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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Group Editor Marty Kauchak was joined by Holly Foster, Halldale Media Sales Representative, to put SimX through the paces of one scenario on the 2019 IMSH exhibition floor. Delegates at 2019 IMSH were able to immerse themselves in a rigorous learning environment by way of the SimX wireless, multiplayer,... 28 January 2019
CAE HPSN World 2019 (February 26-28 at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida) is the ideal environment for all members of the healthcare industry to learn about best practices for improving patient safety through simulation-based education. Over the years, CAE Healthcare, a worldwide training partner of choice... 28 January 2019
BreakAway Games will be exhibiting its vHealthCare Portal at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), which is taking place in San Antonio, Texas, from 26-30 January. The vHealthCare Portal provides several interactive learning games and screen-based simulations to help improve users’ clinical thinking and differential diagnosis skills. 28 January 2019
Continuing with TWME8’s strategy of supporting simulation professionals in the development of and collaboration on high-quality scenarios, regardless of the manikin technologies they utilise, the company has been working in collaboration with CAE Healthcare. TWME8's iRIS users can export the scenarios they have developed to be opened and run on... 28 January 2019
Laerdal Medical and B-Line Medical have announced a collaborative partnership to integrate existing and new product lines to significantly improve the quality, consistency and ease of administering healthcare simulation education and training. As part of the long-term collaboration agreement, Laerdal Medical and B-Line Medical will develop and distribute turn-key... 28 January 2019
With a new multimedia toolkit, Boston Medical Center (BMC) aims to make learning about patient safety in the hospital setting more concrete, relevant and accessible to as wide an audience as possible. The toolkit, OK to Proceed? What Every Healthcare Provider Should Know About Patient Safety, is anchored by... 28 January 2019
The SkinVision team announced the investment of $7.6 million in the company to support its journey of bringing convenient, accurate and quick recognition of skin cancer. This funding round has been supported by current shareholders LEO Pharma, PHS Capital and a number of new high net worth impact investors. 28 January 2019
Maritime forces from France, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States participated in the maritime warfare exercise Intrepid Sentinel in the Arabian Gulf in mid January. Participating ships included France’s Marine Nationale F70AA-class air defense destroyer FS Cassard (D 614); United Kingdom’s Royal Navy Daring-class air defense destroyer... 28 January 2019
The KeyW Holding Corporation announced that it has won approximately $53 million in new business awards, contract extensions and increases to ceiling values on prime contracts. The awards have an estimated period of performance of four to five years, and the new business is expected to begin contributing to... 28 January 2019
EASA has published the 8th edition of the European Plan for Aviation Safety (EPAS). The EPAS sets out the strategic and operational priorities for safety and environmental protection for the next five years. It is a key component of the European Aviation Safety Programme (EASP) and provides a coherent and... 28 January 2019
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