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Medical Simulation (MSC; Denver) reported that it is partnering with the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center (MDBHC; Houston) to provide simulated education services.
MSC’s SimSuite will help Methodist cardiologists and surgeons improve patient safety by enabling them to learn, practice and update surgical and interventional skills in a simulated, risk-free environment. Physicians can use this simulation technology to practice coronary, carotid, renal, iliac and femoral interventions.
“Simulation is a revolutionary and effective new teaching model that helps physicians keep abreast of ever-expanding medical technology,” said Alan Lumsden, MD, vascular surgeon at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center. “The interaction between a high volume, experienced cardiovascular center and an advanced simulation company will assure the continued evolution of simulation technology into even more complex procedures.”
Bill Younkes, MSC president/CEO commented, “MSC is proud to be associated with the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, a leader in the advancement of cardiovascular and vascular care that is committed to enhancing the lives of its patients. We are particularly passionate about the opportunity to broaden the procedural experiences of the outstanding MDHC physicians in training, as well as exposing experienced physicians to newly developed procedures.”
MSC has course offerings for vascular surgery, cardiology, interventional cardiology and interventional radiology, as well as for the hospital-based nurse and emergency room teams.
In other agreement news: MGT Capital Investments, (New York) a holding company focused on the Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) sector, reported recent commercial partnerships for its subsidiary company Medicexchange (New York) a global web portal that delivers sales, jobs and information channels for diagnostic, treatment and surgery planning solutions across breast imaging, cardiac imaging, musculoskeletal imaging, abdominal-pelvic imaging, thoracic imaging and neuro imaging from a range of different companies.
The first partnership is with AllHealthcareJobs.com, whereby Medicexchange uses the AllHealthcareJobs.com job bank search engine to populate jobs.medicexchange.com. With more than 3,000 medical imaging and related job listings available, this agreement delivers the Internet’s largest online medical imaging employment site by far, the company said.
The second partnership is with Valley Forge Publishing Group (VFPG) who has signed an exclusive agreement to be Medicexchange’s sole advertising agent. This agreement will give medical imaging manufacturers and healthcare advertisers a suite of multiplatform marketing channels that are second to none.
Tim Paterson-Brown, chairman and CEO of MGT Capital, said, “These recent agreements allow us to accelerate our growth in the imaging market.”
MGT Capital Investments is a holding company that focuses on investments in the global healthcare information technology market.