Industry News
VA Partners With DeepMind to Build Machine Learning Tools to Identify Health Risks for Veterans
Today the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it has approved a medical research partnership with DeepMind to address the global issue of patient deterioration during hospital care, which accounts for 11 percent of ... Read More
Air Force robotic surgery training program aims at improving patient outcomes
As the use of surgical robotics increases, the Air Force Medical Service is training its surgical teams in the latest technology, ensuring patients have access to the most advanced surgical procedures and best possible outcomes. To ... Read More
No guaranteed ‘golden hour’ for Marines headed into the next big fight
A lifesaving Defense Department policy that whisks wounded troops off the battlefield to lifesaving care within the first hour of injury is a luxury Marines may not have headed into the next big fight. The policy is credited ... Read More
Utah Resident Pleads Guilty To Devising Scheme To Obtain Construction Contracts Set Aside For Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses
A Utah man pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in federal court Tuesday afternoon for his role in a fraud scheme he devised to obtain government construction contracts set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned ... Read More
Amazon gains momentum in medical supply business
Amazon has been growing its medical supply business – selling gloves, syringes and other health-care sundries to dentists, doctors and hospitals – in an early sign of its efforts to enter the health care industry. Unlike Amazon’s ... Read More
JE Dunn Construction makes its mark on military health care facilities
JE Dunn Construction, the sixth largest healthcare building contractor in the United States, is making it mark on the federal healthcare market. The company is opening three new facilities in three states over the next 30 days as it ... Read More
President Trump Seeks $12B Increase in FY2019 VA Budget to Support Nation’s Veterans
In the fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget, President Trump is proposing a total of $198.6 billion for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This request, an increase of $12.1 billion over 2018, will ensure the nation’s Veterans ... Read More
Change Healthcare Wins DIN PACS IV Contract
Change Healthcare today announced that it has been awarded a new Digital Imaging Network-PACS (DIN-PACS) IV contract by the United States Defense Logistics Agency. The DIN-PACS IV contract is a multiyear, indefinite delivery/indefinite Read More
Why it’s a good time to be a federal contractor
PV Puvvada, the president of Unisys Federal … sat down with Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller at the Federal News Radio’s studios in Washington, D.C. JM: Talk about what you’re seeing, what impacts you have and ... Read More
US Department of Veterans Affairs moving ahead with new clinics in Indianapolis, Terre Haute
Federal officials are moving forward with two new Veteran Affairs outpatient clinics in Indiana. U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly says the Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to lease sites for the clinics in Terre Haute and the west side ... Read More