Hospital Services Proven Results for Hospitals and Healthcare Systems
Why partner with CAE Healthcare? World leader in healthcare education Today s hospitals are looking at the aviation model to adopt readily available and transferable safety innovations that have made the airline industry one of the safest in the world. CAE has a 60-year history as an innovator and a global leader in modeling, simulation and training for aviation. CAE is now leveraging its simulation and training capabilities in new markets such as healthcare. CAE Healthcare offers cutting edge learning tools that allow students and clinicians to practice in a risk-free simulated environment before treating real patients. CAE Healthcare s solutions include surgical and imaging simulation, curriculum, center management and highly realistic adult, pediatric and baby patient simulators. Benefits of simulation in healthcare CAE Healthcare simulators are the gold standard in healthcare education, providing an experiential learning environment where caregivers can practice clinical and critical thinking skills without the risk of harming a real patient. Our evidence-based Simulated Clinical Experiences (SCEs) utilize best practice standards and are designed for building clinical judgment and technical skills in an objective environment. Helping hospitals improve patient safety and outcomes CAE Healthcare offers healthcare organizations evidence-based, customizable, clinical education solutions that can help you improve patient safety and outcomes. Working with clinical partners and experts, we have developed courses and simulation solutions that allow you to safely access, develop and validate the competency of your clinical personnel and interdisciplinary teams. Better retention, results and quality Education plays a critical role in improving your healthcare institution. By delivering integrated education that combines e-learning, didactic and hands-on practice on healthcare simulators, our programs can help hospitals achieve a higher level of quality and satisfaction among their healthcare staff and ultimately, their patients. Improved performance and compliance Your goal is to continually ensure that your staff master clinical procedures, improve performance and improve compliance to hospital procedures, especially those designed to prevent hospitalacquired conditions and never events. As they improve, your institution can better serve your patients and work more efficiently and cost effectively. Our comprehensive clinical, technical and continuing education programs offer the means to efficiently assess teams, train staff on new procedures or tools, such as electronic medical record systems, and to perform trial runs of new techniques such as bar-coded medication administration or patient care. Effective and affordable programs tailored to any healthcare system CAE Healthcare offers a wealth of programs for the assessment, development and validation of healthcare professionals, ranging from new graduate nurses and surgical residents to experienced physicians and interdisciplinary teams. Training options can include a combination of e-learning, high fidelity simulators, simulated clinical experiences, coaching and onsite seminars delivered by our experienced education specialists. Our versatile subscription approach offers healthcare systems an affordable and easy solution to integrate scalable programs and grow them to meet changing needs. CAE is applying more than 60 years of flight simulation expertise to healthcare with a mission to improve patient safety
CAE Healthcare s breadth of simulation solutions is unmatched within the healthcare simulation industry. Benefits of CAE Healthcare Hospital Services Programs n Enhance care by helping staff feel more confident that they are performing the job correctly n Reduce costs by decreasing re-takes, eliminating unnecessary examinations and optimizing competency assessment and validation n Improve productivity by helping staff quickly learn what they need to know - from new skills to new specialties n Engage, develop and motivate staff by providing them with continuous personal development
Proven results and proven success Study: Nurse Residency Program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center CAE Healthcare s Nurse Residency Program is based on a three-year study of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center s Nurse Residency Program, which proved to be effective in reducing the time for new nurse orientation, increasing the ability to recruit nurses, educating nurses to specific organizational policies and procedures, increasing retention and increasing clinical productivity and efficacy. n Implemented a standardized approach to orienting recent graduate nurses n Reduced two-year turnover rate of recent graduate nurses from 43% to 24% (cost avoidance of $3.5M) n Increased the quality of nursing applicants n Reduced vacancy rate from 23% to less than 3% n Decreased the length of the orientation process from 26 weeks to 12 weeks n Supported nurse residents in developing professional competence that supports safe, high quality patient care Beyea, S.C., Slattery, M.J., & von Reyn, L.J. (2010). Outcomes of a simulationbased nurse residency program. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 6(5), e269-e175. Beyea, S.C., von Reyn (Kobokovich), L., & Slattery, M.J. (2007). A nurse residency program for competency development using human patient simulation. Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, (23)2, 77-82. CAE Healthcare Competency Model CAE Healthcare s Competency Model is based on a hierarchy of learning and a blended learning approach to produce safer patient care. Our model provides multiple delivery methodologies for different objectives. One can progress through all four levels and have the opportunity to return to lower levels to strengthen skills and knowledge. CAE Healthcare simulation gave us the structure and support we needed to radically change how we deliver education. It changed our view of everything. Our focus has been on the new nurse graduate transition to practice. The level of confidence in our residents has dramatically improved. We ve done some data analysis during the time that we have had simulation, and our nurse-sensitive outcomes have improved. Donna Strand RN MN CNE-BC, Director, Clinical Education and Practice, Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington Competent Practice Solo with required competencies Live Coaching/Mentoring Assistance with time management, prioritization and critical thinking skills Simulated Clinical Experiences Application of knowledge, collaboration and teamwork Blended Learning: Didactic Content/CBT/e-Learning Establishes foundation of patient care knowledge
A partial list of current customers Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, NH (Magnet) St John Hospital and Medical Center, MI (Magnet) Dayton VA Medical Center, OH Providence Alaska Medical Center, AK Ephrata Community Hospital, PA Riverside County Regional Medical Center, CA Children s Medical Center Dallas, TX Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, FL (Magnet) St. John s Health Center, CA Swedish Medical Center, WA Washington DC VA Medical Center University of California San Francisco Medical Center, CA Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, CA Study: Code Blue Response Time Improves After istan Simulation Kelley Huseman, MSN, RN-BC, Professional Development Specialist with Ephrata Community Hospital in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, recently published Improving Code Blue Response Through the Use of Simulation in the Journal for Nurses in Staff Development May/June issue. Huseman measured response times for code blue chest compressions, defibrillation, and epinephrine administration before and after conducting mock code drills with an istan. After three months of istan code blue simulations, response times for start of chest compression and epinephrine administration improved significantly. Huseman, K.F. (2012). Improving code blue response through the use of simulation. Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, (28)3, 120-124.
Assess Develop Validate Simulation-based learning solutions Patient simulators HPS anesthesia and respiratory care With patented cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological and pharmacological modeling, the HPS is the only simulator with true oxygen and CO 2 gas exchange. The HPS can accurately represent complex surgical, critical care and drug interaction scenarios. istan the most advanced wireless simulator With advanced physiology, istan is wireless, mobile, and able to simulate complex medical conditions and trauma in clinical or field settings. His unique features include bleeding and secretions, flail chest, cyanosis and difficult airway challenges. METIman nursing and prehospital simulators METIman is CAE Healthcare s most affordable wireless patient simulator, built to withstand a wide variety of real-life indoor or outdoor learning environments. METIman s easy-to-use learning features are designed for teaching basic nursing and prehospital skills. PediaSIM and BabySIM Life-sized child and infant patient simulators with the clinical features of the CAE Healthcare adult patient simulators, for practice of pediatric emergencies, critical care and hospital care. Ultrasound simulators VIMEDIX TTE, TEE, FAST and OB simulator on one platform The VIMEDIX ultrasound simulator offers healthcare providers selfdirected practice to develop proficiency in performing imaging exams related to the thoracic and abdominal cavities. Coming in 2013, the VIMEDIX Women s Health simulator for practice of the second trimester fetal ultrasound exam. Surgical simulators EndoVR gastrointestinal and bronchoscopy simulator The EndoVR enables physicians to get a feel for both gastrointestinal and bronchial assessment with state of the art haptic technology and force feedback during insertion and removal of the scope as well as correct anatomic and physiologic responses. LapVR laparoscopic surgical simulator The LapVR gives surgeons the opportunity to develop proficiency in techniques such as suturing, knot tying and loop litigation as well as laparascopic surgeries such as gall bladder removal and tubal occlusion. New appendectomy module released in 2012. CathLabVR cardiac interventional applications The CathLabVR offers true-to-life tactile sensations of the forces encountered when manipulating wires, catheters, balloons and stents for practicing navigation, assessment and interventional therapies of diverse anatomies with cardiac and vascular abnormalities. E-learning edose medication dose calculation tool Each year, patients are needlessly harmed by medication errors. edose is a web-based program that targets 26 potential medication administration errors to ensure the right drug is administered in the correct dose via the proper delivery method. edose includes a full suite of assessment tools to ensure competency in medication administration. ICCU ultrasound basic skills for nurses and physicians ICCU e-learning was developed by ultrasound experts to cover components of the Focused Cardiac Ultrasound exam, assessment of central and peripheral vessels, assessment of the pleural space and lung and ultrasound-guided procedures for peripheral vascular access. In 2013 tranesophageal and Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) modules will be released.
Available learning applications and seminars Ultrasound Seminars self-paced learning within society-endorsed e-learning courses to teach basic to advanced ultrasound skills, hands-on practice with an advanced ultrasound simulator, and onsite coaching Nurse Competency Development annual competency assessment and development, life-long learning (cross training, certification), succession planning and sentinel events/never events Respiratory Care Development three-part experiential learning program to enhance diagnosis and treatment associated with the cardio-respiratory system Rapid Assessment and Intervention experiential learning program to assist hospital teams in acquiring competencies for rapid identification of patients in distress and timely intervention to promote positive patient outcomes Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) experiential learning programs based on the 2010 AHA Guidelines, include Critical Actions Checklist for evaluating team performance Pediatric and Infant Emergencies experiential program designed to improve treatment and outcomes of the most common medical emergencies associated with children Cardiopulmonary Critical Situations experiential program focused on team training for advanced airway management needs due to differing underlying etiologies Disaster Medical Readiness experiential program utilizes the All Hazards approach to disasters with a focus on the most critical components of disaster and mass casualty patient care Patient Centered Acute Care Training (PACT) for critical care team training, an experiential program designed to advance knowledge and best practices in intensive care medicine Perioperative Management experiential program for both the surgical resident and team training in the perioperative and intensive care arenas
CAE Healthcare offers advanced patient, imaging, surgical and learning simulation-based solutions to improve patient safety and outcomes. Our leading-edge products and learning modules provide risk-free practice and professional development to physicians, nurses, EMS responders, military medics, students and allied health professionals around the world. caehealthcare.com For more information about CAE Healthcare products, contact your regional sales manager, the CAE Healthcare distributor in your country, or visit caehealthcare.com. Tel +1 941-377-5562 Toll-free in North America 866-233-6384 2012 CAE Healthcare 360-1012