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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 Authorizes Temporary Prescription Refill Waivers for Maine due to Winter Storm

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3/11/2024
TRICARE Authorizes Temporary Prescription Refill Waivers for Maine due to Winter Storm

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Maine may receive emergency prescription refills now through March 19, 2024, due to the winter storm. All counties are impacted.

Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha Provides Role 3 Medical Capability During 1st Med Bn Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation

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3/11/2024
Sailors from Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha receive a simulated patient from 1st Medical Battalion on Feb. 27, 2024, aboard Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.  (Photo: Petty Officer 2nd Class Stevon Duren )

Sailors from Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha provided the Role 3 medical capability during the 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation from Feb. 26 through March 1, 2024, aboard Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute.

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

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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.

Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital NCOs Support Regional 4-H Camp

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3/11/2024
Sgt. 1st Class John Martinez and Staff Sgt. Andres Perez from Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital conducted stop the bleed training and shared information about their military careers Feb. 23, during the 4-H Victory Challenge Camp in Anacoco, Louisiana.

4-H Victory Challenge Camp in Anacoco, Louisiana educates the next generation about careers in the military.

Evans Army Community Hospital Undergoes Readiness and Compliance Assistance Visit

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3/11/2024
Evans Army Community Hospital underwent an Accreditation Assist Visit Feb. 27 through March 1, to evaluate the EACH Team’s readiness and compliance with nationally-recognized hospital standards. (Photo: Gino Mattorano)

Evans Army Community Hospital underwent an Accreditation Assist Visit Feb. 27 through March 1, to evaluate the EACH Team’s readiness and compliance with nationally-recognized hospital standards.

Child and Family Behavioral Health Relocates to Main Hospital

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3/11/2024
Col. Edward Mandril, Evans Army Community Hospital commander/director, cuts the ribbon to officially welcome the hospital’s Child, Family and School Based Behavioral Health program's return to the main hospital campus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 4. Assisting Mandril, were the children of Maj. (Dr.) Christopher Flinton, the Chief of the CAFBHS. Also pictured are Command Sgt. Maj. Jeremy Brockway, EACH CSM, and Maj. Cassandra Webb, from the EACH Behavioral Health Department, and Flinton's spouse. (Photo: Gino Mattorano)

Evans Army Community Hospital’s Child, Family and School Based Behavioral Health program celebrated its return to the main hospital campus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 4.

Naval Medical Center San Diego Celebrates Dental Assistants Recognition Week

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3/11/2024
Hospitalman Ariel Sherwood, from Saint Paul, Minn., represents the versatile and multi-talented aspect of dental assistants as Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) celebrates Dental Assistant Recognition Week, March 3-9. (Photo: Marcelo Calero)

In an effort to recognizing the versatile and multi-talented aspect of dental assistants, Naval Medical Center San Diego celebrates Dental Assistant Recognition Week, March 3-9.

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

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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.

Medical Corps 153rd Birthday held at Naval Hospital Bremerton

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3/11/2024
As Navy physicians and surgeons assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton took a brief respite to recognize their Navy Medical Corps 153rd birthday, March 4, 2024, the traditional cake-cutting portion of the celebratory event provided staff members to extend well-wishes to the approximately 35 Medical Corps officer assigned to the command. (Photo: Douglas H Stutz)

The Navy physicians and surgeons assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton took a brief respite to recognize their Navy Medical Corps 153rd birthday, March 4, 2024.

TRICARE Providers Collaborate to Improve Patient Care

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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.

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

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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

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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.

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