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Friday, January 31, 2020

Thornberry's NDoc® EMR ranked #1 again!

Thornberry Ltd has been rated #1 by customers once again, making it seven in a row for the company's NDoc® home health and hospice EMR.

Thornberry first set the record in 2017 with a fourth consecutive "Best in KLAS" award for the homecare segment, and it continues to leave the competition behind. Thornberry's home health and hospice EMR received a top-ranked score of 90.4 in the 2020 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report, surpassing the average for the segment by more than nine points.

This year, NDoc won the KLAS Category Leader award for the new Home Health & Hospice (Small) market segment. While not an official competitor in the new "large" market because NDoc data is limited for that segment, Thornberry scored the highest in either category, keeping them ahead of the competition for the seventh year in a row.

"Seven years in a row! We are both humbled and thrilled to be top-ranked by KLAS again this year," said Thornberry President and CEO Tom Peth, "and we'd like to thank our providers once again. We couldn't be #1 year after year without their loyal partnership and support, which in turn would not be possible without the dedication and hard work of our Thornberry team." Peth continued, "We continue to take pride in providing innovative technology and top-level service; this award lets us know we're doing a lot of things right and how to continue our commitment to the growth and success of our customers."

KLAS winners are determined through extensive surveys and interviews with healthcare providers on the efficiency and quality of health IT products. KLAS Research methodology evaluates and ranks vendors in six key categories: Culture, Product, Relationship, Operations, Loyalty, and Value. Once again, Thornberry received A ratings in more categories than any other vendor. "I can't say enough about the service and response that we get from Thornberry," commented one Director in October 2019. "Thornberry's responsiveness really sets them apart… NDoc seems to be light-years ahead of other products. Thornberry's service is second to none." Clinical users agree. In December 2019 a Nurse user commented: "The support is unbeatable; it is above and beyond anything I have ever seen."

The Best in KLAS and Category Leader designations are a recognition of outstanding efforts to help healthcare organizations in their quest to deliver quality patient care. Category Leader awards are offered in new segments with a focused impact across many health systems. "Providers and payers demand better performance, usability, and interoperability from their vendor partners every year," says KLAS President Adam Gale. A KLAS award sets the standard of excellence in a market segment, Gale adds: "It serves as a signal to providers that they should expect only the best from the winning vendors." Read all the related news.

Thornberry will be recognized for its record-breaking win at the annual Best in KLAS awards reception at HIMSS on March 9 in Orlando, FL. Click here to read the latest news.

About Thornberry
In the 27 years since its founding, Thornberry has become an innovative and respected leader in both certification and interoperability, providing a complete suite of innovative tools for homecare and hospice through its NDoc® software solution. Top-ranked by KLAS for the seventh year in a row, NDoc is a CCHIT Certified Long Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) EMR additionally certified for Home Health. Learn more about the powerful, flexible, and comprehensive NDoc solution at ndocsoftware.com.

About KLAS
KLAS is a data-driven company on a mission to improve the world's healthcare by enabling provider and payer voices to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals, KLAS collects insights on software, services and medical equipment to deliver reports, trending data and statistical overviews. KLAS data is accurate, honest and impartial. The research directly reflects the voice of healthcare professionals and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. To learn more about KLAS and the insights we provide, visit KLASresearch.com.

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NACM's CMI Begins 2020 with a Bang

The Credit Managers' Index (CMI) is off to an overwhelming start to 2020. While other indices such as the purchasing managers' index are down to begin the new year, the CMI rebounded in January from a down December to reach a nearly three-year high. "Given that credit managers tend to think in the future, this month's good data may be seen as a harbinger of things to come," said NACM Economist Chris Kuehl, Ph.D. "Not that everything is likely to come up roses in the next several months, but for the time being the threats seem a little more distant than expected."

The combined CMI reached a reading of 56.4, up 1.8 points from December, and it is back at levels seen in mid-2019. Much of the gain is due to the large jump in the favorable factors; however, the unfavorables improved as well. The favorables increased almost three points to 62.2, the highest reading since May. All four factors were in the 60s—sales leading the way at 63. This is the first time all four factors are in the 60s since August after just missing out in October and November.

The unfavorables were all in expansion territory (score above 50) for the second month in a row. Dollar amount beyond terms made the biggest gain, standing at 54.2 after being at 51. "There has been a desire on the part of many companies to go into 2020 with a reduced set of credit obligations in order to be better protected should there be some kind of slowdown. This is showing up in the credit data with reduced slow pays and improved dollar collections," said Kuehl. Rejections of credit applications was the only factor to not improve in January; it remained at 52.

Tariffs, trade wars and other economic factors, such as issues at Boeing, were expected to impede the manufacturing sector; however, Kuehl asked if the January numbers were an anomaly or is the sector in better shape than predicted? All four favorable were also in the 60s, and again sales led the way with a nearly six-point swing. While the unfavorables improved, not all sectors did. Rejections of credit applications and dollar amount of customer deductions each declined slightly. Filings for bankruptcies improved 2.4 points. "The important aspect of these readings is nothing like this kind of performance had been expected given all the gloom and doom surrounding the manufacturing sector," said Kuehl. "This can all change in a heartbeat and there have been times in the last year when there has been such a flip, but for now the news is quite encouraging."

New credit applications paced the service sector favorable with a 4.4-point climb, yet amount of credit extended had the highest score of 64.5. "While traffic numbers were good and revenue was up, many reported lower profits as consumers tended to stick to discounted goods; there is just not enough margin in these." Kuehl points out retail did fairly well, mainly due to online merchants and not brick-and-mortars. Unfavorables increased to 52.5 in January from 50.9. Much of the movement can be traced to improvements in dollar amount of customer deductions and dollar amount beyond terms.

"Whether this was an indication of a strong finish to 2019 or a good start to 2020 the data is encouraging," Kuehl concluded. "Now, all eyes will be on next month to determine which month was the anomaly—the shrinking December or the booming January." Read this here.

For a complete breakdown of the manufacturing and service sector data and graphics, view the January 2020 report at http://web.nacm.org/CMI/PDF/CMIcurrent.pdf. CMI archives may also be viewed on NACM's website at http://www.nacm.org/cmi/cmi-archive. More info here.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CREDIT MANAGEMENT
NACM, headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, supports approximately 11,000 business credit and financial professionals worldwide with premier industry services, tools and information. NACM and its network of affiliated associations are the leading resource for credit and financial management information, education, products and services designed to improve the management of business credit and accounts receivable. NACM's collective voice has influenced federal legislative policy results concerning commercial business and trade credit to our nation's policy makers for more than 100 years and continues to play an active part in legislative issues pertaining to business credit and corporate bankruptcy. NACM's annual Credit Congress & Exposition conference is the largest gathering of credit professionals in the world.

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410-740-5560

Website: http://www.nacm.org

Source: National Association of Credit Management

Foodtech Giant iFood Launches Loop: Low-Cost, High-Quality Lunch Meals

Latin America's leading foodtech company, iFood, unveiled the details of its new Loop offering and its plan to expand the new program rapidly during 2020. Born as a project developed in iFood's AI Academy, an R&D lab opened last April, Loop introduces the delivery of healthy, fresh, affordable lunchtime food at a cost low enough there's no reason to shop and cook it at home, or even leave the office to buy "marmitas" (traditional Brazilian fare) from street vendors selling outside popular workplaces in Brazil.

iFood's logistics engine, powered by AI and machine learning, is core to the significant cost savings passed onto consumers. It provides the ability to offer quality lunchtime meals for about $3 using virtual kitchens during idle time (9am to midday) and batching orders so iFood delivery partners are able to take up to 18 orders at once with them on delivery runs. As a result, the cost of delivery decreased by 50 percent and order frequency jumped by more than 78 percent, based on data collected during a recent 28-city pilot.

"In Brazil, lunch is often considered the most important meal of the day," said Bruno Henriques, VP of Growth and AI at iFood. "With Loop, we deliver not only food that Brazilians eat every day, but we provide high quality food that's even healthier and well balanced at just the right time and at the right cost. We designed it so it's a 'no-brainer' for consumers to use Loop because it's so convenient, saves time and the food we deliver is better for you." Be alert to the latest news.

Ordering a Loop meal is very simple: the customer accesses the app, clicks on the iFood Loop category, chooses one dish at daily menu options, and schedules the delivery. For more convenience for consumers, orders can be scheduled from 2pm to the next day, or placed during the day up until 12:30pm. The app auto-updates users on the current availability of dishes in stock, and lets them choose one of the 30-minute delivery windows to receive meals (11:00am-11:30am, 11:50am-12:20pm, 12:40pm-1:10pm). The iFood Loop meals are delivered in a special, sealed package with information from the restaurant that produced the dish.

With more than 26.6 million orders per month and 131,000+ restaurants registered on the iFood platform in 912 cities, the company's leadership has fully embraced and invested in AI to continue achieving its aggressive growth goals and to drive more operations efficiencies.

"We've been laser-focused on logistics improvements using AI so our delivery partners can arrive at iFood providers' locations at the exact moment that food is ready, navigate through Brazil's crowded cities and diverse neighborhoods quickly with our own mapping system, and bring in more revenue," said Fabricio Bloisi, CEO and Founder of iFood and Movile. "Our goal is to serve more than 50 million Brazilians as rapidly as we can. We believe reducing food and delivery costs will boost our iFood Loop meals and popularity with customers quickly."

The iFood meals are prepared only by restaurants that strictly follow the requirements of quality and hygiene, which guarantees the high quality of dishes offered by Loop. During the recent pilot for iFood Loop, more than 650,000 meals per month were delivered in the program's first 28 cities. Many restaurant partners reported that the new offering has already doubled their business. These incremental orders are prepared mostly during less busy times when participating restaurant kitchens would otherwise remain idle. IFood also offers a specialized consultancy that guarantees healthy, fresh, affordable lunchtime food by the Loop restaurants.

"Our iFood customers order through the app, and iFood's logistics takes care of the management and distribution so we can simply focus on the production of great food," said Claudia Carrasco, an iFood Loop provider during a recent video interview. "The advance orders and planning lets us guarantee quality, keep costs low, and provide better customer service."

For more information about the new Loop program, please visit: http://www.ifood.com.br/loop. A video overview of iFood Loop (here) is now available for viewing or embedding into news stories.

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About iFood
iFood, one of the world's most innovative foodtechs and a leader in online food delivery in Latin America, has 26.6 million monthly orders in Brazil. After eight years in the market, the company of Brazilian origin is also present in Mexico and Colombia. It works with partners and initiatives that bring together business intelligence and management solutions for more than 131 thousand restaurants registered in 912 cities throughout Brazil. iFood has key investors such as Movile - the global leader in mobile marketplaces - and Just Eat - one of the largest online ordering companies in the world. Read all the related news.

Media Contacts

Brazil:
Manuela Cherobim
+55 11 99310-1519
manuela.cherobim@ifood.com.br

United States:
Chris Knight
(415) 786-9226 c.
chris@divinogroup.net

S’moresUp Announces Partnership with Home Connect to Make “Smart Parents’” Lives Even Easier

S'moresUp (smoresUp.com), a Smart Family Management platform that teaches kids critical life skills through chores and rewards, announced a game-changing partnership in 'smart parenting' with Home Connect, a dynamic digital ecosystem created to connect home appliances to the Internet of Things. With this collaboration, parents can now simply assign chores automatically with just their voice from their home appliances.

With the new Home Connect and S'moresUp integration, parents can easily program their dishwasher, coffeemaker, washer or dryer to automatically assign specific chores to their kids. The Home Connect ecosystem works with smart technology - like Google Assistant and S'moresUp - to make home management and parenting easier.

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"Technology advances have changed the way companies operate and people across the globe communicate. It's time that parents benefit from emerging technology as well," said Priya Rajendran, CEO and co-founder of S'moresUp. "We're pleased to share that with this collaboration, technology is unlocking new ways to assist busy parents, while helping kids learn responsibility, self-reliance, and other critical life skills."

Together, the two companies are reimagining 'smart parenting,' a new connected, data-driven paradigm where families run on assisted technology for household optimization and child development, making parents' lives easier. The Internet of Things has been conceptual in the last decade, and now that it's becoming a reality, S'moresUp is working with smart device manufacturers to help parents manage their time smarter.

"We are proud to add S'moresUp to Home Connect's growing ecosystem, which offers the richest connected appliance experience available today," said Johannes Ochsner, head of connected products and digital services for Home Connect. "Partnering with innovative startups such as S'moresUp offers users a fun way to interact with their appliances while getting household tasks done."

Now boasting a 4.5-star rating on both Android and iOS and growing to 200,000 family members in just one year, the company also just launched a "Digital Health" category to make learning fun for kids while teaching them how to self-manage screen time. The family app helps kids learn critical life skills through assigned tasks and chores, does behavior analysis to provide parents with insights around their kid's learning, integrates with the family calendar, creates goal setting through rewards, helps kids form long term habits through advanced data analytics and allows the family to interact with each other from within a safe "walled off" family network. Read all the related news.

About S'moresUp
S'moresUp is a family organizer that creates data-driven parents. It provides parents tools to help their kids learn critical life skills and healthy habits while managing chores, allowances, and schedules through a secured private family network, where a family's data is safe. The app, which helps raise independent, responsible, and financially savvy kids, was founded by technology veterans Priya Rajendran, a software engineer and busy mom who led the PayPal Wallet team, and Reeves Xavier, former tech lead at Paypal and Intuit. To find out more, please visit http://www.smoresup.com.

About Home Connect
Home Connect is an innovative solution dedicated to smart home appliances. With Home Connect, you can control a wide variety of home appliances from leading brands, such as Gaggenau, Thermador and Bosch in one convenient app. Home Connect is also an ever-expanding ecosystem of partner applications, devices and services. Using Home Connect, you can access and connect with a large number of service providers ranging from voice assistants and smart home automation systems to e-commerce platforms. Home Connect is available in 40 countries and is offered in the US and Canada through BSH Home Appliances Corporation. For more information about Home Connect, go to: http://www.home-connect.com/us/en

Here’s How to Reach Millennials, and Sell to Them, Effectively

MFour Mobile Research, a full-service market research firm, is pleased to announce its partnership with ROTH Capital to release the 2020 Millennial Survey. The survey uncovers essential buying traits and behaviors for the $1.4 trillion Millennial market.

"Millennials will make up nearly three-quarters of the workforce by 2025 and are rapidly redefining consumer patterns. Awareness and study of Millennial consumer behavior and preferences is essential to projecting business earnings," said David Bain, Managing Director, Senior Research Analyst at ROTH.

In this 8th annual survey for ROTH, MFour supplied a consumer panel for the research. For the 2,500 men and women millennials surveyed, there were 209 questions posed on behaviors.

Here are the top 10 statistics from the consumer survey:

Millennials are more connected than any previous generation. By studying their online and offline behavior, companies can better target consumers, and increase profitability.

"Our app, Surveys On The Go®, appeals directly to Millennials," says Chris St. Hilaire, CEO at MFour Mobile Research. "They're paid cash to provide their data and are motivated to do so." Read this here.

To learn more about MFour Mobile Research, and its consumer panel, visit http://www.mfour.com/consumer-panel. Read all the related news.

About MFour:
MFour introduced Surveys On The Go® (SOTG), a consumer research app, in 2011. With more than 2.5 million consumers, it's the largest, first-party panel in the US, with an average 4.5 stars out of 5-star ratings in Apple and Google Play stores.

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Consumers share their opinions via surveys sent to their phones. When they drive by out-of-home ads, we see their locations, and field the survey in real-time. The result is measurable lift in awareness, recall, consideration and conversion. Be alert to the latest news.

The company continues to innovate and evolve market research products and processes. As the recognized leader in survey technology, MFour combines consumer opinions obtained through surveys with GPS tracking, together with observed online activities and purchases. To learn more, visit us online at http://www.mfour.com.

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About Roth Capital Partners, LLC:
ROTH Capital Partners, LLC (ROTH), is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on serving emerging growth companies and their investors. As a full-service investment bank, ROTH provides capital raising, M&A advisory, analytical research, trading, market-making services and corporate access. Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, ROTH is privately-held and employee owned, and maintains offices throughout the U.S. For more information on ROTH, please visit http://www.roth.com.

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NACM's CMI Begins 2020 with a Bang

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Andrew Michaels
Christie Citranglo
410-740-5560

Website: http://www.nacm.org

Source: National Association of Credit Management

Mighty Paw Launches A New Unique Safety Belt for Dogs

Traveling with a dog can be the most rewarding experience, but keeping pups safe in the car is a concern many pet owners share. That's why Mighty Paw designed their brand new Head Rest Seatbelt. It takes the stress out of traveling, making driving with pets, safe and distraction free.

The universal design of the seat belt's adjustable headrest loop fits in any vehicle, resulting in a versatile fit no matter whose car you're taking. It has undergone comprehensive force testing to exceed 850+ pounds of force, and is made with a rock climber's carabiner clip and all-metal hardware. This seat belt is designed for maximum safety and a guaranteed worry free travel experience.

"I know from experience that dogs are injured terribly in car accidents," said Anderson Moorer, a former paramedic who is also a dog owner. "Sometimes the injuries sustained by seat-belt-wearing humans are minor, while their dog - ejected from being unrestrained - is critically injured."

Traveling is stressful enough, so Mighty Paw designed its headrest seat belt to fit in all vehicles. It is also adjustable in length to fit both large and small dogs, for the safety of all sized pups.

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With so many causes for distraction, drivers already have enough to focus on. They do not need the added risk of a loose dog in the car. A dog jumping from seat to seat or bumping into the driver could cause a dangerous situation and be unsafe for both drivers and their four-legged family members.

As most pet owners know, a trip or adventure with their dog can be a very exciting experience! Upon reaching the destination, some dogs will attempt to bolt from the vehicle with the anticipation of hitting the trails. Mighty Paw's headrest seat belt will keep a dog safely restrained until the dog's owners are ready to leash up their dog and head out on that hike. During a walk or visit to the park, the seat belt also doubles as a short leash or tie out for the dog owner's convenience. Read latest news here.

Mighty Paw just released the new headrest seat belt on Amazon.com and at their online store at http://www.mightypaw.com. To celebrate, the company is giving away 10% off Amazon discount codes for those interested in trying the new seatbelt. To get one now, redeem this limited time coupon here. Discount codes are limited, so be sure to get one today before they run out!