Industry News
U.S. Medical Device Market Reaches $156 Billion Mark
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 ... Read More
Defense Health Agency leaders dominant at annual conference
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 ... Read More
Global Health Engagement at Flintlock 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 ... Read More
Keesler Medical Center sees efficiencies, improved care under Defense Health Agency
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 ... Read More
Secretary Wilkie testifies that VA will accelerate disability benefits claims processing for Purple Heart Medal recipients
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 ... Read More
City of Ozark could land proposed 175-bed Veterans Affairs assisted-living facility
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 ... Read More
Military health care transitions to new life support training provider
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 ... Read More
The Army Wants Virtual Health Tech That Works Under Any Conditions
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 ... Read More
Pentagon Plans Massive Reorganization of Military Medicine
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 Read More
Soldiers Train in Mass Casualty Scenarios to Test New Medical Communication Device
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 Read More