ChartFlow Team
INACSL 2026 Is Coming to Oklahoma City
The International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning holds its annual conference June 10–13, 2026, in Oklahoma City. INACSL26 brings together simulationists, nurse educators, researchers, and solution providers for four days of workshops, sessions, poster presentations, and networking. If you work in nursing simulation, this is the conference.
ChartFlow was in Denver for INACSL 2025, and we're making the trip to OKC for 2026. We've spent the last year building, and we're bringing everything to the booth.
What ChartFlow Is Showcasing at INACSL26
We have a lot to show this year. New features, new content, new products. Here's the full rundown of what we're bringing to Oklahoma City.
The ChartFlow EHR: The Most Comprehensive Simulation EHR on the Market
ChartFlow is a web-based simulated electronic health record built from the ground up for healthcare education. It's the platform where students learn clinical documentation, medication administration, patient assessment, and care planning in a realistic EHR environment before they ever touch a production system.
At $30 per student per year, ChartFlow is the most affordable full-featured EHR simulation available. Instructor accounts are always free.
Here's what makes it the most comprehensive option for simulation programs:
80+ Patient Templates
ChartFlow includes over 80 patient templates spanning a wide range of diagnoses, acuity levels, and care settings. Instructors can use these as-is for simulation scenarios or customize them for their specific curriculum needs. Each template includes a complete patient chart with demographics, history, orders, medications, labs, vitals, and documentation.
Full Medication Administration Record (MAR)
The MAR is one of ChartFlow's most used features. Students process medication orders, review administration schedules, document administration times, and track medication history across multiple days. The MAR layout was redesigned in 2025 with a vertical action history that makes it easier for both instructors and students to review complex medication scenarios at a glance.
Barcode Scanning
ChartFlow supports barcode scanning for medication verification. Students scan medication labels, verify them against the patient's MAR, and complete the full med pass workflow, the same process they'll follow in a real clinical setting. Instructors can print barcode labels in small, medium, or large sizes directly from the platform. No external hardware or software required.
50+ Screenings and Assessments
The platform includes over 50 built-in screenings and assessment tools. Braden Scale, Morse Fall Risk, PHQ-9, GAD-7, Glasgow Coma Scale, FICA Spirituality Assessment, Cultural Assessment, pediatric and adult vaccine contraindication screenings, and dozens more. Students complete these within the patient chart, exactly how they would in a live EHR.
Flowsheets for Every Setting
ChartFlow's flowsheet library covers inpatient, outpatient, critical care, intraoperative, OB/maternal, and pediatric settings. Students document vitals, intake and output, pain assessments, neurological checks, restraint monitoring, pre-op and post-op checklists, and more. The Problem List includes ICD-10 codes and status tracking. The Physical Exam section covers 9 body systems with 28 individual findings, built for NP, PA, and physician-level programs.
Clinical Notes and Documentation
Students write SBAR communications, nursing notes, progress notes, and discharge summaries. Every note is structured the way it would be in a production EHR, which means students build documentation habits that transfer directly to clinical practice.
Care Plans
Students develop individualized care plans with nursing diagnoses, goals, interventions, and evaluation. Care plans integrate with the patient chart, so students can reference labs, vitals, and assessment data while building their plan.
Orders and Labs
Instructors place physician orders and lab results through the simulation control panel. Students process those orders, interpret lab results, and take appropriate action. This creates realistic clinical decision-making scenarios without needing a separate tool.
LMS Integration
ChartFlow integrates through LTI 1.3 with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Schoology, and other learning management systems. Grades flow directly into the LMS gradebook. No separate login, no manual grade entry.
SimChat: Real-Time Communication During Simulations
SimChat is one of our newest features and one of the reasons we're excited to be at INACSL this year. It's a real-time messaging tool built directly into ChartFlow's Simulation Control Panel.
Here's the problem it solves: during a simulation, instructors need to communicate with students in real time. New orders come in. Patient status changes. A provider calls with results. Before SimChat, coordinating those communications during an active sim meant stepping outside the EHR or hoping students noticed an alert.
SimChat changes that. Instructors message students directly within the simulation without leaving ChartFlow. Every message and event is automatically logged with a timestamp. When the sim is over, the entire chat history is available as a single, reviewable record of everything that happened during the scenario.
For debrief, this is a game changer. No more reconstructing events from memory. No more "did you see the alert?" conversations. The full timeline is right there.
SimChat went live earlier this year and the feedback from simulation programs has been tremendous.
Simulated Medication Dispensing Cabinet (Coming Soon)
We're building a simulated medication dispensing cabinet directly into ChartFlow. Students will practice the full med pass workflow from start to finish: pull medications from the cabinet, scan the barcode, verify against the MAR, administer, and document. All within the same platform.
Physical Pyxis trainers can cost tens of thousands of dollars. ChartFlow's software-based cabinet simulation gives students the same workflow experience without the hardware cost. It integrates directly with the existing MAR and barcode scanning system, so there's no separate tool to learn.
We expect the medication cabinet to be live before INACSL26, and we'll be demoing it at the booth.
Real-Time Simulation Control
ChartFlow's Simulation Control Panel is what sets it apart from static EHR practice tools. Instructors run live simulations where they control the patient's condition in real time. Vital signs change. New orders appear. Lab results come back. Patients deteriorate or improve based on student actions.
This isn't a pre-scripted scenario where everything plays out the same way every time. Instructors can adjust the simulation on the fly, responding to what students do and creating teachable moments in real time.
Combined with SimChat, the Simulation Control Panel creates a closed-loop simulation experience: the instructor controls the clinical environment, communicates with students, and every action is logged for debrief. It's the most realistic EHR simulation workflow available for nursing education.
Self-Guided Learning Modules
ChartFlow includes pre-built learning modules that combine clinical concept instruction with hands-on EHR practice and embedded assessment. Each module walks students through three stages: a concept overview, an EHR walkthrough using real patient chart data, and a knowledge check.
The module library covers blood pressure, vital signs, head-to-toe assessment, SBAR, care plans, lab interpretation, medication reconciliation, pain assessment, fall risk, and clinical documentation skills, among others. All modules are mapped to NCJMM, NCLEX, QSEN, and AACN Essentials.
For simulation programs, the modules are useful for pre-sim preparation. Students who work through the relevant module before a simulation scenario come in with a stronger foundation and need less instruction during the sim itself.
ChartFlow Learn (Coming to INACSL26)
We're unveiling ChartFlow Learn at INACSL this year. ChartFlow Learn adds the full clinical skills learning module library plus a custom module builder directly into the EHR simulation platform.
With ChartFlow Learn, instructors get all the pre-built learning content plus the tools to create their own modules with embedded assessments. Build a concept page, add quiz questions, link it to a patient scenario, and assign it to students. The platform handles delivery, pacing, and grading.
ChartFlow Learn is priced at $99 per student with up to 5 years of access. That includes everything in ChartFlow EHR plus the complete learning module library and custom creation tools. Later this year, we’ll also be adding clinical tracking & skills check-off tools.
For programs that want EHR simulation and structured clinical content in one platform, this is what we've been building toward.
ChartFlow Publishing: Books at the Booth
We'll have physical copies of our healthcare education titles at the booth:
Basic Pharmacology: Easy Mode by Nikki Yeager — Intro pharmacology for health science students, pharmacy techs, and entry-level nursing. 100+ medications organized by drug type, colorful diagrams, no prior med terminology needed. Includes free flashcards and free ChartFlow EHR access. Available on Amazon
BLS Provider Medication Guide by Nikki Yeager — Pocket-sized medication reference for EMT/AEMT students. Side effects, routes, dosages, and mechanism of action. Available on Amazon
Medication Aide Handbook — Complete textbook for medication aide education. Includes free flashcards and free EHR access. Available on Amazon
We'll also have the EMT-B Simulation Starter Pack and Oral Drug Guide available.
Free Resources
ChartFlow offers free flashcard sets, interactive games (microbiology, drug classification, medical terminology), BLS/EMT scenario packs, and a handwashing/PPE lab activity for allied health instructors. Browse everything at resources.chartflow.io and publishing.chartflow.io.
Instructor accounts are always free at chartflow.io. No demo call required.
Come Find Us in OKC
ChartFlow will be at the INACSL26 exhibit hall. Stop by to see SimChat in action, get an early look at the medication cabinet, explore the full EHR, flip through our books, and talk to us about how ChartFlow fits into your simulation program.
If you want to explore before the conference, create a free instructor account at chartflow.io.
See you in Oklahoma City.
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