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OperationsSeptember 2, 2024Reduce Medical Errors and Enhance Patient Safety Through Medical Simulation
Patient safety is a high priority in healthcare organizations, and medical simulation educators play a vital role in designing effective…
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Simulated MedicationsJanuary 8, 2026Medication Management Education: Pocket Nurse Working to Reduce Errors
Medication errors have long been a leading cause of death around the world. In the United States alone, the U.S.…
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Simulated MedicationsAugust 17, 2024Using Clinical Simulation to Improve the Medication Administration Process
Medication administration errors contribute to thousands of patient deaths each year. (1) Errors occur frequently related to missed actions in…
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Industry NewsAugust 22, 2024Should the Healthcare Simulation Industry Join Calls for a National Patient Safety Board?
A new coalition has formed with the primary mission to create of a National Patient Safety Board (NPSB) in the…
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Virtual RealityJanuary 8, 2026
Health Scholars’ Obstetric Hemorrhage VR Simulation Works to Reduce Maternal Deaths
Maternal hemorrhage is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths, of which 60% are avoidable, as reported by the…
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Medical ShipmentJanuary 8, 2026
Pyxis MedStation Improves Medication Administration Education at George Washington University
Healthcare simulation products have helped to revolutionize educators’ ability to train nursing learners for real-world patient encounters. A premium supplier…
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Patient SafetyDecember 24, 2025
How Healthcare Team Incivility Impacts Patient Safety
Healthcare systems rely on clinical teams to assess, diagnose and treat patients each day. To avoid medical error and enhance…
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Simulation ScenariosNovember 15, 2025
Free Nursing Simulation Scenario Template Portrays Real Patient Experiences
Certified Healthcare Simulation Educators (CHSE) face a multitude of challenges when seeking to utilize the most current evidence-based clinical simulation…
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Sim Center DesignSeptember 12, 2024
Making Healthcare Safer with Systems-Focused Simulation
Improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare requires a commitment to fixing processes, not just people. Mistakes happen in…
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Professional DevelopmentSeptember 12, 2024
What is the Role of Simulation in Healthcare Education?
The role of simulation in healthcare education is to transition an academic learner to a practicing clinician. However, this is…
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Professional DevelopmentSeptember 2, 2024Hierarchy Errors Addressed with Medical Simulation
Communication errors are well documented sources of medical errors which, according to some literature sources, may be responsible for as…
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Patient SafetySeptember 5, 2024Free 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…
