Article Jun 1, 2023 Editorial Comment: Increased Missing Data Affects Burden Estimates During the preparation of the MSMR’s annual burden of disease issue, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division epidemiologists and the MSMR staff noted data patterns that indicate incomplete transfer or capture of certain routinely reported elements. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Jun 1, 2023 Ambulatory Visits Among Active Component Members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2022 This report documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and characteristics of ambulatory health care visits in 2022 of active component members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division Public Health Total Force Fitness
Article Jun 1, 2023 Absolute and Relative Morbidity Burdens Attributable to Various Illnesses and Injuries Among Active Component Members, U.S. Coast Guard, 2022 This report employs the same disease classification system and health care burden measures as employed in the MSMR burden analysis of the U.S. Armed Forces active component to quantify the impacts of various illnesses and injuries among members of the active component of the U.S. Coast Guard in 2022. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division Public Health Total Force Fitness
Article Jun 1, 2023 Hospitalizations Among Active Component Members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2022 This report documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and distributions of hospitalization among active component members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps during calendar year 2022. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division Public Health Total Force Fitness
Report Jun 1, 2023 MSMR Vol. 30 No. 6 - June 2023 .PDF | 1.55 MB This annual issue quantifies the impacts of various illnesses and injuries in 2022 among members of the active component of the U.S. Armed Forces as well as the U.S. Coast Guard; health care burden metrics include the total number of medical encounters, including hospitalizations and ambulatory services, as well as numbers and types of individuals ... Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report Public Health Health Readiness & Combat Support
Article Around MHS May 31, 2023 Transformed U.S. Army Pharmacy Readiness Training Course Enhances Force Sustainment for Future Combat Operations U.S. Army pharmacists and pharmacy specialists from across the country traveled to Camp Bullis, Texas, this week to participate in a 40-hour deployment readiness course hosted by the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence. The course is designed to prepare personnel to provide efficient pharmaceutical in an austere, multi-domain, large-scale operating ... Recommended Content TRICARE Pharmacy Operations Health Readiness & Combat Support
Article Around MHS May 17, 2023 Occupational Medicine, Industrial Hygiene Work Together to Protect DOD Workers One of the advantages of working in an organization like the Defense Centers for Public Health – Aberdeen are the synergies created by having professionals from multiple disciplines working together to support service member and government civilian worker health. Recommended Content Injury Prevention and Occupational Health Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division
Article Around MHS May 16, 2023 Medical Exercise Certifies Mission Ready Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship Sailors from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Portsmouth enhanced a casualty receiving treatment and amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and conducted a three-day certification exercise as part of a continued commitment to mission readiness, March 21. Recommended Content Health Readiness & Combat Support Education & Training
Article Around MHS May 3, 2023 Local Health Care Partners are Critical to Blanchfield’s Medical Mission Army Medicine, Defense Health Agency, and TRICARE East region contractor Humana Military representatives welcomed local TRICARE network health care providers to the Sabalauski Air Assault School on Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on April 13. Recommended Content Total Force Fitness Health Readiness & Combat Support East
Article May 2, 2023 Lab Professionals Play Key Role in Public Health and Patient Care Lab professionals provide value to the MHS and DHA communities. Recommended Content Public Health Health Care Technology Information for Providers
Article May 1, 2023 Increasing Incidence Rates of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Active Component Service Members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2009–2021 This study examines the incidence of eosinophilic esophagitis among the active component of the U.S. Armed Forces from 2009 to 2021. Reported prevalence has been increasing worldwide, with a recent meta-analysis estimating 34.2 cases per 100,000 persons. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report Epidemiology and Analysis Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division
Article May 1, 2023 Enhanced Mpox Outbreak Case Detection Among MHS Beneficiaries Through Use of ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics) This report describes how ESSENCE, which collects near real-time biosurveillance data globally on U.S. military personnel, monitored the mpox outbreak in 2002 and assesses its detection of confirmed/probable cases among MHS beneficiaries. ESSENCE systematically queries millions of health encounters to detect records of potential public health ... Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division Integrated Biosurveillance Epidemiology and Analysis
Article May 1, 2023 Portable RT-PCR and MinION Nanopore Sequencing as a Proof-of-Concept SARS-CoV-2 Biosurveillance in Wastewater This study reports on the efficacy of 2 different portable nucleic acid detection technologies, RT-PCR and MinION Mk1C nanopore sequencing, which identified SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater collected at Tyndall AFB during a 2-month surveillance. This highly multiplexed approach circumvented signal dropout associated with the detection of newly ... Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division Integrated Biosurveillance Epidemiology and Analysis
Article May 1, 2023 The Return of Reportable Medical Events Summaries to MSMR MSMR announces the return of a recurring feature, a summary of reportable medical events affecting DOD service members and other MHS beneficiaries. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division Integrated Biosurveillance Epidemiology and Analysis
Report May 1, 2023 MSMR Vol. 30 No. 5 - May 2023 .PDF | 1023.59 KB The May 2023 MSMR reintroduces a monthly reportable medical event (RME) summary for the active component and MHS beneficiaries; then features a review of enhanced mpox outbreak case detection among MHS beneficiaries through ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics); followed by a report on ... Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division Epidemiology and Analysis Global Emerging Infections Surveillance Integrated Biosurveillance