Amanda

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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Written by Andy Smith, MTM publisher Healthcare for a family covered by a large employer has cost, on average, $22,885 last year. That’s $2,000 more than the sticker price for a brand-new Volkswagen Beetle, which Drew Altman discusses in his latest Axios column. If this startling and accurate claim does not wake up...   26 August 2019
Sponsored Content Join our passionate, interprofessional healthcare simulation community and world-leading experts at the 2019 SIM Expo! The 2019 SIM Expo will be held on October 21-22 in Montréal, Québec, Canada, at the Hôtel Bonaventure. Who is the SIM Expo for? Each year, the SIM Expo brings together healthcare leaders in university,...   23 August 2019
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., will play an important role in maintaining the readiness of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35 and CH-47F fleets by providing local field service engineers, test capabilities and the first F-35 global pilot readiness center. The company recently signed...   23 August 2019
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes LLC and Purdue University’s College of Pharmacy announced a collaborative agreement which expands the College of Pharmacy’s nuclear pharmacy training program. As part of the collaboration, NorthStar has provided a RadioGenix System to the College of Pharmacy for use in training nuclear pharmacy students on the...   23 August 2019
Leonardo welcomes the continued commitment made by Canada’s Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, to modernize and expand Canada’s primary rotary search and rescue helicopter fleet through the Cormorant Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU) program. The announcement marks a major step forward ahead of program finalization. To date,...   23 August 2019
Bevill State Community College (BSCC) announced the graduation of students from the first HVAC Boot Camp held at the Bevill State/Alabama Power HVAC Training Center. The graduation will be on Wednesday, August 28, 2019, at noon. The ceremony will take place at the HVAC Training Facility located at 3711 Industrial...   23 August 2019
Bevill State Community College (BSCC) announced the graduation of students from the first HVAC Boot Camp held at the Bevill State/Alabama Power HVAC Training Center. The graduation will be on Wednesday, August 28, 2019, at noon. The ceremony will take place at the HVAC Training Facility located at 3711 Industrial...   23 August 2019
Expeditionary forces from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States took part in an opening ceremony for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) training exercise HYDRACRAB, a quadrilateral exercise conducted by more than 100 sailors from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and U.S. Naval forces. The purpose of this exercise is...   22 August 2019
A new report from Kaspersky finds employees of healthcare organizations in the U.S. and Canada are lacking cybersecurity education and awareness in three main areas including regulation, policy and training. Of these key areas, the most alarming statistic found that nearly a third of respondents in North America (32...   22 August 2019
The Royal Netherlands Army Command has awarded Ravenswood Solutions (Ravenswood) a contract for a modular augmented reality (AR) tracking equipment for observers (MARTE-O) kit. The MARTE-O kit is a power-efficient, conformal, and wearable design that includes a binocular module, head-mounted display, sensor and graphics modules, and a tablet to...   21 August 2019