MSC News


June 2010

June 18 - MSC Signs Agreement with North Shore-LIJ Health System for SimSuite Services
Press Release

June 7 - First National Report of Central Line Infection Rates Provides a Reference Point for Establishing Quality Programs
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Learn more about the SimSuite Central Line Insertion and Management Program

June 2 - MSC Signs Vendor Agreement with MAGNET Group
Press Release



May 2010

May 13 - American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology Simulations, Using SimSuite Technology, Effective in Differentiating Novice vs. Skilled Physicians, According to New Research
Press Release
Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Article

May 12 - SimSuite Simulations Introduced by Spectranetics at Heart Rhythm 2010
First Advanced System for Simulation of Laser Assisted Lead Extractions
Press Release

May 4 - MSC Partners with The Leapfrog Group
Press Release



April 2010

Apr. 27 - MSC Announces Stroke Quality Initiative Program In Support of National Stroke Awareness Month
Program demonstrates 61 percent increase in participant competence
MSC Press Release



March 2010

Mar. 3 - Celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) (March 7-13) by providing hands-on training to your healthcare team on critical patient safety topics, including Sepsis, Stroke, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Management of Central Lines. Learn more about MSC's patient safety and quality initiative programs.



February 2010

Feb. 2 - A Leapfrog/Consumer Reports Health study found that central-line infections account for at least 30 percent of the 99,000 annual hospital-infection-related deaths. Learn more about how the SimSuite Central Line Management Program can help your team reduce the prevalence of these HAIs.
Denver NBC-affiliate story (Feb 14, 2010)



January 2010

Jan. 27 - Medical Simulation Corporation Partners with Laerdal Medical Corporation to Distribute Quality Initiative Programs to SimMan® Users
MSC Release

Jan. 18 - MSC to highlight simulation-based training solutions for healthcare providers at the 2010 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), January 24-26, in Phoenix, Arizona.
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December 2009

Dec. 17 - MSC Featured on The Dr. Oz Show
Watch Segment

Dec. 16 - SimSuite Sepsis Program Helps Fight Costly Infections
Duke University Study Finds that Post-Surgical Infection Costs up to $60,000
Read Article (Duke Health)

Dec. 2 - MSC's Quality Initiative Solutions to be Featured at the IHI National Quality Forum
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October 2009

Oct. 29 - MSC Quality Initiative Programs Support HealthGrades Key Quality Indicators and Demonstrate Nearly 50 Percent Improvement in Tested Competence of Healthcare Professionals
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September 2009

Sept. 11 - The MSC Boston Scientific Corp Mobile Cath Lab Visits Roanoke-Chowan Hospital Pain Care Center in Ahoski, North Carolina
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Sept. 1 - The MSC Boston Scientific Mobile Cath Lab Visits Sioux Empire Fair for the 3rd Year in a Row
View segment 1
View segment 2

Sept. 1 - BSC's SimSuite Mobile Training Featured on York, Pennsylvania News Station
FOX segment highlights Boston Scientific Corp Neurostimulation Simulation Training at Local Hospital
View segment



August 2009

Aug. 25 - MSC Introduces Regional Healthcare Conferences to Provide Patient Safety Education, Help Manufacturers Engage Customers
Information for Manufacturers
Information for Healthcare Providers

Aug. 21 - MSC Introduces Complex Patient Management Program The SimSuite Complex Patient Management Program includes 10 simulation scenarios that allow healthcare team members who care for patients with a variety of complicated disease processes to put evidence-based guidelines to practice. The scenarios are based on actual patient cases and include treatment recommendations following national guidelines presented on a human patient simulator. The program is available at select SimSuite Centers and in a tool kit format for centers that own Laerdal SimMan®.
Program Overview



May 2009

May 15 - ABIM Interventional Cardiology Simulations, driven by MSC's SimSuite technology, featured in Cath Lab Digest Article "Stimulating Medical Simulation"
Read Cath Lab Digest Article

May 11 - MSC Introduces Central Line Management Program at the National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition
MSC Press Release
SonoSite Press Release



April 2009

Apr. 30 - Visit MSC on Facebook. Learn about current and upcoming events and training opportunities. Become a fan!
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March 2009

Mar. 13 - USF Health Simulation Center Offers SimSuite Technology for Trainees and Interventional Cardiologists in Practice
Click here for Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare article.

Mar. 6 - USF Health SimSuite at Tampa General Celebrates Grand Opening. Over 200 healthcare providers attend open house events March 2 - 4.
Click here for St. Petersburg Times Article



February 2009

Feb. 25 - New edition of Simanticsnewsletter features include MSC Partnership with USF, VAP Program Launch, MSC Presentation at Patient Safety Meeting, and more.
Read Simantics



January 2009

Jan. 6 - Medical Simulation Corporation Debuts New Website Design, Features in 2009
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Jan. 5 - MSC Introduces Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Program at International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Simulation-based program to help healthcare providers put a cap on VAP
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