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Blue Purpose Founder Glidewell Secures Third U.S. Patent for Advanced Emergency Response and Communications Technology

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TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Blue Purpose, a technology and data warehousing company focused on transforming long-term care through artificial intelligence and data-driven innovation, today announced that its founder, Don Glidewell, has been awarded his third U.S. patent associated with BOOMBOX, his emergency communications technology.

The milestone reflects more than two decades of Glidewell’s work at the intersection of healthcare, technology and emergency preparedness.

BOOMBOX was conceived around a critical challenge: ensuring that organizations can communicate effectively when emergencies threaten normal operations. The latest patent expands Glidewell’s intellectual property portfolio in emergency communications and represents another milestone in his work developing technology for mission-critical environments.

“Innovation has always been about solving problems that matter,” said Glidewell. “When an emergency happens, communication can make an extraordinary difference. BOOMBOX grew out of that belief. Receiving a third patent is an exciting milestone, but what matters most to me is continuing to develop technology that can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.”

From emergency communications to intelligent healthcare

That same philosophy drives Glidewell’s leadership at Blue Purpose, where he and his team are developing VIBE, an integrated technology platform designed to help long-term care organizations reduce administrative burdens, improve operational visibility, strengthen compliance and give caregivers more time to focus on residents.

“Whether we’re developing emergency communications technology or using AI to support a caregiver or healthcare operations, the question is the same: How can technology help people make better decisions when it matters most?” said Glidewell. “That’s the mindset behind everything we’re building at Blue Purpose.”

A continued commitment to innovation

Glidewell’s third BOOMBOX patent adds to a career spanning more than 20 years in long-term care technology and entrepreneurship. His recognition includes Mississippi’s Top CEO and Top Entrepreneur, the Mississippi Healthcare Hero Award and the Florida Business Ambassador Award. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council. Glidewell is also an Amazon Best Selling Author. 

About Blue Purpose

Blue Purpose is a healthcare technology company dedicated to helping long-term care organizations improve care, operational performance and compliance through artificial intelligence, automation and integrated data. Its VIBE platform brings together information and intelligent tools to support healthcare leaders and frontline caregivers.

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Fosun International Wins Five Awards at The Asset Corporate Sustainability Leadership Awards 2026, Upgraded to Platinum

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HONG KONG, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Fosun International Limited (“Fosun International” or the “Company”) (HKEX stock code: 00656) today announced that it has been awarded the prestigious “Corporate Sustainability Leadership Awards 2026 – Platinum Award” by The Asset, a leading Asia-Pacific financial publication. Building on its Gold Award win last year, this upgrade to the Platinum Award reflects Fosun International’s steadfast commitment to sustainability and its continued excellence in ESG performance.

In addition to advancing from last year’s Gold Award to the Platinum Award in the main category, Fosun International earned broad acclaim from The Asset for its sustained efforts in green transition, high-quality disclosure, environmental and social responsibility, and corporate governance. Demonstrating its all-around excellence, Fosun International was also honored with four major single-category awards: “Best in Disclosure & Transition”, “Best Initiative in Environmental Responsibility”, “Best Initiative in Social Responsibility”, and “Best Sustainability Team”.

Commitment to Green Transition and Transparent Disclosure Earns Widespread Recognition for ESG Excellence

Fosun International remains steadfast in its long-term commitment to sustainability and has delivered strong results across major global ESG ratings. To date, Fosun International’s MSCI ESG Rating has been upgraded to the highest rating of AAA. It has been included in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2026 and also named among the Top 1% in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook (China Edition) 2026 for the third consecutive year. Its Hang Seng Sustainability Rating has been upgraded from AA- to AA+. It has also been selected as a constituent of the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index for the seventh consecutive year and included as a constituent of the Hang Seng ESG 50 Index. Additionally, Fosun International’s FTSE Russell ESG score has consistently been higher than the global industry average and it has remained a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series for five consecutive years.

In recent years, Fosun International has continued to strengthen its ESG management system, fully integrating sustainability into its strategic decision-making, daily operations, and every stage of its risk management process, comprehensively strengthening the Group and its member companies’ capabilities and execution in managing sustainability-related issues. At the same time, Fosun International actively supports China’s “dual carbon” goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, advancing initiatives in carbon neutrality, energy conservation, emissions reduction, and climate risk management. In 2026, the Company continued its voluntary disclosure practice by releasing its fourth Climate Information Disclosures Report, further enhancing the systematic approach and transparency of its climate-related disclosures.

Actively Responding to Climate Change and Protecting Biodiversity

The Group actively encourages its member companies to carry out climate actions. The Bund Finance Center (BFC), the Group’s main office and a landmark in Shanghai, introduced and followed the LEED Certification, which is hailed as the “Oscar Award” in the green building industry, from the early planning stage. In 2025, 97% of Club Med’s eligible resorts successfully passed audits and obtained the Green Globe Certification, the world’s leading certification for sustainable tourism. Atlantis Sanya, Taicang Alps Resort and Lijiang Club Med Resort had also obtained LEED Gold Certification, demonstrating Fosun’s ongoing efforts and achievements in green building and sustainable tourism.

In addition to honoring Fosun International with “Best in Disclosure & Transition” for its determined efforts to advance low-carbon transition and its high-quality disclosure, The Asset presented the Company with “Best Initiative in Environmental Responsibility” in recognition of its deep commitment to addressing climate change and protecting biodiversity. Notably, The Asset singled out the Sea Turtle Shelter project at the Atlantis Sanya aquarium for special praise.

As early as 2018, Atlantis Sanya, a subsidiary of Fosun, officially established an aquatic wildlife rescue station. Over the years, it has rescued a total of 42 wild sea turtles. On 23 May this year, World Turtle Day, the Sea Turtle Shelter at the Atlantis Sanya aquarium was officially inaugurated. Sea turtles with minor injuries are treated and released back into the sea upon full recovery, while those unable to return to the wild are given a permanent home at the shelter. Covering an area of 388 square meters, the Sea Turtle Shelter features rehabilitation pools, an educational exhibition hall, and breeding beaches designed to replicate a natural ecosystem, offering both a recovery space and long-term habitat for sea turtles.

Leveraging Innovation to Deliver Lasting Social Impact

Fosun adheres to an innovation-driven strategy, continuously delivering innovative achievements across its businesses to better serve society. In the Health business segment, Fosun targets unmet medical needs, with a strategic focus on key therapeutic areas including oncology, immunology and inflammation, and neurodegenerative diseases, while actively expanding into cardiometabolic diseases and rare diseases. This approach enables the development of high valued competitive pipelines and comprehensive healthcare solutions. Meanwhile, it continues to consolidate its core technical platforms including antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), small molecules, and cell therapies, while expanding into cutting-edge therapeutic modalities such as radiopharmaceuticals and small nucleic acids. Its innovative products are now available in more than 90 countries and regions worldwide. In the first half of 2026, a total of 20 indications of 7 innovative drugs were approved for launch both domestically and internationally. Meanwhile, HANSIZHUANG, HLX43, and other marketed and pipeline innovative drugs achieved several “world’s first” breakthroughs.

In global public health, as of 30 June 2026, Fosun Pharma had cumulatively supplied more than 460 million vials of artesunate for injection worldwide, saving more than 92 million patients with severe malaria.

Strengthening Social Responsibility and Empowering Primary Healthcare through Technology

In order to better promote the fulfillment and implementation of corporate social responsibility, Fosun Foundation was established in 2012. It has been making unremitting efforts in areas such as global emergency relief, rural revitalization, health, education, culture and art, youth development, to create social value. In presenting Fosun International with “Best Initiative in Social Responsibility”, The Asset singled out its “Rural Doctors” corporate social responsibility program and commended its introduction of the “AI Rural Doctor Assistant” into primary healthcare to expand access to healthcare and improve efficiency.

Since the launch of the Rural Doctors Program at the end of 2017, the program has covered 78 counties in 16 provinces, cities, and autonomous regions across the country, supporting 25,000 rural doctors and benefiting 3 million rural families. To harness AI to support rural revitalization and strengthen primary healthcare, Fosun Foundation partnered with the Alibaba Foundation to launch the “AI Rural Doctor Assistant”, a technology-driven philanthropic initiative. It transforms the Rural Doctors’ Pocket Guide, a clinical reference jointly compiled by experts, into a digital database. Rural doctors can access its intelligent question-and-answer interface at any time via a mobile phone or computer, helping them diagnose and treat patients more efficiently.

Fostering ESG culture from the top down and building a long-term ESG management system

Fosun prioritizes sustainability and has established a top-down and long-term mechanism for ESG improvement. The Company has included ESG management performance in the performance assessment not only for executive directors, but also for the CEOs of the Group and the personnel in charge of each business group. Fosun consistently fosters an ESG culture from the top down. Through regular global ESG networking workshops, ESG culture week activities and its ESG digital platform, the Company has established open and transparent communication channels across its member companies. These channels facilitate the ongoing sharing of best practices and help subsidiaries advance their ESG initiatives. The Company also maintains effective and transparent communication with stakeholders and rating agencies. The “Best Sustainability Team” award from The Asset underscores market recognition of the Company’s ESG management and its efforts to advance environmental protection, social responsibility, and corporate governance.

Looking ahead, as a global enterprise rooted in China, Fosun will continue to uphold its original aspiration of “Contribution to Society”. Through continuous innovation and responsible global operations, Fosun will actively shoulder more social responsibility, striving to build a more responsible, inclusive, and sustainable future.

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Business Core Solutions Wins AI in Operations & Efficiency Award at TOI AI Quotient Awards 2026

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BCS recognised for Symphony’s application of agentic AI and orchestration across enterprise IT and business operations.

CHENNAI, India, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Business Core Solutions (BCS) has won the AI in Operations & Efficiency award at the TOI AI Quotient Awards 2026, presented by The Times of India. The recognition honours Symphony, BCS’s agentic orchestration platform, for its role in advancing enterprise operational efficiency.

The award ceremony took place in Mumbai on 10 September 2026. The category recognises AI solutions focused on streamlining workflows, accelerating automation and improving productivity at scale.

Enterprise operations often require teams to coordinate tasks, approvals and recovery across multiple systems. Symphony brings these activities into governed workflows across enterprise applications, cloud environments and infrastructure. By coordinating execution across these layers, the platform helps reduce manual handoffs, standardise operational procedures and maintain visibility from initiation through completion.

Symphony combines three modes of operation: rule-based orchestration for established procedures, conversational AI through Maestro for guided interaction and human decisions, and ambient agentic AI through isAI for autonomous monitoring and response. Organisations apply the appropriate mode to each task, with defined permissions, approval requirements and audit trails governing execution. Through Maestro, users also interact with workflows directly within Microsoft Teams.

The platform supports business workflows such as Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay and Month-End Close, alongside IT operations including background job management, system maintenance and recovery. Its orchestration capabilities connect prerequisite checks, task dependencies, execution and validation, helping teams manage complete processes across systems.

The award reflects BCS’s focus on applying AI to practical operational needs and helping enterprises adopt autonomous execution with human oversight and governance.

About Symphony

Symphony is an agentic orchestration platform from Business Core Solutions. The platform helps organisations automate, orchestrate, govern and monitor execution across ERP systems, cloud environments, infrastructure, applications, databases, operating systems, ITSM platforms and business workflows.

Its capabilities include low-code orchestration, reusable automation templates, intelligent operations, background job management, enterprise insights, test automation, discovery, licence management, secure vault integrations and governance controls. Maestro AI Assistant and Agentic isAI support conversational interaction and autonomous execution within defined enterprise controls.

Learn more at www.runsymphony.com.

About Business Core Solutions

Business Core Solutions (BCS) is a global enterprise transformation company. Founded in 2014, the company operates across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and India, providing services across enterprise ecosystems, including SAP, Salesforce, OpenText, AI/ML, agentic orchestration, cloud and data analytics.

These capabilities are complemented by its platforms: Symphony for orchestration, Anugal for identity governance, deKorvai for data intelligence and Mugil for cyber-defence. BCS helps organisations improve execution efficiency, reduce operational complexity and coordinate processes across enterprise systems.

Learn more at www.businesscoresolutions.com.

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CCTV+: Forum on Swift Response to Public Complaints opens in Chinese capital

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BEIJING, Oct. 13, 2026 /CNW/ — The 2026 Beijing Forum on Swift Response to Public Complaints opened on Monday, with the release of a number of research findings, reports on city hotline services, and global case studies on urban governance.

Beijing’s 12345 hotline is the city’s unified government service platform, allowing residents to report problems, lodge complaints, and seek information on public services ranging from utilities and transportation to healthcare and housing.

Since 2019, the hotline has evolved from a traditional call center into a smart governance hub powered by big data and AI. Data generated by the hotline helps identify recurring issues and informs policy decisions, turning everyday public concerns into input for improving urban services. The hotline has so far handled around 200 million requests from individuals and businesses.

Digital technology, particularly artificial intelligence, is a key focus for the two-day event.

For many participants, the forum is an opportunity to learn from Beijing’s experience in urban governance and explore ideas that could be applied in their own cities.

The discussions will continue on Tuesday, with more parallel sessions and field trips to local communities. Participants will have the opportunity to see how public services and urban governance work on the ground.

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