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The AdventHealth Nicholson Center announced the addition of 10 new lab stations. The Nicholson center now has 60 lab stations that are equipped with 25 external cameras and are all teleconference ready. “We have invested in new facilities and equipment that allow us to offer more training opportunities in...   3 June 2019
Written by Judith Riess, MTM editor-in-chief Healthcare costs in the U.S. continue to rise yearly and by the end of 2019 are projected to be as high as 20 percent of the GDP. We all know this is not sustainable. As consumers we shop to get the best price...   3 June 2019
Varjo Technologies has developed a new headset named XR-1 Developer Edition. Shipping XR-1 to mixed reality developers, designers and researchers is expected in the second half of 2019. The XR-1 is capable of delivering photorealistic image quality with integrated eye tracking. It is the culmination of two and a half...   31 May 2019
The Business Health Care Group (BHCG), a coalition of employers located in Wisconsin covering 200,000 lives, has partnered with GNS Healthcare (GNS) to discover best practices of health care to improve outcomes and lower the cost of care. In 2017, U.S. healthcare costs grew to 17.9 percent of the...   30 May 2019
To fuel the future of medicine in Egypt, the Middle East and Africa, the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Foundation launched a campaign for the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre on Thursday, May 9, 2019. Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub and Board Chair Dr. Magdy Ishak gathered friends, partners and community...   30 May 2019
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center has been recognized for its commitment to competency in high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for employees. The Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) Program is a joint-venture of the American Heart Association and Laerdal Medical, united with a shared life-saving goal and ensuring a standard of care...   30 May 2019
The Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s (PSMF) Midyear Planning Meeting, co-convened with UC Irvine Health, will take place on Tuesday, September 17th, 2019, at the Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering, University of California, Irvine (UCI) on World Patient Safety Day. This full-day working meeting will...   30 May 2019
The International Virtual Reality and Healthcare Association (IVRHA) website launched with 40 founding member organizations. The association had its official kick-off meeting at the end of the 3rd Annual VR and Healthcare Symposium this past March 8th, 2019, at the University of Arizona. The group discussed the initial goals and...   29 May 2019
A new Directorate of Simulation (DOS) was established at the Health Readiness Center of Excellence (HRCoE). The directorate is charged with coordinating and incorporating all medical simulation efforts across the full spectrum of medical and military operations. Key stakeholders were brought together for a Strategic Medical Simulation Synchronization Summit...   29 May 2019
SIMUL8 has launched SIMUL8 Online, a simulation solution that offers the ability to build, run and analyze simulations on a desktop and on the web. The solution offers the same feature set, intuitive drag and drop interface and fast results across both SIMUL8 Online and desktop. Access to SIMUL8...   28 May 2019
DataRobot has appointed Colleen Greene to General Manager (GM) of Healthcare. In her new role, Greene will focus on driving automated machine learning adoption in the healthcare industry. Drawing on her passion and experience in leveraging data and technology to improve healthcare, Greene will be instrumental in supporting DataRobot’s...   24 May 2019
This 21 May, Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, surgeon general, US Air Force, provided her leadership responses to diverse questions from Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak, on behalf of MTM. The surgeon general’s insights are provided in entirety below.     “…it is vitally important that our medical force receive advanced training...   23 May 2019
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, in collaboration with Shaanxi Helicopter Co. Ltd. (SHC) and Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, announced the successful completion of an Air Medical Services (AMS) training exercise in China. This exercise is an initial step toward developing air medical capability for the Implementation Program for...   23 May 2019
2019 GNSH Board of Directors (BOD) Elections had a robust slate of candidates and excellent election participation by member organizations. GNSH Board of Directors are pleased to announce the newly elected board members: Mary Anne Rizzolo, Bryn Baxendale and Makani Purva. Mary Anne Rizzolo EdD, RN has spent most...   20 May 2019
Written by Judith Riess, MTM editor-in-chief Big Data and AI will significantly change the face of healthcare around the world. With these tools healthcare providers will be able to more rapidly and more accurately diagnose and treat patients and avoid unnecessary surgeries and drugs. These tools will also relieve some...   20 May 2019
Intelligent Ultrasound Group plc announced that the first live demonstration of the group’s ScanNav AnatomyGuide AI software to clinicians will take place at the Annual Scientific Meeting of Regional Anaesthesia United Kingdom (RA-UK) in Belfast from 16-17 May 2019. RA-UK’s Annual Scientific Meeting brings together a wide range of...   16 May 2019
Level Ex announced its expansion into cardiology with the launch of Cardio Ex. The company’s fourth specialty game presents interventional cardiologists with adrenaline-pumping scenarios that push their cognitive, spatial-reasoning, and decision-making skills to the limit—preparing them for critical cases they may encounter in the catheterization lab. The company will...   16 May 2019
Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent, Commander U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence (AMEDDC&S HRCoE),  addressed the audience at the 2019 Graduate School Research & Education Symposium (GSRES) held at Holly Auditorium, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) on May 7...   14 May 2019
The University of Louisville (UofL) shared its work in educating health professionals to provide quality health care to LGBTQ patients with faculty at Harvard Medical School in Boston in April. In New York, the university also received a national leadership award for workforce development for the same work on...   13 May 2019
Precision OS has earned accreditation from a professional development provider of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada. The program accreditation comes shortly after the company partnered with 10 North American universities and medical institutions to launch a virtual reality (VR) orthopedic surgery training program. Gaining Royal...   13 May 2019