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Mednax’s Innovative Mobile Simulation Program is expanding after receiving accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Mednax, the national health solutions partner specializing in anesthesiology, neonatology, maternal-fetal medicine, other pediatric services, radiology, and management services, will offer training at non-affiliated facilities who lack the availability of technology across the... 21 August 2017
MedaPhor, a medical training simulations developer in the U.K., is celebrating the sale of its 500th simulation system. The HeartWorks TTE Mobile echocardiology skills simulator was sold and installed at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s Clinical Simulation Center. “We are delighted that Penn State Health has chosen... 18 August 2017
What if there was a device that could mimic a human in order to test how safe hospital equipment is on a patient? Rigel Medical has developed a medical device called The PatSim200 that does just that. The PatSim200 is a hand-held device that will imitate the signs of a... 16 August 2017
Virtual reality is paving a new digital path in medicine. The latest iteration of VR technology has opened doors for medical training and education, creating new methods for the practice makes perfect mantra. Instead of relying on cadavers, mannequins, simulated labs and actors, a VR headset can place medical students... 15 August 2017
Indiana Regional Medical Center has just announced the start of their new surgical robotics program. The program will begin in the area of general surgery with procedures such as cholecystectomy, inguinal hernia repair, ventral hernia repair and colectomy. The daVinci XI Surgical System The daVinci XI surgical system was designed... 11 August 2017
Nursing students and medical professionals at Fremont Health and Midland University will soon receive advanced hands-on training. A partnership between Fremont Health and Midland University will bring a state-of-the-art simulation center for healthcare students and professionals to get a more advanced learning experience. The project of this facility will have... 8 August 2017
The University of Central Florida, in partnership with HCA Healthcare, will begin building a new teaching hospital near UCF’s College of Medicine campus in Lake Nona within the next 18 months. The hospital, which will be named UCF Lake Nona Medical Center, is expected to be open for patients by... 7 August 2017
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) is taking action. After surveying a little over 500 hospital staff and trainees all across the UK, the results indicated surgeons need proper breaks to improve patient safety. Surgeon Break Room & Patient Safety Lack of communication, high levels of stress, and... 7 August 2017
Simlat, a provider of training and simulation systems for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), is delivering a new high-fidelity maritime simulation to new and existing customers. 2 August 2017
The nursing school at The University of North Carolina is the first school to have the latest model of SimMom, an advanced birthing simulator. The $45,000 investment will better prepare students for childbirth and improve patient care. SimMom, Improving Maternal & Neonatal Outcomes The childbirth simulator has been updated and... 1 August 2017
The Penn State College of Nursing opened a forensic simulation lab at its Pennsylvania Sexual Assault Forensic Examination and Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center where students can learn how to care for sexual assault victims and the forensic work involved in that care. The college recently opened the SAFE-T Center to help... 31 July 2017
From knee surgery to delivering a child, simulations are as close to a live clinical experience a medical students can get. In an attempt to teach safe practices and techniques when prescribing opioids, medical simulation appears to be very effective according to a study from Stanford University. Close to 50,000... 28 July 2017
Choosing a career is difficult, and slightly overwhelming, for high school and college students. Often times students do not receive the opportunity of exploring their career choice beforehand. Adventist Health is helping students make their careers feasible with a summer program that allows them to experience medical school. Adventist Health... 26 July 2017
The University of Hawaii’s John A Burns School of Medicine is offering a 5-month long training program as an alternative track for third year medical students. So far, 39 medical students have signed up for this program. Students in this program will be working directly with members of the community... 24 July 2017
In this day and age, technology has had a tremendous impact in most industries, especially healthcare. From simulations to robotic assisted surgeries, technology is taking medicine to a whole new level. Telemedicine is making it’s way into the physician to patient relationship. Many physicians are now diagnosing and treating their... 21 July 2017
Purdue University is working on a new affordable, self-learning device to be placed into existing MRI machines. This technology will allow medical professionals to better monitor their patients by performing concurrent medical imaging and recording for diagnostic purposes. Ranajay Mandal and Nishant Babaria, graduate research assistants in Purdue's College of... 21 July 2017
Surgical robots are becoming a popular commodity in the healthcare industry, however, the high costs and lack of training facilities are limiting the number of robots on the hospital floors. At the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), they have created a trainer surgical robot that could help address this... 20 July 2017
Treating patients with dementia has a fair share of approaches and many that relate to the way other interact with them. Some methods include social interactions, creative simulations, and, as a last resort, antipsychotic medications. A UK study has shown that patients with dementia can improve their lives and save... 20 July 2017
Titan Medical is collaborating with Florida Hospital Nicholson Center for feasibility and validation studies to support Titan's regulatory application for its SPORT Surgical System. These studies are expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2017 and continue into 2018. Titan Medical is a Canadian company focused on research and... 17 July 2017
Studies done by CME Outfitters (CMEO), an accredited provider in continuing medical education, found incorporating online medical simulation into educational activities helped clinicians achieve best practices in screening for comorbidities in psoriasis, as well as counseling and treating patients with psoriasis. CMEO presented findings from two activities on psoriasis demonstrating... 7 July 2017