Author: Inquirer

This Philadelphia Business has Created a Wearable Panic Button to Protect Hotel Workers from Sexual Assault

January 10, 2020

Nationwide, there’s a push to make hotel, casino, and restaurant workers safer from on-the-job sexual harassment, thanks to expanding passage of legislation that requires companies to provide individual panic buttons to its workers. One Philadelphia business — ROAR for Good — is part of that movement. Its cofounder, Yasmine Mustafa, knows firsthand the vulnerabilities faced […]

Comcast-Backed Accolade Buys Health-Care Data Firm

August 2, 2019

Accolade, a start-up in the Philly suburbs that helps manage health care for big employers, has acquired a California firm with data on 13 billion medical claims coming from 250 million patients, the company said Thursday. The data will be used by Accolade personal health-care assistants to help covered employees and family members make better […]