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“This creates evidence-based care,” Conley
continued. “If you can demonstrate scientifi-
cally and through your research that this ap-
proach is better than the existing approach,
ultimately your approach will be adopted.”
AUTONOMOUS APPROACH
Backed by a bevy of high-level professionals,
Avancen’s executive staff brings imagination,
innovation and expertise from many disci-
plines spanning medicine, business, finance,
engineering and technology. An interesting
dynamic to say the least, the relationships are
collaborative, with everyone deeply rooted
in the cause and common goal. Working for
part equity and part pay, the seven full-time
employees are flanked by over 40 part-time
employees ranging from nurses to software
engineers.
Driven, in part, by a mission to provide new
ideas and technology to improve patient care,
comfort and satisfaction, for Ned Buffington,
the chief executive officer of Avancen Cor-
poration, it’s all about looking at the numbers
and facts when realizing the profound impact
that increased nursing attention has on the
overall wellbeing of the patient.