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Patient Safety
Patient Safety best practices, tools, research updates, and conference listings for the healthcare simulation community.
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UPMC’s WISER Simulation Center Celebrates 25 Years of Service!
In 2019, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)’s Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER) Center celebrates…
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Free Patient Safety Tools With Proven Results From MedStar Health’s IQS CANDOR Program
At last month’s 7th annual World Patient Safety Summit, the expert “Hospital Leadership Panel” discussed the need for open transparency…
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7 Steps to Make the Business Case for Healthcare Simulation
Senior management is most interested in improving organizational performance. Using 7 simple steps, you can make the business case for…
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Celebrating World Sepsis Day: Understanding Lab and Vital Sign Indicators for Simulated Sepsis Scenarios
As today is World Sepsis Day 2018, we are taking a look at ways to incorporate Sepsis into your simulation…
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Is Substance Abuse Treatment Possible Through Simulated Environments in Virtual Reality?
Can we treat substance abuse through Virtual Reality technology? Today’s Guest Author Patrick Bailey submitted an article to share how…
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The Shift to Competency-Based Medical Education: What You Need to Know
As a simulation professional, you’re probably already aware of the major changes occurring in clinical education. Traditional classroom learning has…
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Evidence-Based Practice Defined for Simulation in Healthcare
Evidence-based practice (EBP) attempts to identify the differences and provide a pathway to ensure that current medical practice is based…
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New Documentary ‘To Err is Human’ Continues a Legacy of Improving Patient Safety to Reduce Medical Errors
To Err is Human is a new documentary focusing on the issue of preventable medical errors and the Patient Safety…
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Low Cost Bar Code Labels for Sim Labs
Looking to create low cost bar-code systems for your healthcare simulation program?
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simAlliance SimGHOSTS 2017 USA Recorded Keynote Part 2: Sim Techs Bring Innovation to Healthcare
Brian Gillett, MD, CEO & Founder of SimCore, provided the second opening keynote address at SimGHOSTS 2017 USA at WakeMed…
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Simulab Launches World's First Transvenous Pacing Simulator | IMSH 2017 Video Interview
HealthySim was on hand at IMSH 2017 to interview Simulab about their new PacerMan — the world’s first high-fidelity simulator…
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New Healthcare Simulation Safety Org Provides Free Safety Stickers and More
A concerned group of simulation champions have created a new organization to help ensure that medical supplies designated for use…