Amplifire Learning Achieves FedRAMP LI-SaaS Authorization

BOULDER, Colo., July 21, 2021/PRNewswire/ – Amplifire, the industry leader in adaptive learning software used by healthcare, education, and corporations, today announced that it has received FedRAMP LI-SaaS authorization.

FedRAMP is a government-wide program that promotes the adoption of secure cloud services across the federal government by providing a standardized approach to security and risk assessment for cloud technologies and federal agencies.

With an LI-SaaS authorization, government agencies such as the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) can use Amplifire’s adaptive learning platform to deploy essential courses designed to improve healthcare and business outcomes, while significantly improving the learning experience for federal government employees.

The Veterans Health Administration is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care to over 9 million veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. In 2015 they launched the VHA Innovators Network (iNET), designed to empower its employees with innovative products and services to better serve veterans and their families.

The VA Rocky Mountain Network (VISN19) selected Amplifire as their vendor of choice for delivering training to their clinicians because it is an innovator in the learning technology space. Built on cognitive science principles, the Amplifire learning platform fosters rapid learning and long-term retention while adapting to each learners’ existing knowledge base. It fills knowledge gaps and uncertainty and is unique in its ability to detect and correct confidently held misinformation—a hidden risk that can hinder performance and lead to costly mistakes.

VISN19 is using Amplifire to deliver courses that focus on reducing Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs) such as Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) and Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI). So far, the CAUTI course has been deployed at the Salt Lake City location, with a rollout to Eastern Colorado to soon follow.

“It is an honor to support the VHA and their efforts to improve healthcare delivery and service for the Veteran community,” said Dr. Bryan Bushick, Amplifire’s General Manager, Healthcare, and the company’s Chief Healthcare Innovation Officer. “Amplifire’s adaptive learning platform and available healthcare courses help clinicians and healthcare systems improve performance, reduce risk and enhance caregiver wellness.”

About Amplifire
Recent discoveries in cognitive science have established a new era of greater human potential. The Amplifire learning platform uses these findings to help customers make learning stick, eliminate mistakes, and change behavior that results in enhanced performance and prosperity. Healthcare, education, and large corporations use Amplifire’s patented learning algorithms, knowledge analytics, and diagnostic capabilities to drive improved outcomes that lead to an exceptional return on their investment in knowledge.

Amplifire To Launch New MAX 737 Return to Service Course

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Amplifire is proud to announce it has worked with Canadian airline WestJet to develop a B737 MAX Return to Service course. The course will be used as a part of the training to help pilots prepare for the MAX return to Canadian skies. It is being distributed to WestJet pilots between December 2020 and March 2021.

The new course consists of two modules; one on Ground Operations and the other on Flight Operations which focus on the recent changes to the MCAS function. The Amplifire course is layered in between Boeing’s CBT modules and learning literature to act as a knowledge check and provide evidence of learning. Once pilots have mastered the course, they will receive simulator training to put their knowledge into practice and demonstrate proficiency.

“Utilization of the Amplifire software tool provides user training using unique brain science-based learning and is a powerful tool for Evidence-Based Training (EBT) that will use actual WestJet Pilot data to help Flight Operations shape dedicated areas of focus,” said Jimmy Dean Porter, WestJet’s Chief Pilot and co-developer of the course.

Built on the latest cognitive science principles, the platform’s algorithms adapt to fill each individual’s unique learning needs. Learner analytics provide valuable managerial insights into learner progress, mastery, struggle, and precision guidance for personalized coaching.

“We are honored to work with WestJet in deploying this course,” said Dan Morley, VP of Amplifire. “The platform is another tool that ensures the safety of WestJet’s guests and crews as they return their MAX aircraft to service.”

“The work by Transport Canada and other independent regulators around the globe, in combination with our own preparation, processes and due diligence, gives us confidence in safely returning these aircraft to service,” continued Porter.

About Amplifire

21st century discoveries in cognitive science have established a new era of greater human potential. The Amplifire eLearning platform uses these findings to help our customers make learning stick, eliminate mistakes, and change behavior that results in enhanced performance and prosperity.  Healthcare, education, and Fortune 500 companies use Amplifire’s patented learning algorithms, knowledge analytics, and diagnostic capabilities to drive improved outcomes that lead to an exceptional return on their investment in knowledge.

Amplifire Secures Patent for Analytics Regarding the Confidence of Learners

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Amplifire, an eLearning company, announced today the award of an additional patent by the United States Patent Office. Amplifire holds patents issued in the US, EU, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and other countries and jurisdictions worldwide. The new patent is titled Display and Report Generation Platform for Testing Results.

The new patent, US Patent No. 10,803,765, is directed to aspects of Amplifire’s learning platform, which includes unique Answer Key and Reporting Dashboard features. The Answer Key allows learners to signify both their confidence and answer choice in one click, which fosters greater metacognition. The Reporting Dashboard builds visual analytics displaying a learner’s misinformation, uncertainty, and struggle in bar charts and heatmaps. Search and sorting features allow managers or instructors to see their organization’s knowledge at any scale, from individual to team to division, and across the enterprise.

“Our customers view knowledge as a strategic way to compete.”

Confidence measures shown in the reporting dashboard are essential because confidence is the precursor to human behavior. It appears as internal thoughts such as, “I’ve got this,” or, “I haven’t a clue what to do.” The Amplifire dashboard reports and sorts using the confidence a learner displayed when they answered questions in the assessment phase of learning and subsequent refreshers. The most dangerous form of confidence occurs when a learner is sure but incorrect, referred to as confidently held misinformation, driving them towards a mistake.

The ability to see how confidence is bound to knowledge gives learning officers, administrators, and instructors a window into the risk of future mistakes in their workforce. Visualizing human fallibilities such as misinformation, uncertainty, and struggle lends unprecedented guidance to managers and instructors. For the first time, they can see the people who improve in the platform, where pockets of risk lie, and who needs at-the-elbow help.

Amplifire CEO, Bob Burgin, noted, “We are proud that the US Patent Office noticed our reporting dashboard’s unique features and awarded our efforts with a patent. Amplifire’s product development team regularly thinks up new ways to help people overcome the knowledge problems inherent in the human condition. Our customers view knowledge as a way to compete. They understand it’s strategically in their interest to help their people reach new levels of performance.”

About Amplifire

With over 2.4 billion learner interactions, Amplifire (www.amplifire.com) is the leading adaptive learning platform built from discoveries in brain science that help learners master information faster, retain knowledge longer, and perform their jobs better. It detects and corrects the knowledge gaps and misinformation that exist in the minds of all humans so they can better attain their real potential. Healthcare, education, and Fortune 500 companies use Amplifire’s patented learning algorithms, analytics, and diagnostics to drive exceptional outcomes with a significant return on their investment.

Ariadne Labs and Amplifire Develop Online Training on Serious Illness Care Program COVID-19

BOSTON, MA., Sep. 03, 2020 /Ariadne Labs/ — Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Amplifire, an innovative knowledge engineering and training platform, today announced the launch of an online educational module developed to introduce clinicians to Ariadne Labs’ Serious Illness Care Program’s COVID-19 Conversation Guide. This collaboration brings Ariadne Labs’ tools and content expertise into a unique online format, allowing for further spread of the toolkit to clinicians nationwide.

“People can become very sick very quickly with COVID-19. As COVID-19 spread, clinicians needed to engage in difficult conversations to help patients and families understand the illness and make complex care decisions in a way that was both kind and effective,” said Erik Fromme, MD, Faculty on the Serious Illness Care Program. “Building on nearly a decade of experience and research in serious illness communication, our team set out to address this need, developing the COVID-19 Conversation Guide and a suite of tools to support learning and implementation.”

Amplifire is a virtual learning platform that detects and corrects confidently held misinformation and knowledge gaps across a variety of industries, including health care.

“It is a privilege working with Ariadne to address the critical topic of serious illness care. Their wisdom on compassionate patient-centered care combined with Amplifire’s adaptive learning platform is a powerful combination in the midst of COVID-19. We look forward to growing our collaboration to disseminate their knowledge of serious illness care to providers across the country and around the world,” said Bob Burgin, CEO of Amplifire.

Amplifire’s health care education tools aim to help clinicians improve performance by identifying and addressing uncertainty, knowledge gaps, and misinformation, leading to reductions in clinician error and improved patient outcomes. The Amplifire Healthcare Alliance brings together a broad range of health care systems working to drive better decision making in health care.

“At Ariadne Labs, we’re committed to innovating for simple, scalable solutions that drive better care for every patient, everywhere, every time,” said Evan Benjamin, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Ariadne Labs. “Through this collaboration, we have the opportunity to expand the reach of our tools to support more clinicians in having important conversations with their patients during this pandemic.”

Ariadne Labs and Amplifire also plan to develop online learning content for additional Ariadne tools from the Serious Illness Care Program, along with material from the Safe Surgery Safe Systems Program.

Additional information about the course and how to access the tool can be found on the Amplifire website.

AAMI to Leverage Cognitive Science to Deliver Online Training

ARLINGTON, VA., July 28, 2020 /AAMI/ — Over the last two years, the Association for the Advancement of Medical instrumentation (AAMI) has been transforming and modernizing to better serve members and stakeholders. Now, the organization is announcing a new strategic partnership, one aimed at delivering revolutionary online training.

“We’ve invested heavily in upgrading our education offerings—overhauling core components of our curriculum, investing in new courses and certifications, and launching our state-of-the-art AAMI Center for Excellence to support classroom-based and live-streamed training,” noted Rob Jensen, president and CEO of AAMI. “Now, we’re turning our attention to transforming the delivery of online education. To that end, we are delighted to announce a strategic partnership with Amplifire, the leader in leveraging cognitive science to radically improve training outcomes.”

“This isn’t just about using online learning to drive down the cost curve or facilitate distribution,” said Robert Burroughs, senior vice president of education at AAMI. “It’s about leveraging science to do something we couldn’t even imagine doing 20 years ago – in the classroom or online.”

The platform was developed by neuroscientists and cognitive experts from Harvard and six leading academic institutions. Amplifire’s strategy of using memory “triggers” to  promote rapid learning and long-term retention will now be harnessed for crucial industry training.

“This is a game-changer for medical device manufacturers, and can be used for compliance education with QA and RA staff, and with educating customers on how to safely and effectively use medical devices,” said Dr. Bradley Schoener, AAMI vice president of innovation.

“Even better, Amplifire has made the invisible visible,” added Burroughs. “It’s now possible to get an accurate snapshot of your workforce’s competency before and after training. I’ve been focused on organizational effectiveness for 20 years and this is the first time I’ve felt we have the power to really do something radically different and better than we could before the advent of online learning.”

As a part of the strategic partnership, AAMI will become a member of the Amplifire Healthcare Alliance, leveraging AAMI expertise to add medical device and health technology courses to the Alliance network. In addition, AAMI will work directly with medical device manufacturers, independent service organizations, and healthcare delivery organizations to develop custom solutions utilizing the Amplifire platform.

“AAMI is the de facto world leader driving the safe and effective use of healthcare devices,” said Bob Burgin, CEO of Amplifire. “Their standards are used worldwide in manufacturing, servicing, and healthcare delivery; their education programs set the bar for quality; and AAMI members, like members of our own Science Board, are thought-leaders in their field. We can’t wait to see what they can do with the Amplifire platform at their disposal.”

Amplifire (www.amplifire.com) is the leading results-based learning platform built from discoveries in brain science proven to help individuals learn faster, retain knowledge longer, and perform better. Healthcare, education and Fortune 500 companies use Amplifire’s patented learning algorithms, knowledge analytics, and diagnostic capabilities to drive improved outcomes with a significant return on investment.

About AAMI

AAMI (www.aami.org) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1967. It is a diverse community of more than 9,000 healthcare technology professionals united by one important mission—supporting the healthcare community in the development, management, and use of safe and effective health technology. AAMI is the primary source of consensus standards, both national and international, for the medical device industry, as well as practical information, support, and guidance for health technology and sterilization professionals.

About Amplifire

Amplifire (www.amplifire.com) is the leading results-based learning platform built from discoveries in brain science proven to help individuals learn faster, retain knowledge longer, and perform better. Healthcare, education and Fortune 500 companies use Amplifire’s patented learning algorithms, knowledge analytics, and diagnostic capabilities to drive improved outcomes with a significant return on investment.

Students at CompTIA Authorized Academic Partner Schools Can Continue Their IT Studies with Free Resources from CompTIA and Amplifire

Downers Grove, Ill., April 14, 2020 /CompTIA-Newsroom/– CompTIA, the global information technology (IT) industry trade association, and Amplifire, the leading eLearning platform built from discoveries in brain science, announced today that they are offering free online resources to help students prepare to take their CompTIA certification exams.

Students attending any school that is a member of the CompTIA Authorized Academic Partner Program are eligible for free 60-day access to CertMaster Practice, the online exam prep tool that helps learners stay on track, maximize study time and prepare with confidence for their exams.

“Students and their instructors have put in long hours studying in anticipation of earning a CompTIA certification, only to see their preparations put on hold when schools closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said John McGlinchey, executive vice president for global certifications at CompTIA. “With free access to CertMaster Practice, we’re encouraging students to build on what they’ve learned in the classroom so they’re confident and prepared when the time comes to take their certification exam.”

“We are excited to be joining forces with CompTIA and their partners in assisting students during these uncertain times. CertMaster Practice is an engaging and effective learning tool that will allow these students to master the concepts needed to pass the certification exam and excel in their new careers,” said Greg Simmons, senior vice president, Amplifire Advanced Education.

Beginning on April 15 CompTIA will offer an online testing delivery option for its certification exams via Parson VUE’s OnVUE remote proctoring solution.

“Students can learn, practice and test at home with full confidence that they’re doing so on a highly-secure system that’s available anytime and anywhere,” McGlinchey said.

CertMaster Practice is an adaptive knowledge assessment tool designed specifically for exam preparation. It uses a question-first approach to determine what a learner has already mastered and what they still need to learn. Through personalized feedback, visual dashboards that display progress and other features, learners improve their confidence and increase their knowledge retention.

CertMaster Practice courses are available through this promotion for CompTIA ITF+ (IT Fundamentals), A+ (Core 1 and Core 2), Network+ and Security+ certifications.

The free CertMaster Practice offer is available to students who attend a school that is a member of the CompTIA Academic Partner Program. The offer is valid through the end of the current school year, June 15th. Students interested in access a free 60-day license for CertMaster Practice can register at https://www.comptia.org/content/lp/certmaster-practice-offer. Qualified applicants will receive instructions via email in 24-48 hours on how to get access. The offer is limited to one license per student.

CertMaster Practice is one of many learning and training resources available under the Official CompTIA Content brand, the only study material exclusively developed by CompTIA to support all of its certification exams. Visit https://www.comptia.org/training for more information.

About CompTIA

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5.2 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the estimated 75 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world’s economy. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for advancing the tech industry and its workforce. Visit www.comptia.org to learn more.

About Amplifire

ith over 2 billion learner interactions, Amplifire (www.amplifire.com) is the leading adaptive learning platform built from discoveries in brain science that’s proven to help learners master faster, retain knowledge longer, and perform better. It detects knowledge gaps and misinformation that exist in the minds of all humans so they can better attain their performance potential. Healthcare, education and Fortune 500 companies use Amplifire’s patented learning algorithms, knowledge analytics and diagnostic capabilities to drive exceptional outcomes with a significant return on their investment in learning.

HealthcareSource Partners with Amplifire Healthcare Alliance, Now Distributing Infection Prevention and Control (COVID-19) Essentials Course

WOBURN, Mass., April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — HealthcareSource, the leading provider of talent management solutions for the healthcare industry, is partnering with Amplifire, an innovative knowledge engineering and training platform, to distribute its Infection Prevention and Control Essentials – Rapid Refresher course to healthcare organizations across the U.S.

HealthcareSource now offering a course created by Amplifire in collaboration with ECRI and leading academic institutions, which identifies known areas of PPE misuse and provides a refresher on how to properly use PPE that will help save lives.

The course is designed to help frontline caregivers exposed to COVID-19 refresh their knowledge of proper PPE usage to better avoid catching the virus themselves or transmitting it to others. Unlike many other training courses available today, the course identifies known areas of PPE misuse while also directly addressing the consequences of PPE shortages.

“HealthcareSource is committed to providing healthcare organizations with resources and a learning infrastructure to educate and train their staff during this critical time. Partnering with Amplifire provides us with a scalable solution that will help healthcare organizations with emergency preparedness and infection control,” said Michael Grossi, CEO of HealthcareSource.

While frontline healthcare workers are fighting COVID-19, the proper usage of PPE is instrumental in keeping the spread to a minimum. But according to a 2018 study, 73% of caregivers failed to take appropriate precautions against infectious agent transmission. This course was created to help frontline workers identify potential errors when managing PPE – based on real data – and lessen their exposure to the virus.

Built with leading infection control and safety experts from ECRI and other academic institutions, this course will arm caregivers for the ongoing battle with COVID-19. Importantly, the course acknowledges that PPE supplies are dwindling and highlights effective equipment workarounds that can be broadly disseminated. Guidelines for PPE use will be frequently reviewed and adjusted, with course refreshers delivered to all caregivers.

“As devoted as our caregivers are, we cannot simply trust that they have the right knowledge to protect themselves and the patients with whom they interact while dealing with COVID-19. By quickly validating and refreshing critical knowledge, healthcare providers and frontline staff will have greater confidence and competence at this critical time,” noted Bob Burgin, Amplifire’s CEO.

“Amplifire’s patented learning algorithms, knowledge analytics, and diagnostic capabilities, allow healthcare organizations to rapidly refresh and validate frontline healthcare workers’ infection prevention and control knowledge to reduce risk and improve safety during this crisis,” said Mr. Grossi. “Our partnership with Amplifire furthers our commitment to support healthcare organizations in their fight to combat the coronavirus pandemic.”

For more information, register for our webinar on Thursday, April 9th at 2:00 p.m. ET to learn more about the course and how to enroll.

About HealthcareSource®

HealthcareSource offers the only comprehensive talent management suite designed specifically to support the healthcare talent ecosystem. Its software, services, content, and analytics enable more than 3,500 healthcare organizations, senior care providers, and staffing agencies, spanning over 6,000 locations, to ensure quality patient and client care by recruiting, retaining, and developing quality talent. HealthcareSource and its award-winning healthcare talent management solutions have been recognized by industry analysts and trade groups.

About Amplifire

With over two billion learner interactions, Amplifire (www.amplifire.com) is the leading knowledge engineering platform built from discoveries in cognitive science. Patented learning algorithms in Amplifire correct the misinformation, uncertainty, and knowledge gaps that exist in the minds of every individual.

About Amplifire Healthcare Alliance

The Amplifire Healthcare Alliance is an expanding consortium of leading healthcare organizations that are collaborating to transform care through clinical knowledge engineering. Members are united in identifying and remediating Confidently Held Misinformation and knowledge gaps among providers that cause avoidable harm and unreimbursed care, in order to elevate both clinical and financial performance. Our Healthcare Alliance partners across the US build and share courses in topics that reflect their expertise to help clinicians improve judgement and decision-making.

Amplifire Offers Infection Prevention and PPE Shortage Training to Protect Caregivers

BOULDER, Colo., March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Amplifire today released its Infection Prevention and Control and COVID-19 Essentials – Rapid Refresher course. This new course is designed for frontline caregivers who are fighting to minimize the spread of the outbreak by not acquiring the SARS-CoV-2 virus themselves or transmitting it to others. In contrast to many other training resources that have recently surfaced, this course focuses on known areas of misunderstanding regarding use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), while also directly addressing the consequences of PPE shortages.

Built with leading infection control and safety experts from ECRI and academic institutions, this course is meant to arm caregivers for the ongoing battle. It addresses measures that caregivers sometimes forget. For example, a 2018 study on infectious agent transmission in hospitals found 238 failures in 325 observations related to PPE.

Importantly, the course acknowledges that PPE supplies are dwindling and highlights effective equipment workarounds that are being broadly disseminated. Guidelines for PPE use will be frequently reviewed and adjusted, with course refreshers delivered to all caregivers.

Bob Burgin, CEO of Amplifire said that, “Knowledge gaps occur every day in healthcare settings. They will be starkly revealed during this crisis. We cannot take on a pandemic effectively if our frontline healthcare workers are unknowingly part of the spreading mechanism, or not able to come to work because they are sick.”

According to Dr. Brent James, Chairman of Amplifire’s Clinical Innovation Advisory Board and a recognized expert in healthcare quality and safety, “Passing out informational flyers and PowerPoint decks, or reminding caregivers about proper PPE usage will not suffice. There is not enough time for classroom training or lectures. Even if there was, we know that such training approaches are not effective. We must turn to the most advanced knowledge transfer tools being used by leading health systems for critical training in infection-oriented areas such as Sepsis, C-diff, and CLABSI. With such tools we can rapidly validate that a frontline caregiver understands the most effective infection control practices and the most effective PPE workarounds as supplies run low during this emergency.”

Dr. Brigitta Mueller, Executive Director of Patient Safety, Risk, and Quality at ECRI, a collaborator who helped design the course noted that, “By rapidly refreshing and validating vital knowledge about infection, healthcare providers and frontline staff will have greater confidence and competence at this unprecedented time.”

Amplifire is offering Infection Prevention and Control and COVID-19 Essentials at no cost to its Healthcare Alliance Members now using either the “Safety and Quality Essentials” or the “Compliance” libraries. Other healthcare systems can learn more about accessing the course here. It can be deployed directly to any size workforce through a link in an email or by using an organization’s learning management system.

About Amplifire Healthcare Alliance

The Amplifire Healthcare Alliance is an expanding consortium of leading healthcare organizations that are collaborating to transform care through clinical knowledge engineering. Members are united in identifying and remediating Confidently Held Misinformation and knowledge gaps among providers that cause avoidable harm and unreimbursed care, in order to elevate both clinical and financial performance.

About Amplifire

With over two billion learner interactions, Amplifire (www.amplifire.com) is the leading knowledge engineering platform built from discoveries in cognitive science. Patented learning algorithms in Amplifire correct the misinformation, uncertainty, and knowledge gaps that exist in the minds of every individual and leads to poor decision-making.

Olympus and Amplifire Jointly Develop Digital Learning Platform Aimed at Improving Patient Safety

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., and BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Olympus Corporation of the Americas and Amplifire today announced a partnership to improve patient safety with a new digital learning platform designed to improve duodenoscope reprocessing by technicians. The new digital learning platform will be specifically designed for reprocessing the Olympus TJF-Q180V duodenoscope, which is a complex medical endoscope used to perform endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).

In 2016, Amplifire co-developed an electronic training course for reprocessing technicians on the exact steps for cleaning and disinfecting duodenoscopes. The course proved effective in helping technicians master the details of the multi-stage reprocessing process and overcome misinformation. Olympus has subsequently created a new course for the TJF-Q180V duodenoscope, offered electronically and based on its most current instructions for use, that focuses on the reprocessing steps during which mistakes often occur. The course is being made available through Amplifire to Olympus duodenoscope customers in the U.S., at no additional cost.

Amplifire transforms traditional training into an engaging, effective learning experience. According to learning and memory researcher Will Thalheimer, memory is extremely variable between different learners. Memory is also highly dependent on the tools and techniques used within a chosen training technology. Amplifire addresses these challenges with a patented process built from insights in cognitive science that increase levels of attention, motivation, and confidence, leading to greater human performance, especially when working under pressure. Leveraging Amplifire’s patented learning algorithms, knowledge analytics, and diagnostic capabilities, the new learning modules aim to improve consistency and outcomes in duodenoscope reprocessing.

“As a market leader in endoscopy, Olympus continues to be responsive to the changing needs of our customers to ensure patient safety,” said Kevin Mancini, Vice President for Marketing, Endoscopy Division, Olympus America, Inc. “Through this exciting new partnership with Amplifire, we are offering, at no cost, leading-edge education and training to ensure the highest levels of quality and safety in reprocessing our duodenoscopes. This effort is all about enhancing the capability of technicians and the wellbeing of patients.”

Amplifire CEO Bob Burgin noted, “We are excited to be joining forces with Olympus and their global effort to improve patient safety when using these essential life-saving devices. This partnership aligns with our core values and goals, as we aim for improved patient safety through clinical knowledge engineering. In a world of rapidly evolving bacterial threats to patient wellbeing, Olympus is united with us in helping healthcare organizations elevate technical performance and patient safety.”

For more information about the new learning module, visit https://medical.olympusamerica.com/interactive-duodenoscope-learning-module.

About Amplifire

With over two billion learner interactions, Amplifire (www.amplifire.com) is the leading knowledge engineering platform built from discoveries in cognitive science. Patented learning algorithms in Amplifire correct the misinformation, uncertainty, and knowledge gaps that exist in the minds of nearly all technicians and clinicians. Our Healthcare Alliance partners across the US build and share courses in topics that reflect their expertise to help clinicians improve judgement and decision-making. Alliance members use Amplifire as a strategic initiative that reduces their organizational knowledge risk, delivering a significant return on investment through performance gains and improved patient experience.

About Olympus Medical System Group

Olympus (medical.olympusamerica.com) is a global technology leader, crafting innovative optical and digital solutions in medical technologies; life sciences; industrial solutions; and cameras and audio products. Throughout our 100-year history, Olympus has focused on being true to society and making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling.

Our Medical Business works with health care professionals to combine our innovative capabilities in medical technology, therapeutic intervention, and precision manufacturing with their skills to deliver diagnostic, therapeutic and minimally invasive procedures to improve clinical outcomes, reduce overall costs and enhance quality of life for patients.

ⁱ Thalheimer, W. How Much Do People Forget? Work-Learning.com Retrieved. http://www.work-learning.com/catalog.html. Published April 2010. Accessed February 13, 2020.

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Health Catalyst and Amplifire Healthcare Alliance Unite to Boost Measurable Healthcare Improvements

Salt Lake City, UT—Jan. 30, 2020 —prnewswire (“Health Catalyst,” Nasdaq: HCAT) today announced a strategic partnership with Amplifire Healthcare Alliance to use clinical knowledge engineering to accelerate healthcare transformation. This long-term partnership will provide highly-targeted, quality improvement-oriented learning modules on a state-of-the-art learning platform.

Healthcare’s changing reimbursement frameworks are increasing risk, external accountability and exposure. Health Catalyst customers will gain immediate access through this partnership to Amplifire learning modules for front-line care givers to provide measurable improvements. Health Catalyst will bolster Amplifire’s platform by developing data literacy, improvement strategy and data governance educational content for five key roles:

• Data engineers, who aggregate and integrate data;
• Analytics engineers, who transform data into insights;
• Healthcare front-line managers, who use insights to propose improvement initiatives;
• Executive leaders, who prioritize, fund and champion improvement initiatives;
• Interdisciplinary improvement teams, who help front-line managers design, implement and sustain improvements.

These five roles are critical to establishing and accelerating a customer’s transformation flywheel that Health Catalyst CEO Dan Burton introduced at HAS19.

“Harnessing valuable data to pinpoint thousands of opportunities for clinical, financial and operational improvements is imperative for healthcare organizations,” said Tom Burton, co-founder and president of professional services of Health Catalyst. “The Amplifire partnership enables greater physician, nurse and other key staff members’ competency acquisition and retention around the knowledge required for deep improvements, and it will accelerate an organization’s ability to leverage analytics for massive improvement.”

Health Catalyst has more than a decade of proven success helping clients enhance quality and reduce variation in care and improving clinical, financial and operational performance despite the complexities and pace, amount and frequency of change. Now, Health Catalyst customers will be able to access a library of hundreds of learning modules focused on front-line care delivery professionals that can greatly enhance adoption of best practices.

Dr. Brent James, clinical professor in the Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC), Stanford University School of Medicine; and visiting lecturer, Harvard School of Public Health said, “I believe that this combination of smart professionals, topically focused and tightly educated around specific competencies, along with effective systems, has the potential to create a care delivery system that would perform far beyond what any of us now believe is possible.”

“The subject matter experts leading the learning modules development at our member organizations, including Partners HealthCare, Intermountain Healthcare, MedStar Health and UCHealth, have proven that we can efficiently deliver expert knowledge on a wider scale with higher impact,” said Bob Burgin, CEO, Amplifire. “This past year, we have begun to expand the focus across virtually every major area of an integrated delivery network. Historically, we lacked access to operational and data engineering capabilities to support this effort. Health Catalyst brings these capabilities to our partnership. We aren’t aware of anything close to this comprehensive solution provided by our combined offering.”

About Amplifire Healthcare Alliance

The Amplifire Healthcare Alliance is an expanding group of leading healthcare organizations that are collaborating to transform care through clinical knowledge engineering. Members are united in identifying and remediating Confidently Held Misinformation and knowledge gaps among providers that cause avoidable harm and unreimbursed care, in order to elevate both clinical and financial performance.

About Amplifire

Amplifire (www.amplifire.com) is the leading adaptive learning platform built from discoveries in brain science that’s proven to help learners master faster, retain knowledge longer, and perform better. It detects knowledge gaps and misinformation that exist in the minds of all humans so they can better attain their full performance potential. Healthcare, education and Fortune 500 companies use Amplifire’s patented learning algorithms, knowledge analytics and diagnostic capabilities to drive improved outcomes with a significant return on investment, while also enhancing the learning experience.

About Health Catalyst

Health Catalyst is a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations committed to being the catalyst for massive, measurable, data-informed healthcare improvement. Its customers leverage the cloud-based data platform—powered by data from more than 100 million patient records and encompassing trillions of facts—as well as its analytics software and professional services expertise to make data-informed decisions and realize measurable clinical, financial, and operational improvements. Health Catalyst envisions a future in which all healthcare decisions are data informed.