Sunquest Information Systems Engages Amendola Communications for PR and Content Creation Services

Amendola Communications, a nationally recognized, award-winning public relations, content creation and marketing firm specializing in healthcare and health information technology (HIT), is pleased to announce that Sunquest Information Systems has engaged Amendola for public relations and content creation services.

“Sunquest needed an agency that understood our market and had the ability to produce quality results,” said Connie Tso, vice president of marketing for Sunquest. “Having worked with Amendola in the past, I knew they could meet our needs. After our first month of engagement I’m further impressed by the firm’s expanded pool of talent.”

Tucson-based Sunquest is a developer of software solutions to automate laboratory operations and diagnostic processes across the continuum of care. The company has more than 30 years of experience providing comprehensive solutions that make healthcare smarter and patients safer by bringing highly reliable, timely, and relevant diagnostic information to the point of care.

“We are honored to partner with Sunquest at this particularly exciting time in their history,” said Jodi Amendola, CEO of Amendola. “After building a solid reputation for delivering quality solutions over the last 30 years, Sunquest is now expanding its traditional focus and introducing several innovative new products that advance interoperability, integration and connectivity within the diagnostic community. We look forward to working with Sunquest as they launch these new solutions over the next several months, introduce their new headquarters and innovation center, and debut new branding that reflects their expanded market focus.”

Under the terms of their agreement, Amendola Communications will provide Sunquest with broad PR services, including media research and aggressive media relations, and secure top-tier awards and speaking opportunities. The agency will also be responsible for delivering a range of content demonstrating the thought leadership and expertise of Sunquest subject matter experts including bylined articles, blog posts, press releases, and other materials.

About Sunquest Information Systems

Sunquest Information Systems Inc. provides diagnostic and laboratory information systems to more than 1,700 laboratories. For the past 30 years, Sunquest has delivered solutions that optimize financial results, enhance efficiency and improve the quality of patient care. The company’s pathology-focused mission, outreach awareness and point of care solutions establish Sunquest as a leader in the healthcare technology industry. Headquartered in Tucson, AZ, Sunquest also has offices in the United Kingdom and India.

About Amendola Communications

Amendola Communications is an award-winning national public relations, marketing communications, social media and content marketing firm. Named one of the best information technology (IT) PR firms in the nation for times by PRSourceCode, Amendola represents some of the best-known brands and groundbreaking startups in the healthcare and HIT industries. Amendola’s seasoned team of PR and marketing pros delivers strategic guidance and effective solutions to help organizations boost their reputation and drive market share. For more information about the PR industry’s “A Team,” visit www.acmarketingpr.com, and follow Amendola on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Media Contact: Michelle Ronan Noteboom | 512.426.2870 | mnoteboom@ACmarketingPR.com

Wanda Engages Amendola Communications for Public Relations and Content Creation

Amendola Communications, a nationally recognized, award-winning public relations, content creation and marketing firm specializing in healthcare and health information technology (HIT), is pleased to announce that San Francisco-based Wanda has selected Amendola for public relations and content creation services.

“We had excellent results working with Jodi and the Amendola team while I was at CareInSync, making it an easy decision to select Amendola for Wanda’s PR and content creation needs,” said Steve Curd, CEO of Wanda. “The Amendola team’s healthcare and technology experience is deep and they’ve developed strong relationships with the media and analyst communities. I’m confident that Amendola is the right partner to help us advance our mission to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of care, and the quality of life for people with chronic conditions.”

Wanda provides a digital health platform that connects the consumer and the clinical care team in a virtual network, intelligently collects critical vital and symptom information, and applies proven machine learning analytics to deliver ongoing risk analysis and decision support. Individuals are equipped to take better care of themselves and clinicians are able to more efficiently engage with those consumers when they need the most assistance maintaining a high quality of life at home.

“When Amendola is selected by a former customer, I view it as the ultimate compliment and a testament to the outstanding talent of our team,” said Jodi Amendola, CEO of Amendola. “We are excited to work with Steve and the Wanda management team as they work to help caregivers deliver better health outcomes and overcome the financial and human costs of managing chronic disease.”

With the shift to value-based medicine, clinicians are demanding innovation that facilitates more informed care decisions. By leveraging machine-learning, advanced analytics and algorithms, and remote monitoring technology, Wanda provides caregivers with more rapid access to better decision-making information, as compared to conventional methods.

Amendola Communications will provide broad PR services, including media research, aggressive media relations, and securing top-tier awards and speaking opportunities. The agency will also be responsible for delivering a range of content demonstrating the thought leadership and expertise of Wanda’s
subject matter experts including bylined articles, blog posts, press releases, and other materials.

About Wanda

San Francisco-based Wanda is dedicated to advancing the effectiveness and efficiency of medicine by using machine learning in place of conventional technologies and by enabling clinicians to make more informed care decisions. Wanda recognizes that remote monitoring and algorithms cannot save lives or reduce hospitalizations unless the individual and their caregivers are promptly informed and highly engaged. Through the collaboration of data science and applied medical research, Wanda has proven that its inline analytics predict preventable events much better than conventional methods. Wanda serves as a diligent companion, providing encouragement and intelligent visual guidance that simplifies and improves lives, while simultaneously helping organizations reduce their care delivery costs. More information about Wanda can be found HERE.

About Amendola Communications

Amendola Communications is an award-winning national public relations, marketing communications, social media and content marketing firm. Named one of the best information technology (IT) PR firms in the nation for times by PRSourceCode, Amendola represents some of the best-known brands and groundbreaking startups in the healthcare and HIT industries. Amendola’s seasoned team of PR and marketing pros delivers strategic guidance and effective solutions to help organizations boost their reputation and drive market share. For more information about the PR industry’s “A Team,” visit www.acmarketingpr.com, and follow Amendola on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Media Contact: Michelle Ronan Noteboom | 512.426.2870 | mnoteboom@ACmarketingPR.com

Digital Nutrition Innovator Zipongo Names Amendola Communications its Public Relations Agency of Record

Amendola Communications, a nationally recognized and award-winning public relations, content creation and marketing firm specializing in healthcare and health information technology (HIT), announced that it has been selected as the public relations agency of record for Zipongo, the digital health company that makes it easy to eat well.

Zipongo’s mission is to reduce chronic disease by positively impacting the one thing everyone does: eat. The San Francisco-based company provides highly personalized and medically relevant meal plans, recipes, and shopping lists tied to grocery loyalty cards, as well as a growing number of food-related innovations. Some of the nation’s largest employers and health plans use Zipongo to improve the health, satisfaction and productivity of employees and members by making it easy for them to eat healthy food at home, on the job and while eating out.

As part of Amendola’s comprehensive and aggressive public relations program for Zipongo, the agency has already delivered a New York Times article, “Wellness App Aims to Improve Workplace Nutrition,” in the Feb. 22 national edition of the newspaper and online. The Amendola team will provide Zipongo with ongoing strategic counsel on market developments and messaging to support media and analyst relations, as well as speaker and award initiatives.

“I’m delighted to have a public relations partner like Amendola, whose team has already demonstrated their ability to get us in front of the news,” said Scott Smith, Senior Vice President of Revenue for Zipongo. “Brands are built on what people are saying about you, not what you’re saying about yourself. We’ve already seen that the Amendola team can help foster critical relationships within healthcare and the benefits management industry, and position us as knowledgeable and trusted thought leaders.”

“Zipongo is one of the most exciting companies I’ve seen in a long time, with a unique means of addressing the single biggest influencer of population health what we eat,” said Jodi Amendola, CEO of Amendola Communications. “Until this week’s New York Times article, Zipongo was flying under the radar despite landing some of the nation’s best-known self-insured employers, health plans, and large provider organizations, who see the company as the answer to many of their wellness problems. Our deep knowledge of healthcare and technology media is helping to viralize the Zipongo story, which we believe with drive ever greater market success for the company.”

About Zipongo

Zipongo is a San Francisco-based digital health company that makes it easy to eat well. We work with employers, health plans and other wellness partners looking for an easy way to engage their members in healthy and sustainable eating habits that drive positive results. Zipongo’s proprietary MealRx personalization engine delivers individualized recommendations tied to convenient, real-time actions that enable healthy eating at home and at work, including healthy recipes, meal planning tools and discounts and incentives to healthy groceries. We provide a HIPAA-secure, easy-to-implement software-as-a-service platform that runs on web, mobile and tablet. Learn more at www.zipongo.com.

About Amendola Communications

Amendola Communications is an award-winning national public relations, marketing communications, social media and content marketing firm. Named one of the best information technology (IT) PR firms in the nation by PRSourceCode for four years running, Amendola represents some of the best-known brands and groundbreaking startups in the healthcare and healthcare IT industries. Amendola’s seasoned team of PR and marketing pros delivers strategic guidance and effective solutions to help organizations boost their reputation and drive market share. For more information about the PR industry’s “A Team,” visit www.acmarketingpr.com, and follow Amendola on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Media Contact: Todd Stein | tstein@acmarketingpr.com

Amendola Unveils Redesigned Website and Thought Leadership Blog

Amendola Communications, a nationally recognized, award-winning public relations, content creation and marketing firm specializing in healthcare and health information technology (HIT), has redesigned its website to create an immediately meaningful experience for visitors. Along with information about Amendola’s services and capabilities, the new site showcases the agency’s broad portfolio of successful client campaigns, plus incisive, insider advice for healthcare and technology organizations seeking to effectively communicate their message.

Following website best practices, Amendola’s new site emphasizes visual impact over text-heavy content, and features distinctive graphics and a color palette of rich ambers and other desert hues in a nod to Amendola’s Arizona headquarters.

Thought leadership advice from PR and marketing veterans

Just in time for HIMSS, Amendola’s free guide “Hacking HIMSS: Your Guide to Conquering the Annual Conference & Exhibition” and free eBooklet “Can I Quote You On That? Becoming a Media Interview Rock Star” are both available for download at the new website. Additionally, the new site includes a weekly blog from Amendola’s team of public relations and marketing veterans on all topics related to delivering an effective message in the healthcare and healthcare technology arena.

A platform for agency’s client work

An experienced agency, Amendola has a long track record of success and a portfolio of referenceable client work to prove it. The new site includes a prestigious collection of Amendola’s PR, marketing and creative work for clients like Health Catalyst, The Joint, Greater New Orleans Health Information Exchange, Bernouilli, Recondo and many others. A library of case studies outlining Amendola’s successful campaigns for public relations, marketing, content marketing, social media and strategic counseling initiatives is also on the new site.

“Every facet of Amendola’s redesigned website was created with the visitor in mind, from the eye-pleasing layout to easy access to samples of our work and a blog that answers the questions we most consistently hear from clients and the industry-at-large,” stated Jodi Amendola, CEO of Amendola Communications.

Visit Amendola’s new website at www.acmarketingpr.com.

About Amendola Communications

Amendola Communications is an award-winning national public relations, marketing communications, social media and content marketing firm. Named one of the best information technology (IT) PR firms in the nation for times by PRSourceCode, Amendola represents some of the best-known brands and groundbreaking startups in the healthcare and HIT industries. Amendola’s seasoned team of PR and marketing pros delivers strategic guidance and effective solutions to help organizations boost their reputation and drive market share. For more information about the PR industry’s A Team, visit www.acmarketingpr.com, and follow Amendola on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Media Contact:

Marcia Rhodes, Regional Managing Director | mrhodes@acmarketingpr.com

Amendola Unveils Redesigned Website

Article originally published by AXBigMedia.

Public relations firm Amendola Communications, which specializes in healthcare and health information technology (HIT), redesigned its website to create an immediately meaningful experience for visitors.

Along with information about Amendola’s services and capabilities, the new site showcases the agency’s broad portfolio of successful client campaigns, plus incisive, insider advice for healthcare and technology organizations seeking to effectively communicate their message.

Following website best practices, Amendola’s new site emphasizes visual impact over text-heavy content, and features distinctive graphics and a color palette of rich ambers and other desert hues in a nod to Amendola’s Arizona headquarters.

The new site includes a weekly blog from Amendola’s team of public relations and marketing veterans on all topics related to delivering an effective message in the healthcare and healthcare technology arena.

The new site includes a collection of Amendola’s PR, marketing and creative work for clients like Health Catalyst, The Joint, Greater New Orleans Health Information Exchange, Bernouilli, Recondo and many others. A library of case studies outlining Amendola’s successful campaigns for public relations, marketing, content marketing, social media and strategic counseling initiatives is also on the new site.

“Every facet of Amendola’s redesigned website was created with the visitor in mind, from the eye-pleasing layout to easy access to samples of our work and a blog that answers the questions we most consistently hear from clients and the industry-at-large,” said Jodi Amendola, CEO of Amendola Communications.

Visit Amendola’s new website at www.acmarketingpr.com.

Aprima Selects Amendola Communications For Public Relations and Content Creation

Amendola Communications, a nationally recognized, award-winning public relations, content creation and marketing firm specializing in healthcare and health information technology (HIT), is pleased to announce that Aprima Medical Software, Inc. has selected Amendola to provide public relations and content creation services.

“Since the advent of government regulations under Meaningful Use and the evolution into alternative payment models, Aprima has brought to market innovative software and excellence in customer implementation and support, complemented by an industry leading Revenue Cycle Management offering,” said Michael Nissenbaum, president and CEO of Aprima. “We needed a firm that has proven experience and connectivity to effectively communicate this great story. Amendola’s strong history and track record was the perfect choice.”

Carrollton, TX-based Aprima offers a fully integrated, single application, single database EHR/PM solution, as well as complete RCM services. Its no-template design is chief-complaint driven with an adaptive learning capability based on a user’s style and habits. Aprima performs all development, support and implementation from the U.S.

Amendola Communications will provide broad PR services, including media research, aggressive media relations, and securing top-tier awards and speaking opportunities. The agency will also be responsible for delivering a range of content demonstrating the thought leadership and expertise of Aprima’s subject matter experts including bylined articles, blog posts, press releases, and other materials.

“Aprima is one of the healthcare industry’s most-established and respected providers of IT solutions for medical practices,” said Jodi Amendola, CEO of Amendola. “They have a reputation for consistently delivering innovative products and quality support, which has allowed them to build a large network of happy customers. We are excited by the opportunity to partner with the Aprima team to advance their PR goals and provide quality marketing content.”

About Aprima

Aprima provides innovative electronic health record, practice management and revenue cycle management solutions for medical practices. The Aprima EHR/PM is an integrated system built on a single database. Aprima uses a fast, flexible design that adapts automatically to a physician’s workflow and sets the benchmark for ease-of-use, speed and flexibility. Aprima is one of the few companies with an 18-year track record of success, including Certification for Meaningful Use Stage 2. Thousands of Aprima users are benefiting from improved quality of care, improved patient satisfaction, improved quality of life and an improved bottom line. Based in Carrollton, TX, Aprima performs all development, support and implementation from the U.S. To learn more about how Aprima can help your practice, please visit www.aprima.com, call us at 866-960-6890, option 7, or email us at info@aprima.com.

About Amendola Communications

Amendola Communications is an award-winning national public relations, marketing communications, social media and content marketing firm. Named one of the best information technology (IT) PR firms in the nation for times by PRSourceCode, Amendola represents some of the best-known brands and groundbreaking startups in the healthcare and HIT industries. Amendola’s seasoned team of PR and marketing pros delivers strategic guidance and effective solutions to help organizations boost their reputation and drive market share. For more information about the PR industry’s A Team, visit www.acmarketingpr.com, and follow Amendola on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Media Contact: Michelle Ronan Noteboom |512.426.2870 |mnoteboom@ACmarketingPR.com