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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 sim center on LearningSpace, you may have recently noticed a new name on the website, the invoice, or the technician’s jacket: Elevate Healthcare.
Here’s the short answer: Elevate Healthcare is CAE Healthcare. Same company, same products, same team. What’s changed is the name, the brand, and the direction — signaling an evolution designed to reflect where the company has been heading for years: a fully integrated healthcare simulation ecosystem, not just a simulator manufacturer.
If you’re wondering what this means for your existing equipment, service contracts, and purchasing plans, this article answers all of it.
Why the Change?
CAE Healthcare was, for decades, a division of CAE Inc., the global aerospace and defense simulation company. That heritage gave it engineering credibility and a global distribution network, but it also meant healthcare simulation shared a brand with flight training and military systems — a positioning that didn’t fully reflect where the business had evolved.
The rebrand to Elevate Healthcare (formerly CAE Healthcare) is about clarity and focus. The new brand centers entirely on healthcare education. Specifically, on the idea that simulation, done right, elevates clinical confidence, patient safety, and workforce performance. The mission hasn’t changed; the name now matches it.
For buyers and program leaders, this is continuity, not disruption. Elevate Healthcare is the direct successor and legal continuation of CAE Healthcare’s simulation business.
What Happens to Your Existing CAE Healthcare Equipment?
Nothing. Your simulators do not change. If you have a CAE HPS, a CAE Lucina, or a CAE Ares in your lab today, those systems are fully supported going forward.
Specifically:
- Warranties remain in effect. All warranties issued under CAE Healthcare are honored under the same terms.
- Service agreements continue without interruption. If you have a maintenance or service contract, it transfers seamlessly.
- Technical support is unchanged. The engineers, clinical educators, and support specialists you’ve worked with are still there.
- Replacement parts and consumables remain available. The supply chain for legacy CAE products like lung bags, skin sets, and scenario software is intact.
If you have outstanding service cases or active contracts, your point of contact is still the same person you already know. The only visible change is the name on the email signature.
How Are Product Names Changing?
Most products have carried over their names directly. Ares, Lucina, HPS, Juno, Aria, Luna, and Apollo are still called by those names.. What’s shifted is the framing: rather than being positioned as individual CAE products, they’re now part of a unified ecosystem.
Here’s a quick reference map:
| Simulator | CAE Healthcare Name | Elevate Healthcare Name |
|---|---|---|
| Adult / Advanced | CAE HPS (Human Patient Simulator) | HPS |
| Adult / Advanced | CAE Ares | Ares |
| Adult / Advanced | CAE Apollo | Apollo |
| Adult / Mid-Fidelity | CAE Juno | Juno |
| OB / Women’s Health | CAE Lucina | Lucina |
| Pediatric | CAE Aria | Aria |
| Neonatal | CAE Luna | Luna |
The naming continuity is intentional. Many programs have years of institutional memory built around “CAE Lucina” or “CAE HPS.” The goal is not to erase that recognition, but to extend it forward under a brand that better reflects where the ecosystem is heading.
What Does Elevate Healthcare Add Beyond the CAE Healthcare Brand?
The rebrand isn’t cosmetic. It reflects expansion beyond hardware into a more integrated simulation ecosystem.
The most significant development is the continued evolution of LearningSpace into a more intelligent, AI-enhanced system. LearningSpace now includes Ehli, an AI assistant that helps streamline evaluation scoring during simulations, reducing manual workload for faculty and improving consistency across assessments. For programs running high volumes of OSCEs or skills assessments, that’s a meaningful operational shift.
Elevate Healthcare has also expanded its services arm through the Elevate Learning Institute, which offers outcomes-based education programs, facilitation and debriefing training, obstetric emergency courses, and strategic consulting through the Achieve Program. These weren’t prominently packaged offerings under the CAE Healthcare brand; they’re now core to how Elevate Healthcare positions the relationship with customers.
The broader vision is a connected education ecosystem: patient simulators that feed data into LearningSpace, which then supports structured debriefing, accreditation reporting, and performance improvement through analytics and AI. The simulators are the entry point, not the endpoint.
For Procurement and Purchasing Teams
If you’re mid-process on a purchase order, RFP, or lease agreement that references “CAE Healthcare” products, here’s what you need to know:
- Vendor registration: Update vendor records to reflect Elevate Healthcare. Your account representative can provide updated documentation.
- Product SKUs: Some product codes have been updated. Confirm current SKUs with your Elevate Healthcare representative before finalizing purchase orders.
- Distribution: Elevate Healthcare maintains its global distribution channels. Regional contacts remain the same; brand documentation has been updated.
An Intact Legacy in an Expanding Ecosystem
For programs built on CAE Healthcare technology, the transition to Elevate Healthcare is an operational non-event and potentially a strategic upgrade.
The simulators you know are still here. The support team is still here. What’s changed is a clearer identity, a more integrated platform, and a stronger connection between simulation hardware, software, and education services.
If you’re an existing customer with questions about equipment, service agreements, or upcoming purchases, the best next step is to contact your Elevate Healthcare account team directly. They can continue the conversation without restarting it.