Innovate Utah NEW IDEAS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM UTAH COMPANIES

Weave, a customer communication platform for small business, has launched a podcast for dental offices and their staffs designed to drive in-depth conversations around how to build and maintain a happy practice. The Lehi-based company calls the podcast “The Happy Practice Playbook.”{mprestriction ids="1,3"}

“As staffing shortages continue to plague small dental practices, The Happy Practice Playbook is designed to provide leadership tips, practice management tools and expert guidance for every role in the practice, including dentists, practice administrators, billing specialists, front desk staff or office managers,” the company said about the podcast.

Weave said that dental industry thought leaders such as Dr. Todd Snyder; Dr. Lori Trost; and Arden Jolley, the “Dental Geek” are joining host Monique Jones for the first set of episodes that were recently launched. Other experts on dental practice operations, leadership and patient experiences join the podcast to share tips and tricks.

“The Happy Practice Playbook is all about giving dental office professionals and staff a place to learn and share their best tips and advice to make their office that much happier and more efficient,” said Chris Baird, Weave’s chief marketing officer. “Dental offices know that happy staff make the patient experience exceptional, and a happy practice just runs better.”

The podcast is paired with a Facebook group for listeners to further explore the episodes and ask follow-up questions, share tips from their own practices and learn best practices from other offices.

The podcast is available on Spotify, Apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher and YouTube.

Provo-based experience management platform Qualtrics has released Course Evaluations, an education solution that helps schools improve teaching, student engagement and retention by using a tool that manages the entire evaluations process — from customizing questions to analyzing results on the institutional, department and professor levels. Course Evaluations simplifies the assessment process with customizable evaluations that students can respond to via email or a learning management system. “Schools are still adapting to the seismic changes of the pandemic. Their task now is to dial in to the experiences students are having — in and out of the classroom — that will keep them engaged in learning,” said Omar Garriott, global head of education at Qualtrics. “Students demand it. Waiting weeks or months to collect course and instructor feedback is a thing of the past.”

LifeVantage Corp., a Lehi-based nutrigenomics company, has launched TrueScience Liquid Collagen, a liquid supplement that activates, maintains and replenishes the body’s production of collagen to support skin firmness and elasticity. The formula features ruby quinoa extract, a grain that helps the body make more collagen and helps slow the breakdown of existing collagen. “The results of gene studies on the ruby quinoa in Liquid Collagen have been beyond impressive,” said Steve Fife, LifeVantagepresident and CEO. “It slows down skin aging by influencing the activity of genes that can preserve and activate production of the body’s natural collagen. We have seen incredible results after people have usedthe productfor only 30 days. We’re thrilled to unveila revolutionary product that can help people look and feel healthy and vibrant.”

Action Target Inc.,a developer of live-fire shooting ranges based in Provo, has introduced its portable steel target system, the PT Ranger. The PT Ranger is a rapidly deployable target system for pistol and rifle practice. Engineered for high-volume shooting, the PT Ranger features rapidly deployable feet that unfold with no fastening pins or tools needed. Using a single 2x4 board, purchased separately, the PT Ranger is designed with various shooting scenarios in mind and is available with five steel silhouette targets. “There is nothing that compares to shooting on steel. The PT Ranger provides a safe, clean shooting experience, enhancing your next day at the range no matter what kind of shooter you are. Improve your next shooting experience by getting the Action Target PT Ranger,” a company release said.

Park City-based GCommerce, a digital marketing agency for the hospitality industry, has announced the launch of its new metasearch platform Metadesk to make metasearch easier and transparent. The new platform is a software-driven experience combining programmatic and AI technology designed to address known pain points and frustrations experienced by hoteliers regarding the management of their metasearch channels while leveraging GCommerce’s media management and optimization skills. “Metasearch is quickly being categorized as a revenue management tool, and Metadesk is here to challenge that notion,” said Lindley Cotton, president and partner at GCommerce. “Metasearch advertising should be continually managed and optimized for top performance. The industry is desperate for new players; the technology should be easy and less cumbersome while utilizing performance-based media techniques. Why can’t hoteliers expect both? With Metadesk, they can.”

Merit Medical Systems Inc., a South Jordan-based manufacturer and marketer of healthcare technology, has released its SCOUT Mini Reflector. The mini reflector is used in surgery of soft tissue, such as breast and lymph nodes. By implanting the tiny reflector, approximately the size of a grain of rice and 33 percent smaller than the standard reflector, physicians can surgically remove abnormal breast tissue while minimizing trauma to surrounding healthy tissue, which may result in more successful surgeries and improved patient outcomes. “Merit’s mission is to understand physician needs and innovate and deliver products that drive better patient outcomes,” said Fred P. Lampropoulos, Merit Medical’s chairman and CEO. “Merit recognized the need for smaller implantable devices for some physicians and patients. We are pleased to deliver an improved technology that enhances treatment.”

Pluralsight, a technology workforce development company based in Draper, has introduced two new features for its Pluralsight Flow software development platform. The new features are Team Health Insights, which enables engineering leaders to proactively diagnose the holistic health of their teams, and the Sprint Movement report, designed to help with sprint planning and predictability efforts. The new capabilities complement Pluralsight Flow’s goal to help engineering organizations better understand their workflows and deliver value to customers, the company said. “By introducing Team Health Insights and the Sprint Movement report, Pluralsight Flow is delivering new insights that give engineering leaders the power to understand team constraints, identify how they can best address them, improve the developer experience and ultimately deliver more value to customers faster,” said Greg Ceccarelli, general manager of Pluralsight Flow.

SixFifty, a legal document software company based in Midvale, has released a free automated tool to help Utahns change their name or gender marker. Identity 650 generates the paperwork required by Utah courts and guides users through the petition process. The current system to change a person’s name or gender marker requires at least 15 pages of legal documents which need to be completed at different times and submitted in different ways and Identity 650 generates all the necessary documentation. “The law is for everyone,” said Ransom Wydner, vice president of pro bono of SixFifty. “For most people, though, the process of changing their name or gender marker is too complex and they don’t know how to get help. SixFifty built these free tools to make the process more accessible.”

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