Elsevier (Shadow Health)
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Elsevier is an information and decision-support company for science and healthcare; its Shadow Health products provide screen-based virtual patient simulations for nursing education.
| Website | https://www.elsevier.com/products/shadow-health |
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| Headquarters | Elsevier is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. |
| Founded | Not published. |
| Ownership | Elsevier is part of RELX, which lists it as its scientific, technical and medical business. |
| In this guide | Clinical and nursing simulation |
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Clinical and nursing simulation
Products named: Shadow Health; Digital Clinical Experiences; Digital Standardized Patients; Student Performance Index
| What they offer | Shadow Health's Digital Clinical Experiences are screen-based simulations in which nursing students interview and examine more than 80 virtual patients, document in an EHR and practice therapeutic communication, from Fundamentals to Advanced Primary Care. |
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| Who they serve | Shadow Health serves undergraduate and graduate nursing programs and their educators; Elsevier says more than 700,000 nursing students use it. |
| How it is delivered | Shadow Health is delivered as high-fidelity, screen-based simulations; the product page does not state device or browser requirements. VR headset: not published; Desktop or browser: yes; Mobile: not published; Offline: not published |
| Assessment and analytics | The Student Performance Index gives immediate measurements of clinical reasoning, with feedback on strengths and areas for improvement, and lets educators track student growth. |
| AI features | Elsevier describes a patented natural language Conversation Engine in which learners question patients in their own words; it does not describe the feature as AI. |
| Notable customers and programs | Elsevier's Shadow Health page names NorQuest College and Virginia Commonwealth University as users. |
| How to buy | Buyers request a demo through Elsevier's contact-sales page; pricing and contract vehicles are not published. |
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Sources
- Shadow Health | Elsevier. Elsevier. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- About Elsevier. Elsevier. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- Scientific, Technical & Medical | RELX. RELX. Retrieved October 22, 2026.