The U.S. Army issued a solicitation for a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that can provide biomedical laboratory services at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI. The last day a small business can submit a quote is April 18, 2018. For assistance...
A federal appropriations bill signed into law last week has a provision aimed at helping veterans access health care, the office of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced. According to the release, the bill directs the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to...
More than a decade after the Pentagon began to consolidate the management of 26 military installations into newly-dubbed “joint bases,” one of the Army’s top installations officials said it is clear that the idea has failed to produce the cost savings promised and...
Army clinicians and medics often ask about what the process is for deciding what equipment or supplies end up in a combat medic’s kit or field operating room set. To help explain the process, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Chief of Assemblage...
When troops are wounded, time is precious. That’s why the fast-ticking minutes that follow such an event are called the “golden hour.” Get the right care within the right time and you survive. Wrong care or an evac takes too long — you’re dead. While major...
A deal collapsed Wednesday to include multiple Department of Veterans Affairs reforms in a spending bill that Congress formulated to prevent a government shutdown. Earlier this week, the bill was set to contain a measure to overhaul the VA Choice program, which...
MellingMedical, a licensed pharmaceutical wholesale distributor and verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), was recently awarded a Federal Supply Schedule 65IB Drugs, Pharmaceuticals and Hematology Related Products (Contract Number...
Following instructions from Congress to create a new online shopping system leveraging existing commercial practices, the General Services Administration (“GSA”), in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”), has released an implementation plan...
It’s a rare week that Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin’s name isn’t in the national news. But the head of the Indianapolis VA facility said he and his staff aren’t letting news reports get in the way of the care they provide to Indiana’s...
Capt. David Collins turned over leadership of Naval Hospital Jacksonville (comprised of a hospital and five branch health clinics) to Capt. Matthew Case during a change of command ceremony at the hospital on March 16. Over 500 staff, family, friends, and guests...
The General Services Administration said it complied with a Congressional mandate to map out a plan that would let agencies start to buy the products they need via commercially-run, Amazon-like web platforms. But the agency said several changes still need to be made...
Military health care personnel from Camp Lejeune could be riding along with Onslow County EMS crews in a new partnership. What’s so unique about the partnership is this is the very first time a naval medical center is partnering with an emergency service in the...
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