http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/06/28/dod-more-concerned-with-appropriations-than-appropriate-medical-care-for-soldiers/ News and Opinion on Politics and Media Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:12:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/06/28/dod-more-concerned-with-appropriations-than-appropriate-medical-care-for-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-351093 DoD: More Concerned with Appropriations than… — Software Freeware User Manuals Tips and Advice Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:15:45 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/06/28/dod-more-concerned-with-appropriations-than-appropriate-medical-care-for-soldiers/#comment-351093 [...] So what happens if you develop a software system that enables Army physicians in Iraq to seamlessly track medical information on a wounded soldier … ? And what if that software solved the problems that plagued Walter Reed Army Hospital and its treatment of wounded veterans? And what if you developed it on the cheap? And what if your software was source: DoD: More Concerned with Appropriations than…, Pensito Review [...] [...] So what happens if you develop a software system that enables Army physicians in Iraq to seamlessly track medical information on a wounded soldier … ? And what if that software solved the problems that plagued Walter Reed Army Hospital and its treatment of wounded veterans? And what if you developed it on the cheap? And what if your software was source: DoD: More Concerned with Appropriations than…, Pensito Review [...]

]]> http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/06/28/dod-more-concerned-with-appropriations-than-appropriate-medical-care-for-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-351039 Make Them Accountable / The Nation Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:00:20 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/06/28/dod-more-concerned-with-appropriations-than-appropriate-medical-care-for-soldiers/#comment-351039 [...] DoD: More Concerned with Appropriations than Appropriate Medical Care for Soldiers So what happens if you develop a software system that enables Army physicians in Iraq to seamlessly track medical information on a wounded soldier through the Army’s medical system and into the Veterans Affairs medical system? And what if that software solved the problems that plagued Walter Reed Army Hospital and its treatment of wounded veterans? And what if you developed it on the cheap? And what if your software was lauded by the highest of the higher-ups in the Army and VA? Answer: You get transferred to the equivalent of “bureacratic Siberia.” [...] [...] DoD: More Concerned with Appropriations than Appropriate Medical Care for Soldiers So what happens if you develop a software system that enables Army physicians in Iraq to seamlessly track medical information on a wounded soldier through the Army’s medical system and into the Veterans Affairs medical system? And what if that software solved the problems that plagued Walter Reed Army Hospital and its treatment of wounded veterans? And what if you developed it on the cheap? And what if your software was lauded by the highest of the higher-ups in the Army and VA? Answer: You get transferred to the equivalent of “bureacratic Siberia.” [...]

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