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Numera Expands Executive Team to Lead Next Generation Telehealth + Social + Mobile Initiatives
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Seattle, WA (PRWEB) February 17, 2012
Numera today announced appointments for two key leadership posts: Bill Reid as Vice President, Product Development and Feroze Motafram as Vice President, Operations. The additions reinforce the companys long-standing commitment to innovation, efficiency and performance as a leader and pioneer in health coaching technologies. By focusing on open-platform solutions and affordability, Numera enables widespread adoption of FDA-cleared remote monitoring, population health management tools, and social + mobile apps to support healthy lifestyles. Reid and Motafram are charged with the design and deployment of these technologies and services.
The addition of this caliber of expertise is vital as we continue to build our world-class health & wellness platforms, said Numera CEO Tim Smokoff. Bill will drive the advancement of our suite of tools and services, while Feroze will guide the development of our companys operational infrastructure as we take our products into full-scale production. We are uniquely positioned to offer collaborative health management tools that will give people more control over their own wellness, in conjunction with their healthcare provider, caregivers, family and friends.
Reid, who will be responsible for shaping the product vision and roadmap, comes to Numera following a successful ten-year career with Microsoft, where he managed development of strategic health products including Microsoft HealthVault and Amalga. He has his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Masters of Science from Tufts University. He is a founding member and past president of the Washington State Healthcare Executive Forum, a chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, serves as a mentor and program advisor for the University of Washington Masters of Health Administration Program, and is board-certified in healthcare management as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Motafram, who is a recognized innovator of supply chain management and new product introduction processes, will oversee supply chain management, supplier relations, provisioning and fulfillment. Prior to Numera, he was Vice President of Operations for Cardiac Science Corporation. Motafram has his Masters of Electrical Engineering from Marquette University, recently completed an advanced management program at University of Chicagos Booth School of Business, and is certified in lean systems implementation by the University of Tennessee.
About Numera
Numera (http://www.numera.com) provides affordable telehealth monitoring solutions for care management and wellness programs. Numera Net, combined with the suite of Numera Engage analytic, compliance and intervention applications and professional services, and the Numera Social behavior change and support applications for Facebook + mobile platforms, offers a complete health coaching platform for any organization to drive measurably better health.
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Health Care Opportunities growing career as a Middle Ba Boomer generation
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Health Care Opportunities growing career as Ba Boomer generation age
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much feared that the aging baby boom generation would cause a health crisis in the U.S., and politicians have raised the country agree. The cuts to Medicare and Medicaid benefits have carried out several times over the past decade, and Congress has recently proposed a set of measures that reduce the benefits of 40% over the next 9 years, while the increase in premiums 20%. However, no harm seems to have been a silver lining, as a positive result of the greater burden on the health system can be seen in the number of jobs in the healthcare industry expected available over the next ten years. In the next ten years, the only sector of higher employment growth in the U.S. is in gerontology and senior healthcare.
But a new problem arises when considering the supply of trained health workers vs. the number of adults age population is expected to increase in the category of 55 to 65 years of age during the next decade. The shortage of workers in the health industry are inevitable, which means that career opportunities will not only abundant, but more lucrative overall as a result. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, health-related jobs expected to grow faster than the national average for all industries until 2014 and probably beyond. The field of nursing, in particular, is the second fastest growing occupation for job growth over the next decade. The number of nursing professionals about the current retirement is growing much faster than the number of nursing graduates of the program and recruiting efforts by health organizations already in place. The nursing salaries have increased substantially in recent years and anticipated increases in competition for workers becomes more frequent. Sign in bonds that were once unknown are now common, and entering the field have more options than ever in terms of type of school they want to work onhome health aid sites care is expected to place well, with more and more Americans to give up the choice of assisted living options and instead remain independent. Jobs in the administration of the health industry are also increasing as insurance companies key wave of health claims is expected to reach the industry. As with all sectors working with a limited supply of qualified personnel and a growing demand for them, wages and salaries continue to rise until the positions are filled.
Those entering college or technical school programs can be found a greater potential for wages and job security in the health sector. While the price of health care increases, so are the possible job opportunities in an industry struggling to meet the demands of the current population aging.