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Hospital PMI® at 55.8%; June 2024 Hospital ISM® Report On Business®

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TEMPE, Ariz., July 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Economic activity in the hospital subsector grew in June for the 10th consecutive month after contracting twice in the previous four-month period, with 35 consecutive months of growth prior to that, say the nation’s hospital supply executives in the latest Hospital ISM® Report On Business®.

The report was issued today by Nancy LeMaster, MBA, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Hospital Business Survey Committee: “The Hospital PMI® registered 55.8 percent in June, a 2.6-percentage point decrease from the May reading of 58.4 percent, indicating a 10th consecutive month of growth after a contraction in August. The Business Activity Index expanded for the 10th consecutive month. The New Orders Index expanded for the 10th straight month, and the Employment Index remained in growth territory. The Supplier Deliveries Index remained in expansion (which indicates slower delivery performance). The Case Mix Index expanded in June, registering 51 percent, a decrease of 0.5 percentage point compared to the previous month’s figure of 51.5 percent. The Days Payable Outstanding Index remained in expansion territory in June, registering 51.5 percent, down 5.5 percentage points from the 57 percent reported in May. The Technology Spend Index reading of 61.5 percent is an increase of 1 percentage point compared to the 60.5 percent recorded in May. The Touchless Orders Index was ‘unchanged’ in June, registering 50 percent, up 1.5 percentage points from the 48.5 percent reported in May.”

LeMaster continues, “The majority of Business Survey Committee respondents indicated that patient volumes in June were strong — just not as strong as in May. Some panelists commented that their facilities experienced a shift to more medical versus surgical patients, while others noted elevated levels of surgeries and outpatient volumes. The Employment Index continued to indicate growth, with respondents crediting successful recruitment efforts and a reduction in turnover. To preserve margins, hospitals continued to focus on (1) replacing agency labor with permanent staff to reduce labor costs and (2) reducing utilization and increasing standardization of supplies. Weather impacted supply deliveries in parts of the country, and the syringe shortage continues to be problematic.”

Hospital PMI® History

Month

Hospital PMI®

Month

Hospital PMI®

Jun 2024

55.8

Dec 2023

62.5

May 2024

58.4

Nov 2023

59.8

Apr 2024

53.5

Oct 2023

52.1

Mar 2024

52.3

Sep 2023

57.0

Feb 2024

56.6

Aug 2023

47.5

Jan 2024

61.5

Jul 2023

53.3

Average for 12 months – 55.9

High – 62.5

Low – 47.5

 

About This Report
The information compiled in this report is for the month of June 2024.

The Hospital PMI® was developed in collaboration with the Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM), an association for the health care supply chain profession, and a professional membership group of the American Hospital Association (AHA).

The data presented herein is obtained from a survey of hospital supply executives based on information they have collected within their respective organizations. ISM® makes no representation, other than that stated within this release, regarding the individual company data collection procedures. The data should be compared to all other economic data sources when used in decision-making.

Data and Method of Presentation
The Hospital ISM® Report On Business® is based on data compiled from hospital purchasing and supply executives nationwide. Survey responses reflect the change, if any, in the current month compared to the previous month. For each of the indicators measured (Business Activity, New Orders, Employment, Supplier Deliveries, Inventories, Prices, Prices: Pharmaceuticals, Prices: Supplies, Backlog of Orders, Imports, Inventory Sentiment, Case Mix, Days Payable Outstanding, Technology Spend, and Touchless Orders), this report shows the percentage reporting each response and the diffusion index. Responses represent raw data and are never changed. Beginning in January 2021, the Report On Business® staff and consultants are gathering market information to better validate the Exports Index. Exports Index data are still being collected.

The Hospital PMI® is a composite index computed from the following, equally weighted indexes: Business Activity, New Orders, Employment and Supplier Deliveries. Diffusion indexes have the properties of leading indicators and are convenient summary measures showing the prevailing direction of change and the scope of change. A Hospital PMI® index reading above 50 percent indicates that the hospital sub-sector is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally declining. For the sub-indexes, except Supplier Deliveries, an index reading above 50 percent indicates that the sub-index is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally contracting. A Supplier Deliveries Index above 50 percent indicates slower deliveries and below 50 percent indicates faster deliveries.

The Hospital ISM® Report On Business® survey is sent out to the Hospital Business Survey Committee respondents the first part of each month. Respondents are asked to ONLY report on U.S. operations for the current month. ISM® receives survey responses throughout most of any given month, with the majority of respondents generally waiting until late in the month to submit responses to give the most accurate picture of current business activity. ISM® then compiles the report for release on the fifth business day of the following month.

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The Institute for Supply Management® (“ISM”) Report On Business® (Manufacturing, Services, and Hospital reports) (“ISM ROB”) contains information, text, files, images, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, and any other materials or content (collectively, “Content”) of ISM (“ISM ROB Content”). ISM ROB Content is protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other laws, and as between you and ISM, ISM owns and retains all rights in the ISM ROB Content. ISM hereby grants you a limited, revocable, nonsublicensable license to access and display on your individual device the ISM ROB Content (excluding any software code) solely for your personal, non-commercial use. The ISM ROB Content shall also contain Content of users and other ISM licensors. Except as provided herein or as explicitly allowed in writing by ISM, you shall not copy, download, stream, capture, reproduce, duplicate, archive, upload, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, retransmit, distribute, perform, display, sell, or otherwise use any ISM ROB Content.

Except as explicitly and expressly permitted by ISM, you are strictly prohibited from creating works or materials (including, but not limited to tables, charts, data streams, time-series variables, fonts, icons, link buttons, wallpaper, desktop themes, online postcards, montages, mashups and similar videos, greeting cards, and unlicensed merchandise) that derive from or are based on the ISM ROB Content. This prohibition applies regardless of whether the derivative works or materials are sold, bartered, or given away. You shall not either directly or through the use of any device, software, internet site, web-based service, or other means remove, alter, bypass, avoid, interfere with, or circumvent any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices marked on the Content or any digital rights management mechanism, device, or other content protection or access control measure associated with the Content including geo-filtering mechanisms. Without prior written authorization from ISM, you shall not build a business utilizing the Content, whether or not for profit.

You shall not create, recreate, distribute, incorporate in other work, or advertise an index of any portion of the Content unless you receive prior written authorization from ISM. Requests for permission to reproduce or distribute ISM ROB Content can be made by contacting Rose Marie Goupil in writing at: ISM Research, Institute for Supply Management, 309 W. Elliot Road, Suite 113, Tempe, AZ 85284-1556, or by emailing rgoupil@ismworld.org; Subject: Content Request.

ISM shall not have any liability, duty, or obligation for or relating to the ISM ROB Content or other information contained herein, any errors, inaccuracies, omissions or delays in providing any ISM ROB Content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. In no event shall ISM be liable for any special, incidental, or consequential damages, arising out of the use of the ISM ROB. Report On Business®, PMI®, Manufacturing PMI®, Services PMI®, and Hospital PMI® are registered trademarks and trademarks of Institute for Supply Management®. Institute for Supply Management® and ISM® are registered trademarks of Institute for Supply Management, Inc.

About Institute for Supply Management®
Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) is the first and leading not-for-profit professional supply management organization worldwide. Its community of more than 50,000 in more than 100 countries manage about US$1 trillion in corporate and government supply chain procurement annually. Founded in 1915 by practitioners, ISM is committed to advancing the practice of supply management to drive value and competitive advantage for its members, contributing to a prosperous and sustainable world. ISM empowers and leads the profession through the ISM® Report On Business®, its highly-regarded certification and training programs, corporate services, events, and assessments. The ISM® Report On Business®, Manufacturing, Services, and Hospital, are three of the most reliable economic indicators available, providing guidance to supply management professionals, economists, analysts, and government and business leaders. For more information, please visit: www.ismworld.org.

The text version of the public Hospital ISM® Report On Business® is posted on ISM®’s website at www.ismrob.org on the fifth business day* of every month at 10:00 a.m. ET.

The next Hospital ISM® Report On Business® featuring July 2024 data will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.

*Unless the New York Stock Exchange is closed.

Contact: 

Rose Marie Goupil

Report On Business® Analyst

ISM®, ROB/Program Manager

Tempe, Arizona

+1 480.752.6276, ext. 3005

Email: rgoupil@ismworld.org

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Westar Press Releases Revelation and Revenge: Confronting Christian Nationalism

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New book by Chad Venters, Arthur J. Dewey, and Steve Ross features an afterword (Aftershock) by John Dominic Crossan.

What if the ultimate weapon of Christian Nationalism—the “Left Behind” End-Time prophecies—is completely fake?

LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — An exciting new publication from Westar Press, Revelation and Revenge, rescues the Book of Revelation from modern political scare tactics and restores its originality as a brilliant first-century drama resisting imperial forces.

With urgency and provocation, Revelation and Revenge: Confronting Christian Nationalism challenges one of the most dangerous political ideologies of our time: militant theology based on the Book of Revelation. Biblical scholars Chad Venters and Arthur J. Dewey, and acclaimed illustrator Steve Ross, with an Afterword by John Dominic Crossan, provide an incisive, learned, and accessible book aimed at informing the public about the true story of Revelation and its false representation today.

This book dispels fear-based End-Time prophecies that have dominated the American religious and political landscape for decades. The authors pull back the layers of tradition to expose how modern rapture theology is not an ancient biblical truth but a highly profitable nineteenth-century invention. Today, rapture theology actively weaponizes the political climate to escape environmental accountability, deny scientific reality, and rewrite democratic laws under the banner of Christian supremacy.

Using rigorous historical-critical sources and sharp contemporary analysis, this book investigates the apocalyptic roots of Christian Nationalism. It demonstrates how a first-century text originally written by an exiled political dissident as an act of anti-imperial resistance has been inverted into a zero-sum tool for earthly power and conquest.

“The darkness of ignorance and dishonesty must be undone through the light of education and understanding,” writes coauthor Chad Venters.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Westar Institute, 417098@email4pr.com, (855) 490-0454

Review copies, digital gallery links, and interview scheduling available upon request.

Westar Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to educational and scholarly work. Its imprints, Westar Press and Polebridge Press, share this mission and do not operate for profit. All views in this publication belong solely to the authors and do not represent Westar Institute or its affiliates. As publisher, Westar does not endorse the content and maintains no political affiliations or positions.

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Snapchat and OUTFRONT Media Launch ‘Crowd Created’ Live AR Spectacle in Times Square on June 18

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HBO Max First Partner for New Innovative Ad Format that Marries IRL and AR – Starting by Putting Fans Into House of the Dragon Ahead of its Season 3 Premiere Using Snapchat’s First-Ever Four-Sided AR Mirror

NEW YORK, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media, one of the largest and most-trusted IRL media companies in the U.S., and Snapchat have partnered to launch “Crowd Created.” It debuts today with HBO Max as the launch partner to bring Season 3 of HBO Original series House of the Dragon to life ahead of its June 21 debut.

Powered by the OUTFRONT XLabs innovation arm and Snap Inc.’s technology, Crowd Created is a live AR spectacle in Times Square that marries IRL (in-real-life) with AR (augmented reality). This new ad format is the first Snapchat AR experience to project visitors live onto Times Square billboards in New York City and features the first-of-its-kind four-sided AR Mirror.

From 3PM to 7PM today (June 18, 2026), visitors in Times Square can step in front of the full-body, four-sided Snapchat AR Mirror and interact with custom House of the Dragon AR Lenses to opt-in to see themselves virtually wearing Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen’s crown, placing themselves directly in the world of the series. They will then be able to see themselves and their AR experiences appear live on OUTFRONT Media’s Duffy Duo billboards – two of the most iconic digital signage in the world.

The activation combines Snapchat’s AR technology with OUTFRONT XLabs’ award-winning XTend offering that extends campaigns across screens using augmented reality. The result: an ad experience that transforms a passive walk-by into a shared cultural moment. With more than approximately 400,000 visitors passing through Times Square each day—creating one of the world’s largest concentrations of pedestrian traffic and social sharing – Crowd Created offers brands an innovative way to launch their biggest titles and invite audiences to become part of the campaign itself.

“With Crowd Created, Snapchat and OUTFRONT have transformed the streets of New York into Westeros – dragons and all,” said OUTFRONT Chief Marketing and Experience Officer Stacy Minero. “By combining Snapchat’s industry-leading AR technology, HBO Max’s award-winning IP, and OUTFRONT’s premium IRL media canvases, this campaign demonstrates how innovation can turn real-world environments into immersive experiences that people don’t just see – they step into.”

“AR is one of the most powerful ways Snapchatters engage with the world around them, and it’s amazing to be able to bring that technology to Times Square. We’re thrilled to work with HBO Max and OUTFRONT and bring Westeros to life in a way that lets fans see themselves at the center of the story and on one of the world’s most iconic canvases,” said Laurel Duquette, Head of Media and Entertainment, Snap Inc.

“At its best, fandom is participatory — and we’re always looking to create moments that let fans see themselves in the worlds they love. Through this partnership with Snapchat and Outfront, we’re harnessing innovative technology to bring fans inside the world of House of the Dragon, transforming a simple interaction into a larger-than-life moment,” said Mark Doumet, Vice President, Originals Marketing, HBO and HBO Max. 

This activation is being supported by a two-week campaign throughout OUTFRONT’s NYC ad network to drive attention and awareness for the June 18 event. It is part of a larger, multi-faceted overall campaign for Season 3 of House of the Dragon, premiering June 21 on HBO Max, including a screening in Santa Monica that invites Snapchat creators to see it ahead of time. With 956 million monthly active users and nearly 2 trillion Snaps created in 2025 alone, Snapchat is a significant platform for entertainment marketing. In fact, Samba TV analyses found exposure to Snapchat campaigns delivered a reported 91% lift in theatrical ticket sales and 84% lift in tune-in for TV shows, movies, or sporting events, on average in the studied campaigns. Omnicom Media and Ipsos in-survey-based research found 73% of daily Snapchatters have been influenced to go to the theater after seeing it advertised on Snapchat. The IRL experience also taps into growing demand for personalized and shareable brand intersections, with third-party search indicating that 80% of Gen Z consumers enjoying personalized brand experiences, including AI-powered Lenses, and 60% enjoy sharing content from activations.

About OUTFRONT Media
OUTFRONT is one of the largest and most trusted out-of-home media companies in the U.S., helping brands connect with audiences in the moments and environments that matter most. As OUTFRONT evolves, it’s defining a new era of in-real-life (IRL) marketing, turning public spaces into platforms for creativity, connection, and cultural relevance. With a nationwide footprint across billboards, digital displays, transit systems, and other out-of-home formats, OUTFRONT turns creative into powerful real-world experiences. Its in-house agency, OUTFRONT STUDIOS, and award-winning innovation team, XLabs, deliver standout storytelling, supported by advanced technology and data tools that can drive measurable impact.

About HBO
HBO® is one of the most respected and innovative entertainment brands in the world, serving iconic, award-winning programming through the HBO linear channels and the direct-to-consumer streaming platform, HBO Max, which is available globally in 65 countries. A part of Warner Bros. Discovery, HBO offers an extensive array of programming that includes recent fan-favorite hits like “House of the Dragon,” “The Last of Us,” “The White Lotus,” “Succession,” and “Euphoria,” and iconic titles, including “Game of Thrones,” “The Sopranos,” “Sex and the City,” “Band of Brothers” and “The Wire.”

Media Contacts:

Matt Biscuiti
The Lippin Group
212-986-7080
outfront@lippingroup.com

Courtney Richards
OUTFRONT Media
646-876-9404
courtney.richards@OUTFRONT.com

Stephan Bisson
OUTFRONT Media
212-297-6573
stephan.bisson@outfront.com

Snap Inc.
press@snap.com

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Introducing Kinetik, the first AI agent designed to help predict and monetize social media growth

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Powered by AI, real-time audience intelligence and deep analysis of social media data, Kinetik helps creators optimize content strategies and build more engaged, profitable communities.

LONDON, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Kineto, a startup backed by the engineering legacy of JetBrains, has unveiled Kinetik, an AI agent specialized in marketing and social media. It analyzes audience behavior, emerging trends and content performance to help creators and marketing professionals make smarter decisions, grow engagement and accelerate and monetize social media growth.

Unlike generic AI tools, Kinetik operates right in the messenger, such as Slack, WhatsApp, Telegram, and soon iMessage, and connects to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and X, for deeper context. This helps Kinetik understand the creator’s brand voice, handle content writing in their voice, and prepare social media analytics, competitor monitoring, research, and scheduling.

“Kinetik is unlike any other AI tool that I’ve used. It genuinely understands my voice and the way I work,” said Lyubava Zaytseva, a digital content creator. “It analyzed all videos posted for the last year, provided the insights, and identified the trends in minutes instead of the four hours I would spend on it.”

“The truth about creators’ work is that the majority of their time is spent on understanding the algorithms, researching trends, and analyzing the results instead of creating. People have limited capacity to remember the algorithm rules and adapt the content to them; machines are only limited by tokens. Creators today have more opportunities than ever to build businesses around their content, and with Kinetik, they get the tools for every task,” said Andrew Zakonov, CEO and Co-founder of Kineto.

“With significantly boosted content performance and deeper analysis, creators can now leverage AI not for the quick and low-key content production, but actually for the growth of their business on social media.”

Kinetik helps with the most painful and common content and social media tasks:

Trend Research & Content Ideas: Monitors what’s trending in your niche across Instagram, TikTok, X, and the web, providing specific ideas, advice, and content in your voice. It can also automatically send it to Notion or to the doc if you want to save it beyond the chat.Memory: Remembers your niche, audience, style, goals, and past conversations. Every session picks up where the last one left off, so no explanation is needed.Strong learning curve and personalization: Kinetik can be your coach for the better self, but it also learns from you. It never keeps the sensitive data, but it always keeps your goals and the way you think. Ultimately, this makes AI more useful, but also more tolerant and precise – just like you.Voice Notes: Takes a recorded rough thought and turns it into a content idea that fits your strategy.Content Analysis & Insights: Analyzes your posts, engagement patterns, and audience behavior, as well as peers and/or competitors to tell you what’s working and why.Video Review & Feedback: Analyzes editing, pacing, color grading, composition, and gives filmmaker-level feedback with specific timestamps.

Kinetik is also available in Slack for both personal use and team collaboration. When added to a group chat, Kinetik gives teams access to AI-powered marketing tools focused on content creation, social media management, and influencer marketing, one of the fastest-growing yet least-automated niches in AI-driven marketing.

Visit https://kineto.app/ for full product details, pricing, and to get started with a free trial. Subscription plans for individuals and teams are available and open to creators, agencies and marketing teams from 1 to 100 people. Pricing starts at $12.50 with a discount.

Kineto will be demoing Kinetik at VidCon 2026 in Anaheim, California, at booth #5016. They will also be hosting the Creator Track workshop, “AI Magic Behind Your Content,” on Friday, June 26, from 11:00-11:30 a.m. in Room 210AB, featuring Kinetik CEO Andrew Zakonov and special guest creator Anna Deguzman.

About Kineto & Kinetik
Kineto is an independent startup spun out of JetBrains and backed by JetBrains investments and expertise. The same engineering mindset behind IntelliJ IDEA, coding agent Junie and Kotlin, one of the most popular languages for Android development, launched Kinetik, an AI agent for creators and marketing teams that operates in Slack, WhatsApp, Telegram and iMessage coming soon, with a mission to provide creators with an AI teammate that understands their work and allows them to focus on creating.
Kinetik helps with the non-creative work, including research, analytics, strategy, communication with brands, media kits, scripts from voice notes, trend monitoring, and more. It learns your tone, connects to your social accounts, and remembers context across channels.

MEDIA CONTACT
Sophia Gilbert
The Hoffman Agency on behalf of Kineto
kinetik@hoffman.com

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