In the first of several articles, Group Editor Marty Kauchak reviews efforts to improve the US healthcare community’s performance in patient safety. As many as 400,000 people a year die from preventable medical errors in hospitals. This July 17, the US Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s Subcommittee...
Drs. Dan Katz and Eric Savitsky with Brian Bernstein describe developing a commercial product through the government’s SBIR program Dr. Dan Katz, Dr. Eric Savitsky and Brian Bernstein describe the step by step process of the government’s Phase I, II and III SBIR program to develop a successful commercial product.
Jessica Ray, PhD, Stephanie Sudikoff, MD and other simulation center staff share their use of google glass to enhance simulation for patient and family care. Wearable technologies such as Google Glass advances simulation training by allowing us to take new perspectives of our health care environment.Image Credit: Jason Fenstermaker Jessica...
Dr. Cole Zanetti describes the future of medical education and training in 2050 and the resource they have in patient Cole Zanetti, DO, provides a view of a seamless healthcare education system based on competency and empowering patients to manage their chronic diseases. In 2050, people will manage most of...
Those involved in training - whatever the industry - understandably have a focus on performance. In fact, obtaining appropriate human performance, and measuring it, is at the heart of all that we do. Communication with industry will be key, including a common vocabulary and taxonomy, as well as the ability...
US News Editor Lori Ponoroff discusses national and state government and private organizations and corporations funding to encourage the pursuit of nursing as a career Group tour sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in the University of Maryland simulation labs.Image Credit: American Association of Colleges of Nursing's Graduate...
Group Editor Marty Kauchak discussed the Center’s history and accomplishments with Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD, the founder and executive director. CMS has an array of simulation activities, all focused on its mission to use simulation to improve safety, quality and education in healthcare. Entering its third decade of service to...
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have completed the first comprehensive numerical simulation of skeletal muscle tissue using a method that uses the pixels in an image as data points for the computer simulation - a method known as mesh-free simulation. The researchers, led by J.S. Chen, the...
Think back to the roots of your EMS education. No matter when it was, there were probably manikins. From a simple CPR trainer to today's high-fidelity manikins, the face of EMS education is evolving to include a focus on simulation because it provides consistency and creates clinical opportunities to assess...
On the 17th July Malaysian Airlines MH17 crashed in Ukraine, all 298 people aboard were killed, on the 23rd July, Transasia Airways, GE222 crashed on landing in Taiwan in bad weather with 48 fatalities and on the 24th July, Air Algerie, AH 5017 crashed in Mali, N Africa killing all...