Medical Simulation Corporation Signs Agreement With a Nationally Ranked Hospital

DENVER, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Medical Simulation Corporation
(MSC) proudly announces a new agreement with Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, a teaching-affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a
healthcare leader in patient quality, safety, and education. The
agreement includes MSC’s endovascular simulation system,
Simantha®, and MSC’s curriculum and training services to
advance Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s continuing education and
patient safety goals over the next three years.

The SimSuite Endovascular System will be located at the Neil and
Elise Wallace STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation at Brigham and
Women’s Hospital. STRATUS (Simulation, Training, Research and
Technology Utilization System) employs a variety of simulation
technologies to advance education, assessment, and research. Since
opening its doors in 2004, STRATUS has become a worldwide leader in
utilizing simulation to improve healthcare quality and patient
safety. STRATUS’s operational model draws on both educational and
technical staff to support faculty in the development and execution
of simulation programs for healthcare providers at all levels of
training. STRATUS also offers a fellowship in medical simulation in
partnership with the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In
addition, STRATUS is working with CRICO, the medical malpractice
insurer for the Harvard Medical community, to lower premiums for
physicians who successfully complete simulation team training
programs.

“We are excited about the addition of this new simulator to
advance our mission of education through the use of simulation,”
says Charles Pozner, MD, Medical Director, Neil and Elise Wallace
STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital. “Its broad applications in the fields of interventional
cardiology, electrophysiology, interventional radiology, and
vascular surgery will allow STRATUS to meet the educational needs
of these disciplines both within our institution as well

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