Mar 7, 2019
A new Veterans Affairs clinic in Myrtle Beach is closer to becoming reality after receiving final approval from city leaders. The new designs for the VA clinic were approved Thursday afternoon by the Myrtle Beach Community Appearance Board. The 84,000 square foot...
Mar 4, 2019
Medical technology is an area where the U.S. companies are at the forefront. In fact, according to recent industry publication the: “U.S. remains the largest medical device market in the world, with a market size of around $156 billion as well as representing...
Mar 1, 2019
Several Defense Health Agency leaders spoke at this year’s Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Global Conference and Exhibition. The annual HIMSS event was Feb. 11-15 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Air Force Maj....
Mar 1, 2019
Under a hot, dry African sun at Camp Zagre, a small military camp near Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, medics from the Burkinabe military quickly respond to a Flintlock exercise scenario. A fellow soldier was wounded during a ground movement and now they needed to spring...
Mar 1, 2019
Army Maj. Gen. Ronald J. Place, Defense Health Agency (DHA), Director for the National Capital Region Medical Directorate, visited Keesler Medical Center Feb 12-13. This was his second visit to Keesler since the medical center’s transition under DHA. On Oct.1, 2018,...
Feb 26, 2019
Today at a congressional hearing VA Secretary Robert Wilkie announced that effective in April, it will provide priority disability benefits claims processing for the initial claims from discharged combat Veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart Medal. Secretary...
Feb 21, 2019
Care for local veterans and the local economy could receive a massive boost if Veterans Affairs determines it will build an assisted living facility in Ozark. Dale County Commission Chairman Mark Blankenship said several interested parties have combined resources to...
Feb 20, 2019
The Military Health System is in the process of transitioning from the American Heart Association resuscitation training – basic life support, advanced cardiac life support, and pediatric advanced life support – to American Red Cross training courses. The primary...
Feb 19, 2019
A new office within the Army, the Virtual Health Research Task Area, has been charged with looking at how virtual health capabilities are advancing and how those technologies can be deployed on the battlefield. The new research area sits under the Medical Simulation...
Feb 8, 2019
MILITARY SURGEONS WHO have criticized the Pentagon for failing to deploy them in busy settings where they can maintain their readiness to care for injured troops, say the Department of Defense is instead planning to cut their jobs. The proposed job cuts are part of a...
Jan 29, 2019
The Army’s newest medical communication device is just one study away from being procured and fielded – the Medical Hands-free Unified Broadcast, or MEDHUB. It was two years ago down to the day, that Jay Wang, product manager for the U.S. Army Medical Materiel...
Jan 27, 2019
Jefferson City’s new Community-Based Outpatient Clinic opens Monday morning. The Department of Veterans Affairs facility, at 3430 W. Edgewood Drive, will increase the clinic footprint from 7,625 square feet to 10,476. The opening comes after a half-mile move...
