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The Patient Safety Movement supports MedStar Health Institute for Quality and Safety's Patient Safety Lecture on CANDOR in Healthcare, which takes place on May 20, 2019, at the Embassy of France in the U.S., Washington D.C., from 5 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. EDT. The Bennathan Lecture, the first of... 12 April 2019
Surgical Theater made its first international debut of the Precision VR Enterprise Solution at DMEA in Berlin, Germany. DMEA is Europe's largest event in the healthcare IT industry and provides Surgical Theater with an opportunity to feature the economic value of Precision VR and its scalability utilized as an... 11 April 2019
Osso VR is expanding into the European market after Newcastle Hospital’s Simulation Centre has begun using its technology to prepare surgeons for difficult procedures. The European healthcare market is facing growing challenges training new surgeons. According to a report from the Royal College of Surgeons, surgical trainees were focused... 11 April 2019
Patients for Patient Safety Canada, a patient-led program of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, is hosting the webinar, How safe is the care we receive?, on April 25, 2019, at noon EST. How much do Canadians know about patient safety and patient harm? How many people have experienced harm from... 11 April 2019
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Simulation in Motion-Nebraska program (SIM-NE) recognized its 5000th trainee at the Valley County Health System in Ord, Nebraska, on March 21, 2019. Jane Meyer, a nurse practitioner of the Valley County Health System in Ord, is the 5000th trainee. The SIM-NE team... 10 April 2019
Immersive virtual reality (VR) may enable interventional radiologists to improve treatments using real-time 3D images from inside a patient’s blood vessels. New research presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting shows that the interactive technology could provide faster, more efficient treatment, with less radiation exposure... 10 April 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new competition that aims to accelerate innovative solutions to better predict health outcomes and improve the quality of care for patients. Following President Trump’s executive order to prioritize research and development of America’s artificial intelligence capabilities, the CMS Artificial... 9 April 2019
Written by Andy Smith, MTM publisher Please pass this on to your colleagues with a safety, quality or risk job title; and anyone you happen to know in the C Suite! Human Factors and Healthcare A couple of weeks ago I was privileged to attend a meeting of experts in surgical... 8 April 2019
CAE appointed Rekha Ranganathan as president of CAE Healthcare, effective immediately. She succeeds Dr. Robert Amyot, who will remain in an advisory capacity to help ensure a smooth transition. Ranganathan has a proven track record of driving profitable growth in the healthcare industry, including several leadership positions at Philips... 8 April 2019
VirtaMed launched two new obstetric ultrasound training modules on its GynoS simulator for transvaginal and transabdominal ultrasound training during the 2019 annual conference of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM). The standardized 20+2 approach guides clinicians through a structured routine for examining the mid-trimester fetus, including 20... 8 April 2019
Operative Experience (OEI) announced that OEI chairman, Lou Oberndorf, will assume the role of CEO for the company, effective immediately. Former CEO, Mick Navin has left the company to pursue other opportunities. Oberndorf brings more than 23 years of experience in medical technology leadership, including serving as founder and... 5 April 2019
James O'Dell, M.D., the Stokes Shackleford Professor and vice chair of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine, and Paul Paulman, M.D., professor in the UNMC Department of Family Medicine, were honored as the Varner Educator Laureates for 2018-19. The Varner Educator Laureate Awards were presented... 5 April 2019
Professor Martin James, a senior NHS clinician for stroke services in Exeter, England, and a team of researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), have undertaken research to identify the best possible treatments and outcomes for stroke patients alongside... 5 April 2019
Kongsberg’s K-Sim Fast Craft simulator provides coast guard and security force officers with a new training platform for high-speed operations and tactical training. 5 April 2019
SpIntellx Inc. presented a poster at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting on April 1, 2019, that demonstrates predictions of the risk of relapse in a pilot study of colon cancer over five years. SpIntellx is a computational and systems pathology company applying its proprietary explainable... 4 April 2019
Dr. Guy Rooney is to take on the new position of medical director at the Oxford AHSN. He will have a key role in supporting innovation adoption and strengthening clinical engagement with emerging integrated care systems. Rooney is currently the medical director at Great Western Hospitals in Swindon, England,... 3 April 2019
Health Scholars has launched the first headset-based Virtual Reality (VR) training simulation to provide clinicians repeatable ACLS refresher training. In-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates average 26 percent, and patients in which clinical staff reported adequate resuscitation training have greater than 3-fold odds of higher survival rates than patients where... 3 April 2019
Beginning this fall, the School of Nursing at Mount Aloysius College will begin enrolling students into a new 3.5-year traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Part of the underlying premise to the new program is to meet the goal to increase the number of nurses entering the workforce... 3 April 2019
In the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s newsletter the company highlighted Mexico City’s Hospital Español as the first International hospital to earn the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s prestigious five-star ranking. Their entry into the PSMF’s five-star Hospital Program was officially announced at the 7th Annual World Patient Safety, Science &... 3 April 2019
The Johnson & Johnson Institute has 24 state-of-the-art training facilities, located in 23 cities on five continents. And when it’s not possible for healthcare professionals (HCPs) to travel to the institute, it can deliver education via an 18-wheeler mobile lab equipped with the latest in surgical simulation training. The... 3 April 2019