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Differentiating a skin cancer from a harmless lesion can be tricky, especially for medical students who are still acquainting themselves with dermatology. Michael Kolodney, MD, chair of West Virginia University’s Department of Dermatology, has developed a smartphone app to help students practice diagnosing melanomas, a type of skin cancer, based... 13 December 2018
Kitware added to its collection of open source toolkits with the first release of the interactive Medical Simulation Toolkit (iMSTK). The toolkit offers manufacturers and researchers all the software components they need to build and test virtual simulators for medical training and planning. “iMSTK, which we’ve been developing in close... 12 December 2018
Kitware added to its collection of open source toolkits with the first release of the interactive Medical Simulation Toolkit (iMSTK). The toolkit offers manufacturers and researchers all the software components they need to build and test virtual simulators for medical training and planning. “iMSTK, which we’ve been developing in close... 12 December 2018
SonoSim, Inc., has been announced as a “Recognized Leader in Ultrasound Training” by Corporate Vision (CV) Magazine. The accolade comes as a part of CV’s 2018 HR & Training Awards, which highlight teams that have created and adopted innovative training techniques. “SonoSim is honored to receive the CV Magazine award... 11 December 2018
HLTH, the world’s largest conference on health innovation for individuals, companies, and policymakers who are reshaping the industry, and Mercer, a global consulting leader in health, wealth, and career announced today that the two firms have signed an agreement to create a new forum for employers within the HLTH 2019... 11 December 2018
by Andy Smith, MTM publisher The Leapfrog Group has announced the winners of its 2018 Top Hospital Awards with 118 hospitals recognized in four categories; Children’s, General, Teaching and Rural Hospitals. Florida, California, New jersey and Texas each recorded 12 or more hospitals receiving the highest awards for this year. Leapfrog... 10 December 2018
The Chicago-based Society for Vascular Surgery will relocate its headquarters to Rosemont, Ill., near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, as of March 1, 2019. The SVS http://www.vascular.org/ is an international, not-for-profit professional medical society, serving specialty-trained vascular surgeons and allied professionals. The new headquarters includes access to a surgical simulation center... 6 December 2018
Amazon launched Amazon Comprehend Medical, a new HIPAA-eligible machine learning service that allows developers to process unstructured medical text and identify information such as patient diagnosis, treatments, dosages, symptoms and signs, and more. Comprehend Medical helps health care providers, insurers, researchers and clinical trial investigators as well as health care... 4 December 2018
UK publication, The Times, writes that UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the “the burger chain’s training and support programmes could provide a model for the NHS.” Medical Training Magazine focuses on best practices in medical training and education is intrigued by the article that says Hancock’s take that “One... 4 December 2018
Body Interact™, a 3D medical simulator for accelerating learners' critical thinking and clinical decision making skills for improved acute and chronic care. won a 2018 World Summit Award (WSA) as one of the five best Learning and Education products. There were 40 winners in eight categories from 26 countries, selected... 4 December 2018
by Judith Riess, MTM Editor At recent medical meetings developing and mandating a culture of safety for health care was seen as the major priority. This is necessary not only because human lives are at stake but because we are facing a world healthcare crisis with costs spiraling out of... 3 December 2018
Cleveland Clinic today announced the Top 10 Medical Innovations of 2019 at a multi-media presentation that capped off the 2018 Medical Innovation Summit. Now in its 16th year, the annual Medical Innovation Summit is organized by Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the development and commercialization arm of Cleveland Clinic. The list of... 30 November 2018
MedaPhor, an intelligent ultrasound software and simulation company, is pleased to announce that its database used for training its artificial intelligence (AI) products now exceeds 1 million obstetric ultrasound images. Large image libraries are a prerequisite to creating AI solutions. These images have helped MedaPhor to develop its ScanNav® AI-based... 30 November 2018
3D Systems announced its new Simbionix ARTHRO Mentor Express training simulator. This first-to-market portable training solution is designed to help medical professionals learn and perfect surgical procedures for knees, shoulders and hips on a portable and affordable tabletop platform. The ARTHRO Mentor Express has one universal anatomical model that includes... 28 November 2018
MedaPhor, an intelligent ultrasound software and simulation company, announces that it is proposing to raise £5.0 million (before the deduction of fees and expenses) through the conditional issue of 58,823,530 Placing Shares at 8.5 pence per Ordinary Share. In addition, the Company is proposing to raise up to approximately a... 27 November 2018
SynDaver, a global medical technology company focused on the creation and manufacturing of life-like synthetic human and animal simulators for medical and veterinary training, announced the promotion of Bill Wright to president of SynDaver on November 27. Wright, who previously served as president of SynDaver Europe, will now oversee all... 27 November 2018
MedaPhor, an intelligent ultrasound software and simulation company, announces it is commencing a clinical trial within the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, an NHS Wales organisation in south Wales, to capture data for its AnatomyGuide artificial intelligence (AI) software for ultrasound-guided anaesthetic procedures such as peripheral nerve blocks. Increasingly, ultrasound-guided peripheral... 26 November 2018
BioSig Technologies Inc., a medical device company, announced that the company’s founder, chairman and CEO, Kenneth Londoner is making a gift to Pennsylvania-based Lafayette College in order to support the school’s growing internship program. Londoner, the chairman and CEO of BioSig Technologies Inc in 1989, was the founding alumnus who... 20 November 2018
Surgeons and surgical teams are known for their ability to perform with accuracy under immense pressure. They need acute responsiveness to complete their day-to-day work, and establishing such a refined sense of touch takes years of education and training. Timing and efficiency are critical to the success of many procedures,... 15 November 2018
A new £5 million optometry and clinical skills centre officially opened at the University of West England (UWE) Bristol's Glenside campus. The new centre provides modern teaching and learning spaces for trainee paramedics, occupational therapy students, nurses and undergraduates studying the new BSc (Hons) Optometry programme, the only course of... 14 November 2018