Amanda Towner
Amanda Towner writes news articles for the Halldale Group’s website as well as CAT and MST Magazines. She studied English and Creative Writing at Stetson University, where she became a Sullivan Scholar for her work. Her writing covers several topics including journalism and storytelling, and is featured in several publications.
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Ravenswood Solutions Inc. and GDM Electronic & Medical LLC announced a strategic partnership that will more directly relate the technology design, manufacture and fielding processes for state-of-the-art instrumentation systems hardware. Ravenswood and GDM have worked together for the last 15 years coupling Ravenswood’s product development and Mobile Ground Truth... 12 March 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated hospital performance data on the Hospital Compare website and on data.medicare.gov to empower patients, families, and stakeholders with important information they need to compare hospitals and make informed healthcare decisions. This data includes specific measures of hospitals’ quality of care,... 12 March 2019
Boeing awarded a $3-million grant to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to accelerate pilot training and aviation maintenance programs. Boeing's investment will create a permanent endowment to fund annual scholarships for flight training, maintenance training and certification costs related to the pilot training and aviation maintenance programs. Scholarship dollars will be... 11 March 2019
This 27 February, group editor Marty Kauchak completed a wide-ranging interview with Colonel Joseph Nolan, Deputy Director of US Army Modeling and Simulation Office (AMSO). Highlights from their interview are provided below. The US Army’s annual M&S Forum has become a hallmark of the service’s efforts to put a... 11 March 2019
Written by Andy Smith, MTM publisher The British Government published a Joint Committee report on 2 August 2018 regarding the establishment of a Health Service Safety Investigations Body. Intended to create a ‘legal safe space’ so that “anyone involved in the delivery of care can speak openly is crucial if the... 11 March 2019
The Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) announced that Mindray has become the 90th company to sign the PSMF’s Open Data Pledge, demonstrating its commitment to improving patient safety through data sharing. Joe Kiani, founder and chairman of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation said, “Just 7 years ago, we started... 8 March 2019
Join the Patient Safety Movement Foundation for a virtual workshop session on the importance of human factors and systems safety focus on re-designing work – as opposed to re-designing the human who does the work. The free webinar, Human Factors Workshop, will take place on March 13, 2019 from... 8 March 2019
FlightSafety International and Air Methods will be adding a new Level D qualified full flight simulator for the Airbus Helicopters EC145 at the FlightSafety Learning Center in Denver, Colorado. Design and manufacture of this new FlightSafety FS1000 simulator is underway at the company’s simulation facility in Oklahoma. It will... 8 March 2019
Caverton Helicopters aims to deliver AW139 simulator training to pilots. This move is a key step forward in Caverton’s strategic move into flight simulation training services. They have chosen to rely on Thales’s AW139-configured Reality H Full-Flight Simulator (FFS) to accomplish this. The simulator will be installed at Caverton’s... 8 March 2019
In support of the local community and the growing aviation industry of the city of Pensacola, Florida, ST Engineering has set up a new scholarship programme, the Pensacola Mayor’s Scholarship, to support outstanding individuals accepted into an aviation-related post-secondary educational programme. Starting in 2020, scholarships will be awarded to... 8 March 2019
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