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Getinge announced the US launch of the Maquet Yuno II, offering the versatility of multiple configurations to support advanced orthopedic techniques with one surgical table while reducing the complexity of setup. “At Getinge, we appreciate the increased need for hospitals to reduce costs by investing in safe, flexible OR...   10 May 2019
The Patient Safety Movement Foundation officially launched its new Hospital Mentor Program at the 7th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit in January when 14 doctors from the Taiwan Patient Safety Culture Club visited UCI Health in Orange, California. The Hospital Mentor Program connects hospitals from around...   9 May 2019
The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education is now accepting nominations for the 2019 George E. Thibault, MD Nexus Award, intended to celebrate those who are redesigning healthcare education and healthcare delivery simultaneously to be better integrated and more interprofessional while demonstrating outcomes. In 2019, the National Center...   9 May 2019
The Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies released new Healthy Workforce offerings designed to help meet the needs of health systems struggling with clinician burnout and excessive stress. Developed specifically for healthcare organizations, the offerings are designed to increase employee engagement and reduce burnout through comprehensive employee engagement strategies...   9 May 2019
This, 11 March, US Navy Vice Admiral C. Forrest Faison, III, Surgeon General, Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery responded to a wide range of questions from Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak. The Navy medical community leader’s insights are provided below. Medical Training Magazine: In your efforts to prepare...   8 May 2019
Pocket Nurse will begin interviewing to replace its current senior vice president, William Evanson, CPIM, CIRM, CSSBB who is retiring in December 2019. Evanson announced his retirement prior to the company Christmas party in December 2018. He’s been with Pocket Nurse for six years. Pocket Nurse transitioned to a...   8 May 2019
Dr. Isabel Gross shares her views with Judith Riess, Editor in Chief, on INSPIRE and their research network.   8 May 2019
New standards approved to reform national system of medical training in Russia. Eugene Gerden reports. The Russian government has approved new standards for the training of doctors and health care workers in the country, in an attempt to bring their skills level to the highest Western standards and to...   8 May 2019
New CEO of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, David Mayer says every hospital needs to implement the 18 Actionable Patient Safety Solutions. From day one of our Movement, our goal was to eliminate preventable patient deaths in US hospitals by the year 2020. With 2020 one year away, there...   8 May 2019
DMV type medicine should not be allowed to replace competent caring physicians writes Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD. A couple of years ago, computer programs, algorithms, and glorified Google searches were touted as the replacements for a physician’s analysis of a patient’s medical condition. Compressed medical research is quite...   8 May 2019
Group Editor Marty Kauchak provides an update on the Advanced Modular Manikin (AMM) project. The Advanced Modular Manikin (AMM) project is a collaborative effort between the US Defense Department, the University of Minnesota (prime) and the University of Washington CREST (Center for Research in Education and Simulation Technologies). The...   8 May 2019
Lori Lioce, DNP, FNP-BC, CHSE-A, CHSOS, FAANP, Stephen Hetherman, EdD describe the steps taken to develop a high stakes OSCE that is reliable and quantifiable. This pilot was successful in advancing competency based assessment of individual performance. There are many variables in the execution of successful simulation, student learning,...   8 May 2019
Written by Andy Smith, MTM publisher All are aware that the operating room can be a high stress environment in which highly complex and intricate procedures are carried out by very talented and caring healthcare professionals. Despite good intent and high levels of skill the likelihood of a series of small...   7 May 2019
Last year, the 35th Medical Group implemented a new continuous process improvement peer review program, providing literal and figurative transparency and improving patient care for all Team Misawa members. Master Sgt. Fredrick Gumm, a 35th Surgical Operations Squadron sonographer, said the program allows technicians from other PACAF bases to...   6 May 2019
As a part of 3D Systems’ U/S Mentor family of ultrasound training solutions, the Interventional Ultrasound platform provides a needed simulator for Thoracentesis, with more ultrasound guided interventions to come. The first module, Thoracentesis, provides training of fluid removal from the pleural space. Trainees can practice ultrasound evaluation of...   6 May 2019
SonoSim’s new aorta and IVC real-patient scanning cases are available in the Aorta/IVC Core Clinical Module. This module will teach users how to perform ultrasonography of the aorta and inferior vena cava (IVC). It provides comprehensive, didactic knowledge assessment and hands-on training. Individuals can use color-flow and pulsed-wave Doppler...   6 May 2019
With the current software version for the Eyesi ophthalmic surgical simulator, VRmagic offers trainee ophthalmologists not only a detailed evaluation of their own surgical performance, but also a comparison with the training results of other users. This data processing option is made possible by networking the training systems, which...   6 May 2019
The Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) and the Taiwan Patient Safety Culture Club (TPSCC) announced that four hospitals and one healthcare organization made a public commitment to helping eliminate preventable patient harm and death in hospitals by implementing the PSMF’s Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS). The commitments were made...   6 May 2019
Centra’s Central Virginia Center of Simulation and Virtual Learning (also known as the Virtual Learning Center) was awarded full accreditation through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) on April 15, 2019. SSH Accreditation is a peer-reviewed evaluation of the healthcare simulation program. This accreditation examined the program's processes...   6 May 2019
Medical Training Magazine is happy to host the Joint-MMAST bi-monthly newsletter for May 2019. The goal of this publication is to share information about DoD Medical Modeling & Simulation entities, initiatives, research, products, services, best practices, lessons learned and so much more.   6 May 2019