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ATLANTA—In situ simulation as a means to improving door-to-balloon (D2B) times during STEMI significantly reduces times, and is a well-suited method to “address organizational challenges that compromise patient and quality of care,” according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology Administrators (ACCA) annual cardiovascular administrators leadership conference this week.
A telebriefing by American College of Cardiology officials emphasized several aspects of ACC.10, including thought-provoking keynote addresses, late-breaking clinical trials that could hold important significance and a potentially robust discussion of healthcare reform straight from Capitol Hill.
New technology allows student doctors to practice operations and other procedures on simulators before trying them out on real patients, just as pilots practice for emergencies on aircraft simulators, according to a plenary paper session at the 2009 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) annual meeting in New Orleans on May 14.
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Monday, March 15, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Richard Satava, MD, a professor of surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle, will deliver the Bishop Lecture. He will discuss such topics as robotic surgery, virtual reality, surgical simulation and other high-tech applications. In an address to the media, ACC Program Chair James McClurken said that Satava will discuss “some controversial topics,” so stay tuned.
Sunday, March 14, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Simulation has become increasingly important, particularly with a renewed emphasis on reducing errors and streamlining protocols. This simulation exercise will showcase everything one needs to know about conducting exercises to improve door-to-balloon (D2B) times.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Medical Simulation Corporation (MSC) has teamed up with Boston Scientific to provide product- and procedure-based simulation experiences aboard Boston Scientific’s Mobile Simulation Labs to attendees of the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium.
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Middle age introduces itself in many ways; one is atrial fibrillation (AF). My onset of AF seems to have coincided with a mountain bike accident in the woods of North Carolina that resulted in some cracked ribs.
The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).