Beginning in April 2011, SimStore will have over 1,000 scenarios
available on an exclusive basis to sample and purchase online from
SimStore at www.simstore.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Through their joint venture, SimVentures, HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ:
HSTM), a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the
healthcare industry, and Laerdal Medical ("Laerdal"), a global leader in
the provision of educational solutions for healthcare providers and
educators, today announced that they are collaborating with leading
medical simulation centers and key opinion leaders to provide a wide
variety of simulation content. Each of these leading developers have
been given access to SimDeveloper™, a newly launched software
developer's toolkit, to prepare and upload simulation scenarios that
will be available through SimStore™, a newly launched application.
SimDeveloper and SimStore are both components of SimCenter™, our
simulation management platform for healthcare training offered though
the Internet via software-as-a-service (SaaS).
With scenarios and other content already created by leading educators
from around the world, SimStore will serve as a hub of quality
educational content for multiple healthcare disciplines. SimStore will
offer for purchase over 1,000 scenarios—with thousands more to
follow—from some of the world's leading healthcare organizations and
associations that together form a leading developer network. The initial
network of developers, which will expand over time, includes
organizations and centers such as the National League for Nursing,
American Academy of Pediatrics, Belmont University and Health Care
Simulation South Carolina (USA); Oxford Brookes University and SAFER
Simulation Center (Europe); and Edith Cowan University (Australia); and
many more.
"SimStore offers a range of outstanding simulation scenarios that I can
readily select at the click of a button. This enables me to spend more
time on what is most important: teaching through the simulation rather
than preparing for it. I can utilize scenarios created by industry
leaders in simulation training rather than spending time creating my own
scenarios. I believe SimCenter is a groundbreaking solution that will
revolutionize the way simulation is performed in healthcare training,"
said Beth Hallmark, Ph.D. RN, director of simulation, Belmont University.
Simulation scenarios from the network of developers will be offered in
annual and multi-year license agreements and will be exclusive to
SimStore. Since most simulation centers are anticipated to require a
series of scenarios, content bundle pricing will also be offered.
"Sufficient scenario content—both in quality and quantity —that meets
both curricula requirements and other professional training needs has
long been overdue," said Robert A. Frist, Jr., president and chief
executive officer, HealthStream. "Laerdal and HealthStream are excited
to launch the first global marketplace to connect a growing list of
organizations worldwide that use Laerdal's advanced patient simulators
to quality, best-in-class simulation content through SimStore. Moreover,
the software developer's toolkit, SimDeveloper, enables an expanding
community of developers to ensure a continuous supply of simulation
content, creating a dynamic marketplace."
For more information about SimCenter, you may contact HealthStream at
800-933-9293 or Laerdal Medical at 845-297-7770.
About HealthStream
HealthStream (NASDAQ: HSTM) is a leading provider of learning and
research solutions for the healthcare industry, transforming insight
into action to deliver outcomes-based results for healthcare
organizations. Through HealthStream's learning solutions—which have been
contracted by approximately 2.4 million hospital-based healthcare
professionals—healthcare organizations create safer environments for
patients, increase clinical competencies of their workforces, and
facilitate the rapid transfer of the latest knowledge and technologies.
Through our research products, executives from healthcare organizations
gain valuable insight about patients' experiences, workforce challenges,
physician relations, and community perceptions of their services. Based
in Nashville, Tennessee, HealthStream has two satellite offices. For
more information about HealthStream's learning and research solutions,
visit www.healthstream.com
or call us at 800-933-9293.
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, Norway. For more information,
visit www.laerdal.com
or call 877-523-7325.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties regarding HealthStream. Investors are
cautioned that such results or events predicted in these statements may
differ materially from actual future events or results. This information
has been, or in the future may be, included in reliance on the "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Investors are cautioned that such results or events predicted in
these statements may differ materially from actual future events or
results. The Company's preliminary financial results, while presented
with numerical specificity, are forward-looking statements which are
based on a variety of assumptions regarding the Company's operating
performance that may not be realized, and which are subject to
significant uncertainties and potential contingencies associated with
the Company's financial and accounting procedures and other matters
referenced from time to time in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Consequently, such forward-looking
information should not be regarded as a representation or warranty by
the Company that such projections will be realized.
HealthStream, Inc.
Mollie Condra, 615-301-3237
Associate
Vice President, Communications, Research, & Investor Relations
Mollie.condra@healthstream.com
or
Laerdal
Medical
Jan Holm, +47 90641133
Corporate Director,
Marketing Communication & Branding
Jan.holm@laerdal.no
Source: HealthStream, Inc.
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