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Microsoft Corp. announced new capabilities that further simplify the customer journey and deliver highly secured IoT solutions. These solutions help customers embrace IoT as a core strategy to drive better business outcomes, improve safety and address social issues by predicting and preventing equipment failures, optimizing smart buildings for space utilization and...   28 October 2019
Canadian Patient Safety Week runs from October 28 to November 1, 2019. The Canadian Patient Safety Institute invites all Canadians – the public, providers and leaders – to become involved in making patient safety a priority. Patients and Families as Partners in Training Donna Davis' journey, as is the...   28 October 2019
The Coast Guard, Maui County Fire Department, Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services, Maui County Emergency Medical Services, American Medical Response, and Maui County Police Department conducted a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) off Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii. This year's SAREX took place over two days and included a planning, safety...   28 October 2019
UEI College, the West Covina Vocational and Trade School, is growing with the addition of a new Electrician Technician training program at the West Covina campus. "UEI College's new electrician technician program is a timely answer to a growing need for trained electrician professionals," said J.C. Rivas, campus president. "As...   25 October 2019
Gateway Technical College celebrated the renovation and expansion ribbon-cutting ceremony at Gateway’s SC Johnson iMET Center on October 22. The expansion features added labs with cutting-edge training equipment to provide the framework for advanced manufacturing career skills. Some of the high-tech training equipment is portable, allowing college instructors to provide...   25 October 2019
Corpus Christi Medical Center has partnered with Del Mar College to provide job training using a $464,747 Skills Development Fund grant from the Texas Workforce Commission. The grant will benefit workers in the Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend area. This grant will be used to provide custom training...   25 October 2019
Peruvian service members practice patient movement techniques, during a subject matter expert exchange between the U.S. Navy Medical Engagement Team and Peruvian military medical personnel, as part of Southern Partnership Station 2019. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Lewis/Released. The Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2019...   24 October 2019
Led by Scarlett Miller, associate professor of engineering design and industrial engineering, and Jason Moore, associate professor of mechanical engineering, a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research team aims to develop an innovative robotic training system to reduce the number of complications associated with central venous catheter placement. IMAGE: Tyler Henderson. Source: Pennsylvania State...   24 October 2019
The renewal of a substantial grant will allow the University of Louisville Trager Institute to build on the success of programs aimed at care coordination, professional education, community building and Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness.  The Health Resources and Services Administration has renewed the institute’s $3.75-million grant to expand its...   24 October 2019
Intelligent Ultrasound and Fujifilm SonoSite have entered into an agreement to deliver a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training solution. Fujifilm SonoSite are specialists in developing point-of-care ultrasound solutions. Intelligent Ultrasound are a software and simulation company. The agreement allows Intelligent Ultrasounds simulator training platforms - BodyWorks Eve POCUS training solution,...   24 October 2019
ImmersiveTouch announced a strategic commercial expansion into the neurosurgery market. As part of this expansion, ImmersiveTouch has also announced a co-marketing collaboration with Zimmer Biomet’s Craniomaxillofacial (CMF) business. The collaboration gives Zimmer Biomet’s surgeons access to ImmersiveTouch’s virtual reality (VR) surgical tools to streamline the viewing, planning and simulating...   23 October 2019
VirTra Inc. has received a $2.3 million follow-on order from the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) to provide Arizona law enforcement organizations with VirTra’s judgmental use-of-force training and firearms simulators, including virtual firing ranges. In 2016, the Arizona DPS placed an $2.1-million order with VirTra for V-300 simulators, which...   23 October 2019
VirTra Inc. has received a $2.3 million follow-on order from the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) to provide Arizona law enforcement organizations with VirTra’s judgmental use-of-force training and firearms simulators, including virtual firing ranges. In 2016, the Arizona DPS placed an $2.1-million order with VirTra for V-300 simulators, which...   23 October 2019
Tokyo edged out Boston and London to be crowned world's Best Hospital City in a ranking designed by German digital healthcare provider Medbelle. The ranking determined the top locations around the world for hospital infrastructure in terms of quality, accessibility and ecosystem. The study analysed all hospitals within a...   23 October 2019
The Patient Safety Movement Foundation is now accepting abstracts to share perspectives and findings surrounding the 18 Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS), which will be presented at The 2020 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit's Pre-Summit Symposium, March 5, 2020. Each of the APSS will be highlighted as...   23 October 2019
A digital social enterprise and four health charities are coming together to create the UK’s first AI coaching tool to support long term health conditions. Reason Digital is teaming up with Parkinson’s UK, the Stroke Association, Muscular Dystrophy UK and the MS Society to develop the project, which is...   23 October 2019
High school students in Delaware are getting a jump start on careers in growing fields including health care, hospitality, advanced manufacturing and biomedical science. The Delaware Pathways program is part of the national Pathways to Prosperity Network aimed at preparing students for a secondary education and careers in high-demand fields.   22 October 2019
High school students in Delaware are getting a jump start on careers in growing fields including health care, hospitality, advanced manufacturing and biomedical science. The Delaware Pathways program is part of the national Pathways to Prosperity Network aimed at preparing students for a secondary education and careers in high-demand fields.   22 October 2019
High school students in Delaware are getting a jump start on careers in growing fields including health care, hospitality, advanced manufacturing and biomedical science. The Delaware Pathways program is part of the national Pathways to Prosperity Network aimed at preparing students for a secondary education and careers in high-demand...   22 October 2019
Nuance Communications Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have joined forces to help transform healthcare delivery. Together, the companies will accelerate the delivery of ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) technologies that will power the exam room of the future where clinical documentation writes itself. "The ambient technologies we will jointly deliver can...   22 October 2019