Absolutely PR's Top Tweets of the Year 2013

#1 – 51 Clicks – Nov 21, 2013 for Bell Aquaculture: Hatchery International: Bell #Aquaculture turns 'Waste into Revenue http://ow.ly/r1YGS #FishFarming #RAS #recirc


#2 – 48 Clicks – Sept 10, 2013 for Colorado BioScience Association: Medical Device Daily: "A decade of growth in metro Denver’s medical device sector" http://ow.ly/oIDJf #Colorado #MedDevice

#3 – 42 Clicks (in 2013) – posted Dec 10, 2012 for Bell Aquaculture: Vancouver Sun: 'Fish grown in closed containment systems offer big environmental advantages' http://ow.ly/fYUOV

#4 – 38 Clicks – Oct 18, 2013 for Colorado BioScience Association: Xconomy: 'Clovis Oncology CEO Mahaffy Opens Up About Company’s Turbulent Yr' http://ow.ly/pWTVW #Colorado #Biotech

#5 – 35 Clicks – Sept 3, 2013 for Colorado BioScience Association: BCBR: 'Encision CEO Perner dies suddenly' http://ow.ly/ox9wA

#6 – 35 Clicks – Jan 21, 2013 for Colorado BioScience Association: InnovatioNews: CBSA 'Announces Launch of Colorado BioScience Institute' http://ow.ly/h0nCu

#7 – 34 Clicks – July 22, 2013 for Colorado BioScience Association: BCBR: 'Arca Biopharma raises capital, makes hires' http://ow.ly/ndn3V #Colorado #Biotech #BioPharma

#8 – 34 Clicks – May 9, 2013 for Colorado BioScience Association: Harvard Magazine: 'Factor That Reverses Aging of Heart Discovered' http://ow.ly/kSrpM #Somalogic #Colorado via @COBioscience

#9 – 33 Clicks – April 22, 2013 for Colorado BioScience Association: Great Read: New Issue of 'Bioscience Colorado' Magazine w/ updated industry directory http://ow.ly/kjlEh #MedDevice #Biotech

#10 – 32 Clicks – April 12, 2013 for Colorado BioScience Association: Boulder BioBeers is Back! Twisted Pine Brewery May 8th 6 pm http://ow.ly/k1dLO

#11 – 32 Clicks – Dec 5, 2013 for Kentuckiana Medical Center: Courier-Journal: 'Private Clarksville hospital opens #ER' http://ow.ly/rtPTs #KentuckianaMedicalCenter #Hospitals via @AbsolutelyPR

#12 – 31 Clicks – Dec 6, 2013 for Colorado BioScience Association: Aurora Sentinel: 'Aurora groups score grants to help move science from research to market' http://ow.ly/rvmkr #Colorado


#13 – 30 Clicks – Mar 4, 2013 for Absolutely Public Relations: Inc: 'The New Rules for Marketing-What works today is the exact opposite of what worked a decade ago.' http://ow.ly/ikhWp

#14 – 30 Clicks – Aug 15, 2013 for Bell Aquaculture: Bell Aquaculture Pres Norman McCowan Receives Indiana Agrivision Award http://ow.ly/nXZW#BestPractice via @BellAquaculture


#15 – 29 Clicks – Feb 19, 2013 for Bell Aquaculture: AAAS Annual Mtg News: 'Can Fish Farms Feed the World?' Bell Aquaculture photo shows RAS technology http://ow.ly/hQSyq

#16 – 28 Clicks – April 18, 2013 for Colorado BioScience Association: Congratulations to Colorado State's Dr Temple Grandin http://ow.ly/kbINO #CBSAAwards2010 #BioWest

#17 – 27 Clicks – Dec 19, 2013 for Kentuckiana Medical Center: Kentuckiana Med Ctr Opens New ER, Promises 15-Min Or Less Wait Time http://ow.ly/rUffX #Louisville #Hospitals


#18 – 23 Clicks – Dec 23, 2013 for Kentuckiana Medical Center: Louisville Business First: 'New Kentuckiana Medical Center leader talks about priorities' http://ow.ly/s1q5Z #Hospitals #ERWaitTimes

#19 – 22 Clicks – Aug 30, 2013 for Colorado BioScience Association: BCBR: 'Covidien a double champ at IQ Awards' http://ow.ly/oqKWt #Innovation #Colorado #MedDevice via @COBioscience


#20 – 20 Clicks – July 19, 2013 for Absolutely Public Relations: Mashable: 'The Complete Guide to Twitter Lingo' http://ow.ly/n8lJd #Twitter #HowTo

#21 – 16 Clicks – Feb 7, 2013 for Cat Care Society: Feb 28th: 'M-e-o-w...dining for cats in Castle Pines' fundraiser at La Dolce Vita Restaurant http://ow.ly/hwzYG via @CatCareSociety

#22 – 15 Clicks – June 9, 2013 for Cat Care Society: Mile High Mamas: Festival of Felines Is June 29th at Cat Care Society http://ow.ly/lRlzn #Cats #Kittens #FamilyFun via @CatCareSociety

#23 – 15 Clicks – Mar 4, 2013 for Bell Aquaculture: Organic Fish Fertilizer: Fish Rich® 2-2-2 available online now for your Spring Vegetable Garden http://ow.ly/ikmQd via @BellAquaculture

#24 – 14 Clicks – Sept 3, 2013 for Bell Aquaculture: AgriNews: 'Hoosier is honored for commitment to aquaculture' http://ow.ly/ox4va #Indiana #AquacultureHub

#25 – 12 Clicks – Aug 14, 2013 for Bell Aquaculture: Inside INdiana Business: 'Aquaculture on The Rise in Indiana' http://ow.ly/nWbvE 

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2013 Recap: Bell Aquaculture Top Ten Tweets

#1 – 51 Clicks – Nov 21, 2013: Hatchery International: Bell #Aquaculture turns 'Waste into Revenue http://ow.ly/r1YGS #FishFarming #RAS #recirc


#2 – 42 Clicks (in 2013) – posted Dec 10, 2012: Vancouver Sun: 'Fish grown in closed containment systems offer big environmental advantages' http://ow.ly/fYUOV

#3 – 30 Clicks – Aug 15, 2013: Bell Aquaculture Pres Norman McCowan Receives Indiana Agrivision Award http://ow.ly/nXZWi #BestPractice via @BellAquaculture


#4 – 29 Clicks – Feb 19, 2013: AAAS Annual Mtg News: 'Can Fish Farms Feed the World?' Bell Aquaculture photo shows RAS technology http://ow.ly/hQSyq

#5 – 15 Clicks – Mar 4, 2013: Organic Fish Fertilizer: Fish Rich® 2-2-2 available online now for your Spring Vegetable Garden http://ow.ly/ikmQd via @BellAquaculture

#6 – 14 Clicks – Sept 3, 2013: AgriNews: 'Hoosier is honored for commitment to aquaculture' http://ow.ly/ox4va #Indiana #AquacultureHub

#7 – 12 Clicks – Aug 14, 2013: Inside INdiana Business: 'Aquaculture on The Rise in Indiana' http://ow.ly/nWbvE

#8 – 10 Clicks – Sept 23, 2013: The Fish Site: 'Making Land-based Aquaculture more Sustainable' http://ow.ly/p8fJr

#9 – 10 Clicks – Feb 3, 2013: You can order Fish Rich Organic Fertilizer online... now.... http://ow.ly/hnkEp #OrganicFertilizer #OMRIListed via @BellAquaculture

#10 – 9 Clicks – Feb 14, 2013: Bell Aquaculture Named 'Industry of the Year' By Jay County Chamber of Commerce http://ow.ly/hnkEp #YellowPerch #Sustainability

Link to the Bell Aquaculture Twitter

Business First: 'New Kentuckiana Medical Center leader talks about priorities'

Quoting from David Mann's December 19th posting:

"Michael Phillips is settling into the role of CEO of Clarksville-based Kentuckiana Medical Center.

Phillips, co-founder of Wichita, Kan.-based Galichia Hospital Group, recently relocated to Clarksville after Galichia began managing the center for Florida-based Rialto Capital, as Business First recently reported.

In a recent interview, Phillips said administering the company’s recently opened emergency department and growing service lines would be key priorities. Getting a larger group of physicians practicing at the hospital also will be important in the coming year."

Link to Business First

Mann also covered KMC and Galichia Hospital Group's new management role on December 3rd:

"'Like KMC, our group’s Galichia Heart Hospital in Kansas also had its roots in cardiac and surgical care,' Galicha chairman and CEO Dr. Joseph P. Galicha said in a news release. 'Further, our team has had extensive hands-on experience adding an emergency department to the mix at a hospital much like KMC, and proven our ability to successfully reduce patient wait times for those needing emergency care.'

Link to the posting

Courier-Journal: Kentuckiana Medical Center opens ER, touts short wait times

Quoting from today's posting by Charlie White: "A private hospital in Southern Indiana is now guaranteeing that emergency room patients will be seen in 15 minutes or less...

...A multimillion-dollar expansion is expected to be completed early next year, including adding the final dozen of the originally planned 46 patient rooms, as well as adding telemetry-monitoring devices to some rooms and other new equipment.

Kansas-based Galichia Hospital Group, led by Dr. Joseph Galichia, is managing the hospital for Florida-based owner Rialto."

Link to the Courier-Journal

Kentuckiana Medical Center Opens New Emergency Room (ER), Promising a 15-Minute Or Less Wait Time

Kentuckiana Medical Center (KMC), now managed by the national healthcare development firm Galichia Hospital Group (GHG), has opened its new Emergency Department and offers ER patients a wait time of 15 minutes or less. The announcement is made by GHG’s Chairman & CEO Joseph P. Galichia, M.D., F.A.C.C., who says: “Our group has had extensive hands-on experience running an Emergency Department at a hospital much like KMC, and proven our ability to successfully reduce patient wait times for those needing emergency care. We’re thrilled to now be working in Clarksville, helping improve the delivery of emergency and acute medical services to the community.”

Dr. Galichia says the idea for shrinking ER wait times came from discussions on ways to address common emergency room problems people face everyday across America. "The real tragedy," says Dr. Galichia, "is that often patients don't come to the ER because they think whatever's bothering them isn't worth the trouble or the expense of a check up by a physician, or they fear they will be humiliated for making a fuss over nothing. Therefore people experiencing chest pains think they can ride it and they sometimes end up with a heart attack. We’ve learned that early intervention saves lives in emergent situations.”

 Link to the PR Newswire

Video: CBSA's 7th Annual Medical Device Symposium with Keynote by Congressman Erik Paulsen

Video overview from CBSA's 7th Annual Medical Device Symposium, 'Colorado Loves Device,' held December 9, 2013, at the Westin Westminster. About Colorado's Medical Device Industry: 

• Sixth-largest medical device sector in the nation

• 340 medical device, diagnostic and instruments companies

• Out-paced national growth rate


Federal Briefing Keynote: Congressman Erik Paulsen

http://youtu.be/PkUXwEMxlKk

Q and A: Congressman Erik Paulsen

http://youtu.be/o8ofCggFNJM

Welcome: 7th Annual Medical Device Symposium
http://youtu.be/984JYv5YJAw

Dan Wittenberg: Introduction Congressman Erik Paulsen
http://youtu.be/K6lLu3F09vA 

Next Steps To Repeal: We Need Your Help
http://youtu.be/s_9S1lF4NmY 

Key Things For An Effective Reimbursement Strategy
http://youtu.be/kvu5sDldXJs 

Marketing Your Device To The Hospital System
http://youtu.be/9DELlkASlHI

Dr Ted E Palen: Working With Kaiser
http://youtu.be/2xbtXOEjOGw

Kevin Smith: Moving From Early To Later Stage Funding http://youtu.be/gV_AoYSO8l8 

Mark Lupa: FitBionic's Recent Funding
http://youtu.be/N3ruh2sCYgw 

Lara Lee Hullinghorst: Importance of Government Funding and Resources
http://youtu.be/dX6qBAaLIbI

Anschutz & Aurora: 'Aurora groups score grants to help move science from research to market'

Quoting from the article by Brandon Johansson:

"Last month, the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade announced more than $3 million in grants aimed at helping academic researchers and bioscience companies take research from labs like those at Skaggs to market...

...At CID4, which stands for Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development, the grant totaled more than $1.3 million. The agency helps early stage bioscience companies get their companies off the ground and, according to OEDIT, the money will “support operations and the development and management of life-science discoveries.”

Kevin Smith, CID4’s executive director, said the grant shows that the organization, which now has eight companies in its portfolio, is having success...

...April Giles, president and CEO of the Colorado BioScience Association, said that from the industry’s perspective, the grants are hugely important because they can bridge that gap between the research lab and the market place."

Link to the Aurora Sentinel

Courier-Journal: 'Private Clarksville hospital opens ER'

Quoting from this morning's posting: 

"Kentuckiana Medical Center opened its emergency room Sunday for the first time since the Clarksville hospital off U.S. 31 began serving the area in 2009...

...Michael Phillips, the hospital’s new CEO who relocated from Wichita, said Wednesday that completion of a multimillion-dollar expansion is expected early next year, including the final dozen of the originally planned 46 patient rooms, as well as adding telemetry-monitoring devices to some rooms and other new equipment.

Phillips said the hospital also plans on being able to guarantee ER patients that they’ll be seen within 15 minutes, a promise he said his company has fulfilled in Kansas.

The rooms boast lots of natural light and are all private rooms, 'which we find is good for patients,' Phillips said."

Link to Courier-Journal.com

Related posting from January 3, 2014:

"Kentuckiana Medical Center (KMC) in Clarksville, IN, has opened its new state-of-the-art Emergency Department and is offering patients a wait time of 15 minutes or less. Now managed by Wichita-KS based Galichia Hospital Group (GHG), KMC is benefiting from the Group’s past experience successfully making a similar promise to ER patients at Galichia Heart Hospital in Kansas."

Link to International Business

News and Tribune: 'Kentuckiana Medical Center under new management'

Quoting from today's posting:

"CLARKSVILLE — Kentuckiana Medical Center is under new management.

Galichia Hospital Group, a national healthcare development firm based in Wichita, Kan. has taken over the Kentuckiana Medical Center in Clarksville, according to an announcement today.

Kentuckiana Medical Center, located off U.S. 31 in Clarksville, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July and a settlement agreement with the hospital’s creditors was reached in November, according to the release. The settlement paved the way for the new management team to take over the facility."

 Link to The News and Tribune

Becker's Hospital Review: 'Galichia Hospital Group Assumes Management of Kentuckiana Medical Center

Quoting from Bob Herman's posting today:

"A physician-led turnaround company based in Wichita, Kan., Galichia Hospital Group, has taken over the management and operations of Kentuckiana Medical Center in Clarksville, Ind.

KMC, a physician-owned hospital, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2010. In July, the hospital received approval for its bankruptcy plan, and in November, it reached a settlement agreement with creditors. KMC had gone through several different financing proposals during the past few years."
 
Link to Becker's Hospital Review

Galichia Hospital Group Assumes Management of Kentuckiana Medical Center

Galichia Hospital Group (GHG), a national healthcare development firm, has taken over management of the Kentuckiana Medical Center (KMC), Clarksville, IN. The announcement is made by GHG’s Chairman and CEO Joseph P. Galichia, M.D., F.A.C.C., who says: “Our group’s first order of business is the launch of a new state-of-the-art Emergency Department at the medical center, followed by an increase in patient rooms from 34 to 46, of which 12 will include telemetry-monitoring.”

The Galichia organization has relocated Michael Phillips from its Wichita, Kansas, headquarters to Clarksville to serve as KMC’s CEO and lead the medical center’s expansion efforts going forward. Previously, Mr. Phillips served as the CEO for Galichia Medical Group, a large and growing multi-specialty physician group that provides comprehensive medical services to all of Wichita’s hospitals, and throughout the State of Kansas. Mr. Phillips served as a key member of the team that recently negotiated the sale of Galichia Heart Hospital to HCA, which closed February 2012.

Further, at the request of local physicians, KMC is also installing a large scope of new equipment at the facility.

Dr. Galichia explains: "We asked local physicians what tools they needed at Kentuckiana to provide the best possible care to patients, and we’ve purchased exactly what they requested. We had the physicians speak directly to vendors, so the physicians could offer input at every step of the process.   

“Like KMC, our group’s Galichia Heart Hospital in Kansas also had its roots in cardiac and surgical care. Further, our team has had extensive hands-on experience adding an Emergency Department to the mix at a hospital much like KMC, and proven our ability to successfully reduce patient wait times for those needing emergency care.

To put it simply, the opportunity to provide leadership at Kentuckiana was a fit in many ways for our organization. We’re thrilled to now be part of the Clarksville community.”

GHG’s philosophy is to give physicians the tools they need to provide the highest quality care for their patients. "Our thinking is, who knows better than physicians how to care for patients, so we give them what they need," Dr. Galichia says, “In fact, for those area physicians reading this announcement who are looking for a ‘Physician Centric" environment to care for patients, we encourage them to contact the KMC management team for details regarding privileges at 812-284-6100.

About Kentuckiana Medical Center

KMC employs close to 200 people and is located just off U.S. 31 in Clarksville, IN, which is part of the greater Louisville Metropolitan area. KMC recently received approval (as of July 30, 2013) for its Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization. KMC has been serving the community of Southern Indiana and Kentucky since 2009, while working to overcome significant financial distress during the 2008-2009 recession. Seiller Waterman, LLC, has exclusively represented the interests of KMC throughout the Chapter 11 process and successfully negotiated agreements with all of the affected creditors of the Plan. The successful confirmation of the Plan in July was a critical turning point for KMC and the subsequent release of payment to creditors on November 7, 2013. The settlement agreement will allow KMC, the physicians, and its new management team to move forward. For more information about Kentuckiana Medical Center, visit http://www.kentuckianamedcen.com.

About Galichia Hospital Group

Guided by Dr. Joseph Galichia, GHG’s mission is to provide integrated healthcare systems that provide the highest quality care possible. The Group’s model is to provide efficient, cost-effective health care services that meet the needs of the community while embracing the concept that patient care comes first. This vision is based on Dr. Galichia’s experience providing medical care in many international locales and various healthcare systems. For more information, visit: http://www.galichiahospitalgroup.com.

Link to the PR Newswire

Link to coverage on Kansas.com

Link to Business First in Louisville, KY

Link to coverage in the Wichita Business Journal