The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has decided that its new Louisville hospital will be built on Brownsboro Road near the Watterson Expressway. In a record of decision, the VA said the site is “fully consistent with the agency’s mission to provide...
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs submitted a legislative proposal to Congress this week that would ease the rules for veterans seeking medical attention outside VA medical facilities, potentially sending more veterans to the private sector for care. Central...
The Air Force is using its Rapid Capabilities Office as a model to speed up some of its other acquisition plans in the future. As more acquisition programs move from the Defense Department’s acquisition office back to Air Force control, the service is taking the...
Emily Murphy, the nominee to be the next administrator of the General Services Administration, sailed through her hearing Wednesday, facing few tough questions about her plans to improve federal acquisition, and promising to address long-standing issues in the Public...
Research published in BMC Psychology has found that a series of validated, self-reported questions administered to soldiers early in their careers could predict mental health outcomes such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after they return from deployment....
In the three and a half years since news broke of a major scandal at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the public has heard a depressing story of dysfunction, pettiness, and malfeasance at the heart of the VA health system. Employees manipulated their...
When US troops return home from a tour of duty, each person finds their own way to resume their daily lives. But they also, every one, complete a written survey called the Post-Deployment Health Assessment. It’s designed to evaluate service members’ psychiatric health...
Magstim, a pioneer in the study and development of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), has received a contract from the Veterans Administration to help treat Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in Veterans who have failed to achieve satisfactory improvement from...
Ketamine administration is not associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the military trauma setting, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in Anaesthesia. Georges Mion, M.D., from Cochin Hospital in France, and colleagues conducted a...
Federal agencies met the government-wide small business goal for the fourth straight year in fiscal 2016. Last year also saw a $9 billion increase in the total of prime contracts going to small firms. What these numbers aren’t showing, and what should really worry the...
BATON ROUGE, La. (Office of the Governor) – On Monday, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that Dr. Rebekah Gee, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Election to the National Academy of Medicine is...
Engility Corp. has reported six wins of task orders worth $63 million combined for healthcare informatics and medical coding work at 14 Air Force bases. SOURCE – READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT:...
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