On Dec. 6, 2023, the Deputy Secretary of Defense signed a memo directing the stabilization of the MHS, adding the capacity to reattract beneficiaries, improve access to care in military hospitals and clinics, and increase opportunities to sustain military clinical readiness for our medical forces.

Abstracts for the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium are due by Feb. 21, 2024.

A group of clinicians and researchers from across the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs have come together to share their knowledge on auditory processing disorders and raise awareness.

Senior leaders from the Defense Health Agency and Veterans Health Administration came together to discuss collaboration and innovation between the two agencies during the first AMSUS sponsored Innovation Symposium: A Collaboration by Innovators from the VHA and the DHA Agency on Sept. 18 in Bethesda.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. Lester Martinez-López, believes that every decision he has made, or that was made for him throughout his life, led him to being nominated by President Joe Biden in 2022 to his current position as the head of the Military Health System.

“The Military Health System is changing … changing how we organize to counter threats that surround us, how we deliver care on the battlefield or at home, and how we leverage the tools and technologies of this digital age to better service our patients,” said Defense Health Agency Director U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland in a recent message to ...

Awards were handed out to top participants in the 2023 Young Investigators Competition and the poster presentations at the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida, August 17.

The annual Medical Simulation Expo was held at the Defense Health Agency headquarters on Thursday, August 3, 2023.

New evidence-based practices can improve health care, yet they don’t always get adopted. There are many reasons for this, including a lack of awareness, lack of training and implementation support, and a reluctance to doing things differently than in the past—to name a few. Even mandates to adopt a certain new service or practice may not overcome some ...

The 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium, the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting focused specifically on the unique medical needs of the warfighter, launched on Aug. 14.

The 2023 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium opened August 8 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event is being held until August 10.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center unveiled its new single-port robotic surgical system, becoming the first Department of Defense facility and the first military hospital in the National Capital Region to use the newly Food and Drug Administration approved medical device.

Office of Research Protections protects human clinical trial participants to ensure new medications and other treatments reach the field.

The Military Health System and AMSUS, the society of federal health professionals, presented a series of awards.

U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine technicians and scientists working in Military Health System laboratories helped to identify COVID-19 variants using special sequencing technology.