WALTHAM, Massachusetts,
November 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
EarlySense, the market leader in contact-free continuous
monitoring solutions across the care continuum, announced today
that Karissa Price-Rico, Ph.D., has
been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO). This new position has
been created to support EarlySense's continued global growth in the
hospital, post-acute and consumer health markets and follows the
recent success of the new InSight™ platform and the launch of two
new consumer products, Live™ for the aging population and Percept™
for couples who are trying to conceive. Dr. Price will oversee
operations across all divisions of the company and will report to
Co-Founder and CEO, Avner
Halperin.
"On the heels of our recent accelerated market traction, we are
excited to welcome Karissa as our COO to help meet the growing
demand for our monitoring and data solutions across the continuum
of care," said Halperin. "Karissa's broad healthcare experience and
deep home care knowledge will be instrumental in our ongoing
efforts to empower medical teams to save lives and enable consumers
to achieve better health, while enhancing patient safety and
improving outcomes."
Dr. Price earned her Ph.D. in International Political Economy
from Harvard University and has held a
variety of healthcare positions over the past 20 years. She
previously served as President of Healthways (NASDAQ: HWAY), a
well-being and wellness provider for employers, health plans and
health systems. She also brings experience in remote patient care,
having served as CMO of Intel-GE Care Innovations, a joint venture
that connected the care continuum to the home. Prior to that, Dr.
Price was the co-founder and CEO of The Trusted Hands Network, a
referral service that matched people in need of home care with
certified home care agencies across the
United States.
"EarlySense is well regarded as a technology innovator that
helps facilitate improved patient safety and outcomes while
enabling providers to do more with less through empowering
clinicians and consumers," said Dr. Price. "Contact-free continuous
monitoring provides tremendous clinical, economic and psychological
benefits for medical professionals, patients and families while not
requiring patients to do anything they are not already doing -
lying in bed or sitting in a chair- a true innovation in the
monitoring space. I look forward to working with Avner, the
EarlySense team, and our partners and clients to bring the
company's solutions to even more people across the globe and to
help people live their best lives."
About EarlySense
EarlySense® provides contact-free, continuous monitoring
solutions for the medical and consumer digital health markets.
EarlySense's FDA-cleared systems utilize Artificial Intelligence
(AI) and big data analytics to provide actionable health insights
and improve clinical outcomes.
Used worldwide in hospitals, rehab and skilled nursing
facilities, EarlySense assists clinicians in early detection of
patient deterioration, helping to prevent adverse events, including
code blues which are a result of cardiac or respiratory arrest,
preventable ICU transfers, patient falls and pressure ulcers.
EarlySense offers clinically-proven technology to consumers with
EarlySense® Live™ and Percept™. EarlySense® Live™ is the first
at-home consumer health monitor powered by EarlySense's
medically-proven sensor and AI analytics. Live is particularly
useful for tracking the health and sleep of the aging population
and children, to help facilitate better health choices. EarlySense®
Percept™ is the first clinically-proven monitor for fertility and
period tracking. It accurately tracks internal body signals and
assists couples who are trying to conceive.
EarlySense has partnered with leading global technology
companies including Samsung, Welch Allyn, iFit and Beurer. The
company is based in Ramat Gan,
Israel and Waltham, MA.
For more information,
visit http://www.earlysense.com, http://www.earlysense.com/live and http://www.earlysense.com/percept.
Follow EarlySense
on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, EarlySense
Live on Facebook and Twitter and Percept
at Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
EarlySense Contact:
Hila Peleg
+972-54-527-3117
hila.peleg@earlysense.com
Media Contact:
Ellie Hanson
Finn Partners
929-222-8006
ellie.hanson@finnpartners.com
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