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Centers of Excellence align under Defense Health Agency
The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) began realignment under the Defense Health Agency Oct. 1 as part of the ongoing Military Health System transformation. The change is one ... Read More
Secretary of Veterans Affairs considers 14 conditions linked to Agent Orange exposure
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. David J. Shulkin on Wednesday announced that he will consider adding new presumptive conditions that may qualify for disability compensation for veterans related to Agent Orange exposure. SOURCE ... Read More
Merlin International Wins Over $80 Million in Contracts to Support U.S. Government Healthcare Cybersecurity Challenges
Merlin International, a leading cybersecurity and IT solutions provider, today announced that the company has been awarded contracts in excess of $80 million in the third quarter of 2017, critical to bolstering the cybersecurity ... Read More
USA Today Exclusive: VA goes high-tech with Uber-like tracking center for veteran health care
The Department of Veterans Affairs has seemingly lurched in recent years from crisis to crisis, from veterans dying waiting for care in Phoenix and suffering missed diagnoses in Oklahoma to surgery failures in Memphis and Washington, ... Read More
Tom Hanks, J&J and the VA take on veteran suicides in new PSA
David Shulkin, President Donald Trump’s secretary of veterans affairs, joined FOX Business to discuss how the VA, which has come under scrutiny over the years for the way some hospitals have treated veterans, is changing and reforming. Read More
NIH announces awards for BRAIN Initiative neuroethics research
As scientists develop powerful neurotechnologies to monitor and regulate brain activity, ethical questions arise about how these new tools should be incorporated into medical research and clinical practice. To inform this discussion, ... Read More
Cerner looks to build on VA, DOD success
Electronic health record provider Cerner is looking to capitalize on a streak of successes in the government market. On an Oct. 26 earnings call, President Zane Burke said that the company was “in the early stages of government ... Read More
The evolution of wartime surgery: The first official Navy program for a light-maneuver, surgical team completes its first successful trial underway
The Navy’s first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) team, Navy Adaptive Trauma Team (NATT) ONE, put their crew to the test in their first exercise with the fleet, integrating with the medical department aboard Whidbey Island-class dock ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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. ... Read More