Military Health System

More than medical care: EMEDS prescribes hope

Two Military Nurses Share Common Ground of Service, Education

Two military nurses may have taken different paths to their chosen profession, but their stories share common ground.

Brig. Gen. Simonson: Why I'm a Military Nurse

Brig. Gen. Katherine Simonson, acting Assistant Director for Support and Chief Nursing Officer of the Defense Health Agency, talks about her passion for nursing and why she chose to be a military nurse.

Why Become a DHA Nurse?

Brig. Gen. Katherine A. Simonson discusses the benefits of answering the call to service as a nurse within the DHA.

MedCOP Fact Sheet

Medical Common Operating Picture is the joint system of record and an interactive platform that enables medical command and control/medical situational awareness decision making, by leveraging enhanced digital tools to analyze and visualize data from the tactical to strategic levels. MedCOP facilitates real-time operational medicine information sharing and data synchronization across multiple network domains to provide a globally accessible, relevant, resilient, and integrated medical common operating picture.

Standing Orders for Administering Measles Mumps Rubella Vaccine (Pediatric)

Immunization standing orders are approved protocols that authorize appropriately trained health care personnel to assess patient immunization status and administer vaccinations without a written provider order or examination.

Standing Orders for Administering Measles Mumps Rubella Varicella Vaccine (Pediatric)

Immunization standing orders are approved protocols that authorize appropriately trained health care personnel to assess patient immunization status and administer vaccinations without a written provider order or examination.

Standing Orders for Administering Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccine (Pediatric)

Immunization standing orders are approved protocols that authorize appropriately trained health care personnel to assess patient immunization status and administer vaccinations without a written provider order or examination.

Pages 3-57 to 3-58 Typhoid Pediatric

Errata sheet for Immunization Tool Kit Ninth Edition

Pages 2-57 to 2-58 Typhoid Adult

Errata sheet for Immunization Tool Kit Ninth Edition

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital Spotlights Careers in Nursing

Across the nation, National Nurses Week is celebrated annually, May 6-12, and serves as an opportunity to spotlight what has been called the most trusted profession in the country.

Standing Orders for Administering Haemophilus influenzae type b Vaccine (Pediatric)

Immunization standing orders are approved protocols that authorize appropriately trained health care personnel to assess patient immunization status and administer vaccinations without a written provider order or examination.

Standing Orders for Administering Haemophilus influenzae type b Vaccine (Adult)

Immunization standing orders are approved protocols that authorize appropriately trained health care personnel to assess patient immunization status and administer vaccinations without a written provider order or examination.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Francesca Culp with son, Connor

Maj. Culp is a phenomenal occupational therapist that provides expert rehabilitative care to Airmen in the San Antonio Market. She is the model officer to the Air Force, her profession and, most importantly, to her son Connor. U.S. Air Force Maj. Francesca Culp, Occupational Therapy Element Chief at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center.

U.S. Air Force Col. Leigh Johnson with daughters

I am a military mom. I’ve been in the Air Force for 26 years and am currently work at DHHQ. I have a 3-year-old and a 9-month-old. I feel incredibly blessed to be a mom – it was a long road to get here – and military medicine played a large role in that. Being a military mom means a constant balancing of priorities, making the most of each moment, modeling the power of service, and of not just telling – but showing – my daughters that the world is full of possibility. U.S. Air Force Col. Leigh Johnson, Chief, Mental Health Integrated Operational Support, Air Force Medical Readiness Agency, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General.