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What Educators Say About Today’s Leading Healthcare Simulation Manikin Brands

Purchasing decisions in healthcare simulation rarely happen in a vacuum. Before a value analysis committee signs off on a simulation manikin, someone has usually …

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Top Healthcare Simulation Manikin Brands and How Elevate Healthcare Fits In

When a simulation program starts evaluating manikins, the brand question comes up fast. Your committee wants to know who the major players are, what …

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How Elevate Healthcare’s Patient Simulators Support High-Fidelity Simulation

High-fidelity simulation plays an important role in helping healthcare education programs prepare learners for real-world clinical practice. The patient simulators at the center of …

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How to Compare Healthcare Simulation Manikin Brands: A Vendor-Neutral Checklist

Most simulation manikin purchases start with the wrong question. Committees ask “which brand is cheapest?” or “which brand do we already know?” before they’ve …

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The Future of Patient Simulation: How Elevate Healthcare Is Evolving Beyond Traditional Manikins

The clinical education programs that will define the next decade are not waiting for the future to arrive. They are building for it now. …

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Where to Buy Healthcare Simulation Manikins and Patient Simulators

Buying healthcare simulation manikins is not like buying lab supplies. The purchasing decision you make today can influence your program’s clinical training, faculty workflows, …

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From CAE Healthcare to Elevate Healthcare: What This Means for Your Patient Simulators and Simulation Programs

If you’ve been working with CAE Healthcare simulators for years, like running codes on an HPS, delivering babies on Lucina, or managing a busy …

Media Releases

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Elevate Healthcare’s Stacie Wood Appointed to NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Advisory Council

Elevate Healthcare is proud to announce that its Chief Nursing Officer, Stacie Wood, has been appointed to the National League for Nursing (NLN) Foundation …

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Beyond the Manikin: Alternatives and Complements in Healthcare Simulation

Healthcare simulation is broader than many people outside the field realize. Manikins are often the most visible tool in a simulation program, but they …

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How Much Do Healthcare Simulation Manikins Cost? A Total-Cost-of-Ownership Guide

If you’ve searched for simulation manikin pricing online, you already know the answer is rarely straightforward. Vendors don’t publish list prices the way consumer …

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AWHONN 2026 Recap: Turning Readiness Into Action

Each year, AWHONN brings together a passionate community of women’s health, obstetric, and neonatal nurses committed to improving outcomes for mothers, newborns, and families. This …

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Elevate Healthcare and Paradigm Medical Systems Partner to Advance OB/GYN Task Training

Elevate Healthcare is partnering with Paradigm Medical Systems to bring Paradigm’s MODEL-med OB/GYN task trainer line to customers, expanding access to specialized trainers that support key obstetric and gynecological …

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Do Simulation Manikins Improve Patient Outcomes? What the Evidence Shows

Healthcare simulation is a significant institutional investment, and the people responsible for making and defending that investment need more than anecdote and intuition. They …

Customer Stories

University of Houston: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Clinical Skills Assessments

Jake Valentine, M.D., M.Ed.; Steven D Butler PhD, LP, CHSE, CHSOSUniversity of Houston – Center for Clinical Arts, Skills, and Experiential Learning (CASEL)Zoltan Fodroczi, …

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Manikin Buying Guide: 9 Questions to Ask Before You Pick a Vendor

Buying a simulation manikin is not like buying most capital equipment. The decision affects your curriculum, faculty workflows, accreditation reporting, learner experiences, and ultimately the …

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Choosing the Right Healthcare Simulation Manikin: A Step-by-Step Playbook

Choosing a healthcare simulation manikin is one of the most consequential decisions a simulation program makes, and it’s also one of the most commonly …

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Inside a Patient Simulator: How Healthcare Simulation Manikins Work

Most educators who work with simulation manikins every day have a solid understanding of what they can do. Fewer have a clear picture of …

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High-Fidelity Manikins vs. High-Fidelity Simulation: What’s the Difference?

There’s a question that comes up frequently in simulation planning conversations, especially when programs are evaluating equipment investments or building new simulation capabilities: Do …

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Simulation Manikins 101: What They Are, What They’re Called, and Why They Matter

Ask ten educators what they call the mannequin in their sim lab, and you’ll get ten different answers: patient simulator, task trainer, high-fidelity manikin, …

Webinars

The Real Sim Center: Louisville

WEBINAR The Real Sim Center, Louisville Rethinking SP Roles at Louisville’s Clinical Simulation Center  Watch On-Demand How a three‑person core team and a 50‑SP pool power high‑volume OSCEs, …