Stevie Awards Mengumumkan Para Pemenang IBA Awards Terbaik Tahun 2018

Posted by Clara Im on Thu, Aug 30, 2018 @ 01:25 AM

Para pemenang Grand Stevie Awards akan menerima piala di InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel, pada tanggal 20 Oktober.

The Stevie® Awards telah mengumumkan para pemenang IBA Awards Terbaik Tahun 2018 International Business Awards®  (Tahunan ke-15), kompetisi penghargaan bisnisutama dunia.

Para nominator di IBA 2018 tidak dapat mengajukan permohonan IBA Awards Terbaik secara langsung. Para pemenang ditentukan dengan sistem poin berdasarkan jumlah total penghargaan yang dimenangkan di IBA dengan kemenangan Emas Stevie untuk tiga poin, kemenangan Stevie Perak untuk dua poin, dan kemenangan Stevie Perunggu untuk 1,5 poin.

Para pemenang Emas, Perak dan Perunggu Stevie Award tahun ini diumumkan pada tanggal 9 Agustus. Para pemenang IBA Awards Terbaik akan dianugerahi piala Grand Stevie Award pada banquet International Business Awards Tahunan ke-15 di InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel pada tanggal 20 Oktober.

Para pemenang Grand Stevie Awards 2018 adalah sebagai berikut:

IBA grand pic 2017

Most Honored Organization: Perusahaan logistik dan surat pos International  DP DHL Group, dengan perolehan 84,5 poin dari entri memenangkan Stevie Emas, Perak dan Perunggu yang diajukan oleh kantor dan afiliasi mereka di 30 negara. Dengan sekitar 520.000 pekerja di lebih dari 220 negara dan wilayah, Group menghasilkan pendapatan lebih dari 60 milyar Euro pada tanun 2017.

Most Honored Public Relations Agency: ASDA’A BCW, dengan total 53 poin penghargaan perolehan dari entri memenangkan Stevie Emas, Perak dan Perunggu yang diajukan atas nama klien seperti Ford dan GEMS Education. Perusahaan, yang berkantor pusat perusahaan di Dubai dengan 11 kantor di Timur Tengah, juga memenangkan Top 10 Grand Stevie Awars pada tahun 2017.

Most Honored Marketing AgencyGXEVER, dengan total perolehan 25 poin dari entri memenangkan Stevie Emas, Perak dan Perunggu yang diajukan oleh kantor pusat mereka di Beijing dan kantornya di Shanghai, Chongqing dan sebagian besar kota-kota yang lebih kecil di China.

Most Honored Interactive Services Agency: Magnet20, dengan perolehan 26,5 poin dari entri memenangkan Stevie Emas, Perak dan Perunggu yang diajukan oleh kantor mereka di Istanbul, Turki untuk memenangkan Stevies atas nama kliennya termasuk perusahaan GSK Turki dan perusahaan Akcansa.

Top 10: Berikut ini adalah para pemenang Stevie Emas, Perak dan Perunggu diantara semua perusahaan/organisasi lainnya yang dianugrahkan di IBA 2018. Mereka juga akan diberikan piala Grand Stevie Awards. Dikarenakan poin seimbang ada 11 penerima penghargaan dalam Top 10 tahun ini.

1. Telkom Indonesia – Jakarta (83.5 point)

2. PT Petrokimia Gresik – Gresik, Indonesia (31.5)

3. Ooredoo Group worldwide (30.5)

4. PJ Lhuillier, Inc (PJLI)  Manila, Philippines (30)

5. FIS  Jacksonville, FL USA (29.5)

6. (tie) Akbank – Istanbul, Turkey (28)

YapiKredi Bank – Istanbul, Turkey (28)

8. Turk Telekom – Istanbul, Turkey (26)

9. LLORENTE & CUENCA – Madrid, Spain (25.5)

10. (tie) Makers Nutrition – Hauppauge, NY USA (23)

Jeunesse Global – Lake Mary, FL USA (23)

Dari semua perusahaan/organisasi dan pecapaian luar biasa yang diakui diantara nominasi-nominasi IBA tahun ini, 15 perusahaan/organisasi ini menonjol sebagai perusahaan/organisasi dengan pencapaian terluas,” kata Michael Gallagher, presiden dan pendiri Stevie Awards. “Penghargaan IBA Terbaik ditujukan untuk memberikan penghargaan kepada perusahaan/organisasi yang menunjukkan dedikasi yang sangat kuat terhadap penghargaan pekerjaan pekerja mereka, komitmen kepada klien mereka, dan rasa inovasi, serta kami mengharapkan dapat menganugerahkan perusahaan-perusahaan ini dengan piala Grand Stevie Award di acara gala kami di London pada tanggal 20 Oktober.”

International Business Awards menampilkan berbagai kategori untuk pengakuan pencapaian dalam setiap aspek kehidupan kerja, termasuk penghargaan manajemen,penghargaan produk baru, penghargaan marketing, penghargaan hubungan masyarakat(PR), penghargaan layanan pelanggan(CS) , penghargaan website, dan banyak lagi.

Penentuan Emas, Perak dan Perunggu Stevie Award dalam IBA 2018 ditentukan dengan nilai rata-rata lebih dari 200 profesional di seluruh dunia dalam proses penjurian tiga bulan..

Untuk informasi lebih lanjut tentang International Business Awards, termasuk daftar lengkap dari semua para pemenang Stevie Award dalam kompetisi 2018, kunjungi www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.

Tentang Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards diberikan untuk tujuh program:Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, German Stevie Awards, American Business Awards®, International Business Awards®, Stevie Awards for Great Employers, Stevie Awards for Women in Business dan Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Kompetisi Stevie Awards menerima lebih dari 10.000 entri setiap tahun dari organisasi/perusahaan di lebih dari 70 negara.Menghargai semua jenis dan ukuran organisasi/perusahaan serta orang-orang dibaliknya, Stevie mengakui kinerja luarbiasa di tempat kerja di seluruh dunia.Pelajari lebih lanjut tentang Stevie Awards di http://www.StevieAwards.com.

Topics: business awards, International business awards, The Stevie Awards, The International Business Awards, grand awards

史蒂夫®奖2018国际商业奖得主公布

Posted by Clara Im on Thu, Aug 30, 2018 @ 01:19 AM

史蒂夫®将于1020日在英国伦敦帕克巷洲际酒店举行颁奖典

    史蒂夫®已公布2018(15)国际商务大奖获奖者名单,这是全球首屈一指的国际商业奖项

    2018 国际商业奖的被提名人不可直接申请参赛国际商业大奖。获奖者通过国际商业奖金、银、铜奖的数量来计分评选,获国际商业奖金奖为3分,银奖为2分,铜奖为1.5分。

    今年的国际商业奖金、银、铜奖得主已于89日公布。第15届国际商业奖颁奖典礼将于1020日在英国伦敦帕克巷洲际酒店举行,届时将为国际商业奖获奖者颁发奖杯。

2018史蒂夫®得奖者:

IBA grand pic 2017最高荣誉组织国际邮政及物流公司 DP DHL Group其分布于30个国家的附属办事处及附属企业所提供的金、银、铜奖作品的获奖分数为84.5分。该集团在220国家拥有约 520,000名员工,在2017年创造出超过600亿欧元的收入。

最高荣誉公关机构 ASDA’A BCW, 代表福特(Ford)环球教育(GEMS)等客所提交的金、银、铜奖作品的获奖分数为53分。 该公司的总部设于迪拜,在中东有11个办事处,在2017年曾十大史蒂夫®奖。

最高荣誉营销机构 GXEVER, 由其北京总部及上海、重庆和众多中国大部分小城市的办事处所提供的金、银、铜奖作品的获奖分数为25分。

最高荣誉互动服务机构 Magnet20, 由其属下的土耳其伊斯坦布尔办事处所提供的金、银、铜奖作品的获奖分数为26.5代表葛兰素史克土耳其公司(GSK Turkey Company) Akçansa公司等客户获得史蒂夫®奖。

TOP 10: 他们是2018国际商业奖所有组织中最为优秀的金、银、铜奖得主他们也将获颁史蒂夫®奖奖杯。由于同分的关系,今年的TOP1011位得奖者

1. 印尼电信(Telkom Indonesia) – 雅加达 (83.5 )

2. 锦石石化公司(PT Petrokimia Gresik ) – 印尼锦石(31.5)

3. 卡塔尔电信(Ooredoo Group) – 全球 (30.5)

4. PJ Lhuillier, Inc (PJLI)  菲律宾马尼拉 (30)

5. FIS  美国佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔 (29.5)

6. (同分) 阿克银行(Akbank) kb土耳其伊斯坦布尔 (28)

               建设信贷银行(Yapi Kredi Bank) Ba土耳其伊斯坦布尔 (28)

8. 土耳其电信(Turk Telekom) ur土耳其伊斯坦布尔 (26 )

9. 悠岚宣雅(LLORENTE & CUENCA) – 西班牙马德里 (25.5 )

10. (同分) Makers Nutrition  美国纽约霍波格 (23 )

                 Jeunesse Global  美国佛罗里达州玛丽湖 (23 )

    史蒂夫® 奖的主席及创办人Michael Gallagher表示: “今年的国际商业奖提名数打破了往年记录,其中这15个组织的成就最大,因而在众多优秀机构及卓越成就中脱颖而出。国际商业大奖旨在表彰那些尊重员工工作、恪守客户承诺、拥有创新意识的机构。我们期待1020日在伦敦的颁奖礼上以蒂夫® 奖的奖杯为他们庆祝。

    国际商业奖旨在表彰各种类别的工作成就,其中包括管理奖营销奖公共务奖等。

    史蒂夫®2018际商业奖的金、银、铜奖由来自世界各地的200多名专业人士进行评选并取其平均分评审过程耗时3个月。

    参阅 www.StevieAwards.com/IBA,了解更多有国际商业奖的信息以及2018史蒂夫®奖的完整获奖名单等

关于史蒂夫®

    史蒂夫®有七类奖项,分别为:亚-太史蒂夫®、德国史蒂夫®奖、美国商业大奖®、国际商业大奖®史蒂夫优秀雇主奖、女性企业家史蒂夫®奖、经营及顾客服务史蒂夫®奖。史蒂夫®奖比赛每年都会从全球70多个国家的各大企业收到超过1万份的参赛作品。史蒂夫®奖旨在表彰全球各类型和规模的企业及其背后的人才,并对在全世界具有出色表现的工作单位给予认可。

    查看 http://www.stevieawards.com了解更多史蒂夫®的详情。

Topics: International business awards, The Stevie Awards, 国际商务大奖, 史蒂夫奖

Lightcast.com Helps Independent Content Producers Find Success on Roku and Fire TV

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Tue, Aug 28, 2018 @ 04:51 PM

Over the past decade, there’s been a sea change in the way people consume video content. Today’s viewers can download and stream multimedia on their computers, as well as on mobile apps, social media sites, and a variety of connected TV devices, such as Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV.

Thanks to the proliferation of outlets—and a steep drop in production costs—you no longer have to be a major broadcast network or media conglomerate to gain viewers. Now, even small businesses, state and county governments, and churches are using these non-cable outlets, commonly referred to as “over the top,” or OTT, to reach a whole new audience.

While the barriers to entry are certainly less insurmountable than in the past, independent producers still need the tools to upload, manage, and publish their video and audio content on a wide range of media platforms. Lightcast.com has been helping clients overcome this exact challenge since its inception in 2010.

The company, which has offices in the United States (Charlotte, North Carolina) and Europe, bills itself as the one-stop shop for all its clients’ publishing needs. In addition to providing transcoding services—it creates more than a dozen renditions of each video in different bitrates—it offers a fully functional content management system and the ability to distribute multimedia using one of the world’s largest server networks.

It also helps organizations monetize their content by creating advertising, pay-per-view, and subscription strategies. By eliminating the need to work with video ad networks—what it calls the industry middlemen—the company claims content creators can boost their net revenue.

The “Democratization” of Video

“The shift away from mere streaming on websites to OTT has kept all streaming providers and online video platforms on their toes,” says the company’s managing director, Andreas Kisslinger. “Lightcast.com, in particular, has really enjoyed, welcomed, embraced, and promoted this change as we see the new publishing channels and platforms as a huge opportunity for media publishers.”

lightcastFor Kisslinger, the changes in the media landscape enable organizations of all stripes to amplify their messages and to expand their reach.

“It’s a chance for democratization of information flow, creativity, and entrepreneurship among independent producers, of which many are highly successful,” he says.

Lightcast, whose Media Cloud solution won the Gold StevieⓇ Award  in The American Business Awards® for New Product or Service of the Year in the CMS category, has tapped in to those opportunities as well as anyone. Its software suite now helps support a multitude of media outlets on social media, connected TV, and mobile apps. Today, InTouch Ministries, Foody TV, and All About Golf are among the thousands of clients Lightcast helps connect with new audiences. It’s an impressive achievement for a company that started with little and worked tirelessly with its “bootstraps” mentality.

“We are all young entrepreneurs from various countries. All self-funded and self-made, without any venture capital or connections behind our backs,” says Kisslinger. “Instead of using investment capital, we built our business exclusively with sweat, blood, and tears—and, most of all, the satisfaction of our customers who share their excitement about our products with others."

Kisslinger acknowledges that keeping a trans-Atlantic operation going isn’t always easy, though. The staff has to continually navigate language and time zone differences to make it work. For Kisslinger, however, what they have in common is more important: a desire to go above and beyond for their customers.

One of the company’s keys to success is a relentless pursuit of the perfect multimedia publishing suite.

“We have a proprietary CRM system and database in which we record every feedback, every wish, and every need customers send us. We do this in order to refine the user interfaces and feature sets of our software-as-a-service offering,” says Kisslinger.

This approach helped the company earn numerous awards for product design over the past few years, but for Kisslinger, snagging the Stevie Award was particularly satisfying.

“We regard the Stevie as one of the most important and prestigious awards a business can win,” he says. “It’s boosted the excitement and self-esteem of our teams—especially among our hardworking coders, web developers, and graphic designers. Everyone is especially excited and grateful over this year's award,” he says.

Topics: creative media awards, American business awards, new product awards, tech awards

Stevie Awards Announce Winners of 2018 Best of the IBA Awards

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, Aug 22, 2018 @ 09:02 AM

The Stevie® Awards have announced the winners of the Best of the IBA Awards in The 2018 (15th Annual) International Business Awards®, the world’s premier business awards competition.

Nominees in the 2018 IBAs were not able to apply for the Best of the IBA Awards directly. Winners were determined by a points system based on the total number of awards won in the IBAs with a Gold Stevie win counting for three points, a Silver Stevie win for two points, and a Bronze Stevie win for 1.5 points. 

This year’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners in The International Business Awards were announced on 9 August. The winners of the Best of the IBA Awards will be presented with Grand Stevie Award trophies at The 15th Annual International Business Awards banquet at the Intercontinental London Park Lane Hotel on 20 October. 

Winners of the 2018 Grand Stevie Awards are:

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Most Honored Organization: International mail and logistics company DP DHL Group, with 84.5 award points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted by their offices and affiliates in 30 countries. With approximately 520,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories, the Group generated revenues of more than 60 billion Euros in 2017.

Most Honored Public Relations Agency: ASDA’A BCW, with a total of 53 award points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted on behalf of clients like Ford and GEMS Education. The company, headquartered in Dubai with 11 offices in the Middle East, also won a Top 10 Grand Stevie Award in 2017.

Most Honored Marketing AgencyGXEVER, with a total of 25 points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted by their headquarters in Beijing and offices in Shanghai, Chongqing, and most of China’s smaller cities.

Most Honored Interactive Services AgencyMagnet20, with 26.5 points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted by their office in Istanbul, Turkey for Stevies won on behalf of clients including GSK Turkey Company and Akçansa Company.

Top 10: These are the top Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners among all other organizations honored in the 2018 IBAs. They’ll also be presented with Grand Stevie Award trophies.  Because of ties there are 11 honorees in the Top 10 this year:

  1. Telkom Indonesia – Jakarta (83.5 points)
  2. PT Petrokimia Gresik – Gresik, Indonesia (31.5)
  3. Ooredoo Group – worldwide (30.5)
  4. PJ Lhuillier, Inc (PJLI) – Manila, Philippines (30)
  5. FIS – Jacksonville, FL USA (29.5)
  6. (tie) Akbank – Istanbul, Turkey (28)

            Yapi Kredi Bank – Istanbul, Turkey (28)

  1. Turk Telekom – Istanbul, Turkey (26)
  2. LLORENTE & CUENCA – Madrid, Spain (25.5)
  3. (tie) Makers Nutrition – Hauppauge, NY USA (23)

              Jeunesse Global – Lake Mary, FL USA (23)

“Of all the outstanding organizations and achievements that were recognized among this year’s record-breaking number of IBA nominations, these 15 organizations stand out as the ones with the widest breadth of achievement,” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards. “The Best of the IBA Awards are intended to honor organizations that show an especially strong dedication to honoring the work of their employees, commitment to their clients, and a sense of innovation, and we look forward to celebrating these firms with Grand Stevie Award trophies at our gala event in London on 20 October.”

The International Business Awards feature a wide variety of categories to recognize achievement in every facet of work life, including management awards, new product awards, marketing awards, PR awards, customer service awards, website awards, and more.

Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award placements in the 2018 IBAs were determined by the average scores of more than 200 professionals worldwide in the three-month judging process.

For more information about The International Business Awards, including a complete list of all Stevie Award winners in the 2018 competition, visit www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.

Topics: marketing awards, International business awards, PR awards, grand awards

Stevie Winner Protects Sensitive Data in the Cloud

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Tue, Aug 21, 2018 @ 01:50 PM

Businesses are rapidly migrating their data and applications to the cloud, and increasingly taking advantage of the flexibility and functionality of providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS). According to one industry report, 71 percent of enterprise-level companies will increase their spending on the public cloud by 20 percent or more in 2018.

While the benefits of replacing on-premises assets with web storage might seem readily apparent, the conversion itself can present some real challenges. In order to avoid a costly misstep, companies need to put a strategy in place that protects their cloud data and ensures applications work as intended.

Cloud Protection Manager (CPM), a solution the United States based firm N2W Software developed, strives to eliminate those worries.

Designed specifically for AWS, the product offers the ability to back up data as often as necessary, and it recovers that data faster than traditional on-site backup solutions.

n2ws“It’s a complex and new IT environment that’s viewed with a lot of uncertainty and challenges, but it doesn’t have to be,” says Jessica Eisenberg, an inbound marketer and customer success manager at N2W Software.

Employing a user-friendly web interface, CPM allows users to manage multiple AWS accounts and to configure policies and schedules to take automated snapshot backups. Clients can recover snapshots, individual volumes or even individual files almost instantaneously, and can recover both in another region or in another account.. It does all this while maintaining compliance with various privacy standards, such as HIPAA, a health data security law in the United States, and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.

The solution is especially important because, under its Shared Responsibility Model, Amazon is only responsible for the cloud infrastructure itself. However, the customer may assume liability for application software and utilities that it installs on the platform.

The solution is especially important because, under its Shared Responsibility Model, Amazon is only responsible for the cloud infrastructure itself. However, the customer may assume liability for application software and utilities that it installs on the platform.

Big Clients Sign On

The roots of N2W Software date back to 2010, when AWS user Uri Wolloch realized the need for simpler and more scalable backup and recovery capabilities. Wolloch quit his job and began working from home for almost two years to create the first beta version of Cloud Protection Manager.

Since its release, CPM has been used in virtually every vertical market, including finance, health care, mobile, IT, transport, and media. Companies rapidly joined in as enterprises started to weigh the risks of even short periods of downtime. The company’s client list—now totaling more than 1,000 enterprises worldwide—includes the likes of Coca-Cola, Southwest Airlines, Cisco Systems, Oracle, Dyson, Harvard University, and media giant Time Inc.

“Our existing customer base contains the most progressive and forward-looking enterprises in the world—ones which are most interested in acquiring the latest and best cloud backup and disaster recovery technology in order to be prepared for the growing number of data breaches, ransomware attacks, errors, bugs, and weather-related disasters,” Eisenberg says.

The tech community seems to believe growth will only continue as more companies migrate to the cloud. N2W Software, based in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, completed two rounds of funding in 2017, which was when it also brought in Jason Judge as its new CEO and Andy Langsam as COO.

At that time, the organization’s physical presence swelled to keep up. It now has a development center in Haifa, Israel, as well as satellite offices in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Bucharest, Romania. In January, the private Swiss firm Veeam announced its acquisition of N2W Software for $42.5 million, saying it will continue to operate the business as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Award Boosts Product Awareness

Among the rewards of the buyout was an introduction to the Stevie® Awards, several of which Veeam won in 2015. 

“We knew the Stevies were the premier business awards and that the awarding body is an organization that takes honoring achievements and innovation very seriously,” Eisenberg says.

The panel of judges recognized N2W Software this summer for its pioneering technology. In 2018, N2WS won a Gold Stevie Award in The American Business Awards for New Product or Service of the Year category for Software – Cloud Storage & Backup Solution. The judges noted the efficacy and disaster recovery benefits of CPM, as well as its specialized features, such as robust reporting, alerting, auditing, and dashboard functions.

“The excitement surrounding our company and product is clear recognition of the company’s progress and main goal: to create peace of mind for our customers with valuable data and mission-critical applications in the public cloud,” says Eisenberg. “It has already brought added awareness for customers on AWS that both small glitches and disastrous backup failures can be easily avoided and any single level of downtime can be mitigated.”

Topics: American business awards, it awards, new product awards, tech awards

Finalists in 2018 Stevie Awards for Great Employers Announced

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Aug 16, 2018 @ 09:02 AM

Finalists in the 2018 (third annual) Stevie Awards for Great Employers, an international competition, were announced today. The awards recognize the world’s best employers and the human resources professionals, teams, achievements, and HR-related products and suppliers who help to create and drive great places to work.    

Among the organizations with the most finalist nominations are Benefex (United Kingdom), Deutsche Telekom Services Europe GmbH (Germany), ej4 (USA), Tata Consultancy Services (India), and Turkcell (Turkey).

For a full list of finalists by category, visit www.StevieAwards.com/HR.   

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All finalists will ultimately be named Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie Award winners. The placements will be revealed during a gala event on Friday, September 21, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Tickets are now on sale. The presentations will be broadcast live via Livestream.

More than 550 nominations from organizations from 21 nations were evaluated in this year’s competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 60 professionals worldwide, acting as judges. The Stevie Awards for Great Employers recognize achievement in many facets of the workplace. Categories include:

  •    Employer of the Year
  •    HR Achievements
  •    HR Individual Awards
  •    HR Team Categories
  •    Solution Provider Awards
  •    More than 50 New Product & Service Categories

Stevie Award placements in the 35 Employer of the Year categories will be determined by a unique blending of the ratings of professionals and the votes of the general public. More than 24,000 votes were cast by members of the public for their favorite employer this year.

The awards are presented by the Stevie Awards, which organizes several of the world’s leading business awards shows including the prestigious International Business Awards® and American Business Awards®.

Topics: hr awards, human resources awards, new product awards, great employers, employers awards

Innovative Scorecard Helps Patients and Doctors Get Prescriptions With Ease

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, Aug 15, 2018 @ 11:24 AM

There’s nothing more aggravating for a healthcare patient than driving to a pharmacy to pick up a prescription and then learning his or her insurance company won’t cover the cost.

It’s a frustrating scenario for retailers and doctors, too. A significant portion of the medications the pharmacy staff fill won’t be taken home by the patient. Providers then have to go back to the beginning, contacting insurance providers to see if another drug will be covered by the patient’s insurance plan.

The shift toward electronic prior authorization, or ePA, is trying to put the brakes on those system inefficiencies. This trend has been steadily gaining momentum, thanks to wider electronic health record (EHR) usage and new state-level laws aimed at cutting medical costs and improving patient outcomes.

covermymedsFor those who work in the health care industry, it can be hard to keep up with all those developments. Each year, the technology firm CoverMyMeds works with an advisory group of industry experts to publish the annual ePA National Adoption Scorecard, which highlights the progress of ePA in the United States. Readers get up-to-date information on individual state mandates involving prior authorization, as well as updates on what’s happening at the federal level.

The 2018 edition of the scorecard also includes sections on two new areas of opportunity: real-time prescription benefits (RTPB) and solutions geared toward specialty medications.

“As electronic prior authorization implementation continues to increase, the industry is looking for new ways to enhance ePA functionality to benefit industry stakeholders, to continue fueling adoption from pharmacists and providers, and to benefit the patient,” says Perry Lewis, VP of industry relations at CoverMyMeds, whose main offices are in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, United States.

The latest version of the innovative report earned the company a Gold Stevie® Award for the Best Annual Report in the Online/Electronic category at The 16th Annual American Business Awards..

“The Stevie Award validates all the hard work we put together on our scorecard,” said the CoverMyMeds VP of industry relations, Lewis, at the awards ceremony.

Automating the Process

Even today, many prior authorization requests to the pharmacy and health plan are completed manually—usually by phone or fax. This time-consuming process often leads to patients to abandoning their prescriptions at the pharmacy 36 percent of the time, according to CoverMyMeds.

That creates perils for the patient, who sees an increased risk of future health complications by not taking a prescribed medication. It also means the various players in the health care industry—providers, pharmacies, and insurance plans—allocate unnecessary resources to getting a drug approved. The scorecard notes, for example, that providers who rely exclusively on electronic preauthorization spend 2.5 fewer hours a week on these tasks.

It’s no wonder, then, the sector is quickly gravitating toward ePA, a trend that the proliferation of electronic health records has aided over the past several years. ePA streamlines the process by allowing a physician or other provider to initiate the approval while using the e-prescribing feature of the EHR.

“The most successful ePA strategies also connect the pharmacy to initiate an ePA that was missed at the point of prescribing, and they allow the provider to complete a pharmacy-initiated PA electronically in their EHR or in a designated ePA web portal,” the scorecard says.

Today, 90 percent of insurance payers use ePA, and 96 percent are committed to implementing the method soon. Meanwhile, virtually every pharmacy chain in the country has expressed an intention to use ePA. A growing number of states are adopting ePA language aimed at speeding up the usage rate.

Since its inception in 2008, CoverMyMeds has been at the forefront on this industry change, offering a platform that incorporates nearly every payer and prescription drug on the market. The company, which McKesson Corporation acquired in April 2017, now works with more than 500 EHRs, 62,000 pharmacies, and 700,000 providers in the United States.

The organization launched its yearly National Adoption Scorecard in 2015 as a way to help key stakeholders stay current on legislative updates and other news involving ePA implementation.

The Stevie win not only gave CoverMyMeds a valuable accolade but helped motivate the company to build on the scorecard’s success.

“Since learning about the award,” Lewis says, “the team decided to create a second report that provides an objective overview of real-time benefit check, a technology innovation that surfaces patient-specific prescription benefit details at the point of prescribing.”

References: https://www.covermymeds.com/main/insights/rtbc-scorecard/ 

Topics: American business awards, annual report awards, publication awards, top business awards

Stevie Awards Announce Winners in 15th Annual International Business Awards® from Across the Globe

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Aug 09, 2018 @ 09:26 AM

Business Awards Program to Celebrate Excellence Worldwide at London Event

High-achieving organizations and executives around the world have been recognized as Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in The 15th Annual International Business Awards®, the world's only international, all-encompassing business awards program.

Nicknamed the Stevies from the Greek word "crowned," the awards will be presented at a gala event on Saturday, 20 October at the InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel in London, United Kingdom. Tickets for the event are on sale now at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.

IBA 2017 fb photo-1Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie winners were selected from more than 3,900 nominations received from organizations and individuals in 74 nations. All organizations worldwide are eligible to compete in The International Business Awards, and can submit entries in a wide range of categories, including management awards, company of the year awards, marketing awards, public relations awards, customer service awards, human resources awards, new product awards, IT awards, web site awards and more. 

More than 270 executives worldwide participated on 12 juries this year to determine the Stevie winners.

Among the top winners of Gold Stevie Awards are Telkom Indonesia with 14; Switching-Time, China (six); ASDA’A BCW, United Arab Emirates (five); Makers Nutrition, USA (five); PJ Lhuillier, Inc, Philippines (five); and Reklam5 Digital Agency, Turkey (five). Winners of four Gold Stevie Awards include Akbank, Turkey; Cisco, worldwide; FIS, USA; GXEVER, China; Jeunesse Global, USA; LLORENTE & CUENCA, Spain; Magnet20, Turkey; Ooredoo Group, worldwide; PT Petrokimia Gresik, Indonesia; Ribose, Hong Kong; Thai Life Insurance, Thailand; Turk Telekom, Turkey; and Yapi Kredi Bank, Turkey.

DHL Express, worldwide, have 46 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award wins. Other organizations with eight or more Stevie wins include CROWDCONSULTANTS 360 Gmbh, Germany; Manila Electric Company, Philippines; Marco de Comunicación, Spain; Port It Global, Kenya; Sahibinden.com, Turkey; Thai Life Insurance, Thailand; Twenty Twenty Media Pvt. Ltd, India; and Vakifbank, Turkey. The five countries that have the most winning nominations are the United States, Turkey, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Indonesia.

A complete list of all 2018 Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners by category is available at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.

During the week of 20 August the winners of the Best of the IBA Awards, five best-of-competition prizes, will be announced.  Winners will be determined by a tally of the total number of Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevies won by organizations, and will be presented with Grand Stevie Award trophies in London.

For high-resolution photos of the Stevie Award trophy or International Business Awards logo, visit http://stevieawards.com/iba/photos-and-logos. Other information and resources for press are available at http://stevieawards.com/iba/media-inquiries-news-service-list

Topics: app awards, website awards, International business awards, PR awards, International Awards

Showcasing Health, Wealth, and Stealth

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Tue, Aug 07, 2018 @ 04:18 PM

Stroll through the Personal Growth Expo on Australia’s Gold Coast, and you’ll likely see exhibits hosted by reiki practitioners, nutritional supplement companies, and even psychics. You could easily mistake it for an alternative medicine conference if not for the fact its attendees are mostly small business owners.

All the spirituality-based presenters at this expo, however, have one very down-to-earth goal in mind: to help entrepreneurs increase their bottom line. The expo is the brainchild of Susan Jane, who believes personal wellness and business success are inextricably related. A few years ago, she developed the event to help small business owners in all aspects of their lives.

“The original tagline was ‘Get your head right, get your body right, and get your business right,’” says Jane.

Personal expoThe expo focuses on three aspects of success: health, wealth (gained from business skills), and what Jane calls “stealth.” With the expo, Jane seeks to emphasize all the aspects of life that tend to go below the radar, such as one’s mind-set, emotions, relationships, and spirituality.

Next to the stalls for personal trainers and relationship specialists, participants can find presenters imparting more conventional business skills, such as finance, information technology, and intellectual property. Each year, attendees can listen to an array of professional speakers, participate in workshops, and network with other operators.

“A big part of what we do is allowing small businesses the option of showcasing the amazing things they do in their communities,” Jane says.

The unique event earned a devoted following on Australia’s Gold Coast, and Jane expects between four hundred and six hundred attendees at this year’s expo on the 4th of November. Attendees will find more than seventy exhibitors, ranging from business service providers to practitioners focusing on health and wellness.

The Personal Growth Expo is currently looking at holding expos on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba region, and northern New South Wales. The expo then hopes to move into Victoria, Australia, and further north toward Cairns, Australia.

The expo earned a string of accolades, including two Stevies at the fifth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards. In addition to winning a bronze award for Innovation in Consumer Events, Jane won the bronze for Most Innovative Communications Professional of the Year.

An Unexpected Career Turn

Despite all her recent success, being an expo developer wasn’t exactly what Jane had in mind when she returned to school in 2009 to get a degree in public health promotion. When the state government dissolved many public health positions shortly after her graduation, however, it became clear Jane needed a new plan.

Sensing she still had plenty of insight to offer, she wrote, published, and marketed her first book on personal development—all on a shoestring budget. She then wrote three more books focusing on how readers can grow in their personal and professional lives. In addition to the writing, she is also a mentor, public speaker, and coach for young athletes in her area.

The expo, she says, was an extension of her desire to help people reach their full potential, and getting the first one off the ground was very much a group effort.

“Someone suggested I do a live video callout on Facebook,” she recalls. “Within an instant, I had a photographer, a professional speaker, and an event organizer willing to assist. When the expo went from ‘I’ to ‘we,’ planning blossomed with new ideas from the team.”

Over the years, the event snowballed, bringing in small business owners who saw the need for a more holistic approach to their development strategies. Part of its success, Jane believes, is her team’s insistence on balancing the needs of the exhibitors and attendees.

“Everything we do has a win-win result,” says Jane. “If only one side wins from a program, display, or action, it’s stripped back down and reassessed until we know all parties win in some way, shape, or form.”

With two Stevie Awards now on her shelf, Jane hopes to continue attracting enthusiastic crowds and getting more service providers to back the expo.

“Winning the awards has certainly given us more credibility, especially when seeking sponsors for the events,” she says.

Topics: innovation awards, Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, top business awards, business developement, asia pacific awards

Pushing Real Estate Boundaries with New Opportunities in Print

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Aug 02, 2018 @ 09:59 AM

Real estate is about more than just helping people buy and sell houses; it’s about building communities where families and friends can thrive. Long & Foster (L&F) has guided people home since 1968, and it has become the no. 1 independent brand, by sales volume, in the United States. The productive commercial and residential business has sold more than $31.1 billion worth of buildings, and they helped people buy and sell homes nearly 85,000 times in 2017 alone. To cap it off, they also produce and publish Long & Foster magazine that won the Silver Stevie® Award for Best Print Publication in The 2018 American Business Awards.

Pushing the Boundaries

long and fosterL&F is a full-service brokerage firm that offers residential and commercial real estate, mortgage, settlement, insurance, property management, corporate relocation, and vacation rental services.

Over the last year, they overhauled and improved their magazine by pushing the boundaries with art, design, and editorials. Winning the Silver Stevie helps validate those important changes.

“We'll continue to push the magazine in this direction by adding quality content and leading-edge design that serve our readership,” says the magazine’s managing editor, Spencer Macli.

L&F Real Estate has over 230 offices, stretching from Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, to Fair Haven, New Jersey, United States, and from Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States, to the Atlantic Ocean. It represents nearly 11,000 agents in seven Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states, plus the District of Columbia in the United States.

Starting Small with Big Aspirations

L&F has been around for 50 years, and naturally they’ve witnessed many major changes in the real estate industry. However, they consistently adapted and evolved to remain a leader in the marketplace. In recent years, they’ve experienced firsthand how technology has had a significant impact on real estate—specifically on the way buyers and sellers conduct research.

“There is an abundance of web and mobile apps that have altered the real estate industry in a positive way,” Macli says. “Staying ahead of trends and being a technology leader are at the heart of our mission, and that is why we continue to adapt to the changing ways our clients and potential clients access information about real estate.”

Two guys in a tiny office originally founded the company with little more than a desire to be the best real estate company for agents, employees, and clients. This idea grew into the largest independent real estate brand in the country.

“Cofounder Wes Foster still comes into the office, and he is regularly spotted in the cafeteria talking with employees and offering ideas and encouragement. Without his dedication and commitment, this award-winning magazine would never have been possible. If there's one person to thank for the Stevie, it's likely him,” states Macli.

The Ripple Effect

L&F serves an audience that spans the entire Mid-Atlantic region and is comprised of an engaged readership interested in all aspects of luxury living. To provide the best product for that audience, L&F team members habitually research ideas, discuss their creative direction, and challenge each other.

One particular partnership has been influential in the publication’s success: Christie’s, one of the world’s most recognizable luxury brands. Last year, L&F earned Christie's Affiliate of the Year, which, no doubt, had a positive ripple effect on the magazine.

“Our team strives to surprise and to delight our targeted audience on every page of every issue,” says Macli. “This is the core of our mission as we offer unique insight into luxury living.”

Topics: American business awards, publication awards, top business awards