“A team of doctors at the Veterans Affairs Department is pioneering new ways to use 3D-printing to plan surgeries, assist amputees and—maybe one day—build bones and organs from scratch.”
“Over the last three years, the Veterans Health Administration has built up a nationwide network of physicians, surgeons and researchers interested in exploring how 3D-printing can improve the lives of sick and injured veterans. The network acts as an internal hub where agency staff can share information, expertise and equipment as they each test their own 3D-printing ideas…”
“In 2016, the group received funding from the VHA Innovators Network, a program that offers grants to administration staff looking to test new health care processes and technologies. The money let them bring more 3D-printing experts into the fold…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA Looks to 3D-Printing to Improve Veteran Care – By Jack Corrigan, April 17, 2019. Nextgov.
