban commander has banned vaccination. In Nigeria, the government has recently improved the management of its program and infections are down. But the terrorist group Boko Haram - which rejects everything Western, including vaccines and education - is suspected of being responsible for the murder earlier this year of nine polio workers. Polio is a killer that finds allies among killers.

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