Bangalore, Oct 2023: In a significant development that sets the stage for a new era in Healthcare Training in India, the American Heart Association’s subsidiary Healthcare Quality and Research Systems, Inc. (HQRS), and Laerdal Medical have invested in Medlern, the country’s full-stack healthcare training platform, meaning it supports the front- and back-end of the educational sites and applications.
Impelsys, the American Heart Association (Association) and Laerdal have worked closely together for a decade, through a collaboration with Impelsys – MedLern’s parent company. MedLern serves nearly 400 hospitals and over one lakh hospital workers in India, delivering a million hours of training through its innovative solutions. MedLern is helping improve hospital bottom-lines through driving Nursing Excellence, Service Excellence, Patient Safety and Experience in leading hospitals in the country. MedLern deploys digital tools, content, simulation devices and experts to embed systematic and structured training in Hospital’s business operations.
“We couldn’t have asked for better collaborations at this stage of growth. HQRS and Laerdal bring the latest innovations and evidence-based tools and content to drive high quality training in healthcare settings globally. India’s healthcare sector needs to leapfrog the world in innovation to create the skilled manpower to serve the largest and most diverse demographic in the world. We need scale and vision. We are seeing hospital leaders break away from ad-hoc and just-in-time approach to training to adopt our scalable solutions. The new collaborations open up access to an impressive pipeline of healthcare training innovation are we are committed to make this affordable and rewarding for hospital leaders in India,” said Mr. Deepak Sharma, Co-founder and CEO, MedLern.
“Laerdal has a deep commitment to India and we have been serving Hospitals, Educational Institutions, not for profits and government entities to further our mission of Helping Save Lives. Globally, we achieve this through advancement of resuscitation, patient safety and quality of healthcare, and saving lives at birth in low-resource settings. We work with enabling technologies, collaborative initiatives, and early interventions with high lifesaving potential and low cost to society. Our strategic investment in MedLern brings us closer to bringing scalable solutions to a developing market in the most populous country in the world.” said Mr. Alf Christian Dybdahl, CEO of Laerdal Medical.
Mr. Sameer Shariff founder of Impelsys and Chairman and Co-founder of MedLern said, This is a significant step in our mission to work together to bring the best quality of global healthcare to India. I believe India has the potential to not just improve the quality of healthcare delivery to its own citizens but also contribute to the future of global healthcare. I am looking forward to the exciting and impactful journey ahead.”
Laerdal Medical is a world leader in healthcare education and resuscitation training. By using immersive technologies and data-centric insights they help to increase survival and improve healthcare quality. They empower lifesavers, and healthcare workers, to help them save more lives and have a goal to help save 1.000.000 more lives, every year, by 2030.
The investment in MedLern is made through the organization’s wholly owned subsidiary, Healthcare Quality and Research Systems, Inc. (HQRS). American Heart Association is the oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke in the USA. Founded nearly a hundred years ago, it is served by 35 million volunteers and 2,900 employees united by their shared focus on cardiovascular health. It has invested more than 5 billion USD in research, advocacy, tools and training since 1949.
Impelsys is a purpose-driven company with the vision to make the world a better place by helping spread knowledge through technology. With more than 20 years of experience, 1,000+ experts and over 2,500 tailormade solutions built for its clients, Impelsys works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients succeed. Its expertise in technology solutions, eLearning services, and digital content delivery platforms has allowed it to prepare its clients for the challenges and opportunities ahead.
