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ModalityAugust 21, 2024Defense Health Agency’s MST PMO Works to Optimize Warfighter Readiness and Improve Healthcare with Simulation
While the use of healthcare simulation is often associated with clinical simulation centers, hospitals, and academic institutions, the United States…
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SimXJanuary 8, 2026How SimX is Improving Operational Readiness for the U.S. Military
The next generation of virtual reality medical simulation training (VR-MST) has been tried, tested, and implemented in partnership with U.S.…
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VendorsJanuary 8, 2026Instructional Design Expert System (IDES): An Instructional Support System for Medical Simulation Instructors
Training to improve readiness is a key focus of the U.S Department of Defense (DoD), and this is particularly important…
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OperationsJanuary 8, 2026
U.S. DoD JETS Project Connects Multiple Commercial Clinical Simulation Systems Under One Dashboard
For years the United States military has been utilizing clinical simulation to help education and train service members and contractors.…
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Sim Center DesignJune 3, 2025
OR 360: Simulated OR of the Future from Cedars-Sinai & DoD
In 2014, Cedars-Sinai partnered with the U.S. military to design the “operating room of the future” with the goal of…


