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President Clinton will return for the 8th year in the row as a Keynote Speaker for the World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit on Saturday, March 7, 2020. President Bill Clinton. Image credit: Patient Safety Movement Foundation. The 2020 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit will be co-convened... 23 January 2020
Kitware has released the latest versions of two of its popular medical training and simulation toolkits – the Interactive Medical Simulation Toolkit (iMSTK) 2.0 and the Pulse Physiology Engine (Pulse) 2.3. Updates to these toolkits include improved models and functionality based on feedback from user and developer communities. Kitware showcased... 23 January 2020
Oxford Medical Simulation has launched OMS Interprofessional, a multiplayer virtual reality (VR) simulation platform. OMS Interprofessional allows multiple learners to be in the same virtual reality scenario at one time, whether they are in the same room or different countries. Learners can collaborate, discuss and make decisions as a team,... 21 January 2020
A British farm safety charity has been given £10,000 from the National Lottery fund to launch a VR training programme. The Farm Safety Foundation (FSF) has trained 10,000 agricultural students and young farmers at 41 different land-based colleges and universities throughout the UK since 2015. The funding boost will allow... 21 January 2020
British start-up Touch Surgery, which uses VR headsets to train doctors, has secured $70m (£54m) in funding to grow its product line, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph. The British newspaper said the company, who had previously raised $19.5 million from U.S. venture capital fund 8VC, secured the... 21 January 2020
3B Scientific, a portfolio company of J.H. Whitney Capital Partners, LLC has entered into an agreement to acquire iSimulate Pty. Ltd., a clinical education technology offering medical simulation solutions. “iSimulate has revolutionized simulation training in healthcare through its creative simulation solutions including ALSi, REALITi, CTGi and AURiS,” said Todd Murray,... 20 January 2020
In advance of the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH 2020), CAE Healthcare has released CAE Vimedix 3.0, its updated ultrasound simulator with a new user interface that includes 3-D/4-D cardiac ultrasound for advanced assessment and diagnosis in preparation for ultrasound-guided interventions. “The demand for safe, effective ultrasound education... 20 January 2020
CAE Healthcare has released its first training applications for Microsoft HoloLens 2, which will integrate holographic, modeled physiology into its patient simulators. The mixed reality applications will accelerate learning by displaying 3D, interactive cardiac, respiratory and circulatory systems that will allow learners to envision human anatomy. Built to run on... 17 January 2020
Health Scholars has completed a $17-million round of fundraising with investments from Arboretum Ventures, Venture Investors, Capital Midwest Fund, OSF HealthCare, as well as key family office seed funders. The new investment round will enable Health Scholars to continue to introduce and expand new virtual technologies in both the Hospital... 17 January 2020
Videotel has launched a new virtual reality (VR) training title to help ship operators avoid potential claims running into millions of pounds due to cargo damage caused by insufficient tank cleaning onboard chemical tankers. Ensuring cargo tanks are properly cleaned to receive their next cargo is a complex operation and... 17 January 2020
Registration is now open for Friday Night at the ER 2020 workshops. Attendees can learn essential skills for working effectively across boundaries to achieve team or organization goals. All industries are welcome, and for those in the nursing profession, up to 9.0 CNE contact hours will be available. The first... 16 January 2020
Health Scholars announced the availability of the first Virtual Reality (VR) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training designed specifically for first responders. 16 January 2020
The CAE Healthcare Academy will showcase its consulting services for healthcare education at IMSH 2020 and will offer conference attendees the opportunity to meet one-on-one with its clinical experts during the conference. The CAE Healthcare Academy Services division expanded this year to meet the growing demand for hospital-based staff education... 16 January 2020
Digital Projection will return to the RAI in Amsterdam February 11-14, 2020, to give the first public EMEA showing of its Satellite Modular Laser System (MLS) – in Hall 1, F90. As well as the Satellite MLS, Digital Projection is due to show two of its MultiView setups on the... 16 January 2020
Inovus Medical will be travelling to San Diego for IMSH2020, the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, later this month where they will be unveiling their newest innovation that is set to democratise high-fidelity surgical simulation to the masses. The team will be on stand #334 where they will be... 15 January 2020
A recent study from Oregon State University (OSU) assessed how some common virtual reality movements contribute to muscle strain and discomfort. It’s an effort to ensure future user safety in this fast-growing technology that is used not only for gaming, but also increasingly for education and industrial training. Image credit:... 15 January 2020
SonoSim has launched its SonoSim LiveScan Neonatal & Infant Neurosonography Package, the first in a series of pediatric ultrasound training products. SonoSim is also releasing three training modules in Ultrasound-Guided Pericardiocentesis, Thoracentesis, and Paracentesis, which will help decrease needle-based procedure complications. The company will showcase these products and a wide... 13 January 2020
DigiLens Inc. unveiled its new Crystal50 waveguide lens at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, showing a 50-degree diagonal, full-color, low-cost waveguide lens. “Crystal50 is a significant step forward for the head-worn category as it enables a wide field-of-view (FOV) in a small form-factor and can be manufactured... 10 January 2020
First Gas, operator of more than 2,500 km of high-pressure gas transmission pipelines and 4,800 km of gas distribution networks in the North Island, turned to Waikato virtual reality (VR) specialist Company-X to design and develop a custom-built VR training programme for high-risk procedures. First Gas staff member trying the... 10 January 2020
Pico Interactive announced its latest VR headset, the Neo 2 – an all-in-one (AIO) device with 6 degrees of freedom (DoF) head and controller tracking that delivers VR solutions to businesses. Pico’s Neo 2 line includes two headsets: the Neo 2 and the Neo 2 Eye. Both models feature technology... 9 January 2020