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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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Defense Health Agency (DHA) COVID-19-related updates to Military Health System health care information technology systems ensure MHS providers like Navy Seaman Norelle Dry, assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego, California, can continue to deliver top-tier care to Service members and beneficiaries during the pandemic. DHA IT system updates also helped patients manage their health care virtually and provided Department of Defense leaders timely information on critical medical supplies and equipment. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Elisha Smith.)
Hollyanne Milley, a cardiac nurse and the wife of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley, interviews two Navy cardiologists, Cmdr. (Dr.) Lauren Weber and Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Scott Hopkins about heart health Feb. 5 in observance of American Heart Month and Wear Red Day. (Photo by Bernard Little, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.)
The Defense Health Agency recently completed the migration of 140 military medical treatment facility websites, a key milestone in the transition of management and administration of the MTFs from the services to the DHA. (MHS graphic.)
The goal is providing facility personnel and MTF recipients with a comprehensive source of information in an easily accessible, centralized location.
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Dr. Michael Daly is professor of Pathology at the Uniformed Services University. His research focuses on Deinococcus radiodurans, a bacterium famous for its extreme resistance to radiation that may hold the key to faster vaccine development. (Courtesy of USU.)
Navy Capt. Jamesetta Goggins (left) and Army Col. Clausyl “C.J.” Plummer, deputy chief and chief nursing officers at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, meet in Plummer’s office on Feb. 2. (Photo by Reese Brown, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Public Affairs.)
USU professor of Pathology selected for the Federal Laboratory Consortium’s Tech Transfer Award.
Marines march during a cold weather leadership course at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center outside of Bridgeport, California. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Victoria Selkirk)
Soldiers with the 566th Area Support Medical Company treat simulated burn victims during a training exercise at Hohenfels, Germany in Nov. 2020. Training at JMRC provides USAREUR specific training, followed by a mission rehearsal exercise to hone the skills of the battle group headquarters prior to deployment to Kosovo. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Uriel Ramirez.)
Sandy Hughes, an Army nurse with the California Medical Detachment, draws a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for administration at the Presidio of Monterey medical clinic, California, Jan. 27. The Presidio is the administrator for vaccines to two smaller military installations as the DOD continues to push COVID-19 mass inoculations across the country. (U.S. Navy photo by Marcus Fichtl.)
Want to know more about what MHS organizations and partners did in 2020? For a full look at the MHS Minute series, click here: https://shorturl.at/eDL14
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