Bridging Boardroom Strategy With Bedside Reality
Theresa McDonnell brings a unique perspective to her role as chief nurse executive at Duke University Health System. Unlike most healthcare executives, she maintains her practice as an oncology…
A virtual reality training program has been developed to help paramedics and ambulance officers prepare for unplanned out-of-hospital births. The training program called NEONATE features a 30 to 40-minute VR simulation of neonatal care scenarios…
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Every day in the U.S., 1 in 31 hospital patients contracts at least one healthcare-associated infection (HAI). In addition to these patient infections, healthcare workers themselves are extremely vulnerable to work-acquired infectious diseases.
The Covid-19…
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Tech for good firm Cornerstone VR has partnered with the University of Birmingham and Sandwell Children’s Trust (SCT) to host virtual child protection training for social care professionals.
The immersive experience, called ‘research informed virtual…
The nursing profession today is faced with a rising demand for care for an aging Baby Boomer population while simultaneously experiencing shortages related to a lack of educators, workforce geographic distribution, and high turnover….
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In New South Wales, a virtual reality program, TACTICS VR, aids emergency nurses in stroke care training, complementing the NSW Telestroke Service. Meanwhile, Silverchain partners with Datos Health to introduce remote patient monitoring in…
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NSW ED nurses get VR stroke care trainingA virtual reality training programme for administering stroke care has been rolled out across New South Wales.
Developed by the Agency for Clinical Innovation and the University of…
Anagram, a creative studio specialising in immersive experience design, has secured funding to create a new virtual reality training series around mental health for healthcare workers. Inside Mental Health is an immersive resource with a…
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The Personalised Care Institute (PCI) has launched virtual reality training on shared decision-making for healthcare professionals to help plug the gaps professionals report in their knowledge.Commissioned by NHS England, the PCI training will explore…
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