How Veterans Affairs is leading with big data, precision medicine

How Veterans Affairs is leading with big data, precision medicine

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...
Neural Analtyics wins $10m DoD for point-of-care TBI diag device

Neural Analtyics wins $10m DoD for point-of-care TBI diag device

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...
DHA picks 36 small firms for $7.5B health care staffing contract

DHA picks 36 small firms for $7.5B health care staffing contract

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...
House considers major changes to VA health care

House considers major changes to VA health care

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:...
DoD, Leidos Roll Out MHS Genesis at Madigan Army Medical Center

DoD, Leidos Roll Out MHS Genesis at Madigan Army Medical Center

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...
Plan to replace ‘Choice’ also will modernize VA health system

Plan to replace ‘Choice’ also will modernize VA health system

Congress, the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans service organizations will begin to spar this month over final details of a plan that not only will replace the much-maligned Veterans Choice program but empower VA to modernize large parts of its health care...
Plan to replace ‘Choice’ also will modernize VA health system

VA Seeks Partnerships to Build and Improve Health-care Facilities

Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking interest from potential partners who want to support efforts to build world-class health-care facilities for America’s Veterans. Public Law 114-294, the Communities...
Category management contracts hurt small businesses

Category management contracts hurt small businesses

The federal government’s push to increase the number of category management procurement contracts, though good for saving money, can hurt small businesses, according to experts who spoke at the Small Business Administration’s ChallengeHER event promoting women-owned...