Orzone is recruiting
Become our Lead Developer of our web portal used for improving medical skills for future medical specialists in Europe. We offer you to join an incredible journey with a revolutionary international project.
This unique platform is developed in collaboration with the UEMS, the European Union For medical Specialists.
Qualifications:
You are a System developer who is well familiar with ASP.NET, C#, IIS, SQL, HTML, CSS & JavaScript
Apply by March 3rd 2010 to info@orzone.com
Imperial College London and Orzone cooperate to develop unique medical simulation product
Orzone announces its first Orcamp customer, Imperial College in London, one of the leading universities in the world. The parties have entered a long-term partnership to jointly develop content and functionality for a team training operating environment called Orcamp. Focusing on advanced medical procedures, Orcamp will facilitate training and assessment of multi-professional operating teams. Features include full-scale OR equipment such as x-ray equipment, patient table and screens, integration with available patient simulators, built-in technical and team exercises and extensive assessment support according to validated rating scales. Since the x-ray is simulated and the patients are virtual, no radiation is emitted and no patients are hurt while the medical teams are trained.
Vascular Surgery Professor Nick Cheshire, Head of Circulation and Renal Sciences at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, remarks:
“Orzone is an impressive group of people with great ideas on how to improve patient safety and procedural efficacy. I am truly looking forward to entering into this collaboration and validating the concepts proposed.”
The partnership will include an installation of Orcamp in Imperial College’s skills centre, located at St. Mary’s hospital in central London. Research activities as well as scheduled courses are planned for the second half of 2010. “With its impressive research track record within medical simulation, Imperial College was our first choice as a research partner. We expect exceptional results from our joint projects” quotes Professor Lars Lönn, Clinical Director at Orzone.
For more information please contact:
Orzone
Nina Offen
PR & Marketing Manager
Web: Orzone / nina.offen@orzone.com
Imperial College
Web: Imperial College
About Imperial College London
Consistently rated amongst the world's best universities, Imperial College London is a science-based institution with a reputation for excellence in teaching and research that attracts 14,000 students and 6,000 staff of the highest international quality.
Innovative research at the College explores the interface between science, medicine, engineering and business, delivering practical solutions that improve quality of life and the environment - underpinned by a dynamic enterprise culture. Since its foundation in 1907, Imperial's contributions to society have included the discovery of penicillin, the development of holography and the foundations of fibre optics. This commitment to the application of research for the benefit of all continues today, with current focuses including interdisciplinary collaborations to improve health in the UK and globally, tackle climate change and develop clean and sustainable sources of energy.
European Union of Medical Specialists in collaboration with Orzone AB
Orzone and UEMS share the vision of improving healthcare quality through the harmonisation of training and education in Europe. For this purpose a collaboration has been established for developing a comprehensive electronic platform to support medical training, assessment and continuous professional development. The strategic direction for the establishment and the primary focus of this initiative is to extensively improve the education and training of European medical doctors, improving medical outcome and patient safety.
"This is a major step forward for the UEMS. As an organization we promote the best possible standards of harmonized specialist training, continuing medical education (CME) and professional development (CPD), as well as quality assurance of specialist medical practice. By doing so, the UEMS is committed and serves to encourage decision-makers as well as healthcare professionals to ensure appropriate mechanisms for safe specialist medical care across Europe," quotes Dr. Zlatko Fras.
About The European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)The UEMS represents national associations of medical specialists from all the 27 European Union member states and its associated countries. UEMS has a current membership of 35 countries and are operating through its 38 Specialist Sections and European Boards.
"The UEMS has been active since 1958 helping in assuring the highest quality of medical practice are applied throughout Europe for the benefit of European citizens," quotes Dr. Bernard Maillet.
About OrzoneOrzone AB is a medical simulation company based in Goteborg (SE) with focus on patient safety. Orzone is committed to help improve medical outcome by developing creative tools, based on virtual reality, e-health and advanced simulation technology. The tools facilitate structured proficiency based training and assessment of medical skills.
For further information please contact:
European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)
Dr. Zlatko Fras, President
Dr. Bernard Maillet, Secretary General
www.uems.net; info@uems.net
Orzone
Mrs Petra Apell, CEO
Mr. Stefan Hallin, Chairman of the Board
www.orzone.com; info@orzone.com
The electronic platform, developed in collaboration with UEMS, can be used for training, assessment and continuous professional development. It will log and track progression (knowledge, skills and professionalism) of each trainee/specialist. The trainee and trainer will be able to check how well the trainee fulfils the curriculum requirements.
There is a strong focus to build a system which helps trainees, trainers, program directors and accreditation bodies in their daily practice. The exact structure and content will vary between the different Specialties and therefore Orzone will work closely together with each medical specialty.
"Team members of Orzone have been involved in scientifically groundbreaking projects relating to medical skills training during the last decade. Together with the UEMS, we are proud to bring training and assessment to the next level through this unique project. I believe our collaboration will enable pioneering results within the healthcare sector as we are taking steps towards improving patient safety." quotes Petra Apell.
Orzone attended The 6th Öresund Symposium on Clinical Skills Training
On December 1st Orzone attended The 6th Öresund Symposium at Lund University Hospital in Sweden. The aim of the symposium was to describe skills centres as test-, research- and development centres.
Orzone's participation contributed with representation of the latest technology in team training and virtual reality simulation.
The symposium was hosted by Practicum, Clinical Skills Center at Lund University Hospital. And Co-organisers was Danish Institute of Medical Simulation at Herlev Hospital, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital and Centre for Medical Simulation at Malmö University Hospital.
For more information about the event please visit http://www.oresundsymposium.dk
For more information about Orzone's participation and coming events please contact: Nina Offen, PR & Marketing Manager
Tel: +46(0) 765 416 204
Orzone AB announces partnership
Goteborg, Sweden 2009-10-30 - Mentice AB and Orzone AB today announced a non-exclusive partnership facilitating integration of the high-fidelity endovascular simulator Mentice VIST with Orcamp, a technical framework for training and assessment of medical skills.
Simulators supporting the development of medical skills for complex procedures are gaining prominence and become more accepted by the medical community, with the publication of scientific validation studies and the integration of simulation into existing curricula and training programs. Mentice VIST is a validated high fidelity endovascular simulator enabling hands-on procedural training.
The Mentice VIST provides state of the art simulation based training with unique clinical and simulation realism. Orcamp is a comprehensive physical operating theatre, which allows medical healthcare professionals to train and objectively assess complex technical skills and non-technical skills, i.e. cross functional team work, communication and leadership skills, in a risk free environment.
"The integration of the technical skills simulator, Mentice VIST, with Orcamp allow training and accreditation bodies to harmonize training and to assess identified key performance indicators, i.e knowledge, skills and professionalism. Our experienced team will continue develop this unique concept in close collaboration with leading University Hospitals to maximize real world outcome", quotes Petra Apell, CEO of Orzone AB.
Orzone is a company founded by individuals with extensive experience of health care, training and simulation. The Management Board and the owners have amongst other projects founded and been part of the development of Mentice since the start 1998. Orzone and Mentice believe there are excellent synergies for the two companies in areas for cooperation.
About Mentice AB
Mentice is a leading developer and supplier of virtual reality based simulation systems, with close to 600 installations worldwide, and over 100 validation studies. Mentice provides complete turnkey solutions such as the Mentice VIST, Mentice VIST-C and the Mentice MIST, from entry-skills acquisition to high-fidelity procedural training. With the Mentice "Family of Simulators", Mentice focuses on the areas of endovascular intervention and minimally invasive surgery. Mentice is a global company with offices in the U.S., Sweden (HQ), Switzerland, the UK, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Japan, and China.
For more information, contact Mentice Info@Mentice.com.
About Orzone AB
Orzone's mission is to improve patient-safety by focusing on skills of healthcare professionals. Orzone works to reduce errors and improve healthcare quality by developing creative solutions, based on virtual reality, e-health and advanced simulation technology, supporting training, planning and assessments.
For further information please contact Nina Offen
Tel: +46(0) 765 416 204
Orzone expands
New employees hired to meet client and product demand
Goteborg, October 5th, 2009. Orzone today announced that the company has throughout the year expanded its workforce by almost 30%. This will allow Orzone to continue its mission - to develop user-friendly products for medical skills training and assessment based on web-technology and advanced simulation technology.
"Our new team members are highly motivated to develop and bring new products to health care professionals. The human resource expansion allows us to stay focused on rapid product development and strategic marketing activities", quotes Petra Apell CEO.
Orzone will bring its first product, Orcamp – the full-scale cath lab for medical skills training to the market later this year has already met an enthusiastic crowd, whom are looking forward to the launch.
For further information please contact Nina Offen
Tel: +46(0) 765 416 204
Orzone launches Knowledge Based Assessment (KBA) Pilot Exam
at the BCS Annual Conference & Exhibition
On June 1st until 3rd the British Cardiovascular Society's (BCS) Annual Conference & Exhibition (ACE) will take place at the ExCeL in London, England. Orzone has developed the software and will participate at the ACE.
On the 31st of May, BCS arranged a pilot exam for approximately 70 cardiologists. The purpose of the pilot exam is to evaluate the content for the eventual exam expected to launch in the summer of 2010. The KBA will also be available for viewing to all 2,500 healthcare professionals that are expected to participate at the ACE.
For more information on Knowledge Based Assessment in Cardiology please visit www.bcs.com
For further information on the software and Orzone please contact Nina Offen
Tel: +46(0) 765 416 204
Orzone at Abu Dhabi GCC and Development Investment Forum
On May 11th until May 12th 2009 Orzone in collaboration with Santeum Partners AG participated at the Abu Dhabi GCC and Development Investment Forum on the grounds of discussing and representing medical simulation and Orcamp.
The Forum was held at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) in Abu Dhabi, in recognition of its importance as a regional and international thought leadership and health policy meeting.
For more information about Orzone's performance please read the following article from Khaleej Times the No.1 English language daily newspaper published from Dubai and United Arab Emirates.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com
For further information please contact Nina Offen
Tel: +46(0) 765 416 204
Orzone strengthens Management team with two new employees
Mathias Kremer VP Sales and Nina Offen PR & Marketing Manager
Mathias Kremer has a broad experience within the field as previous General Manager at Propeller Medical and Sales Manager positions at the medical simulation companies Surgical Science and Mentice. He holds a Master of Science degree and has also worked with optimization of flight simulator slots at Carmen Systems (now part of Boeing). With his experience from many years of practicing marketing, business and project management he will be a great asset to the company.
Nina Offen has prior to her employment at Orzone held the position as PR & Marketing Manager at a global design company for several years. Nina also holds the experience of international marketing at Volvo Car Corporation, Special Event department. With a degree in journalism and PR and with her broad experience from facing media she will be taking on the future development of Orzone marketing strategy.
Orzone strengthens Management team with one new employee
Thomas Gogolin Customer Service Manager
Thomas Gogolin, Orzone's new Customer Service Manager, has more then 10 years of experience working within the field of medical simulation with focus on 3D-modeling, Graphical User Interface (GUI) and database management. As Education Manager at his previous employer Mentice, he has participated in global seminars, conferences and work shops in both medical and industrial environments. Thomas, with his worldly experience, will be a great asset for the future of Orzone.
Orzone launches new website
Now providing extended and more knowledgeable information about Orzone.
