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The Military Health System is an interconnected network of service members whose mission is to support the lives and families of those who support our country. Everyday in the MHS advancements are made in the lab, in the field, and here at home. These are just a few articles highlighting those accomplishments that don't always make it to the front page of local papers.

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Commit to Quit the Spit with a Naval Hospital Bremerton Assist

Article Around MHS
3/4/2024
Making A Pitch to Quit The Spit… Naval Hospital Bremerton Tobacco Cessation Facilitator and NHB’s Health Promotion and Wellness team teamed up at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Liberty Center to actively promote the Great American Spit Out, February 22, 2024.  (Photo: Douglas H Stutz)

Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Health Promotion and Wellness team were at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Liberty Center to actively promote the Great American Spit Out, February 22, 2024.

Womack’s Clinical Nurse Transition Program Earns Accreditation

Article Around MHS
3/4/2024
Clinical Nurse Transition Program Director, Kim Howard and Deputy Director, Capt. Holly Flanscha hold plaque and certificate they received from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs. Womack Army Medical Center is the second military treatment facility to receive this distinction. (DHA photo by Keisha Frith)

Womack’s Clinical Nurse Transition Program has achieved accreditation by the American Nurses Credentialing Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs, becoming the second military treatment facility to receive this distinction.

Talk Isn’t Cheap: Talk Therapy is Highly Valuable in Trauma Treatment

Article Around MHS
3/4/2024
Research has consistently shown the most effective approach in the treatment of trauma is actually talk therapy

Research has consistently shown the most effective approach in the treatment of trauma is actually talk therapy.

General Officer Gives Back One Final Time Before His Transition

Article Around MHS
3/4/2024
Outgoing Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Surgeon General, U.S. Army Medical Command, and Deputy Commanding General (Support), U.S. Army Medical Command, Maj. Gen. Michael Place is assisted by Spc. Enrique Urquico, phlebotomist Fort Liberty Blood Donor Center as he completes his final blood donation as an active duty service member on Feb 16. (DHA photo by Keisha Frith)

In one final act of service, Maj. Gen. Michael Place walked into the Fort Liberty Donor Center, Feb. 16, to donate blood one final time as an active duty service member.

Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team Mission Begins in Suriname for Second Year of Medical Assistance

Article Around MHS
3/4/2024
U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Noll, troop commander, provides remarks during an opening ceremony for the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team in Paramaribo in Suriname on Feb. 19, 2024.  (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rachel Maxwell)

The Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission is underway for a second year of health engagements across four nations, beginning in Suriname, February 19, 2024.

Committed to Caring

Article Around MHS
3/4/2024
Group picture of the meeting between USNHO and the University of the Ryukyus (Photo: Isaac Savitz)

Leadership from the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan, met with leaders from the University of the Ryukyus to discuss the importance of a strong relationship between the two health care facilities, which will soon be next-door neighbors.

METC Educators and USU CAHS Support Enlisted Service Members

Article Around MHS
3/4/2024
An instructor with the Medical Education and Training Campus addresses service members during a classroom session.

The Medical Education and Training Campus is a branch campus of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences College of Allied Health Sciences. Together they enable Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard students to earn college credits in specific medical specialty training programs during their military enlistment.

Warfighter Brain Health: DOD Updates Senate Committee on Blast Exposure Research

Article
3/1/2024
Warfighter Brain Health: DOD Updates Senate Committee on Blast Exposure Research

Military health leaders updated the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Department of Defense’s traumatic brain injury and blast exposure state of research and practice during a hearing on Feb. 28, 2024.

Integrating Tactical Combat Casualty Care with Physical Fitness Enhances Military Medical Readiness

Article Around MHS
3/1/2024
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Amy Pierre Pion, assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command in Rota, Spain, applies a right upper limb torniquet to a simulated patient, during a combined physical training and tactical combat casualty care exercise.  (Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Rigel Jamero/U.S. Naval Hospital Rota)

U.S. Sailors from the U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command in Rota, Spain, continued their integration of tactical combat casualty care curriculum into their physical fitness training regimen.

Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities Through Week 5, Ending February 3, 2024

Article
3/1/2024
RMEs

Reportable Medical Events are documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System.

2023-2024 Mid-Season Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Laboratory-Confirmed Ambulatory Influenza: DOD TRICARE Beneficiaries

Article
3/1/2024
48088663

This Surveillance Snapshot provides influenza vaccine effectiveness estimates against ambulatory influenza among Department of Defense TRICARE beneficiaries.

Coverage of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Within the Active Duty U.S. Military, 2023

Article
3/1/2024
36019063

This study provides an estimate of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis coverage within the active duty U.S. military that is comparable to U.S. civilian estimates.

Tobacco and Nicotine Use Among Active Component U.S. Military Service Members: A Comparison of 2018 Estimates from the Health Related Behaviors Survey and the Periodic Health Assessment

Article
3/1/2024
11859553

This study compares estimates of the prevalence of and risk factors for tobacco and nicotine use from the 2018 Health Related Behaviors Survey and periodic health assessment.

Mid-Season Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Estimates Among DOD Populations: A Composite of Data Presented at VRBPAC—the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee—2024 Meeting on Influenza Vaccine Strain Selection for the 2024-2025 Influenza Season

Article
3/1/2024
48088663

This is an introduction to a composite of three Surveillance Snapshots of Department of Defense data on mid-season influenza vaccine effectiveness that were presented at the 2024 VRBPAC meeting.

Surveillance Snapshot: HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Prescriptions Within the Active Component of the U.S. Military, 2023

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3/1/2024
36019063

This Surveillance Snapshot provides the number of U.S. military active component service members prescribed HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis medication in 2023.

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