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Seattle-area mentoring nonprofit with a global reach adds generative AI to toolkits for job seekers

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GMI Photo) A Seattle-area nonprofit helping disadvantaged job seekers around the world is adding generative artificial intelligence to the toolkit for its participants. The program is conducted virtually through video conferences. Close to 6,000 students from 100 countries are in the program, with about one-quarter in the U.S.,

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Is your company offering fair pay? New nonprofit certifies those with nondiscriminatory wages

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A new nonprofit is trying to keep the momentum going. The organization has created an independent, transparent program for certifying companies that are undoing pay disparities among the ranks of their employees. The program costs $5,000 to $20,000, depending on company size. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Startup building tech for patient portals spins out of Providence incubator with $20M in funding

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Praia has built a platform that powers the patient portals that allow people to track appointments, tests results, medications and communications with healthcare providers across institutions. Health tech incubation: Providence is a Catholic, nonprofit healthcare system based in Renton, Wash., and operates in seven states.

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Microsoft and Facebook vet leads nonprofit making software to improve COVID-19 rapid tests

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A Seattle-based nonprofit launched to provide digital health solutions for poorer countries is applying its expertise to help with COVID-19 testing. “They’re becoming more and more commonplace, and really accepted by healthcare workers.” Most of the Audere team, gathered together in pre-COVID times. Audere Photo).

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Goodbill raises $2M and expands customer base to unearth and challenge medical billing errors

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But the platform ultimately caught the attention of larger companies that opt to directly pay for the healthcare of their employees rather than purchasing health insurance plans over which they have less control — a practice called self-funding. RELATED: ‘The darkest, most bottomless pit in healthcare’: Goodbill raises $3.4M

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Washington Technology Industry Association looks beyond its home state for talent, programming

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House was most recently the chief administrative officer at San Diego Workforce Partnership and a former vice president at non-profit healthcare provider San Ysidro Health. The programming and services WTIA offers is also expanding beyond its home state. WTIA previously expanded beyond Washington state through its Apprenti program.

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How CareSource IT is addressing data interoperability challenges in healthcare

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One key challenge facing the healthcare industry today is the inability to easily access and share electronic medical information between healthcare providers, clinicians, and patients. Improving interoperability and eliminating roadblocks, however, is not an easy task.