A new white paper from Intelligent Medical Objects highlights how the aviation, military, law enforcement industries and other sectors confronted data challenges to improve data collection and what the healthcare industry can learn from these examples.
To supplement the counseling services Magellan Federal offers to service members and their spouses, NeuroFlow will provide access to resources and support through its app.
The model can be used to outline the steps involved in a ransomware attack and thereby enabling healthcare providers to block the attackers themselves at each step.
After former CDC director Brenda Fitzgerald resigned earlier this year, Dr. Robert Redfield was chosen for the position on March 21. But his appointment is marred by reports about his controversial research background.
It’s not just veterans who are having trouble with health care. Now the health system for active duty military is under the microscope, too. Longstanding issues with an overburdened system for caring for the nation’s veterans have burst into the news recently, particularly with allegations of fraudulent record-keeping to hide the size of the waiting […]
The Department of Defense awarded Medtronic (MDT) $58,026,785 for radiology systems and components for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and federal civilian agencies. This a first year deal with the option to extend the contract for up to six more years. This first one-year contract should be fulfilled by Oct. 25, 2014. For more, click […]
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
The product Abiomed (ABMD) has deemed to be the “world’s smallest heart pump” will be included on the Veterans Affairs‘ Federal Supply Schedule. The Danvers, Mass.-based announced today it’s landed a federal contract to make its Impella platform available through an automated online database to about 169 VA’s facilities and 42 Department of Defense hospitals in […]
Reflectance Medical, Inc. has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a noninvasive device that could help clinicians determine whether a patient is in shock or pre-shock or has tissue acidosis in real time at the point of injury or care. It’s the only noninvasive pHm monitoring device, and aims to save providers money by reducing ICU […]
DARPA awarded Battelle, NxStage Medical and Aethlon Medical a contract to develop a device to treat sepsis, which can arise from as much as 10 percent of combat wounds, for military use, according to a Battelle press release. The contract, which could lead to $22.8 million dollars and four years worth of work for the […]
