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Limbs & Things introduced a Cesarean Section (C-Section) Module for its PROMPT Flex Birthing Simulator. The new module has two elements. The first consists of an anatomically correct, replaceable surgical pad with eight layers, plus the female bladder. This part of the module aids highly realistic training in transverse incisions... 11 May 2016
The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), a global initiative of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, is accepting applications for its ‘Innovation Showcases’ competition through May 27. The contest will give 20 healthcare innovators a chance to demonstrate their work in front of more than 1,000... 10 May 2016
A team of patient safety experts at Johns Hopkins say more than 250,000 deaths per year are due to medical error in the U.S., according to the results of their study published in the BMJ on May 3. The team says after analyzing medical death rate data over an eight-year... 4 May 2016
Boston Children’s Hospital opened a 4,000-square-foot, $12 million expanded pediatric Simulation (SIM) Center where doctors, nurses and other staff can rehearse tough medical situations or practice tricky or rare procedures in a clinical setting that looks and feels real. Families will also use the facility that incorporates real medical equipment,... 4 May 2016
3D Systems collaborated with the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) to develop a standardized curriculum for Bronchoscopy on the Simbionix BRONCH Mentor™ virtual reality training simulator. The CHEST Standardized Curriculum Module for Essential Bronchoscopic Skills and Diagnostic Bronchoscopy helps users learn and master basic skills and clinical knowledge, and... 3 May 2016
3D Systems won an ECAT (Electronic Catalog) contract from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency to deliver medical simulation products and accessories to U.S. military service branches. ECAT is an online ordering, distribution and payment system that gives Department of Defense and other federal customers access to multiple manufacturer and distributor... 2 May 2016
Mimic Technologies’ consulting training subsidiary signed an agreement with HealthTrust to become a new supplier of robotic surgery simulation training products and robotic surgery training consulting services. Mimic Medical Education and Development (MimicMED), provides guidance in successfully implementing best practices to help fully develop new and existing robotic surgery training... 2 May 2016
Southern Arkansas University opened its new Blue and You Health Sciences Simulation Center that is named in honor of the $149,128 grant from Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Blue & You Foundation that funded much of the center’s equipment. The SAU Nursing Simulation Lab has four studios that are all... 2 May 2016
A Boise State University team of nursing and gaming professionals developed a wearable technology that lets its nursing students practice complex simulations – at a lower cost than more standard training. The Virtual Reality Nursing Simulation with Custom Haptic System for Patient Safety is a wearable technology that lets students... 29 April 2016
The University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Medicine in Orlando will start a new Emergency Medicine residency program in July 2016 and is recruiting several residents to start this summer. The medical school’s newest graduate medical education (GME) training program is in partnership with Osceola Regional Medical Center and... 27 April 2016
Surgical Theater, a provider of medical virtual reality, will present its first-of-its kind virtual reality surgical visualization platform for neurosurgery at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC 2016), today, April 6, in Silicon Valley. The company says its VR medical visualization solution supports all elements of patient care from the... 6 April 2016
The Autism Society of Central Texas produced a training video to help educate law enforcement officers and emergency responders how to approach, talk with and respond to people with autism. 5 April 2016
The Autism Society of Central Texas produced a training video to help educate law enforcement officers and emergency responders how to approach, talk with and respond to people with autism. The Society worked with Red Media Group, Chester Security, parents and individuals with autism to create the free training video... 5 April 2016
ChartWise Medical Systems, a provider of Computer-Assisted Clinical Documentation Improvement (CACDI) software, introduced ChartWise Advisory Services – training and support for its ChartWise 2.0 software users. ChartWise Advisory Services includes a range of options for clinical documentation specialists, hospital administrators and health care professionals to ensure they have the training... 5 April 2016
Directors of general surgery residency programs believe flexible work-hour schedules for surgeons in training (residents) improve the continuity of patient care and resident training without compromising patient safety, according to findings of survey conducted in conjunction with the Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees (FIRST) Trial. The FIRST... 5 April 2016
St. Elizabeth Healthcare began construction on a $3 million medical simulation center that will serve healthcare professionals from the company’s seven Northern Kentucky hospitals as well as its specialty and physicians’ offices. The new 24,081-square-foot St. Elizabeth Training & Education Center (SETEC) will be 55 percent larger than its current... 5 April 2016
Waveny Care Center – a Waveny LifeCare Network skilled nursing and short-term rehab facility – partnered with the of the Norwalk Community College’s (NCC) Nursing and Allied Health Simulation Center to provide hands-on simulation training for its nurses who care for Waveny’s short-term rehab patients. The “Waveny Care Center Assessment... 4 April 2016
The U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command took over the Medical Skills Training Center (MSTC) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey to provide combat medics with the required training for Emergency Medical Training certification. The Army’s 21 MSTCs in the U.S. provide combat medics the required 72 hours of... 4 April 2016
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, California received a two-year, $447,000 grant from the UniHealth Foundation to create a simulation training program for the hospital’s team that manages childbirth crises. The hospital’s Interprofessional Perinatal Simulation Program will use manikins for ongoing training and practice for physicians, nurses, respiratory... 1 April 2016
Some pediatric surgeons perform so few rare and complex procedures once they finish their surgical training that they may have a hard time maintaining operative skills in the long run, according to a new study led by researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. While the... 1 April 2016