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Since 9/11, These 8 Military Medical Advancements are Saving Lives

Article
9/14/2021
Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Derek Weida jokes with a physician during his prosthetic leg fitting at a prosthetics clinic in Las Vegas in April 2018.

Years of military conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan brought innovations that completely transformed the Military Health System's approach to combat casualty care. Here's a list of just a few ways military medicine has evolved in the two decades since the 9/11 attacks.

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Ready Reliable Care Framework is Improving MHS Patient Care

Article
8/18/2021
Ready Reliable Care is the Military Health System's framework for ensuring high-quality health care across the force.

The Military Health System's Ready Reliable Care framework helps ensure high-quality health care for all service members, veterans and their families.

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Revamped Virtual Med Center Makes Health Care Feel Like a Video Game

Article
7/26/2021
Picture of the Virtual Medical Center

The Virtual Medical Center, a joint Department of Defense/VA incentive, is relaunching by the end of summer, leveraging emerging technologies to increase and improve accessibility, convenience, and efficiency of medical care for all registered users.

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Technology | Research and Innovation

Military Medical Research Leads to 18 New Cancer Drugs, other Devices

Article
7/14/2021
a patient prepares for a PET scan

A hub of cutting-edge healthcare innovation financing since the early 1990s, the CDMRP is well known among medical researchers around the world.

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Military Health System Transformation Will Improve Care & Innovation

Article
7/6/2021
Infographic about Health Innovation Month

MHS Innovation Must Be Backed by Best Practices, Standardization

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DHA Spearheads Effort for Working Dog Research Collaboration

Article
6/25/2021
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Working Dog Forum explored research to keep dogs in top form.

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Combat Support | Veterinary Service | Public Health | Research and Innovation

Medical Advances Since Gulf War Boil Down to Increased Lives Saved

Article
6/25/2021
Medical personnel training on how to treat a neck wound

Not all medical advances since the first Gulf War are highly technical.

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Telemedicine advances put to the test during pandemic

Article
4/1/2021
Uniformed service member stands behind wall of computer screens

COVID-19 has led to the need for physical distancing and has overwhelmed the capacities of health systems, compelling many to adopt telehealth solutions.

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Call for abstracts open for Military Health System Research Symposium

Article
2/22/2021
Military personnel speaking in front of an audience at the Military Health Systems Research Symposium

The 2021 Military Health System Research Symposium IS CANCELLED due to COVID-19 concerns. FAQs related to the cancellation: https://mhsrs.amedd.army.mil/SitePages/Home.aspx

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WRNMMC’s participation in APOLLO program furthers cancer research

Article
2/4/2021
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The MCC serves as the preeminent cancer research and treatment facility within the Department of Defense.

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Innovative mobile technologies impact DOD health surveillance

Article
2/2/2021
Medical personnel using a syringe to inject a fluid into a test tube

Early detection of infectious diseases in the field to protect the troops.

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NAMRU-SA partakes in virtual San Antonio postdoctoral research forum

Article
1/19/2021
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For NAMRU-SA it was an opportunity to highlight the unit’s battlefield health and trauma care initiatives.

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1/11/2021

S. 3159, SAC Report for FY 2019 , 115-290 , Pg. 210

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MHS operational innovations continue in battle against COVID-19

Article
1/5/2021
Two medical personnel, wearing full PPE, in an operating room

MHS innovations in 2020 include a new registry for real-time COVID-19 data and a system to free up hospital beds and protect patients from the disease.

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DHA’s IT innovation continues during COVID-19 pandemic

Article
12/31/2020
Three military personnel, wearing masks, in front of a computer screen

IT innovations keep pace despite COVID-19 road blocks.

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