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  Aberdeen Drilling School (ADS) is inventing more than £1 million to open four new training centres in RelyOn Nutec facilities by the end of the year. The move comes after a fifty percent increase in contract wins in the past six months, said ADS, which is part of the...   16 October 2019
Varjo Technologies has doubled its product line offerings with two new state-of-the-art VR headsets – the VR-2 and the VR-2 Pro. These two new products (in addition to the VR-1 and XR-1) are part of Varjo’s ‘Resolution Revolution’, a product line committed to delivering human eye-resolution (over 60 PPD) and...   15 October 2019
A Houston-based neurologist, Dr. Steven Goldstein, explains the reasons patients can get very expensive hospital bills even if they went to a hospital, clinic or emergency room that is part of their insurance network on his latest podcast. The Houston Healthcare Initiative podcast can be heard on Soundcloud, iTunes,...   11 October 2019
Physician leaders from all sectors of the health industry are being tasked with developing strategies to improve health outcomes while reducing costs. To prepare for this goal, the AHA Physician Alliance presented a webinar on Monday, October 14, from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. ET on "What It Takes to...   10 October 2019
Ocutrx Vision Technologies LLC  revealed the company’s most significant technology milestone — a next generation AR (augmented reality) headset technology for Surgery Visualization called the ORLenz, a second medical device related to their flagship Oculenz ARWear headset for Macular Degeneration. A prototype of this technology is being formally introduced...   10 October 2019
Inovus Medical have released the bozzini Laparoscopic Simulator, the second institutional laparoscopic simulator added to the range. Billed as the world’s first affordable and accessible ‘simulated laparoscopic stack system’, Innovus say it offers real to life laparoscope and camera handling simulation at a fraction of the cost of using...   10 October 2019
Dubai's Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) have unveiled a new simulation offering to entice more people into nursing. The project, which is part of the initiative “Enhancing Attractiveness of Nursing Profession”, is targeting secondary school graduates. Its aim is to further highlight the importance of the nursing profession and motivate...   9 October 2019
Australian underground mining contractor Byrnecut have partnered with Immersive Technologies to fit its technical training centre with new simulators.   8 October 2019
3D Systems has received additional 510(k) clearance for its D2P (DICOM-to-PRINT) software, allowing clinicians to 3D print diagnostic patient-specific anatomic models. 3D Systems says it is the only company to offer a solution that combines its own software and printers to create 3D printed patient-specific anatomic models for diagnostic...   8 October 2019
Business leaders in the healthcare industry are no stranger to workplace issues, and tackling these challenges in order to improve patient outcomes is more critical than ever. Fierce Conversations has worked with more than a hundred healthcare organizations to identify solutions to some of the bigger issues they face...   8 October 2019
Written by Judith Riess, MTM editor-in-chief We have been discussing the changes taking place in healthcare and a bit of what the future of healthcare might bring about.  In reviewing some of the Ted Talks on the Future of Medicine some theories that seemed impossible a few years ago...   8 October 2019
CM Labs Simulations is hosting a webinar on Thursday, October 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. The webinar will be presented...   8 October 2019
Diligent Robotics, the artificial intelligence company building socially intelligent robots that help people with their jobs, is launching its first product, a hospital robot assistant named Moxi, out of beta and into the market, beginning with the roll-out of Moxi into a Texas hospital starting October 2, 2019. Along...   1 October 2019
3D Systems’ FDA cleared VSP Orthopaedics solution enables surgeons to obtain a clear 3D visualization of a patient’s anatomy and develop a personalized surgical plan, prior to entering the operating room. 3D Systems announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided 510(k) clearance to its new VSP...   30 September 2019
Pocket Nurse recognized local colleges and universities during Healthcare Simulation Week from September 16-20, 2019, by delivering cookies to healthcare simulation labs in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. According to the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), “Healthcare Simulation Week celebrates global professionals…who use simulation to improve the safety,...   30 September 2019
Miller Fabrication Solutions will offer free plant tours to the general public as part of its involvement in the national Manufacturing Day celebration on Friday, October 4. Tours will run every 30 minutes from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT at its two Brookville, Pennsylvania locations, Sandy Lick and Maplevale.   30 September 2019
Friday Night at the ER launched a new online Support Center, including searchable Help Articles and an interactive Community Forum. Anyone who is a customer can now log in, search a wide range of topics, and exchange ideas about best practices, tips and tricks, common questions, etc. With customers...   27 September 2019
Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lt. Michelle Polgar, RAAF medic, applied a wound-dressing to a hemorrhage simulation training mannequin during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Image credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Lackey Nearly two hundred medics from the...   27 September 2019
In September, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) has highlighted the following hospitals that have made formal commitments. Each commitment is public, and can be clicked below to dive deeper into what these hospitals have committed to do to reach their goals of ZERO preventable deaths. King Faisal Specialist...   27 September 2019
Two medical personnel from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, carry a mock wounded military member during a scenario at the 2019 Medic Rodeo at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico. Image credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Washburn. The 27th Special Operations Medical Group hosted 19...   27 September 2019