New Veteran Affairs clinic opens in downtown Iowa City
The Iowa City VA Health Care System moved a number of specialty services into a new community clinic in downtown Iowa City. The VA said it will improve patients’ access to care and it will be a one-stop shop for services. On Friday, VA staff and local officials...
FDA signs agreement with Homeland Security to improve medical device security
The FDA and the Department of Homeland Security signed a memorandum of agreement as part of a joint effort to address threats to medical device security, particularly among internet-connected products. Under the agreement, the FDA’s Center for Devices and...
Womack leads Army in transition to Defense Health Agency
The commander of Womack Army Medical Center called it the single most impactful change to military medicine in the last 25 years. But for the vast majority of the Fort Bragg hospital’s staff and patients, the change that took place on Oct. 1 went unnoticed. Womack,...
VA appoints new director for DC VA Medical Center
Today the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced it has appointed Michael S. Heimall, a former director at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, to take on new duties as director of the Washington DC VA Medical Center (DCVAMC) on...