Touch Surgery, a tech startup based in London that develops holographic surgery headsets, raised over $20 million (£15m) from the supporters of Facebook’s Oculus headset that will help the company launch an augmented reality (AR) tool for training the most delicate points of surgery. Trainees will wear a Microsoft Hololens...

Halifax Community College (HCC) is giving those in the emergency industry the chance to take their skills to the next level with the introduction of their new emergency management course. The community college is partnering with the Halifax County School District as well as Edgecombe, Nash, and Roanoke-Chowan community colleges. Michael...

Hill-Rom, a globally recognized medical technology company, has announced the launch of their newest medical-surgical bed solution, the Hill-Rom® Centrella™ Smart+ bed, dedicated for hospitals which will be available in the U.S and Canada in November. The Centrella Smart+ bed has been designed to allow patient safety and patient satisfaction...

Titan Medical Inc., a medical device company, entered a partnership with Columbia University Medical center for preclinical feasibility and validation studies on Titan Medical’s SPORT Surgical System. Titan will install the system at Columbia’s simulation training facility in New York City early in 2018; it will be the second installation...

In an attempt to help students develop certain strategies and learn how to take care of both themselves and their patients by, physically and emotionally, the George Washington University School of Nursing has launched a new student support system. Faculty member took notice of how emotionally draining nursing school was...

With the mindset of improving their expertise, Doctors at the University of Connecticut are using 3-D printing technology to get hands-on training to practice delicate brain surgery. David Brotmann, a medical physicist, came up with an idea of using 3-D printing technology to practice a procedure to treat strokes, referred...

The very first graduating class from the Navy's Hospital Corps "A" School has begun follow-on training. The school updated their curriculum with a new training regimen under new Navy Surgeon General (SG) Initiative, the Hospital Corpsman (HM) Clinical Trauma Experience Proof of Concept course The HM "A" School implemented the...

The global surgical implant company, RTI Surgical Inc., has recently announced the launch of their Fortilink-C IBF System with TERTAfuse® 3D Technology. The Fortilink-C system will be the first device of the RTI Surgical's devices to incorporate their TETRAfuse 3-D technology. Fortilink-C IBF System with TERTAfuse® 3D Technology "TETRAfuse 3D...

With the help of the taxpayers and a new simulation center, Florida State College in Jacksonville is hoping to help fill the Florida nurse shortage. Florida State College’s North Campus in Jacksonville has recently inaugurated their newest Medical Simulation Center. The Florida $2.2 milion appropriation paid for a new simulation...

Temple University’s School of Podiatric Medicine is bringing some innovation to their student’s medical education with their new simulation center. Students will now be able to train through real-life scenarios, practice patient interactions and receive immediate feedback from educators and faculty members. School of Podiatric Medicine Simulation Center The simulation...