Oct 31, 2017
Merlin International, a leading cybersecurity and IT solutions provider, today announced that the company has been awarded contracts in excess of $80 million in the third quarter of 2017, critical to bolstering the cybersecurity posture of government healthcare. These...
Oct 31, 2017
The Department of Veterans Affairs has seemingly lurched in recent years from crisis to crisis, from veterans dying waiting for care in Phoenix and suffering missed diagnoses in Oklahoma to surgery failures in Memphis and Washington, D.C., to name only a few. Now, a...
Oct 30, 2017
David Shulkin, President Donald Trump’s secretary of veterans affairs, joined FOX Business to discuss how the VA, which has come under scrutiny over the years for the way some hospitals have treated veterans, is changing and reforming. SOURCE – READ THE FULL...
Oct 30, 2017
As scientists develop powerful neurotechnologies to monitor and regulate brain activity, ethical questions arise about how these new tools should be incorporated into medical research and clinical practice. To inform this discussion, the National Institutes of Health...
Oct 30, 2017
Electronic health record provider Cerner is looking to capitalize on a streak of successes in the government market. On an Oct. 26 earnings call, President Zane Burke said that the company was “in the early stages of government business contributing to our...
Oct 27, 2017
The Navy’s first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) team, Navy Adaptive Trauma Team (NATT) ONE, put their crew to the test in their first exercise with the fleet, integrating with the medical department aboard Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) for...
Oct 25, 2017
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is carrying through on initiatives set by former Vice President Joe Biden, who last year told healthcare experts at the Medical Innovation Summit that innovators can and will defeat cancer. This year, Veterans Affairs Deputy...
Oct 24, 2017
Neural Analytics said today it won a $10 million contract with the US Dept. of Defense’s US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command to develop a portable, point-of-care device to assess combat-related traumatic brain injuries. Through the contract, Los...
Oct 24, 2017
The Defense Health Agency has selected 36 companies for a five-year, $7.5 billion contract to provide health care workers at U.S. military facilities in all 50 states. DHA competed the contract as a small business set-aside and awardees will vie for task orders over...
Oct 24, 2017
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin argued Tuesday that a House plan for veterans’ health care was too restrictive and wouldn’t offer enough veterans the choice of private-sector care. SOURCE – READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT:...
Oct 23, 2017
The White House has awarded the nation’s top honor for bravery to retired Army Capt. Gary “Mike” Rose, a medic who was credited for saving dozens of soldiers’ lives during the Vietnam War. Rose’s actions came during a covert mission,...
Oct 23, 2017
Madigan Army Medical Center in Takoma, Washington is now the fourth military site to go live with the Military Health System (MHS) Genesis electronic health record (EHR) system. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health announced the successful deployment of MHS...
