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HealthcareSource is expanding its learning management suite of education and training resources to include the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) program and HeartCode Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support eLearning programs. The programs are codeveloped by the American Heart Association and Laerdal Medical and... 7 February 2019
Q1’s 12th Annual Medical Device Clinical Training Conference will be hosted on February 26-27 in Charlotte, North Carolina. This two-day conference allows clinical trainers and education professionals to come together to discuss enhancing training and scheduling approaches, cross-cultural training strategies, identifying budget constraints and more in an interactive setting. 6 February 2019
The Health Professions Accreditors Collaborative and the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education have released the Guidance on Developing Quality Interprofessional Education for the Health Professions. It was developed through a multi-year, multi-phase consensus process aimed at supporting the development and implementation of quality interprofessional education (IPE). The... 6 February 2019
Education Management Solutions (EMS) says the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education has established that high-functioning teams can improve the outcomes, experience and costs of healthcare. And a recent report by the Institute of Medicine also outlines the "positive impact that interprofessional collaboration and teamwork can have on... 5 February 2019
The British Army has awarded a contract to Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) to demonstrate the art of using virtual reality, machine learning and cloud computing for the Army’s Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP). The pilot programme has been made available through the Defence Innovation Fund, MOD investment into innovation. 5 February 2019
Following the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s 7th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, Joe Kiani, the founder and chairman of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, continues to encourage more individuals to plan for zero preventative deaths in hospitals by implementing all of its Actionable Patient Safety Solutions... 4 February 2019
3D Systems Healthcare is partnering with the medical device industry to drive the next generation of healthcare products and applications. 3D printing and advanced manufacturing technology can enable new product innovation by accelerating the design process—bringing revolutionary medical devices to the market faster. 3D Systems strives to continuously innovate... 4 February 2019
3D Systems released its new ANGIO Mentor ICE Trainer module that trains standard ICE view acquisition in a variety of pathologies, using a real modified ICE catheter handle in a didactic environment. ASD Doppler Catheter-based intra-cardiac echocardiography (ICE) is an imaging modality that provides meaningful, real-time anatomical peri-interventional guidance... 4 February 2019
Written by Andy Smith, MTM publisher. When looked at from an education, training, assessment and simulation point of view, 2018 was an interesting year in healthcare when some of the answers to the upcoming demographic challenges—including lack of staff, increasing long-term care demand and a different student profile—began to crystallize and... 1 February 2019
SuperSHIFTER Stephen Routledge is a senior program manager at the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, who is leading the next evolution of the Global Patient Safety Alerts (GPSA) program. GPSA is a publicly-available online collection of indexed patient safety incidents, containing more than 1,500 alerts and 7,500 recommendations from 26... 1 February 2019
The U.S. Air Force 633rd Medical Group’s new program aims to reduce overdue Individual Medical Readiness statuses throughout the medical group. U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathaniel Rasmussen, 633rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron periodic health assessment NCO in charge, shares his idea with fellow Medical Right Start Program working group... 1 February 2019
NHS' personalises healthcare with its Universal Personalised Care implementation strategy. Nesta welcomes the "major step forward" for personalised health care as NHS England published their Universal Personalised Care implementation strategy. The document draws on much of Nesta’s work, putting into practical terms what integrated personal care will look like,... 31 January 2019
To access more training opportunities, military surgeons are looking to virtual training platforms. The U.S. Air Force is working with sister services to study a virtual training platform called Crowd-Sourced Assessment of Technical Skills, or C-SATS. It provides specialized training for surgeons to further improve their specialized skills. Airmen... 31 January 2019
Device Authority announced its partnership and joint customer success with nCipher Security for business critical information and applications. Device Authority’s KeyScaler platform will integrate with nCipher’s nShield hardware security modules (HSMs) to provide high-assurance device authentication, managed end-to-end encryption and certificate provisioning for IoT devices, which can be used... 31 January 2019
Universities and healthcare providers in Georgia, U.S., have created the state’s first Clinical Informatics Fellowship. The Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership and the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Public Health have partnered with Athens-area healthcare providers — St. Mary’s Healthcare System, Piedmont Athens Regional and the University... 30 January 2019
During 2019 IMSH, Group Editor Marty Kauchak discussed topics of interest to the healthcare simulation and training community with Amar Patel, CAE Healthcare’s CLO. An extract of the interview is provided below. During the recent 2019 IMSH, Group Editor Marty Kauchak (left) discussed topics of interest to the healthcare... 29 January 2019
CAE Healthcare announced the release of CAE Luna, an infant simulator designed to fulfill clinical training requirements for neonatal and infant care and to simulate critical newborn conditions that require an interprofessional team response. “CAE Luna will give healthcare providers confidence in caring for our most vulnerable patients, newborns... 29 January 2019
Education Management Solutions LLC (EMS) announced a new app to compliment their integrated SIMULATIONiQ and MEDIASHAREiQ platforms: Control360. The app facilitates secure, easy ad hoc recording and live streaming of simulation room videos using existing AV equipment. Control360 removes the dependency on central AV control systems. The app can... 29 January 2019
Group Editor Marty Kauchak was joined by Holly Foster, Halldale Media Sales Representative, to put SimX through the paces of one scenario on the 2019 IMSH exhibition floor. Delegates at 2019 IMSH were able to immerse themselves in a rigorous learning environment by way of the SimX wireless, multiplayer,... 28 January 2019
CAE HPSN World 2019 (February 26-28 at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida) is the ideal environment for all members of the healthcare industry to learn about best practices for improving patient safety through simulation-based education. Over the years, CAE Healthcare, a worldwide training partner of choice... 28 January 2019