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Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS). Image credit: UTHSC. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center opened a new chapter in health care education in Tennessee and beyond on May 11, 2018, when the ribbon was cut on its new $39.7 million Center for Healthcare Improvement and... 24 July 2019
Group Editor Marty Kauchak discusses Army Medicine with Surgeon General Nadja West. On 13 May, LTG Nadja West the 44th Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commanding General, US Army Medical Command, spoke with Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak. The entire transcript from their wide-ranging interview follows... 24 July 2019
David Mayer, MD, CEO Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Executive Director MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety writes. As healthcare providers, we are all committed to providing high-quality care to our patients. In doing so, we focus on the quality of the services we provide. We need to embrace and... 24 July 2019
Virtual reality simulation immerses learners in a low-cost reality based clinical environment. When first thinking about how patient care could be improved through more effective healthcare training, the team at Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS) started with the problem: clinicians kill people. Nursing student at the University of Northampton trying... 24 July 2019
U.S. Army Reserve soldiers from the 13th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Battalion and the 319th PSYOP Company refreshed basic warrior skills during a combat lifesaver course (CLS) at a Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, July 18, 2019. John Flood, the training site lead for the course... 23 July 2019
Inovus Medical announced this week that development of their revolutionary Augmented Reality (AR) laparoscopic simulator is to gather pace after securing a £1million product development contract through SBRI Healthcare, funded by NHS England. The technology, which is set to democratise access to highly realistic, affordable laparoscopic simulation, began development... 23 July 2019
Shell has announced that its Digital Realities team will work with EON Reality to adopt mainstream Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) solutions across the global business. This led to extensive testing of Virtual Trainer (VT), part of the EON Reality connected learning AVR platform. The AVR Platform provides... 22 July 2019
Shell has announced that its Digital Realities team will work with EON Reality to adopt mainstream Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) solutions across the global business. This led to extensive testing of Virtual Trainer (VT), part of the EON Reality connected learning AVR platform. The AVR Platform provides... 22 July 2019
ComplianceIQ is hosting Nurse to Nurse Bullying - A Sepsis in Healthcare - SHRM & HRCI Accredited, a 60-minute live webinar, on Tuesday, 23 July 2019, from 10:00 AM PDT to 1:00 PM EDT. This webinar explored the phenomena of nurse to nurse bullying, examining why it happens, who... 22 July 2019
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) launched its new Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) Program at the ACS Quality and Safety Conference. This new surgical quality improvement program introduces 30 new surgical standards designed to systematically improve surgical care and outcomes for the aging adult population. The GSV Program provides... 22 July 2019
Leaders from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness gathered on Capitol Hill to announce a new partnership aimed at improving health care value. The two organizations announced a new program to help hospitals and surgical practices improve patient outcomes... 22 July 2019
A new report published by CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) shows that construction can reap major rewards from digital skills and technology, but only if it takes decisive action in the next five years. 19 July 2019
After a patient was admitted with a complex fracture, the Craniomaxillofacial Surgery unit at Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, Israel, headed by Prof. Samer Saruji, initiated a surgical planning workflow using 3D Systems’ surgical planning software. The 22 year-old female suffered from a left orbital fracture after falling from... 19 July 2019
WHO/Tania Seburyamo Primary screening includes temperature measurement and visual observation of travelers to look for signs of illness. The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern... 18 July 2019
Osso VR is being incorporated into surgical training programs worldwide and is now used by more than 20 teaching hospitals and eight medical device companies in 11 countries. Focused on increasing access to hands-on training that improves patient outcomes and increases the adoption of higher value medical technology, Osso... 18 July 2019
The DiSTI Corporation announced that STARK Learning, headquartered in the Netherlands, is the newest VE Studio Certified Solutions Partner. STARK Learning specializes in creating innovative digital learning solutions for industrial, energy and education sectors. According to Milan Vogelaar, managing director of STARK Learning, “we are experiencing growing demand from enterprise... 17 July 2019
The DiSTI Corporation announced that STARK Learning, headquartered in the Netherlands, is the newest VE Studio Certified Solutions Partner. STARK Learning specializes in creating innovative digital learning solutions for industrial, energy and education sectors. According to Milan Vogelaar, managing director of STARK Learning, “we are experiencing growing demand from enterprise... 17 July 2019
Laerdal Medical and B-Line Medical announced Laerdal Medical’s acquisition of B-Line Medical. Building on an initial partnership signed in the fall of 2018, this acquisition will accelerate and expand the integration and scope of their product lines. With the acquisition, B-Line Medical will become part of the global Laerdal... 17 July 2019
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent 10,354,559 for SynDaver’s cricothyroidotomy (Cric) and nasogastric (NG) tube simulation device. The patent covers the design and manufacturing of SynDaver’s Adult Cric Trainer, which is a realistic surgical and procedural training platform for cricothyrotomy. The device is a multi-use... 17 July 2019
CEO Michael Wallace and Dr. Jack Pottle in front of 10 Downing Street Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS) was invited to Number 10 Downing Street in recognition of its work to improve care for people with diabetes. The NHS England diabetes team are working with Oxford Medical Simulation to train... 17 July 2019