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B & G Educational Innovations LLC, (BGEI), the parent company of ReaLifeSim LLC, announced its strategic partnership with VeinTrain Ltd., a British firm with national healthcare training expertise. Both of the companies' founders, Elizabeth Benson, ReaLifeSim, and Sarah Phillips, VeinTrain, met on LinkedIn and immediately recognized their shared drive...   20 September 2019
R3 Stem Cell is now offering exosome training at its aesthetics courses. The exosome training may be helpful for providers to understand what they are and how they may be helpful. Exosomes are tiny cellular byproducts that carry information between cells. Their usage has increased tremendously in aesthetics, so...   20 September 2019
SightCall and Omexom are collaborating to enhance field operations and worksite safety with (Augmented Reality) AR-powered video calls. Omexom has now implemented SightCall across a variety of business units including software, nuclear power plants, hydro dams and electrical substations. “SightCall has enabled us to realize new efficiencies and digitally transform...   20 September 2019
SightCall and Omexom are collaborating to enhance field operations and worksite safety with (Augmented Reality) AR-powered video calls. Omexom has now implemented SightCall across a variety of business units including software, nuclear power plants, hydro dams and electrical substations. “SightCall has enabled us to realize new efficiencies and digitally transform...   20 September 2019
West Michigan students, parents, teachers and employers are invited to attend a Skilled Trades Expo on Thursday, October 3, 2019, at Kalamazoo Valley Community College’s Texas Township Campus. The event is free and open to the public between 4-7 p.m. A sizable professional trades shortage exists in Michigan and is...   19 September 2019
On the same day the World Health Organization (WHO) designated World Patient Safety Day, The Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s (PSMF) Midyear Planning Meeting (MYPM) brought together more than a hundred patient safety stakeholders from across seven countries for intimate discussions about how to achieve ZERO preventable deaths in hospitals.   19 September 2019
The University of Wollongong (UOW) has signed a strategic collaboration in Visakhapatnam (Vizag), India, bringing its expertise in 3D bioprinting techniques to India’s first integrated medical devices manufacturing zone. AMTZ (Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone) is India’s first integrated medical devices manufacturing zone being created to provide a one-stop solution covering...   19 September 2019
Written by Judith Riess, MTM editor-in-chief The world of healthcare is drastically changing, and to follow my esteemed colleague’s Publisher’s Note from the last Newsletter, “It has never been a more exciting, challenging and rewarding time”. Admittedly healthcare is far behind the military and civil aviation industries in the...   19 September 2019
On the first World Patient Safety Day, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) announced that it has awarded Dignity Health, MedStar Health and the UPMC with its five-star ranking for making commitments in alignment with PSMF’s 18 evidence-based Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS). APSS include solutions designed to help...   18 September 2019
CM Labs is hosting a webinar on Oct 10, 2019, at 10 a.m. EST to show how simulation-based tools are helping to reduce the safety risks associated with operator training, while at the same time lowering training costs by up to 75 percent. Drew Carruthers, director, Training Solutions, CM Labs...   18 September 2019
CM Labs is hosting a webinar on Oct 10, 2019, at 10 a.m. EST to show how simulation-based tools are helping to reduce the safety risks associated with operator training, while at the same time lowering training costs by up to 75 percent. Drew Carruthers, director, Training Solutions, CM Labs...   18 September 2019
Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine announced a new program to help the next generation of physician-scientists advance their discoveries into breakthrough medicines. The Harrington-Medical Scientist Training Program (Harrington-MSTP) is a two-year scholarship for Case MSTP students whose work has been...   17 September 2019
With an increasing nationwide demand for its high-tech simulators and driver training methodology, Advanced Training Systems (ATS) recently expanded with the opening of an additional facility in Vista, California. The new facility will house an enhanced simulator research, development and simulator-based training facility. The company’s current headquarters is in St.   17 September 2019
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has supplied maritime simulators at a new training facility in Portugal.   17 September 2019
  Training and simulation specialists, MASA Group will showcase its AI-based Modeling & Simulation (M&S) software and expertise for the defence market at a range of upcoming events. MASA will exhibit SYNERGY & XVR at Congrès National des Sapeurs-Pompiers (exhibition for Firefighters) during September 18-21 in Vannes, France. Strategic partner...   17 September 2019
The Digital Pathology Association (DPA) will host its 13th annual global conference, Pathology Visions, from October 6-8, 2019, at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida. The association will also be celebrating its 10th anniversary of the association at the conference. The DPA is a not-for-profit member organization comprised of...   13 September 2019
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute invites all Canadians – the public, providers and leaders – to become involved in making patient safety a priority. Registration is open for Canadian Patient Safety Week (CPSW), which runs October 28 to November 1, 2019. This year’s theme is Conquer Silence. What most...   13 September 2019
3D Systems has released the new Neck Module for U/S Mentor, which includes procedural tasks/clinical cases for diagnostic neck U/S examination training using a designated linear probe. The module for the U/S Mentor provides hands-on training of neck ultrasound examination. It incorporates hands-on procedural tasks and virtual patient clinical...   13 September 2019
Friday Night at the ER is hosting an experiential workshop featuring its simulation game from November 6-7 at Villanova University. The workshop begins with the Friday Night at the ER game, which is set in a hospital, but works for all industries. In teams of four, players will manage...   12 September 2019
321 Next Reality has released a video featuring a virtual reality (VR) experience showcasing Crohn’s Disease. The video highlights an interactive VR simulation, during which “players” interact using a virtual reality headset to play a VR game called “Attack of the Crohn's.”  The name for the interactive VR experience...   12 September 2019