--- title: April 4, 2024 Customer Newsletter description: Sounding the alarm on violence in the ER, NBME acquires VR for medical education, tech industry effects on healthcare, save on ABFM certification Exam prep image: https://challengercme.com/hubfs/Newsletter%20-%20Customer%20Newsletter%20Graphics/018.jpg --- [![Med-Challenger-green-logo-1024x244](https://challengercme.com/hubfs/Med-Challenger-green-logo-1024x244.webp) ](https://challengercme.com/) - [SHOP EXAM PREP & CME ](https://challengercme.com/blog/april-04-2024-customer-newsletter#) ### [EMERGENCY MEDICINE](https://challengercme.com/emergency-medicine-exam-review-cme-course) [ABEM exam prep](https://challengercme.com/emergency-medicine-exam-review-cme-course), [MyEMCert](https://challengercme.com/emergency-medicine-myemcert-exam-review-course), etc. ### [FAMILY MEDICINE](https://challengercme.com/family-medicine-exam-review-cme-course) [ABFM exam prep](https://challengercme.com/family-medicine-exam-review-cme-course), [ABFM KSA](https://challengercme.com/family-medicine-moc-ksa-course), etc. ### [INTERNAL MEDICINE ABIM exam prep, MOC points, etc.](https://challengercme.com/internal-medicine-exam-review-cme-course) ### [OBGYN ABOG exam prep, CREOG, etc.](https://challengercme.com/obgyn-exam-review-cme-course) ### [PEDIATRICS ABP exam prep, MOCA-PEDS, etc.](https://challengercme.com/pediatric-medicine-exam-review-cme-course) ### [PEDIATRIC EM](https://challengercme.com/pediatric-emergency-medicine-3rd-edition) [ABP/ABEM exam prep Ed.3](https://challengercme.com/pediatric-emergency-medicine-3rd-edition), [Ed.2](https://challengercme.com/pediatric-emergency-medicine-pack2), etc. ### [SPECIAL PURPOSE / SPEX FSMB exam prep, etc.](https://challengercme.com/special-purpose-exam-review-spex-exam-preparation-course) ### [PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT](https://challengercme.com/physician-assistant-exam-review-cme-course) [PANCE / PANRE](https://challengercme.com/physician-assistant-exam-review-cme-course), [CAQ-EM](https://challengercme.com/pa-caq-em-review-course), etc ### [NURSE PRACTITIONER](https://challengercme.com/family-nurse-practitioner-exam-review-cme-course) [FNP](https://challengercme.com/family-nurse-practitioner-exam-review-cme-course), [ENP](https://challengercme.com/emergency-nurse-practitioner-exam-review-cne-course), [AGNP](https://challengercme.com/adult-gerontology-nurse-practitioner-exam-review-cne-course), [PNCB/CPNP](https://challengercme.com/pediatric-nurse-practitioner-exam-review-cne-course), etc. ### [NURSING / NCLEX NCLEX, CNE, etc.](https://challengercme.com/nursing-certification-nclex-exam-review-cne-courses) ### [STATE-REQUIRED CME / CE State CME requirements, etc.](https://challengercme.com/state-required-cme) ### [JOINT COMMISSION CME](https://challengercme.com/stroke-center-ce-review-course) [Stroke](https://challengercme.com/stroke-center-ce-review-course), [Cardiac](https://challengercme.com/cardiac-center-ce-review-course), [Trauma](https://challengercme.com/trauma-center-ce-review-course), [ALS](https://challengercme.com/advanced-life-support-and-resuscitation-center-ce-review-course), etc. ### [PROFESSIONALISM CME Professionalism review with CME](https://challengercme.com/professionalism-review-course) ### [DERMATOLOGY CME Dermatology review with CME](https://challengercme.com/dermatology-review-course) ### [USMLE STEP 2CK / STEP 3 USMLE exam prep, etc.](https://challengercme.com/usmle-certification-exam-review-clerkship-exams-shelf-exam-review) - [INSTITUTIONS ](https://challengercme.com/atlas-pro-inst) - [BLOG ](https://challengercme.com/blog) - [SUPPORT ](https://support.challengercme.com/knowledge) [SIGN IN ](https://fuse.challengercme.com/sign-in?redirectURL=%2Fuserdash) # April 4, 2024 Customer Newsletter Sounding the alarm on violence in the ER, NBME acquires VR for medical education, tech industry effects on healthcare, save on ABFM certification Exam prep [ Challenger Corporation ](https://challengercme.com/blog/author/challenger-corporation) Apr 4, 2024 ### < [All Posts](https://challengercme.com/blog) Try Med-Challenger Start a free trial today and save! 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Emergency rooms are the dumping ground for psychological and drug-related issues not addressed by the criminal justice system or the state’s responsibilities in mental health care. Most violence in the ED doesn’t meet with any corrective behavior, except “sedate and discharge”. Three-quarters of the incidents happen in the ED, and a majority of the offenders should have already been in the care of the poorly funded criminal justice or mental health systems. Violent people are being dropped into hospitals that are ill-equipped to deal with them. Anyway, rant over. [ANA, ENA & ACEP Sound the Alarm on Violence Against Nurses](https://www.nursingworld.org/news/news-releases/2024/ana-ena--acep-sound-the-alarm-on-violence-against-nurses/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-89ozH4mAI1chgqSsR_jzXZlpvooMQbk_tssZ-4JrE7x2oFD3_pp6q9mo-A3HHVMlBDlUBZ) | ![Untitled (38)](https://challengercme.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Newsletter%20-%20Customer%20Newsletter%20Graphics/Untitled%20(38).png?width=800&height=56&name=Untitled%20(38).png) ## ABFM Spring 2024 Certification Exam  The ABFM Spring 2024 Certification Exam is in April. Do you need to do some last minute studying? Med-Challenger can help AND you can save $100 if you act now! 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There’s the usual stuff about “harnessing the power of virtual reality and simulation technology” and “new paradigms in education”, but the salient facet is “new methods of assessment”. We’re wondering if they have a pathway to implementation of simulation in licensing assessment. [NBME Acquires MedVR Education: A Leap Forward in Medical Education](https://bnnbreaking.com/finance-nav/nbme-acquires-medvr-education-a-leap-forward-in-medical-education-technology?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-89ozH4mAI1chgqSsR_jzXZlpvooMQbk_tssZ-4JrE7x2oFD3_pp6q9mo-A3HHVMlBDlUBZ) ![mindframe__leaves_watercolor_effects_bright_highly_detailed_hap_f7165cfb-9819-4e5c-82a0-8318cd91dffd](https://challengercme.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Newsletter%20-%20Customer%20Newsletter%20Graphics/mindframe__leaves_watercolor_effects_bright_highly_detailed_hap_f7165cfb-9819-4e5c-82a0-8318cd91dffd.png?width=800&height=56&name=mindframe__leaves_watercolor_effects_bright_highly_detailed_hap_f7165cfb-9819-4e5c-82a0-8318cd91dffd.png) ## Why the Tech Industry Won’t Disrupt Health Care You see a lot of attempts to pull the healthcare consumer out of the existing healthcare system (or at least the profitable bits of the consumer). Direct marketing by pharmaceuticals, attempts to interrupt prescription-writing by giants like Amazon, even Walmart as a primary care provider. But healthcare systems are going to go the way of book publishers or video stores. Healthcare is too fragmented, diffuse, and broad to target effectively. Which doesn’t mean it doesn’t need to change, just that physicians and clinicians have a serious incumbent advantage if they really want to transition the business to continuous care. [Why the Tech Industry Won’t Disrupt Health Care - Harvard Business Review](https://hbr.org/2024/02/why-the-tech-industry-wont-disrupt-health-care?ab=HP-latest-text-1&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-89ozH4mAI1chgqSsR_jzXZlpvooMQbk_tssZ-4JrE7x2oFD3_pp6q9mo-A3HHVMlBDlUBZ) | | --- |   ## Similar posts ### [March 28, 2024 Customer Newsletter](https://challengercme.com/blog/march-28-2024-customer-newsletter) Lack of Primary Care linked to increased surgeries, AI in Vascular Medicine, things get easier still for IMGs, and Complete EM prep, CME, and MOC... Challenger Corporation Mar 28, 2024 abim certification ### [ABIM Test-Day Experience: What to Expect](https://challengercme.com/blog/abim-test-day-experience-what-to-expect) Know what to expect on ABIM exam day, from check-in and security to breaks, pacing, and the Pearson VUE testing environment, so you arrive fully... 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