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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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TRICARE Providers Collaborate to Improve Patient Care

Article Around MHS
3/11/2024
Lyster Army Health Clinic and Humana Military hosted their eighth annual TRICARE Collaboration event February 27 at The Landing welcoming community healthcare providers to Fort Novosel.  (Photo: Janice Erdlitz)

Lyster Army Health Clinic and Humana Military hosted their eighth annual TRICARE Collaboration event February 27 at The Landing welcoming community healthcare providers to Fort Novosel.

Tuskegee Medics Overcome Barriers, Leave Lasting Impact on Air Force Medicine

Article Around MHS
3/11/2024
The 332nd Fighter Group Medical Detachment poses for a group photo in 1944. The policies of the armed services in World War II reflected the stresses and contradictions of segregated American society of the time, and historical records show the U.S. Army Air Forces and its medical service were no exception. (Courtesy Photo/U.S. Air Force)

Despite the administrative costs and inefficiencies of segregation—and facing a war on multiple fronts—the armed services did not move to integrate the hundreds of thousands of African Americans who enlisted for wartime service.

DOD Amends Assisted Reproductive Services Policy for Severely Ill and Injured Active Duty Service Members

Article Around MHS
3/11/2024
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Megan King, a certified nurse-midwife, uses a tape measure to determine fetal height on a maternity patient at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 18, 2023.

Under the amended policy, active duty service members with a qualifying illness or injury may now access this extended benefit regardless of their marital status, and they may now use donor gametes (sperm, egg, or both) and embryos, when procured at their own expense.

Military Health System Honors Military and Civilian Providers for Excellence in Health Care

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3/8/2024
U.S. Public Health Service Lt. Cmdr. Swati Singh, chief medical informatics officer of the United States Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., received the junior Female Physician Leadership Excellence Award during the Military Health System Awards Ceremony at National Harbor, Maryland, on Feb. 16. Pictured are, from left, U.S. Navy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, U.S. Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Scott Dingle, Lt. Cmdr. Singh, Defense Health Agency Director U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, Rear Adm. Aisha Mix, chief nurse officer of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, and Seileen Mullen, acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs.

The annual Military Health System Excellence Awards were presented to leaders from across the MHS in a ceremony at the 2024 annual meeting of AMSUS, the Society of Federal Health Professionals, held in National Harbor, Maryland, on Feb. 15.

Navy Entomology Center for Excellence Aids in Hunt for Invasive Mosquito Species Spreading at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

Article Around MHS
3/8/2024
U.S. Navy Lt. Thomas McGlynn, of Navy Entomology Center of Excellence, and U.S. Army Capt. Mark Kartzinel, of Army Public Health Command East, select sites for mosquito surveillance, a form of surveillance where a container of water is used to collect eggs from mosquitoes, at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, on Jan. 14, 2024. (Photo by James Butler/U.S. Navy)

U.S. Navy Lt. Thomas McGlynn, a medical entomologist with the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence in Jacksonville, Florida, traveled to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in support of Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay Preventive Medicine, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, and U.S. Army Public Health Command East, to provide mission-critical entomological training and to search for a newly introduced mosquito species.

See What’s in Store for the TRICARE Pharmacy Program in 2024

Article
3/7/2024
See What’s in Store for the TRICARE Pharmacy Program in 2024

The most recent TRICARE pharmacy contract, known as TRICARE Pharmacy 5th Generation (TPharm5), started on Jan. 1, 2023. Since then, you may have experienced some enhancements to how you get your prescription drugs. In 2024, you can continue to expect improved access to pharmacy benefit services through the TRICARE Pharmacy Program.

Uniformed Services University to Represent Department of Defense in New Cancer Screening Research Network

Article Around MHS
3/7/2024
The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a new clinical trials network to evaluate emerging technologies for cancer screening. (Photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brannon Deugan)

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched new clinical trials to evaluate emerging technologies for cancer screening. This effort is in collaboration with the Uniformed Services University through its Murtha Cancer Center Research Program.

Be A Patient Safety Hero: Anytime, Anywhere—Always

Article
3/6/2024
The Defense Health Agency will be highlighting the importance of patient safety with the celebration of Patient Safety Awareness Week,, March 10-16, with the theme of “Be A Patient Safety Hero: Anytime, Anywhere – Always.” (Credit: Kim Farcot, MHS Communications )

Patient safety is the No. 1 mission when it comes to health care in the Military Health System.

Public Health Airman Saves Life

Article Around MHS
3/5/2024
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ha Eun Ryoo, 90th Operational Readiness Medical Squadron public health flight commander, poses for a photo in her office at Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, Feb. 7, 2024. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sarah Post)

Everything happens for a reason, in the opinion of U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ha Eun Ryoo, 90th Operational Readiness Medical Squadron public health flight commander. Which is why she believes it was no accident that she was pulling through the gate at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, at the same moment a child stopped breathing, requiring CPR to save their life.

TRICARE Authorizes Temporary Prescription Refill Waivers for Shawnee County in Kansas due to Wildfire

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3/4/2024
TRICARE Authorizes Temporary Prescription Refill Waivers for Shawnee County in Kansas due to Wildfire

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Shawnee County, Kansas, may receive emergency prescription refills now through April 4, 2024, due to the wildfire.

Walter Reed Salutes Capt. Carlos Williams’ Leadership During Black History Month

Article Around MHS
3/4/2024
Carlos William graduated with honors from Albany State University with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a minor in chemistry before earning his medical degree from the Morehouse School of Medicine. He later earned graduate degrees in public health and business administration from Johns Hopkins University.

When you meet U.S. Navy Capt. Carlos Williams, director of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, you’ll likely notice that he embodies the Navy’s core values of initiative, accountability, integrity and toughness.

Walter Reed Leads the Way for Military Allergists at 2024 American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting

Article Around MHS
3/4/2024
Physicians from Walter Reed and the National Capital Consortium attended the 38th Annual Harold S. Nelson Military Allergy Immunology Assembly (MAIA) symposium for Defense Health Agency and Veterans Affairs stakeholders during the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology in Washington, D.C. Feb. 23-26. (DOD Photo: James Black)

Physicians from Walter Reed and the National Capital Consortium played a role in outlining the accomplishments of the Defense Health Agency for military stakeholders at last weekend’s 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology Feb. 23-26 in Washington, D.C.

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.

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.

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.

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