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Apr 20 2020
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Get Us PPE and Project N95 Announce the Demand Data Hub, a National Partnership to Centralize Requests for Personal Protective Equipment

By News, PPE Data, Press Releases
The two largest organizations in the US focused on the supply and matching of PPE join forces to increase delivery to our front-line healthcare heroes The Demand Data Hub combines the extensive PPE demand databases from both GetUsPPE and Project N95 into the nation’s authoritative source for PPE demand data  BOSTON, MA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 20, 2020 – GetUsPPE and Project N95, two leading relief organizations addressing the critical shortage of PPE supply, announce the establishment of a national partnership to more efficiently source, match, and deliver Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to healthcare providers. With this partnership,...
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Apr 20 2020
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The Demand Data Hub: Powering a Collaborative PPE Supply Chain

By Health Equity, PPE Data
The power of strength in numbers is well documented throughout the history of grassroots organizing and coalition building. In the midst of this COVID-19 crisis, our numbers are derived not only from the tremendous volunteer networks who are working to bolster PPE supply chains and protect our healthcare workers, but from our actual data sets. To amplify our strengths, Project N95 and GetUsPPE are thrilled to announce our Demand Data Hub partnership. By merging our two leading PPE demand databases, the Demand Data Hub now contains more than 7,000 requests for PPE from American healthcare providers, and is the authoritative...
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Apr 19 2020
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Hoopers Meet Heroes: Thunder’s Terrance Ferguson and OKC’s Maj. Jenifer Stockton

By CloseUp360, Partners
The people on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic are healthcare professionals, everyday citizens risking their lives to save those of their patients. They are the heroes right now. In CloseUp360's “Hoopers Meet Heroes” series, which connects NBA players with healthcare professionals on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus in their respective cities, Thunder guard Terrance Ferguson chatted with Major Jenifer Stockton, a pulmonary nurse practitioner in Oklahoma City who has been serving in the Air National Guard for 19 years. They discussed dealing with the local outbreak while balancing parenting—Terrance with his one-year-old daughter and Maj. Stockton...
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Apr 17 2020
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Hoopers Meet Heroes: Celtics’ Enes Kanter and Boston’s Dr. Shuhan He

By CloseUp360, Partners
In CloseUp360's “Hoopers Meet Heroes” series, which connects NBA players with healthcare professionals on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus in their respective cities, Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter chatted with Dr. Shuhan He, an emergency medicine physician in Boston who helped start GetUsPPE.org to provide adequate personal protective equipment to medical facilities. This episode could be called heroes meeting heroes, Dr. He is a life long basketball fan, and Enes's sibling is in medicine. They expressed their mutual admiration for the hard work needed to be successful in their fields. Dr. He and Enes also discussed the difficulties of life during quarantine...
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Apr 14 2020
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Hoopers Meet Heroes: Timberwolves’ Malik Beasley and Minneapolis’ Dr. Michael Joyner

By CloseUp360, Partners
Healthcare professionals on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic risk their lives every day to save patients. They are the heroes. But, amidst the pandemic, they are dealing with their own crisis. Many healthcare professionals are facing an imminent shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). The need for PPE is especially dire in cities bracing for or enduring surges in COVID-19 cases. CloseUp360's “Hoopers Meet Heroes” video series connects NBA players with healthcare professionals. In each video, a player discusses the pandemic and the PPE shortage crisis with a healthcare professional in their city. In this video from the...
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Apr 13 2020
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Hoopers Meet Heroes: Lakers’ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Los Angeles’ Dr. Nina Shapiro

By CloseUp360, Partners
Healthcare professionals on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic risk their lives every day to save patients. They are the heroes. But, amidst the pandemic, they are dealing with their own crisis. Many healthcare professionals are facing an imminent shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). The need for PPE is especially dire in cities bracing for or enduring surges in COVID-19 cases. CloseUp360's “Hoopers Meet Heroes” video series connects NBA players with healthcare professionals. In each video, a player discusses the pandemic and the PPE shortage crisis with a healthcare professional in their city. In this video from the...
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