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3D Systems is implementing virtual reality (VR) environments with its line of medical simulators that will allow users to practice surgical procedures within a virtual operating room for a realistic and immersive training session designed to enable better surgical preparation and team training. 3D Systems’ Virtual Reality Operating Room (VR... 30 January 2017
The nursing staff at Loma Linda University Medical Center’s adult and adult hospital and its Children’s Hospital started a journey of excellence designed to improve patient outcomes, elevate the nursing practice, and attract and retain the finest nursing staff. Inspired by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program® , the... 30 January 2017
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,... 30 January 2017
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... 30 January 2017
In another in a series of articles on simulation center returns on investment, correspondent Marty Kauchak gained insights on the topic from Shriners Hospitals for Children — Canada, located in Montreal, Quebec. The Shriners Hospital invested in the development of an integrated Simulation Centre in its new flagship hospital... 30 January 2017
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... 29 January 2017
HAMPSHIRE and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, in partnership with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, has committed to fund the first four years of a pre-hospital emergency medicine training programme for doctors in the Wessex Deanery, which includes Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The programme is designed to... 27 January 2017
Imagine a heart the size of a room, each of its chambers a hallway you can walk through. Well, now surgeons at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center don't have to imagine that, it's reality...virtual reality. It looks like something out of a Sci-Fi movie or a video game. But, the... 27 January 2017
It is time to take a more critical look at the culture of medical training, and new steps are needed to assess and monitor student well-being, according to Stuart Slavin, MD, associate dean for curriculum and professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri. In a... 27 January 2017
Ola, a mobile app for transportation, has partnered with Apollo Hospitals, a healthcare services provider, to create a comprehensive medical program for driver-partners. Under this program, Ola drivers will be equipped to provide medical assistance in case of on-road emergencies. Driver partners will be also be able to opt for... 26 January 2017
Medical Training Magazine Interviews: Chad Epps MTM: What are learning technologies offering to health care and what is their impact on learning (education and training) across the community? Chad Epps: Our current learning technologies are transforming how we educate healthcare professionals. Technology-enhanced educational environments are more in line with adult... 26 January 2017
Every single second, voluminous amount of data is being generated from the healthcare and medicine industry, including the healthtech and wearables sector. Increasingly, the focus has been on how the data could be integrated and used to achieve our collective dream of enabling precision medicine i.e. detecting diseases well before... 25 January 2017
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... 25 January 2017
Saint Joseph’s College has received a $1.5 million grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation to support the creation of a new academic center in Standish to address critical shortages in Maine’s nursing workforce. According to the foundation, the number of Maine nurses on the verge of retirement is up significantly,... 24 January 2017
Nearly two decades after Minnesota State University leaders began envisioning a new building for the College of Allied Health and Nursing, a scaled-back version of their vision is now open. The university's new $27 million Clinical Sciences Building welcomed its first students this week as they returned from winter break. 23 January 2017
Surgery sometimes can yield surprises for physicians as they operate on the human body. Now, three-dimensional modeling can take away some of that guesswork. In fact, for many physicians, there’s little that can replace the ability to hold and manipulate an accurate model of the exact area of a patient’s... 23 January 2017
The need for hormone therapy often prompts transgender patients to seek treatment from endocrinologists, but many clinicians have received little formal training in this area, according to study results published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.1 "As awareness and insurance coverage of transgender healthcare has increased, there is growing... 20 January 2017
As 2017 begins, around 81 percent of Americans live in urban areas, up from 79 percent in 2000. At the same time, urban and suburban areas where vacant land exists (so, not you, San Francisco) have been expanding, redefining what used to be rural. With this demographic shift comes a... 20 January 2017
The Roanoke Valley Regional Fire & EMS Academy #20 consisting of 23 personnel representing the Cities of Roanoke and Salem, and Roanoke County graduated on December 15 at the Berglund Center, Performing Arts Theatre. Each recruit was called to the stage and pinned with their official firefighter badge as their... 19 January 2017
If an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) needs a medical tool, such as a surgical instrument or a finger splint, they normally have to wait for a resupply mission. But that is about to change this month, when NASA astronauts will use a 3D printer aboard the ISS... 19 January 2017