E-learning company SmartForce is to target the healthcare industry with what it says is the industry`s first enterprise level e-learning solution.
This follows the signing of an agreement with DigitalMed, a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare Corporation.
DigitalMed will use the SmartForce e-learning platform as the foundation for developing healthcare-specific learning for healthcare professionals, administrators and institutions.
"Healthcare professionals require continuing education to stay abreast of developments in standards, regulations, licensing, administration, healthcare treatments, products and procedures," says SmartForce Africa MD Milton Goldschmidt.
"In SA, the high turnover of rate of professionals, and the increased use of technology to reduce administrative costs and increase efficiency make training and education a pressing issue for all healthcare organisations."
The SmartForce/DigitalMed e-learning solution is intended to help address these issues by creating an effective online learning environment, available at the learner`s convenience. The system will also generate an individual learning record for each individual undertaking online study.
In terms of the agreement, SmartForce and DigitalMed will deliver e-learning to health professionals including nurses, technicians, management, and administrative staff by integrating DigitalMed content and SmartForce content into SmartForce`s e-learning platform.
The e-learning solutions will primarily cover four areas: regulatory, administrative, service and clinical content. The solution will include a learning management system that enables organisations and institutions to develop, track and manage all e-learning events and instructor-led training.
SmartForce plans to offer the jointly-developed e-learning solutions to other healthcare-related corporations, including pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and managed healthcare companies.
SmartForce, which already provides e-learning solutions to 2 500 corporate customers, has already announced deals this year with leading US health organisations, including Kaiser Permanente, Stanford Medical Centre and Inova Health Systems.
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