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Sponsored Content Join hundreds of Simulation Champions from around the world at the annual SimGHOSTS USA Conference, July 30th - August 2nd, 2019. This year SimGHOSTS 2019 USA is in Miami, Florida, at Florida International University’s (FIU) Simulation Teaching and Research (STAR) Center. The event program explores the theme...   13 June 2019
Earlier this year, Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM) purchased Calvary Revival Church’s (CRC) former Calvary Christian School campus on East Little Creek Road, where AIM will relocate its Southeast Virginia campus in 2020. The two entities have now teamed up to create a $1 million Overcomers Scholarship Fund for...   12 June 2019
The American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) awarded Kansas City University (KCU) College of Osteopathic Medicine a status of exceptional outcome, the highest status possible from the accrediting body of osteopathic medical education. This accreditation is effective for the maximum ten years, granting KCU this outstanding...   12 June 2019
Registration is now open for the next Atlantic Health Quality & Patient Safety Learning Exchange, which will take place at the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, from October 8-9, 2019. The event is hosted by The Atlantic Health Quality and Patient Safety Collaborative (AHQPSC), through...   12 June 2019
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched its new and improved Veterans Community Care Program on June 6, 2019, implementing portions of the VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 (MISSION Act), which both ends the Veterans Choice Program and establishes a new...   11 June 2019
Healthgrades announced the recipients of the annual Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence and Outstanding Patient Experience Awards. These awards, which were released in conjunction with the American Hospital Association’s National Hospital Week (May 12-18), recognize the hospitals around the country that make patient safety a top priority and provide...   11 June 2019
Maven Wave announced a partnership with Rush University Medical Center to improve patient outcomes by unlocking insights from unstructured data. Maven Wave led Rush’s migration to the Google Cloud Platform and, together with Google Cloud, engineered a solution to map unstructured data in the medical center’s electronic medical record...   11 June 2019
In a blog post by Health Affairs, former National Health Information Technology Coordinators respond to proposed interoperability rules by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The proposed new regulations aimed to advance interoperability across key...   10 June 2019
The American College of Surgeons issued a national call for interested hospitals to join a new cohort of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR). Presented in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and...   10 June 2019
EHR Go announced a partnership with Wallcur Practi-Meds, an innovator for training and simulation in healthcare education. EHR Go now includes easy medication simulation through the integrated use of Wallcur Practi-Meds. Simulation educators can utilize Wallcur products, which are pre-programmed into EHR Go’s eMAR scanning electronic charting system, for...   10 June 2019
Each quarter, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation hosts a free webinar to address a central patient safety topic. On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PDT, a virtual workshop session will commence on Reducing Emergency Department Boarding Time, Hospital Length of Stay, and Inpatient Mortality for...   10 June 2019
The technology group Wärtsilä is to supply and configure the software solutions for a new, state-of-the-art, purpose-built simulation centre being constructed near Portsmouth, England.   10 June 2019
The first State of Virginia high school teacher, Jennifer Renne, and 19 of her students passed the National Center for Simulation (NCS) Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Certification Examination in May. Renne, Modeling & Simulation (M&S) instructor at Landstown High School (HS) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, becomes the 30th teacher...   7 June 2019
Each quarter, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) hosts a free webinar to address a central patient safety topic. On Wednesday, September 4, 2019, from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. PDT, the PSMF is hosting a virtual workshop session around using the Advanced Resuscitation Training (ART) system, which is featured in the PSMF's Actionable Patient...   7 June 2019
The Mexican Academy of Surgery (Academia Mexicana de Cirugía A.C.), an advisory body of the Mexican Federal Government, named Joe Kiani an honorary academic of the organization. Kiani is the founder of Masimo, creator of non-invasive monitoring technology and the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF). His appointment was made...   7 June 2019
The Leadership Development Group (TLD Group) has introduced its new Health Ecosystem Leadership podcast series. The podcast features interviews with leaders from various sectors of the health industry who discuss how they have successfully built partnerships to deliver on critical imperatives such as affordability, access and value.  “We thank...   7 June 2019
On 13 May, LTG Nadja Y. West, the 44th Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commanding General, US Army Medical Command, spoke with Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak. The entire transcript from their wide-ranging interview follows below. MTM (M): LTG West thank you for taking time to...   7 June 2019
After much anticipation, ANA HOLDINGS INC., HaptX, SynTouch and Shadow Robot Company are to unveil the next generation of robotics technology. Incorporating the latest advances from across the field of robotic and united by the ingenuity of ANA, the teleoperation and the telepresence system will feature the first robotic...   6 June 2019
A new agreement between DiSTI and Siemens PLM Software enables the integration of DiSTI’s VE Studio with Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter portfolio to automate training and field service content development. “Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies are transforming the way our customers want to train and equip their workforce. Companies want...   4 June 2019
A new agreement between DiSTI and Siemens PLM Software enables the integration of DiSTI’s VE Studio with Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter portfolio to automate training and field service content development. “Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies are transforming the way our customers want to train and equip their workforce. Companies want...   4 June 2019