In the past few years, increased funding and effort have gone into pushing the boundaries of the possible, of going beyond even the most advanced traditional prosthetics to technologies that …
Electronic health records (EHRs) have become a primary tool in improving the delivery of health care to military service members and veterans in the past decade. Now, from the moment …
The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) is yet another major medical outgrowth of the decade-long war in Southwest Asia. It was created by the U.S. Army Medical Research …
By January of 2011, the parking lots at the 285-bed VA Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. – the flagship of a Southern Arizona VA Health Care System that serves more …
Mission
Protect the warfighter from emerging and genetically engineered biological threats by providing a novel response capability, from identification of pathogens to the development of medical countermeasures.
Vision
To protect …
War has been described as representing the absolute worst in humanity. At the same time, throughout history, it has been the engine for some of the most beneficial advances in …
Rapid advances in technology during the past two decades have combined with Defense Department and Veterans Affairs efforts to modernize health care delivery to a point where both are now …
The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operate the two largest health care systems in the United States. The DoD maintains 63 hospitals and 826 …
