Health Readiness

Department of Defense Midseason Vaccine Effectiveness Estimates for the 2017-2018 Influenza Season

Operation Bobcat provides free healthcare to residents of Eastern Kentucky

The primary purpose of Operation Bobcat is to provide military medical troops with crucial training

DHA PI 6025.07: Naloxone in the MTFs

This Defense Health Agency-Procedural Instruction (DHA-PI), based on the authority of References (a) through (c), and in accordance with the guidance of References (d) through (h), establishes the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) procedures for prescribing and dispensing naloxone by pharmacists in MTFs to eligible beneficiaries, upon beneficiary request, or when the pharmacist determines the beneficiary meets the established criteria for being at risk for a life-threatening opiate overdose.

• Identification #: DHA PI 6025.07
• Date: 6/19/2018
• Type: DHA Procedural Instruction
• Topics: Health Readiness | TRICARE Pharmacy Program

Morbidity Burdens Attributable to Various Illnesses and Injuries

Morbidity Burdens Attributable to Various Illnesses and Injuries, Deployed Active and Reserve Component Service Member, U.S. Armed Forces, 2017

Ambulatory Visits, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2017

ACTIVE COMPONENT, U.S. ARMED FORCES, 2017 This report documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and characteristics of ambulatory healthcare visits of active component members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

Absolute and Relative Morbidity Burdens, Attributable to Various Illnesses and Injuries, 2017

Morbidity Burdens Attributable to Various Illnesses and Injuries, Deployed Active and Reserve Component Service Member, U.S. Armed Forces, 2017

Hospitalizations, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2017

This report documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and distributions of hospitalizations of active component members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps during calendar year 2017.

Breaking down the image: Mental health

May has been National Mental Health Month since 1949

Global Influenza Summary: May 13, 2018

Migration to Defense Health Agency to modernize Army medicine, surgeon general says

Army Medicine has the opportunity to make significant improvements in healthcare

DHA PI 6200.05: Force Health Protection Quality Assurance (FHPQA) Program

This Defense Health Agency-Procedural Instruction (DHA-PI), based on the authority of References (a) and (b), and in accordance with the guidance of References (c) through (ab), establishes the procedures for the FHPQA Program as defined in Reference (z). This DHA-PI applies to: a. OSD, the Military Departments (including the United States Coast Guard (USCG) at all times, including when it is a Service in the Department of Homeland Security by agreement with that Department), the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the DoD, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this DHA-PI as the “DoD Components”). b. Civilian personnel, as defined in Reference (e), and DoD contractor personnel authorized to accompany the force (CAAF), in accordance with References (j), (m), and (n), respectively.

• Identification #: DHA PI 6200.05
• Date: 5/2/2018
• Type: DHA Procedural Instruction
• Topics: Health Readiness

Surgeons general testify on medical readiness at senate hearing

The services’ surgeons general updated senators on Capitol Hill on the needs and priorities of military health programs

Ready, set, focus: Finding calm in a storm through the power of breathing

‘Mindful minutes’ and deep breathing help on the job, airmen say

Global Influenza Summary: April 15, 2018