We’ve been touched by each MLK True to the Dream Honoree we’ve recognized in partnership with the Atlanta Hawks, but we couldn’t be prouder of the most recent honoree – our very own Nick Hess. As an application architect, Nick creates the infrastructure and coding that delivers our well-being solutions to your smartphone, but in his spare time, he builds small homes for as shelter for homeless individuals in Atlanta. 💚 Through his work with the local nonprofit Mad Housers, Nick and other volunteers – including his wife, Tracy, and their two children – meet vulnerable and displaced people where they are, granting them a basic level of security, privacy, and protection from the elements. On why he “shares care,” Nick says it’s a critical calling. “I believe that kindness is not only good for others, but also good for ourselves and our own well-being… we can help folks stop living just to survive today and start living to thrive tomorrow.” We're congratulate Nick on this well-deserved honor, and admire his shining example of what it means to share care!
Sharecare is teaming up with digital infrastructure investment firm Digital Alpha to accelerate improvements not only for the economic health of communities, but also the well-being of their citizens. As part of our new strategic collaboration, Digital Alpha is committing $100 million in outcome-based financing to communities – from urban to rural – to support the implementation of Sharecare’s well-being improvement initiatives and digital platform for residents. Check out the announcement to learn how we’re enabling community well-being at the intersection of healthcare and digital infrastructure.
It was recently announced that Sharecare and Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp. have reached an agreement to combine and create a publicly traded digital health company. Follow the link to read more.
It’s no secret that we love celebrating and learning from women who are leading the way, like our company president, Dawn Whaley. Recently, Dawn sat down with podcast host Lisa Ross-Faust for an episode of The Mona Lisa Monologues, a new series that empowers and encourages women to embrace their inner strength, featuring stories from women who have broken the glass ceiling, worked in a “man’s world,” or managed to climbed their way to the top. Lisa has known Dawn for more than 20 years, yet says the conversation revealed stories about Dawn and her career that she hadn’t heard before. The episode covers everything from Dawn’s earliest days as a leader to her insider perspective on the accelerated adoption of digital and everything in-between. Dawn also shares what has made this the most “intense” phase of her career to date as our company rapidly responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. But don’t just take it from us – tune in now to the episode.
It’s an exciting day for Team Sharecare as we announce that healthcare industry veteran Pam Shipley is joining us as EVP & chief operating officer. Read more about Pam and her amazing career – including 12 years at Centene Corporation – in the official press release. But first, here’s Pam in her own words: “For the last several years, I have closely followed Sharecare’s trajectory and been inspired by the company’s vision, as well as the talented team of passionate people assembled to execute on it. The opportunity to be part of this company at this moment in time is both exciting and humbling, and I am eager to work alongside my new Sharecare colleagues to empower people to take control of their personal health, inspire a movement to community-driven care, and leverage technology to bring much needed scalable innovation to healthcare.” Us, too, Pam. Us, too.
Through its ongoing work in Southwest Florida, our Blue Zones Project team always inspires the rest of our colleagues at Sharecare to set the bar high and passionately help communities become great places for people to live their happiest, healthiest lives. Under the leadership of Deb Logan, the Project’s executive director, the team has helped communities like Naples, Immokalee, and Marco Island reduce smoking rates, lower cardiovascular mortality and increase life expectancy to the highest in the U.S., modeling the measurable impact community health innovation can have on the lives of others. So it’s with great pride that we join Modern Healthcare in congratulating Deb for being named one of the magazine’s Top 25 Innovators in Healthcare in 2020! With Deb leading the charge, we know Southwest Florida will continue to set new standards for community well-being and health innovation. Read more the official announcement, which includes a link to read Deb’s profile in Modern Healthcare.
We recently collaborated with Amazon’s Alexa to answer more than 80,000 health questions with answers from Sharecare, bringing you credible health information when and where you need it with a frictionless voice-enabled experience. Just like the content found on our platform and website, the information Alexa delivers from Sharecare is medically vetted and curated by our deep bench of health journalists and digital producers in partnership with leading healthcare providers, non-profit organizations, and academic institutions. To learn more about this exciting new collaboration, check out our announcement. To learn more about your health and well-being, visit our platform or just ask Alexa.
Attention to detail often distinguishes our most exceptional customer experiences and the pandemic has underscored this as not just a luxury, but a necessity. That’s why Sharecare is teaming up with Forbes Travel Guide to provide the hospitality industry with solutions to help them safely navigate the world’s return to travel. Read more below about how our health security solution complements our COVID-19 readiness solution for employers, Well-Being@Work – ensuring hotels have the tools and resources they need to keep their employees and guests safe and well. To lead this effort, we’re welcoming Hermann Elger to Sharecare as our new president of travel, hospitality, and entertainment. Hermann brings more than 25 years of experience from world-renowned hotels, and together, we’re ready to integrate safety and well-being into every five-star experience.
