Jessica Ennis

OpiSafe rack card

Card for doctors' offices explaining the program to patients

OpiRescue app card

Card was created to spotlight the features of a few, award-winning app

OpiRescue rack card

Card for doctors' offices about the free app

RxAssurance Flyer

Example of copy I created for a general company flyer, spotlighting several products

Home Page - RxAssurance

RxAssurance works with organizations to directly integrate our solution with EHR/EMR systems. Our integration team can design a solution to fit any system that allows third party integrations.

Careers - Clear Peak

At Clear Peak, we know our people are our most important resource. We are committed to developing our team members. When we invest in our people - our clients and our team reaps the benefits.

Just Ask Children's

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A Vanderbilt University Medical Center News and Public Affairs Publication

A call for caution - RxAssurance

Be careful when you decide to prescribe opioids for chronic pain. Start low and go slow. And be sure you monitor your patients very closely, to assure that the drugs are working and not causing problems. That's what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) new guidelines suggest providers do, to help address the...

From U2 to Custom Cakes

Michelle Hadden Weekly spent 22 years jett-setting around the world as an entertainment publicist for artists Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews and U2 to name a few. But happy memories from her childhood, a marriage and a desire to spend more time with her family led her to pursue a drastically different career path.

Stapleton Entrepreneur Series: "Ashley's Closet"

Stapleton resident Ashley Stidham vividly remembers the day when inspiration struck to open her own online clothing boutique. The mother of two, ages 3 and 1, ended up leaving a clothing store empty-handed after a disastrous dressing room experience. "I was wearing the baby and had to lay her down on the dirty floor to try on [...]

5 financial tips for new freelance writers

When I first began my writing career, my mentor and boss, Verna Gates, recommended I join the local Alabama chapter of the National Federation of Press Women. One of the people I met through the Alabama Media Professionals group was Ann Halpern.

Blog - RxAssurance

Doctors prescribe pain medications to their patients because they have determined that some of their patients need help managing one or more elements of pain, be it from a recent medical procedure, illness, condition or injury. To keep their patients safe, doctors can create pain management agreements with their patients, check their state's Prescription Drug...

Doctors unaware patients are abusing pain meds

A recent study released in The Clinical Journal of Pain by a colleague of mine validated my suspicions, yet still shocked me. Lead author G.

Colorado Health Foundation Invests in RxAssurance to Tackle Prescription Medication Adherence and...

Example of press release I wrote that resulted in coverage in the Denver Post.

RxAssurance to participate in "shark tank" style competition at Biennial of the Americas

RxAssurance has been selected as one of 12 start-ups from North, Central and South America to participate in the Biennial of the Americas "Entrepreneurs Marketplace " on July 15 in Denver. The start-ups will pitch their business to a large audience and an international panel of expert judges and advisors in a "shark tank" style competition at the Commons on Champa.

Save the Predators

Examples of press releases that garnered coverage from the AP wire, Nashville news media and others.

SoberCircle.com

Example of a press release that generated calls from the Washington Post and other media.

Pregnant Teens Go to CAMP | School of Medicine | University of Colorado Denver

Pregnant Teens Go to CAMP Program Offers Medical and Social Support By Jessica Ennis (December 2015) When pregnant young women enter the Colorado Adolescent Maternity Program clinic (CAMP), they don't have to worry about how their swelling bellies will be perceived.

Chris Young: Seriously Good Music

I interviewed country star Chris Young about his life on the road for an Evan Williams advertorial.

Make Time for Exercise

Julie Wilson, M.D., pediatric sports medicine physician in the Orthopedics Institute at Children's Colorado, offers up these ideas to help busy families be more physically active. By Jessica Ennis

Articles | Colorado Medical Society

Colorado Medical Society, the largest physician-based organization in Colorado.

A Scholar and a Gentleman

When women of childbearing age wake up in the morning and pour their favorite cereal into a bowl, they can thank the efforts of Richard B. “Dick” Johnston Jr., M.D., for helping them have a better chance at delivering a healthy baby.

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All in the Family: Volunteering at Children's Hospital Colorado | Children's Hospital Colorado

If you ever come through the hospital's main entrance, you'll likely see Donna Mattson wearing her blue volunteer vest and a welcoming smile. Donna has been volunteering for Children's Hospital Colorado since 2005 - offering assistance to nervous families and visitors unfamiliar with the hospital.

Big dreams for tiny babies

Wearing clothing made to fit a 6- to 9-month-old baby, Becca Hill's tiny size is deceptive of her real age. The bubbly 2-year-old smiles and laughs as she poses for a photograph. By Jessica Ennis

Harris makes his way as physician, father and gay community leader

Christopher Harris, M.D., had his first encounter with the health care system when he was just three weeks old. Born in Chicago, Harris, now 47, was diagnosed with pyloric stenosis, a narrowing of the exit to the stomach through which food and other stomach contents pass to enter the small intestine. By Jessica Ennis

Making the pitch - Nashville Business Journal

When Karen Hall wanted to start her own bookkeeping service 12 years ago, her banker insisted that she have her then-husband co-sign a relatively small loan as well as put up her one-year-old Acura as collateral. "There were no two ways about it," the self-proprietor of KT Bookkeeping recalled. By Jessica Ennis

A Miracle Baby

When Savannah Perry, a nurse who lives in Boulder, was 20 weeks pregnant, she received a shocking phone call. By Jessica Ennis

Childrens Hospital at Vanderbilt

A look at the early life of the now famous "Kid President." David and Laurie Novak thought they were done raising kids. The couple, who live in Henderson, Tenn., had three grown children of their own in addition to the 10 foster children they had cared for over the years.

Stories of Getting Better

Renee Allen, data systems analyst in Quality and Process Improvement, can track her interactions with Children's Hospital Colorado all the way back to the day she was born. Allen, now 36, was born prematurely and weighed only 2 pounds, 3 ounces. She was tiny and her lungs were not yet fully developed. By Jessica Ennis

Uncovering hidden risks

With certain cancers, the disease might not stop with the person diagnosed. About 1 in 10 people who develop cancer were diagnosed because of a gene mutation causing a hereditary cancer syndrome that was new in the individual or inherited.

"We are all connected"

Created the concept, wrote and edited this annual report

Nathan's Special Heart - CHD bookstore - Kids With Heart NACHD

Nathan's Special Heart is a children's book, tracking Nathan's journey as he experienced a new minimally invasive surgery to treat a one-inch hole in his heart. Nathan's hole was closed in the cath lab and this book helps children to understand this experience. This book is written by Jessica Ennis, publications editor for the Monroe Carell Jr.

Saving little hearts

"Often a few minutes or hours can make all the difference between life and death," said James Jaggers, M.D., Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.

http:// http://www.childrenscolorado.org/about/news/2015/childrens-colorado-joins-nih-research-network

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Select articles I authored related to research news.

Children's Colorado Awarded $48.4 Million Research Grant | Children's Hospital Colorado

Children's Hospital Colorado is part of the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI), which recently received a $48.4 million five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This collaboration aims to accelerate the translation of laboratory discoveries into clinical treatments.