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HealthStream Acquires 50% Stake in Laerdal Medical's Advanced Video System, a Simulation Debriefing System
Financial impact will be immediately accretive;
Debriefing is a critical part of simulation-based education, and it is made more effective with AVS. This debriefing system provides robust tools to accurately replay scenarios where students worked with advanced patient simulators—showing what actually occurred, as opposed to perceptions of what occurred. AVS automatically integrates data from up to four video cameras, a microphone, and patient monitoring with the event log from the advanced patient simulator. Instructors can add comments to the log during a scenario and can easily manage the delivery, storage, and distribution of the debriefing files through a range of options.
According to a survey conducted by SimVentures of approximately 900 healthcare educators, 94 percent of those who use advanced patient simulators felt that "the ability to capture high quality simulation videos that run clearly and smoothly" is important. Only 38 percent of those who capture some type of data, however, are currently capturing "video" data. The ease of managing, distributing, and archiving simulation data for debriefing sessions will be enhanced using AVS—as it will be an integral component of SimCenter, an innovative simulation management platform announced in January and a portion of which—SimStore—is anticipated to launch next month.
"Healthcare providers and educators, worldwide, have embraced AVS, with
over 1,000 units deployed in leading simulation locations, to support
their debriefing sessions following simulation-based learning—as it is a
common add-on to our advanced patient simulators like the SimMan 3G,
SimMan, SimBaby, or the SimNewB," said
The Company paid
Based on completion of the AVS/SimView transaction,
"AVS offers healthcare providers and educators a highly effective means
of maximizing their investment in simulation-based learning," said
About SimCenter
As a simulation management platform, SimCenter is a fully integrated system of software—delivered via software-as-a-service—that includes:
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SimStore: SimStore is an application which makes available
simulation content from some of the healthcare industry's leading
organizations. Beginning in
April 2011 , healthcare providers and educators will be able to sample and purchase simulation scenarios to use in their simulation training activities. - SimDeveloper: SimDeveloper is an online software developer's toolkit for scenario developers to deploy their content to the SimStore.
- SimManager: Coming later this year, SimManager is a management system that is customized for managing simulation-based training activities. Capabilities include making simulation training assignments, tracking training completions, managing scenario/content used in training, generating progress reports, scheduling of equipment and labs/rooms, and managing simulation curricula.
- SimView: SimView—which will be the next generation AVS—is an audio/video system that captures video of the simulation activities, simulator log files, and vital signs from the advanced patient simulators so that simulation instructors can debrief students on their educational experiences with simulation activities.
About
About Laerdal Medical
Laerdal Medical, one of the world's leading providers of Healthcare
Solutions, is dedicated to helping save lives with products and services
for Simulation, Airway Management, Immobilization, Basic Life Support,
Advanced Life Support, Patient Care, Self-Directed Learning, and Medical
Education. Laerdal is pleased to serve all healthcare providers and
educators, from the lay rescuer to the medical professionals. Laerdal
operates sales and support offices in 23 countries worldwide, and with
the head office located in Stavanger,
This press release includes certain forward-looking statements
(statements other than solely with respect to historical fact),
including statements regarding expectations for the financial
performance for 2011 that involve risks and uncertainties regarding
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