Tag: patient safety

Apr 02, 2013 03:41 EDT Mentice AB The SymbioCare concept is founded on a four core values designed to achieve a fully functional, effective and innovative healthcare system. These are generosity, curiosity, efficiency and quality.

Mar 25, 2013 14:59 EDT Mentice AB Could an iPhone app improve the process and experience of endovascular simulation? We believe it can, that’s why we created the “UKETS Logbook” app together with Mentice.

Dec 21, 2012 08:43 EST Mentice AB Most analyst expectations for 2012 were highly pessimistic and we can now conclude that the actual development during the year turned out better than expected. In the health care arena, a couple of things, mainly in the United States, stood out.

Dec 06, 2012 07:56 EST Mentice AB What specific knowledge, skills and attitudes does the endovascular expert operator possess? And, which stages do novice candidates have to pass through on their way to proficiency?

Oct 24, 2012 09:25 EDT Mentice AB "One of the intentions with this blog entry, is to highlight the importance of more clearly separating the necessity of basic training during education from the requirement to expect structure and continuous training for the duration of an individual’s career."

Sep 14, 2012 04:00 EDT Mentice AB Mentice, world leader in medical cardiovascular and endovascular simulation, today announces that Materialise, developer of the Mimics Innovation Suite for anatomical segmentation, has decided to join the VIST® Case-It "Segmentation to Simulation" certification program.

Sep 13, 2012 05:03 EDT Mentice AB How many times have you done this procedure, doc? Questions such as this from proactive, increasingly knowledgeable patients place a physician (resident, fellow or newly minted attending) on the horns of an ethical dilemma.

Aug 21, 2012 07:37 EDT Mentice AB One of the most common strategies to cut expenditure is through the consolidation of hospitals, thus creating larger care units to spread fixed costs and expand patient access to services. Too large units are actually resulting in decreased quality of care and increased cost according to some research. This week's blog subject is written by Göran Malmberg, CEO/President at Mentice.

Aug 06, 2012 20:19 EDT Mentice AB This week our Director of Corporate Strategy, Edward Fält, writes about the positive and negative effects of introducing more advanced medical equipment in the operating rooms, and how simulation technology can be used to avoid mistakes.

Jul 18, 2012 18:03 EDT Mentice AB This week our Clinical Director, Prof. Lars Lönn of Rigshospitalet in Denmark (the National University Hospital of Denmark), writes about a new and exciting initiative for medical simulation training in the UK and the importance of collaboration to improve medical education.