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Lifespire Hosts Delegation from the Danish Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration
Lifespire Hosts Delegation from the Danish Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration
February 15, 2012—New York, N.Y. — In the effort to continue to find new, innovative and cost efficient ways to better serve New Yorkers with Developmental Disabilities, Lifespire Inc., a major provider of services to individuals with developmental disabilities, on February 3rd hosted a visit from a delegation from the Danish Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration led by The Permanent Secretary, Jesper Østrup Zwisler. Secretary Zwisler noted that “the purpose of the visit to Lifespire was to gain insight into how and what services Lifespire offers to the developmentally disabled in New York, and how Lifespire as a service provider strives to improve efficiency and quality.”
The Secretary and his delegation were escorted on a tour of the facility and then participated in a discussion of services in New York and how services are provided in Denmark. Included was a demonstration of the Bosted System. Lifespire is partnering with Denmark’s Team Online to test the Bosted System and to recommend changes to the widely used software. The visit also continues to expand upon the new relationship with Team Online. Denmark’s Team Online—known for being a leader in technology in the field of the disabled—plans on collaborating with Lifespire to release the online Bosted system to their facilities and programs. The Bosted system will provide immediate, up-to-date information on any and all patients within their facility.
“We are entering challenging times in New York. The Bosted System will be a tremendous help in creating fiscal efficiencies while at the same time improve quality,” said Mark van Voorst, Chief Executive Officer of Lifespire. “Lifespire provides a wide array of services to over 3,000 individuals each and every day. The innovative use of technology will be crucial in meeting Lifespire’s mission.”
Consul General, Ambassador Jarl-Frijs Mikkelsen and the Deputy Consul General Thomas Rizk both pledged the cooperation of The Danish Consulate as Lifespire and Team Online continue to explore ways to better serve the developmentally disabled populations of both Denmark and New York, both organizations look forward to collaborating on technology advances.
For more information on Lifespire, the Bosted System, or their programs and services, please log onto www.lifespire.org.
Team Online has signed strategic partnership with Practical Training Solution
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CEO Johnny Killerup Pedersen was a speaker at the Connected Health Symposium
CEO Johnny Killerup Pedersen was a speaker at the Connected Health Symposium in Boston, where hundreds of experts from the US discussed new technologies in the health care sector. Johnny Killerup Pedersen discussed with other experts how technology can create better time for care and more human touch in a digital world.
The link has the video from his presentation: http://healthcare.partners.org/streaming/CCH/symposium2011/Plaza/PlazaFriday03.html.
Royal Support for the Transatlantic Partnership between Lifespire and Team Online
On Monday the 24th of October the Crown Princess and her husband, Crown Prince Frederik, visited one of Lifespire’s support centers in New York City to mark a new technology partnership between Lifespire and Team Online.
Denmark’s Team Online and New York’s Lifespire are partnering to optimize technology to help provide greater efficiencies and improved care to individuals with developmental disabilities.
The Royal couple inaugurated the new transatlantic partnership and was shown around in the center and greeted a number of the users, employees and relatives.
“It has been very inspiring to see how the future could look here at Lifespire. The cooperation between Team Online and Lifespire is obviously very important for all who are present here today, but it is also important for the entire health section as such” said the Crown Prince and wished both Lifespire as Team Online congratulations on the new transatlantic cooperation.
Lifespire has existed for 60 years, providing daily services to over 5,000 people in New York City.
Team Online has been awarded Denmark's Export Council’s VITUS price for 2011!
Team Online has been awarded Denmark's Export Council’s VITUS price for 2011! The price was awarded to the most promising export company in Denmark and was presented by the Minister of Trade Pia Olsen Dyhr.
The VITUS price is Denmark’s Export Councils recognition to a company which has successfully entered an export market, has had a clear strategy and action plan, which has shown good communication and cultural understanding, and have been working constructively with their export adviser.
Team Online won the award through their successful entrance into the U.S. market after 12 successful years in Denmark with their web-based software solution for the industry of the developmental disabled.
Team Online’s main product Bosted provides the industry of developmental disabled the optimal planning, documentation, reporting and effect measurement tool. Bosted System has in a period of just 9 months been successfully implemented in 3 American states.
A clear plan of action supported by targeted investments has resulted in over 2000 users in just a few months of effort. With full order books Team Online expects explosive growth in the coming years.
The U.S. is far behind Denmark in the digitization of health and especially social services. Team Online's combination of many years of professional experience within the industry of developmental disabled and focus on local expertise in the U.S. has created overwhelming results.
Team Online’s CEO and owner Michael Sandal, says: "We are very proud of this recognition. Our U.S. employees with our American CEO Johnny Killerup Pedersen at lead should receive the credit for the great results, but working with our Danish colleagues has created the optimal synergy. The exemplary cooperation with the Danish Trade Council and their local experts with Morten Viktor Svendsen from New York as the anchor man has also been instrumental in the rapid development and growth"
Team Online is accustomed to growth and has just for the fourth year in a row become a Gazelle company. Team Online expects within less than 2 years to have more customers in the U.S. than in Europe and have a growth strategy to be a global company with over 200 employees within 3 years.
The American CEO of Team Online Inc. Johnny Killerup Pedersen talks about the growth opportunity within the social sector in the U.S.: "With over 32 million people with developmental disabilities, a strong growing elderly sector and increasing pressure on effective care and nursing, the digital solutions such as Bosted System will be introduced everywhere the coming years - and with over 3 million people working as care providers there are almost no limits to the spread of user-friendly, Danish welfare technology "