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The American Red Cross continues to build momentum after announcing its market entry for resuscitation education in February by facilitating the organization's first advanced resuscitation courses to medical professionals at the Uniformed Services University. This event marks the next phase in the Red Cross collaboration with the Military Training... 5 March 2019
Registration is now open for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Masterclass on Bladder Cancer, taking place from 1-2 May 2019 in Buffalo, New York. The two-day course will feature live Radical Cystectomy and Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion with guideline-based patient scenarios. This masterclass is designed for urologists and urology trainees... 5 March 2019
André Blain, president of OSSimTech, announced the appointment of Gabriel Rivest as executive director. Rivest’s term began on February 13, 2019. Over the past 4 years, Rivest has held different positions in the company. He has significant experience in business development, strategic partnerships and product management. Prior to joining... 4 March 2019
The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) announced its 2019 board of directors. Board President: KT Waxman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL, CHSE, CENP, FSSH, FAAN, associate professor, University of San Francisco and director, California Simulation Alliance, San Francisco, California.President-Elect: Robert Armstrong, MS, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Sentara Center for... 4 March 2019
The Healthcare Theater Conference, sponsored by AVKIN, is a free conference that takes place on May 16, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. at the STAR Campus in Delaware. Topics include how to start an affordable simulated participant (SP) program, creating structure to an existing SP program, and learning how... 4 March 2019
SonoSim and Laerdal Medical launched a comprehensive and standardized ultrasound-guided central line cannulation training solution: the Laerdal-SonoSim Procedure Trainer (LSPT). The part-task trainer features multiple advances in ultrasound-guided procedure training, including real ultrasound data, multiple anatomic variations, automated assessment and feedback, built-in expert instruction and guidance, compression, and power, color-flow... 1 March 2019
The Global Network for Simulation in Healthcare (GNSH) was founded in 2010 to promote the collaborative sharing of ideas that advance medical training and drive improvements in patient safety. Comprised of leading international organizations and corporations from around the world, GNSH provides an ideal forum for sharing advancements in... 26 February 2019
VitalConnect Inc. introduced its Vista Solution 2.01 at HIMSS19, ushering in the next generation of healthcare where specific health outcomes can be detected through National Early Warning Scores (NEWS). Vista Solution 2.0 will include the addition of weight scale, blood pressure and pulse oximetry via 3rd party devices, and... 25 February 2019
AdventHealth Nicholson Center is hosting its sixth annual Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) course on February 25th, 2019 in Orlando, Florida. This is the first time media will be invited to see the role Central Florida plays in international health care. More than 80 surgeons from as far as... 25 February 2019
Written by Andy Smith, MTM publisher This issue of the MTM newsletter contains links to the MMAST newsletter. This new publication is designed to release information on Joint Military Medicine Simulation and Training developments across the DOD. Scheduled for publication every two months, this MMAST newsletter provides key contact points as well... 22 February 2019
Written by Andy Smith, MTM publisher The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HiMSS) event, designed to ‘transform healthcare through information and technology’ descended on Orlando, Florida, last week filling the original expo halls of the Orange County Convention Center with 1300 exhibitors and bringing 45,000 earnest healthcare technologists together to... 22 February 2019
Yitu Healthcare has successfully used natural language processing (NLP) to achieve high-accuracy rates on par with doctors when reading electronic health records and generating patient diagnoses. The result is published on Nature Medicine under “Evaluation and Accurate Diagnoses of Pediatric Diseases using Artificial Intelligence”. It’s the first time for... 22 February 2019
J.D. Power released the results from its December 2018 pulse survey, which delves into consumer perception of the CVS-Aetna merger and the prospect of receiving care in a CVS retail pharmacy setting. It generated 1,000 responses. More than half (53 percent) had visited a CVS store within the previous... 22 February 2019
Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa are using an Operating Room Black Box (OR Black Box) to study whether improving teamwork and communication among operating room staff can make surgery safer for patients. “When I was a medical student we had lots of training... 21 February 2019
At HiMSS19, Michael Sanders, FAAFP, MD, chief medical and informatics officer of Flagler Hospital, led a session on the hospital’s progress in tackling clinical variation with artificial intelligence (AI). Applying Ayasdi's Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered Clinical Variation Management (CVM) software application to pneumonia, Flagler Hospital saved an average of $1,350... 20 February 2019
The winners of the 2019 Microsoft for Healthcare Innovation Awards were announced at HIMSS19 during the Microsoft Health Forum. Each year, the awards acknowledge health and life sciences organizations and their technology solution partners that are achieving innovation excellence with a Microsoft-based solution. The winners in each of the... 20 February 2019
Survitec has standardised its portfolio of battlefield casualty sustainment modules to reduce the number of fatalities sustained from injuries that are generally considered to have been treatable. Adopting an approach implemented by the U.S. military, Survitec has reconfigured its 29 medical modules, including the FC-1, MC-1, FC-2, FC-4, FC-4WP,... 19 February 2019
Sponsored Content ITEC 2019 will take place in Stockholm, Sweden from 14 to 16 May 2019. Since 1999, Sweden has been leading the VIKING series of exercises alongside participants from the UN, EU, civilian authorities, police, military and representatives from humanitarian organisations. VIKING is a practical extension of efforts... 19 February 2019
Oregonians hurt by a car crash or another traumatic event can mend their injuries with the help of skilled and seasoned U.S. Army healthcare professionals stationed at OHSU, in Portland, Oregon, through a new medical exchange program. OHSU is one of two hospitals nationwide participating in the new Army... 19 February 2019
The American Red Cross launched its new resuscitation education program that meets certification and licensing requirements for healthcare, EMS and other public safety professionals. The program consists of Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) courses that leverage the latest learning technologies... 18 February 2019