November’s innovation session at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine was a real joy. The attendees were open, willing to try new things and think outside the box. There was a lot of learning going on among attendees and the invited innovators. The invited innovators ...
A recent blog post, "The 10 Biggest Breakthroughs in the Science of Learning" sparked an animated discussion here about the design and effectiveness of medical training. It raised some compelling questions. How do these principles apply to medical simulation training? What gamification elements ...
Pre-op training can cut down on surgery costs, errors, and time while improving outcomes. Chris Malmo tries out PeriopSim VR and looks at the practical use of VR medical simulation for training surgical teams before they enter the OR. Date: April 23, 2015 Read full story on UploadVR site
A few weeks back I was lucky enough to attend the Tufts Medstart Hackathon. The medical school has been running a medical hackathon yearly for the last 3 years. I found out about it through Dr. Jeffrey Jacobson, a BostonVR organizer, who I met through our partnership with VRcade. BostonVR ...
We're excited to be featured in a cool new video created by the City of Surrey. We were the first member of the Health Tech Connex incubator at Surrey's Innovation Boulevard. We are developing medical simulation solutions that help educate clinical staff outside of OR time and will ultimately lead ...
This week our CEO, Angela Robert joined the panel for an mHealth discussion hosted by DigiBC as part of the Mobile Monday Vancouver event series. The topic was: Can Disruptive Technologies Enable Better Healthcare? The event was moderated by Michael Bidu of Sanotron. Panel members also included ...
Sanotron’s recent Hacking Health event in Vancouver was a huge success. It pulled in over 200 people and assembled over 30 projects, to innovate health technology and complete for prizes. Conquer Mobile joined the competition, with Tobias Ottahal and Aaron Hilton both jumping into two ...