Education Management Solutions (EMS), a provider of simulation management technologies, is partnering with Panasonic R&D of America to bring the Panasonic 3D Multiview Anatomy System to the U.S. market. EMS will provide demonstrations of this immersive training tool at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in Orlando, Florida,...
Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) has designed a series of medical simulations focused on increasing healthcare access while also containing costs, enhancing medical practitioners’ skills, and improving patient-doctor communications that it will showcase this week at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) 2017. The four virtual medical simulations...
CAE Healthcare released the CAE VimedixAR, an ultrasound training simulator integrated with the Microsoft HoloLens, the world’s first self-contained holographic computer. CAE Healthcare is the first company to bring a commercial Microsoft HoloLens application to the medical simulation market. VimedixAR delivers a simulation-based training experience that lets learners interact and...
Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia developed a device to make brain surgery safer. A tiny imaging probe, encased within a brain biopsy needle, lets surgeons ‘see’ at-risk blood vessels as they insert the needle, allowing them to avoid causing bleeds that can potentially be fatal. Their project...
The University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for Modeling and Simulation and Virtual Humans and Synthetic Societies Lab are developing an emotive “Virtual Reality Patient,”, in conjunction with Southwestern Medical Foundation, that medical students will be able to use to improve their patient communication skills – and the Virtual Reality...
Touch Surgery and DAQRI launched new surgical training capabilities that let people perform next to ‘real-life’ surgical procedures. The development brings Augmented Reality (AR) into the operating room, letting surgeons practice in a virtual OR on a virtual patient. “Surgeons no longer need to refer to outdated books or medical...
Thomas Jefferson University’s Institute of Emerging Health Professions received a $3 million gift from Australian philanthropists, Barry and Joy Lambert, to support its Center for Medical Cannabis Education and Research. The center will be renamed The Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp at Thomas Jefferson University...
The Cannabis Care Certification (CCC) program is a new, an online program designed to provide quality information about medical cannabis to individuals who are starting or considering cannabis therapy, and healthcare professionals looking to learn about the endocannabinoid system and medical cannabis. Launched by the Americans for Safe Access, a...
Toshiba Medical launched new educational tools that it says will help clinicians more easily keep pace with new technology and deliver improved patient care. The new tools and enhancements customize the education process and offer easy, affordable access to the industry’s best set of resources and accreditation opportunities. The company...
The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted new policies aimed at ensuring medical students and resident and fellow physicians have timely and confidential access to the medical and mental health services they need during their medical training. The new policies will help physicians-in-training maintain their personal health and well-being and reduce...