Humana Acquires Harris, Rothenberg International
Posted: August 9, 2012 at 5:19 pm
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Humana Inc. (HUM) announced today it has acquired Harris, Rothenberg International, Inc. (HRI), a provider of work/life services and employee assistance programs. Terms were not disclosed.
HRI currently serves approximately 5.5 million people in the U.S. and another 70,000 internationally. Now in its 31st year, HRI provides services to employers assisting employees in dealing with personal issues ranging from emotional, financial and legal problems to child/elder care needs to alcoholism and drug abuse. HRIs services include employee coaching and training.
Employee Assistance Programs and work-life programs are key elements of Humanas total well-being approach to helping people lead healthier lives, said Sean Slovenski, leader of Humanas Health and Productivity Solutions unit. HRI will help facilitate the expansion of Humanas EAP and work-life offering integrating and enhancing many aspects of the offering.
Additionally, HRI will open a new pathway for growth as Humana creates a product that better addresses 3rd party and Humana internal customer needs.
HRIs highly customizable offering directs members or their caregivers to value-added services while also offering certain ancillary products that assist employees with day-to-day life issues. The acquisition will support Humanas efforts to help employer-customers reduce health care spending while also targeting productivity challenges. Loss of productivity due to problems with presenteeism, absenteeism, health issues and disabilities represents up to 10 percent of a typical employers payroll expense.1
Were looking forward to helping Humanas members live healthier lives, said Edward Trieber, J.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of HRI. Over the years, we have helped our employer-customers and their employees achieve greater success at work and in life by providing industry-leading employee assistance programs and work-life services.
Humanas acquisition of HRI is not expected to materially impact Humanas financial earnings guidance for the year ending December 31, 2012.
1Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Cornell University
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QU Health and Fitness Center gets cardiovascular equipment update QU Health and Fitness Center gets cardiovascular equipment update
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Quincy University has upgraded all of the cardiovascular training equipment in the QU Health and Fitness Center.
Quincy University has upgraded all of the cardiovascular training equipment in the QU Health and Fitness Center. The university recently bought about 20 new treadmills, elliptical machines, steppers, recumbent bikes and...
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A car northbound on North Fifth Street collided with an eastbound semi-tractor trailer at the intersection of U.S. 24 late Thursday morning.
A car northbound on North Fifth Street collided with an eastbound semi-tractor trailer at the intersection of U.S. 24 late Thursday morning.
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After Pam and Keith Hinshaw's mobile home burned down in June, two longtime friends decided to host a benefit to help the Payson couple.
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Health 2.0 and DrGreene.com to Host Inaugural Body 2.0 Expo
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Today Health2.0 and Dr.Greene.com officially announced Body2.0, a health and technology expo aimed at the public, taking place on October 7, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the TerraGallery in San Francisco. Dr. Greene, founder of DrGreene.com and author of Raising Baby Green and Feeding Baby Green, will keynote Body 2.0.
There has been an explosion of innovation in personal health, from sensors and apps that dynamically track our health data, to social networks and online platforms that give customized cues to motivate users to improve their lifestyles. Body 2.0 will showcase the best technologies available today, and introduce new technologies that are redefining the future.
Health 2.0 CEO, Indu Subaiya, said, "The basic premise behind the event is this: Upgrade Your Body -- give people the best tools to upgrade their bodies and they will upgrade their lives."
Health-curious people will have the opportunity to experience the latest tools for health in the realms of fitness, nutrition, beauty, sex, relationships, genetics, disease management, and health optimization. In addition to the hands-on element, the event will feature speakers, live demos, exhibitors, and product giveaways. Local growers will provide organic and healthy food, which will be prepared by Bay Area chefs.
Health 2.0's extensive experience hosting health technology conferences worldwide and forecasting industry developments, combined with Dr. Alan Greene's role as a national champion of healthy living for both children and adults, provided both the impetus and expertise for creating Body 2.0. This event will be the first in a multi-city series to be held throughout 2013. It launches in San Francisco and will move to Los Angeles and New York City.
About DrGreene Dr. Greene is the founder of DrGreene.com and the author of Raising Baby Green and Feeding Baby Green. Media appearances include the TODAY Show, the Dr. Oz Show, and The New York Times. Awards include Healthy Child Healthy World Prevention Award and Intel's "Children's Health Hero of the Internet."
About Health 2.0The conference. The media network. The innovation community. The Health 2.0 Conference is the leading showcase of cutting-edge innovation transforming the health care system. Since its beginning in 2007, Health 2.0 has served as a community resource for search and online tools to help consumers manage their health and connect to providers. Now that the industry has caught up, Health 2.0 covers the entire cloud, web, mobile and unplatforms technology revolution that is shaking up every sector of health care. For more, visit http://www.health2con.com.
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Health club to get refit after sale
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Health club to get refit after sale
9:30am Thursday 9th August 2012 in News
A HEALTH and fitness club which forms part of Oxfords Ozone leisure complex has been sold.
The Ozone Health and Fitness Club has been bought for an undisclosed sum by DW Fitness Clubs from the Firoka Group, which is headed up by former Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam , who still owns the clubs stadium next to the development.
Bosses at DW, which is owned by Dave Whelan, owner of Premier League football team Wigan Athletic, say they are starting working immediately on a 400,000 revamp.
The group exercise studios will be upgraded, while the gym will be made almost twice the size with a dedicated training and weights area.
All equipment will be replaced and a members lounge will also be built.
Mr Whelan said: We are really pleased to purchase Ozone and transform the club into something that will truly surpass expectations.
I have every confidence this will encourage more individuals to come.
All 1,700 current Ozone members will have their current memberships honoured and will be able to use all DW Fitness Clubs nationwide.
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John Bogle to Headline AdvisorOne's 5th Annual Retirement Income Symposium
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- John C. Bogle, Founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and President of Vanguard's Bogle Financial Markets Research Center is set to headline AdvisorOne's 5th Annual Retirement Income Symposium to be held on October 4-5, 2012 in Boston.
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AdvisorOne's Retirement Income Symposium, the leading event in the Northeast, provides an established and progressive learning environment for retirement professionals who actively sell, market, support, or service retirement plans. The Symposium is geared to provide advisors with clear, actionable strategies that they can utilize to address their clients' needs.
"Simply putJohn Bogle is a legend, revered not only for his innovation in the investing space, but for his strong advocacy for always putting the clients first," says John Sullivan, Editor-in Chief of Investment Advisor. "We are honored to have a person of Bogle's character and temperament with us at our conference; someone who is clearly 'the conscience of the industry.'"
This year's event will bring together the perfect blend of industry trail-blazers looking to provide a leading-edge program for financial and investment advisors, planners and brokers. For more information on keynote presenters, CE accreditation and to view the agenda, please visit http://www.risymposium.com.
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Academy's basketball meet a success
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10 August 2012 | last updated at 12:38AM By NAVEEN MATHEW MENON|streets@nstp.com.my 0 comments
Basketball players warming up during the official opening of the tournament. Pic by Shiraz Ali
SETIA Badminton Academy (SBA) organised its first international basketball competition from Aug 3 to 5 in conjunction with its 10th anniversary celebration.
The SP Setia International Invitation Basketball Tournament 2012 saw top basketball teams from schools in China, Macau, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia compete.
The competition, held at the SBA in Shah Alam, saw 144 players from 11 under-17 school teams take part.
SBA's chief executive officer and tournament organising committee chairman Datuk Liew Siong Sing said SBA was originally set up in 2002 to develop new generations of world-class badminton players.
However, it realised that there were talented Malaysian youth who excelled in other sporting arenas as well.
"The academy has been actively promoting sporting excellence by organising not only badminton, but basketball tournaments and other activities," Liew said.
The San Beda College from the Philippines was the champion while SMK Yok Bin of Malaysia was the first runner-up.
The second runner-up was the Macau Basketball Association while the Academy's basketball team was the third runner-up.
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The Digital Personal Assistant Problem Siri Still Hasn't Solved
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Ilya Gelfenbeyn is the CEO of Speaktoit, the top-rated virtual assistant on Android, and an authority on natural language processing. We caught up with him to ask why we still have to talk down to digital personal assistants, and when exactly we might acquire a more natural relationship--and tone--with them. He answered in the most natural tone he could muster.
FAST COMPANY: This is the year the digital personal assistant has really taken off. Speaktoit has been downloaded several million times since launching last year. And Siri is a household name. But my sense is that these assistants still have a long way to go. ILYA GELFENBEYN: The field is still in a really early phase of development. Its something like the search engines in the beginning of the '90s. Theres a long way to improve--theres not yet something like the Google of this industry. Were working on some functions to make an assistant much more helpful, by working with lots of different services. Natural language is a way to combine them in one place.
Can you explain natural language processing, in brief? It means you can just tell the assistant whatever you want, and dont have to remember particular commands.
But I still feel like we have to talk down to Siri. When will she be able to understand slang, so I can just talk to her like I talk to my homies? Theres a lot of work to do. Were working on a natural language processing engine that will take into account conversation context like location, dialogue history, and user preferences. Different users can mean different things with the same words, and the assistant should understand the context.
Whats an example? A user can say, Im bored, and a personal assistant should understand what to provide to the user. For some people it can say, Lets go somewhere, I can find you a nice nightclub. For others, it will provide a joke. For others, itll say, lets call some friends.
And how long till we can talk to Siri or Speaktoit as casually as we do to our friends? You should compare it not to talking to friends, but to a real life personal assistant. With friends you can discuss general stuff, but a virtual assistant is not created for that. I would say in three years it will be much better--it will support all basic tasks, and definitely will not have problems with setting up appointments, working with your phone, working with basic features. Of course it still will not be able to replace a real personal assistant in some situations.
When will we get that Google of assistants? In the next decade? Yes, I think so. In the next decade, we should have a good combination of technologies and the features they implement.
Is some sort of breakthrough needed, the way Sergey Brin and Larry Page figured out the significance of linking? I wouldnt say theres a magic formula. It just really requires hard work. It may of course include some new algorithms, but theres no one magic formula.
Who will support this research--universities, enterprise, military? Enterprise is much more focused on this. Universities will be a good resource for fundamental knowledge.
The military had a hand in developing some of the tech behind Siri. Are they out of the picture now? They can have some role. But the personal assistant will not be focused on military purposes.
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