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HealthStream Partners with CAE, a Global Simulation Leader, to Offer their New Manikin for Resuscitation Skills Assessment
New CAE Healthcare manikin adds another option for the skills testing segment of the American Red Cross Resuscitation Suite program delivered through
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nNew CAE Healthcare manikin adds another option for the skills testing segment of the American Red Cross Resuscitation Suite program delivered through HealthStream\n\n NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nHealthStream, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSTM), a leading provider of workforce and provider solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced a new partnership with CAE, a globally recognized leader in simulation-based education. Healthcare organizations utilizing the American Red Cross Resuscitation Suite™ curriculum through HealthStream will now be able to complete their resuscitation certification by using the new CAE Healthcare manikin, which is hStream-Certified.\n\nLeveraging the hStream platform, the new partnership establishes interoperability that, for the first time, allows healthcare organizations a choice in which manikins they utilize to complete their resuscitation training.\n\n“For decades, CAE has been the global leader in high-fidelity simulation training at simulation centers around the globe,” said Jeff Evans, Interim President, CAE Healthcare. “Through this partnership with HealthStream, we are further expanding the services we offer to healthcare organizations where care is delivered. This new manikin and the options it provides will improve resuscitation training where it is most needed. This is one more way CAE Healthcare and HealthStream are helping healthcare professionals elevate patient safety and enhance quality of care.”\n\nBoth of HealthStream’s manikin partners, CAE Healthcare and Innosonian, have been designated as being “hStream-Certified,” which expands options for our healthcare organization customers. hStream-Certification ensures compatibility, security, and interoperability within HealthStream’s growing suite of applications, including our Learning Center™ application, the most adopted learning application in the healthcare industry.\n\nTo obtain a Red Cross certification, one must demonstrate that they have both the knowledge and the skills to resuscitate a patient. After completing the knowledge assessment, the learner then progresses to the skills assessment where a manikin is needed. The CAE Healthcare manikin is “instructorless,” meaning that results are measured objectively through technology that is built into the manikin itself and not subject to human error or bias. When a learner is rea...