{"id":281846,"date":"2025-10-06T14:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/281846\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:16:16","slug":"james-l-west-center-for-dementia-care-receives-national-innovation-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/281846\/","title":{"rendered":"James L. West Center for Dementia Care Receives National Innovation Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The James L. West Center for Dementia Care received the Silver Award in the prestigious McKnight\u2019s Excellence in Technology Awards program on Wednesday. McKnight\u2019s is a recognized leader in business news publications serving leaders in the institutional long-term care field.<\/p>\n<p>The West Center and its partner, EaaS AI, were honored in the Innovator of the Year category for their development of \u201cEunice,\u201d a customized AI persona utilizing ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p>According to Cheryl Harding, Ph.D., President and CEO of The West Center, \u201cWe are honored to be selected as a major innovator on such a prominent national stage. McKnight\u2019s is a leading voice in our profession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She adds, \u201cOne year ago, we began a journey that leveraged ChatGPT as our platform in a way that developed a persona of Eunice West, who was the founder of our organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul id=\"bp-grid-227403\">\n<li><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neeley.tcu.edu\/Tandy-Executive-Speaker-Series?utm_campaign=2025&amp;utm_source=ad&amp;utm_medium=digital&amp;utm_term=tess-event-keyes&amp;utm_content=biz-press\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"TESS_Digital_Ad-KEYES-300\u00d7250 FINAL 8.26.25\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TESS_Digital_Ad-KEYES-300x250-FINAL-8.26.25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;opacity: 1 !important;\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"last\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>The judges were impressed by the impact of ChatGPT in composing and designing materials across various marketing, strategic planning, business operations, and finance platforms. The implementation of \u201cEunice\u201d has enhanced productivity throughout the organization and ensures the West Center\u2019s communications consistently reflect its core values of expertise, dignity, and person-centered care.<\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT has helped The West Center to scale its outreach and expand programming in ways that were previously time- and resource-prohibitive.<\/p>\n<p>The McKnight\u2019s Excellence in Technology Awards program concluded a two-day online conference that addressed timely issues facing the long-term care and aging services industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Digital Sponsors &#8211;<a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texpresslanes.com\/current-projects\/north-tarrant-express-capacity-improvement-project\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"NTE TEXpress-Highway Numbers-HORZ-160\u00d740\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NTE-TEXpress-Highway-Numbers-HORZ-160x40-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"40\" style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;opacity: 1 !important;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The James L. 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