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Axon Launches Virtual Reality Suicide Empathy Training For Law Enforcement Axon, the global leader in connected public safety technologies, announced Axon’s new empathy development training for suicide prevention, based in virtual reality. This training has been developed specifically for law enforcement agencies and is available...

$1.3 M Investment to Grow Healium StoryUP, the makers of a virtual anxiety management product called Healium, just closed a $1.3M oversubscribed Series A investment round. The Missouri startup, incubated at the Missouri Innovation Center, will use the funds to grow Healium, the world’s first interactive...

Study Finds VR ACLS Simulation Training Effective for Assessing ACLS Competency The 2018 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Statement, “Resuscitation Education Strategies to Improve Outcomes from Cardiac Arrest,” stated that “when providers take resuscitation courses, whether online or in-person, their skills decay over time,” leading to...

Patient Data Exchange Errors Rampant in U.S. Healthcare System The U.S. healthcare system is unable to consistently match patients with their records, largely because of the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). Not only does this endanger patients and waste money, it strains already-overburdened IT...

The SOAP Note By Hillary Bekelis, AGAC-NP The SOAP note is an acronym for Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan. Subjective data is what the patient describes as the problem or reason for her visit, pertinent past medical history, current medications and review of body systems. Objective data is the physical exam, and can also include...