The "transformative" virtual reality treatment involves placing patients in uncomfortable virtual simulations such as riding the London Underground. The mental health clinics of the future could soon sport virtual treatment rooms, as a new study shows how VR can treat severe paranoia for the first time. The Medical Research Council-backed...

Liberty University's School of Nursing received full accreditation for its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program through the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) for the maximum 5-year period allowed for new programs. CCNE is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency and serves higher...

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash., May 31, 2016 – Beginning June 1, PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center will host two residents from the UW Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine for a four-week rural medicine rotation. Residents Max Wendtlandt, MD, and Paul Doetsch, MD, will work under the supervision of PeaceHealth Peace Island...

Boston MedFlight knows a thing or two about cooperation. In fact, it was founded on it. More than 30 years ago, six competing hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts, came together to create a single helicopter air ambulance service for the local area. The service was set up as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit...

OSF Healthcare’s Saint Anthony College of Nursing in Rockford, Illinois added two new simulation labs including a neonatal/obstetrics (OB) lab that gives nursing students the opportunity to experience what it’s like to be an OB nurse during childbirth and a community lab constructed like a living room to simulate...

A Florida company that makes synthetic humans for medical training has branched out to synthetic dogs — and it says it’s hoping to place packs of them in every veterinary school in the world. If successful, SynDaver Labs says, the mission would save thousands of animals by preventing shelter dogs...

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) School of Nursing developed a computerized haptic system for nasogastric tube (NGT) placement training, letting nursing students to practice NGT insertion in a simulated virtual environment. The school says it’s the first computerized haptic system developed for training nurses in clinical skills in...

Picture this: At every step of a patient’s trip through the hospital, a virtual assistant awaits, ready to answer questions, pull up medical records — or snap photos during surgery. Hospital staff and patients walked through that futuristic hospital scenario one recent afternoon at a new simulation center at Boston...

Military surgeons face a unique challenge in that they serve as a “jack-of-all-trades” in an austere environment while deployed, only to return home to the expectation that they will compete with the standards of civilian surgical care, which has become increasingly subspecialized and highly dependent on minimally invasive technology. To...

The Penn College of Technology opened a new Nursing Education Center that has seven learning labs and 10 dedicated classrooms – and is serving more than 350 students enrolled in nursing majors at the school. The expanded nursing school facilities allowed the college to accept more students into its nursing...