Military Health System

Military Health System Centers of Excellence were established to provide the Department of Defense with the ability to speed the advancement of our scientific knowledge and evidence-based practices for diagnosis and treatment of diseases and conditions that impact our military personnel and their families.

• Consortium for Health and Military Performance
• Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence
• Hearing Center of Excellence

• The National Intrepid Center of Excellence
• Psychological Health Center of Excellence
• Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence
• Vision Center of Excellence

Interested in doing business with the Defense Health Agency? In this topic, you can find information about the Component Acquisition Executive office, the Office of Small Business Programs, and the Office of Procurement in this topic. Highlights include contact information, upcoming events for vendors, and a forecasts of business opportunities.

• Component Acquisition Executive
• Procurement

• Small Business Programs
• Vendor Information Form

Education and training resources for personnel across the Military Health System.

• Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute
• Enterprise Professional Development
• Leadership, Education, Analysis, Development, Sustainment

• DHA Academy
• Medical Education and Training Campus
• Medical Modernization and Simulation Division

Learn about getting care in the Military Health System. See how the Defense Health Agency is increasing high reliability across the MHS and compare the quality and safety of health care across military hospitals and clinics. Information for health care providers is also found in this topic.

• Disability Evaluation System
• Health Care Program Evaluation
• Information for Providers
• Military Hospitals and Clinics
• TRICARE Health Plan
• TRICARE Pharmacy Operations

• Quality, Patient Safety & Access Information (for Patients)
• Quality & Safety of Health Care (for Health Care Professionals)
• Uniform Business Office
• VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Veterans Health Care Services
• Warrior Care

Health care technology is any technology, including medical devices, IT systems, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and more designed to support health care organizations.

• Ektropy
• Digital Health
  • MHS Video Connect
  • Telehealth Program
• Joint Health Information Exchange
• MHS GENESIS: The Electronic Health Record
• Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems

• Risk Management Framework
• Solution Delivery Division
• Support Areas
  • Information Assurance
  • Managers' Internal Control Program
  • MDR, M2, ICDs Functional Support
  • Open Source Technologies
  • Requirements Submissions
• WISDOM Training
• Usability Lab

The Defense Health Agency provides support for operating forces engaged in planning for, or conducting, military operations, including support during conflict or in the conduct of other military activities related to countering threats to U.S. national security. Among DHA’s most important combat support responsibilities is its work to increase readiness of U.S. forces to carry out their deployed missions.

• Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division
• Armed Forces Medical Examiner System
• Armed Services Blood Program
• Civil Military Medicine
• Environmental Exposures

• Global Health Engagement
• Immunization Healthcare Division
• Medical Logistics
• Public Health
• Reserve Health Readiness Program

We're providing this branding guidance and Communications Toolkits to give communicators in the field customizable, ready-to-use material to promote consistent messaging on key topics and issues.

• Brand Resources for Communicators
• Media Resources

• Social Media in the Military Health System
• Toolkits
  • Autism Care Demonstration
  • Beneficiary Web Enrollment Overseas
  • Brain Injury Awareness Month
  • Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
  • Disaster Preparation
  • Global Health Engagement
  • HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis
  • Mental Health Toolkit
  • MHS Video Connect
  • Mpox Awareness
  • National Capital Region Market Digital Patient Guidebook
  • Pain Management
  • Pharmacy Beneficiary Knowledge Gap Campaign
  • Preventive Health
  • Qualifying Life Events
  • Reproductive Health
  • Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention
  • Summer Safety
  • TRICARE Low Back Pain and Physical Therapy Demonstration
  • Vaccines
  • Warrior Care Toolkit
  • Winter Safety
• Holidays and Observances
  • January Observances
  • February Observances
  • March Observances
  • April Observances
  • May Observances
  • June Observances

Men die an average of five years earlier than women and are at higher risk for serious diseases such as lung cancer, heart disease, and HIV. Familiarity with men’s health issues, regular screenings, and preventive care can be key in encouraging good health and long life.

• Health Topics
  • Contraceptive Care
  • Erectile Dysfunction

The Military Health System has many resources available to help service members, families, or veterans who are struggling with mental health challenges.

• Brandon Act
• Targeted Care

• News & Updates
• Mental Health Topics
  • Adjustments After Deployment
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Sleep
  • Stress
  • Suicide Prevention
• Mental Health Resources

Protecting personally identifiable and protected health information of our patients, research subjects and our workforce.

• Breach Prevention and Response
• Civil Liberties Compliance
• Data Sharing Agreements
• HIPAA and Privacy Act Training
• HIPAA Compliance within the MHS

• Privacy Act at DHA
• Privacy Board
• Privacy Contract Language
• Privacy Impact Assessments
• Research Streamlining Initiative
• Risk Assessment

Defense Department’s overall investment for medical research and development (R&D) with Research, Development, Testing, and Development (RDT&E) dollars.

• DHA Research and Engineering
• Medical Research and Development

• Omnibus IV
• Privacy, Information Collection and Human Research Tool

Warfighter brain health is the physical, psychological, and cognitive status that affects a warfighter's ability to adapt in any environment. Brain health affects readiness, operational capability, and mission effectiveness.

• Brain Health Topics
• News & Updates

• Resources
• Questions & Answers

The DHA Virtual Medical Library provides access to high-quality, evidence-based medical, nursing, and allied health information resources for Military Health System personnel. The DML ensures that all personnel have access to core, essential resources regardless of duty station.​

• Recommended Resources
  • Point-of-Care Clinical Reference
  • Journal Article Databases
  • Evidence-Based Practice Resources
• Clinical Skills
• Databases
• Mobile Apps

• Specialty Guides
  • Behavioral Health
  • Dentistry
  • Infection Prevention and Control
  • Medical Coding
  • Nursing
  • Pediatrics
  • Pharmacy
  • Primary Care
• Continuing Education Instructions
• Offline Resources
• Facility Libraries
• Military Department Libraries

The Military Health System provides comprehensive women’s health care, including reproductive health care and gender-specific care associated with cardiovascular health, mental health, and musculoskeletal injuries.

• News & Updates
• Health Topics
  • Autoimmune Diseases
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cancers of the Female Reproductive System
  • Contraception and Deployment
  • Endometriosis
  • Menopause
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage

• Questions & Answers
  • Contraceptive Care
  • Access to Reproductive Health
• Resources
• VA/DOD Women's Mental Health Mini-Residency