Facility technology medical program ends sunsets

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. –The program built to specifically support the unique technology U.S. military hospitals and medical treatment facilities requir… REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. –The program built to specifically support the unique technology U.S. military hospitals and medical treatment facilities require has closed shop. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Facility Technology Integration – Medical (FTI-MED) Program ceased operation Oct. 1 due to the Defense Health Agency (DHA) establishing an in-house, enterprise solution to execute most of the FTI-MED mission using internal DHA personnel. For more than 10 years, the FTI-MED program provided technical expertise in the design, development, procurement, integration, installation, and project management oversight for the implementation of Facility Communications Distribution Systems (FCDS) for the Department of Defense medical community.

Stacey Phillips, FTI-MED program manager, said the decision by DHA to in-house the work obviously decreased the FTI-MED workload. “Through multiple discussions internally it was determined that the best course of action is to sunset the FTI-MED Program and transfer the remaining projects as well as the resources to the FTI-General (FTI-GEN) and Cybersecurity programs.” Phillips said the FTI team will continue executing all active FTI-MED contracts until they are complete. “The contracts we already awarded, we'll continue to provide support until they end,” she said. “We’ve worked closely with DHA and individual medical facilities to ensure