RESEARCH & CLINICAL CARE
EGS provides essential medical care and helps develop the most innovative medical technologies that transcend all domains of Military Medicine. As a Life Sciences company, we have developed very deep core capabilities that allows us to reach our customers’ crucial needs both in research and operations. EGS fully utilizes the resources available through these ongoing projects, and we recognize the importance of applying lessons learned through military medicine to all areas of public health. Our scientists and laboratory staff have established and well-respected relationships with many military medical research sites; the innovations developed through these partnerships will improve the treatment of all military personnel and improve public health measures for the country.
DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY
EGS provides senior-level expertise to support the Defense Health Agency (DHA). EGS helps the DHA lead the Military Health System integrated system of readiness and health to:
Implement shared services with common measurement of outcomes (e.g., telemedicine, integrative medicine);
Enable rapid adoption of proven practices, helping reduce unwanted variation and improving the coordination of care across time and treatment venues (e.g., military medical treatment facilities);
Exercise management responsibility for joint shared services and the TRICARE Health Plan; and
Act as the market manager for the National Capital Region (NCR) enhanced Multi-Service Market, which includes Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) and Fort Belvoir Community Hospital (FBCH).
DHA Programs we currently support include:
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
EGS provides senior management to U.S. Army’s Medical Command (MEDCOM) Behavior Health Service Line (BHSL) under the Office of the Surgeon General’s Behavioral Health Division (BHD) to implement a standardized system of care to identify, prevent, treat and track behavioral health (BH) issues affecting soldiers and beneficiaries.
G-3/5/7 AND THE INTEGRATED DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM ARMY MEDICAL COMMAND
EGS currently provides strategic, operational, and tactical analysis, planning, programming, and implementation of solutions support to the US Army’s Medical Command G-3/5/7 and the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) Service Line (SL). This contract also supports the Medical Evaluation Board Tracking Office (MEBTO) and G-37, Medical Readiness Division and the execution of the Medically Not Ready Line of Effort (LOE). The MEDCOM IDES SL is responsible for a coordinated, synchronized and integrated comprehensive program to support the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN), the medical readiness of the Army with specific focus on medical board process timing, timeliness, capability and capacity expansion, policy development, training, etc., in consultation and coordination with the U.S. Army G-1, Disability Evaluation System (DES) program and the Veterans Administration.
CLINICAL SUPPORT FOR STI/HIV BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS IN A POPULATION OF US ARMY PERSONNEL AND THEIR MEDICAL BENEFICIARIES
EGS supports the US Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) by providing clinical support for a randomized controlled trial designed to assess acceptability and efficacy of an adapted STI/HIV behavioral intervention program in a population of US Army personnel and their medical beneficiaries. MHRP implements the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) prevention and treatment initiatives, building strong and trusting relationships within the communities where research is conducted.
DIRECT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT TO ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO FORT JACKSON, SC
EGS supports mission requirements at Moncrief Hospital’s Department of Behavioral Health (DBH). Specifically, EGS provides clinical support for a telehealth project designed to ensure the delivery of comprehensive prevention, consultation and treatment-focused behavioral health services of the highest quality to all Moncrief beneficiaries to reduce the negative impact of mental illness and to maximize readiness of the force.
THE U.S. ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE (USARIEM)
EGS supports Psychology Research Services to promote behavioral science research studies managed by the Military Performance Division that evaluate the effects of environmental and situational stressors (i.e., high altitude on cognition, judgment, decision-making, and disabilities). USARIEM is co-located at the Soldier Systems Center in Natick, MA.
COVID-19 LABORATORY SURGE SUPPORT AT CAMP ZAMA, JAPAN AND CAMP HUMPHREYS, SOUTH KOREA
EGS supports the mission of the Public Health Laboratory Enterprise (PHLE) to provide quality sample analysis results in a timely manner to protect military personnel and civilians. In order to address the increased laboratory testing capacity required to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic, EGS was selected to provide expert Senior Clinical Laboratory Consultants, Senior Scientists, and Laboratory Technicians to serve both Camp Zama in Japan and Camp Humphreys in South Korea. This Manpower Services Contract is mission critical to support the current testing for COVID-19 and other emerging microbiological concerns in the Pacific; at present, current staffing levels at Public Health Lab Pacific in Camps Zama and Humphreys are inadequate to sustain the projected and impending workload surge for the COVID-19 samples. EGS quickly drew upon our catalog of Public Health Laboratory professionals to meet the requirements and ensure efficient, accurate laboratory support and to provide complex clinical laboratory consulting in challenging environments.
U.S. AIR FORCE (USAF) 59TH MEDICAL WING – SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
EGS provides Professional/Technical support for the 59th’s mission at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX; this mission involves conducting clinical studies and translational research to enhance performance, protect the force, advance medical care and capabilities across the global health system and train future medical leaders.
It is through these efforts that EGS aids in growing medical leaders, driving innovations in patient care and readiness.
Active Programs that EGS supports include:
Trauma & Clinical Care Research Program
Clinical Investigations & Research Support
Diagnostics & Therapeutics Program
Center for Advanced Molecular Detection
Nursing Research
Air Force Post Graduate Dental School & Clinic
Dental Research
EGS was recently awarded ten year, $250M contract from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) W81XWH-16-R-0024 to provide Research Activities Support Services (RASS) to the US Army.
RESPIRATORY PATHOGEN DIAGNOSIS WITH FILMARRAY®
Clinical Research Laboratory, Keesler AFB
Through support from an Air Force modernization contract, EGS scientists began to search for cutting edge diagnostic tests to quickly identify a comprehensive panel of respiratory pathogens in an instrument that can be used by technicians with limited medical training. This technology integrates sample preparation, amplification, detection, and analysis into one simple system that requires two minutes of hands-on time and has a total run time of one hour; the process was claimed by Idaho Technologies in the prototype device known as the FilmArray® Instrument. The potential applications of the FilmArray® extend beyond the scope of military medicine and will likely make significant differences in public health support in the future.
CASUALTY CARE FOR WOUNDED WARRIORs
Institute of Surgical Research
The Institute of Surgical Research’s (USAISR) mission is to provide combat casualty care medical solutions and products for wounded warriors, from self-aid through definitive care across the full spectrum of military operations. EGS supports three unique missions for the USAIR:
To provide requirement driven innovations in combat casualty care advance medical care for injured services members
As the only Burn Center in the DoD that provides state of the art burn, trauma, and critical care to injured war fighters and DoD beneficiaries around the world
Through the Joint Trauma System, provide a performance improvement system dedicated to ensuring that medical care is organized according to the needs of the patient.
OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT
Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
EGS supports the Army’s Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense centers in developing and maintaining an operational plan containing essential program/project planning information for use by executive management. Operational plan objectives include the following:
Analyzing program/project progress
Identifying and resolving issues
Accounting for resources
Our support also includes planning and conducting life-cycle management reviews that include the following:
Conducting impact assessments;
Performing management planning support for analyzing, developing, and updating policy and planning documents; and
Providing best-in-class administrative, budgetary, manpower, logistical, audio-visual, operations, security and training, and library support services.
COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC HEALTH PROMOTION
Army Public Health Center
EGS supports the Army’s Public Health Center’s (APHC) Technical Directorate’s mission to promote health and prevent disease, injury, and disability of soldiers and military retirees, their families, and the Department of the Army civilian employees. In addition, EGS assists the APHC to assure effective execution of full spectrum veterinary service for Army and Department of Defense Veterinary missions. EGS provides APHC with mission required subject matter experts to supplement and enhance the existing workforce with training and operational support in the following areas:
Health Promotion
Clinical Public Health and Epidemiology
Animal Health and Food Protection
Workplace Hazard Assessment and Control
Environmental Health
Laboratory Sciences
Toxicology and Public Health Information
APHC is world-class provider of public health services across DA and DoD. The APHC’s institutional and operational missions encompasses measures to protect, promote, improve, or conserve the mental and physical well-being of soldiers, DA civilians, family, military working dogs and other animals.
CLINICAL RESEARCH MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
DOD/VA Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence
EGS provides Program Management Support Services to the DoD/VA Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE) executive element in the areas of human resource support, agreements management, logistics management, support budget analysis, contract management, facilities, and infrastructure management, event coordination, and knowledge management software content management.
EGS clinical research managers and administrative support staff work with the Research and Surveillance Division to offer bio-statistical support, scientific and technical writing, and grant proposal writing. We provide subject matter experts in a wide range of disciplines including outcome measurement, rehabilitation sciences, quality of life assessment, prosthetic and orthotic advancements, development of surveillance capability, secondary health issues and long-term comorbidities, functional limb loss, and medical-surgical innovations, Human Subject Research Protection program support, and general research/academic collaboration development.
EGS also provides Informatics Program Support and assists the EACE Clinical Informatics and Technology Division in coordinating and executing information technology project activities. Our Clinical Affairs support personnel help identify and evaluate alternative solutions related to complex extremity trauma and limb loss issues, including but not limited to the use of telehealth, telemedicine, and other modalities. Global partnerships are sourced and maintained in support of our collaboration with the EACE to accelerate research and improve outcomes for wounded warriors. National partnerships span federal, academic, and industry realms.
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HEARING LOSS/AUDITORY INJURY
DoD Hearing Center of Excellence
The Department of Defense (DoD) established the Hearing Center of Excellence (HCE) to focus on the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of hearing loss and auditory injury. HCE was legislated by Congress in the National Defense Authorization Act and directed to partner with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), institutions of higher education, and other mission-minded public and private organizations. EGS supports the HCE’s primary responsibilities that include:
Developing a data registry to track hearing loss and auditory injuries across the Armed Forces;
Sharing the registry data with the VA;
Encouraging and facilitating hearing health research;
Developing best practices and clinical education; and
Ensuring the coordination and delivery of VA rehabilitation benefits and services to former Service members.
CLINICAL AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
ROTC Cadet Summer Training
EGS provided medical staff to support the surge of patients at the Ireland Community Hospital during the summer cadet training. Leader development courses at Fort Knox allow the Army to adapt educational/developmental systems and resources to provide the best training to its future leaders. Between the two courses, there are approximately 11,000 cadets and supporting staff from colleges across the nation.
MEDICAL EVALUATION TESTING
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
EGS’ support provides Aeromedical Certification Examinations for NASA-ARC personnel, including NASA contractors, who need the certification in order to perform work duties in support of a NASA flight mission; we performed critical aeromedical evaluations for NASA to identify any health condition that may cause sudden or subtle incapacitation interfering with the individual’s ability to perform assigned duties or compromise the health and safety of self or others for contractor staff in support of NASA. Our personnel submitted “Qualified Non-Crewmember (QNC)” certifications based on the results.
EGS employs a medical Director and laboratory technicians to fulfill Federal Occupational Health (FOH) needs at the 05A at NASA.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)
EGS provides Senior Level Infectious Disease Research and Management to the Department of Defense's (DoD) lead laboratory for medical biological defense research. We support the core mission to protect the warfighter from biological threats and investigate disease outbreaks and threats to public health. Research conducted at USAMRIID leads to medical solutions—therapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics, and information—that benefit both military personnel and civilians. USAMRIID is a subordinate laboratory of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command.
EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIANS AND STAFF
Fort Wainwright, Bassett Army Community Hospital
EGS provides Emergency Room Physicians at Bassett Army Community Hospital in Fairbanks, AK. Our clinicians are tasked with providing quality health care services to a diverse beneficiary population.
PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS
Madigan Army Medical Center and Tripler Army Medical Center
EGS provides pharmacists and pharmacy technicians at Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) in Tacoma Washington and the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI. Our pharmacy personnel contribute to a stable workforce by providing quality health care services to a diverse beneficiary population.