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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 Tips to Protect Your Teeth in a Dental Emergency

Article
9/6/2023
TRICARE Tips to Protect Your Teeth in a Dental Emergency

Dental emergencies can happen anywhere, at any time. Fortunately, the TRICARE Dental Program covers emergency dental care. You’ll pay no cost-share for emergency dental services regardless of your pay grade or location. But there are still steps you may need to take to ensure your teeth and gums stay protected in an emergency.

Interventional Radiology Saves Lives with a Minimal Invasive Treatment

Article Around MHS
9/5/2023
The Womack Army Medical Center team implements new lifesaving techniques using interventional radiology. (Left to right) IR technologist, Timmothy Baker, and Anthony Buckmon, Natascha Faircloth, IR nurse supervisor, U.S. Army Col. Kirk Russell, interventional radiologist, and Tammy Wasserman, IR tech. (Photo by Keisha Frith)

When patients come to Womack Army Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, the trauma team comes together with the best lifesaving techniques. Interventional radiology continues to play an important role in saving lives at this level III trauma center.

‘STEM Kid’ Roots Grow from Family Tree

Article Around MHS
9/5/2023
Kavan Paul speaks with a visitor to the Holistic Health and Fitness exhibit booth as part of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity’s display during the Military Health System Research Symposium, Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 16, 2023. (Photo by T. T. Parish)

At the intersection of military medical technology development, academia, and industry sits the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity. No other venue gives so bright a spotlight on that convergence than the recent Military Health System Research Symposium, hosted by the Defense Health Agency each year in Kissimmee, Florida.

U.S. Army Infectious Disease Experts to Analyze Mosquitos After Confirmed Malaria Case

Article Around MHS
9/5/2023
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Cynthia Tucker from the 1st Area Medical Laboratory characterizes the mosquito population for a new entry into the Smithsonian Institute’s specimen voucher collection used worldwide for mosquito research. The 1st Area Medical Laboratory and scientists from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and Smithsonian Institution are leveraging their collective expertise to better understand the reemergence of malaria in the United States. (Courtesy photo)

A team of U.S. Army infectious disease experts are working together to gather and analyze the genomic sequence of mosquitos following the first confirmed nontravel related malaria case in Maryland in more than 40 years.

New York Army National Guard Medics Train in Brazil

Article Around MHS
9/5/2023
U.S. National Guard Sgt. Amanda Nelson, 466th Area Support Medical Company, works with Brazilian Army peers during Operation Paraná III in Parana, Brazil, on Aug. 15, 2023. The New York National Guard participated in the simulated humanitarian aid response exercise Aug. 12-19, 2023, as part of the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.

Fifteen New York Army National Guard medics and physician assistants traveled to Brazil to participate in South America’s largest military humanitarian response exercise, Aug. 12-18.

MHS GENESIS Leader Talks Sustainment Following Deployment

Article
9/5/2023
MHS GENESIS is the Department of Defense’s new, common electronic health record for the Military Health System currently operational in the continental United States, which is 86% of the nearly 3,500 deployment locations worldwide. Deployment now moves overseas, starting with the European region on Sept. 23 and the Indo-Pacific region on Oct. 28. In September 2019, DOD began incremental deployment of MHS GENESIS. Deployment will complete by early in calendar year 2024. (Photo By Janice Erdlitz)

Since the initial launch of MHS GENESIS in 2017, the new electronic health record completed the final deployment within the United States in July 2023—reaching the 86% milestone for worldwide deployment.

‘Young Investigators’ and Poster Awardees Spotlight Important Research

Article
9/1/2023
Ian Stanley, with the department of emergency medicine at Anschutz Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield, University of Colorado School of Medicine, receives first place in the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium Young Investigator Competition for his presentation titled, “Lethal Means Safety Counseling Among Firearm-Owning U.S. National Guard Personnel: Hyperarousal Symptoms as a Moderator of Treatment Outcomes” at the 2023 MHSRS in Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 17. (Photo: Robbie Hammer)

Awards were handed out to top participants in the 2023 Young Investigators Competition and the poster presentations at the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida, August 17.

Brooke Army Medical Center Patients Have a New Option for Dialysis Treatment

Article Around MHS
9/1/2023
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Taylor Ford, a chemistry section laboratory technician assigned to the 39th Medical Operations Squadron, pipettes blood onto a testing cassette at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, on July 26, 2023. Chemistry results give vital information about how well the liver, kidneys, and other organs are functioning. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alexis Sandoval)

Kidney failure inpatients at Brooke Army Medical Center now have a second option for dialysis. Peritoneal dialysis helps patients maintain their residual renal function longer and have fewer dietary restrictions than with hemodialysis.

Reportable Medical Events, Military Health System Facilities, Week 31, Ending August 5, 2023

Article
9/1/2023
RMEs

Reportable Medical Events are documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by Military Health System providers and public health officials to monitor, control, and prevent the occurrence and spread of diseases of public health interest or readiness importance.

Update: Routine Screening for Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus, U.S. Armed Forces, Active and Reserve Components, January 2018–June 2023

Article
9/1/2023
HIV virus

This report provides an update through June 2023 of routine screening results for antibodies to HIV among members of the U.S. military.

Surveillance Snapshot: The Top 10 Incident Cancers Among Active Component Service Members, 2018-2022

Article
9/1/2023
Cancer imaging

This Surveillance Snapshot presents the incidence of the 10 leading cancers among active component service members of the U.S. Armed Forces diagnosed from January 2018 through December 2022.

Low Risk for Ross River Virus Infection in Expeditionary Forces Training in Australia Demonstrated by a Serological Survey of Marine Rotational Force–Darwin, 2012-2018

Article
9/1/2023
Marine training 1

This article presents the results of a study that screened 628 U.S. Marines and Sailors previously deployed to Australia on six-month training rotations for serological evidence of possible infection with Ross River virus, a mosquito-borne alphavirus endemic to tropical Australia.

MHS Minute August | 2023

Video
8/31/2023
MHS Minute August | 2023

View the latest MHS Minute with highlights from this year’s Military Health System Research Symposium. Visit www.health.mil/MHSRS for more information.

Earthquake: Prepare Before 2

Infographic
8/31/2023
It’s important to secure heavy items, make a family emergency communications plan, and a supply kit to prepare for an earthquake.

It’s important to secure heavy items, make a family emergency communications plan, and a supply kit to prepare for an earthquake

Daylight Savings Time

Infographic
8/31/2023
Plan. Prepare. Protect. Natural Disaster Resource Guide. It’s Daylight Saving Time! In addition to setting your clocks forward one hour, consider these safety checks and updates as part of your routine: check and replace batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms; check your emergency kits in your home and vehicle for expired items; see if your fire extinguishers need to be recharged; Make sure your information is updated in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System: www.tricare.mil/DEERS; throw away expired medication using the proper “drug take back” procedures: www.tricare.mil/DrugTakeBack; verify and update your emergency contact list; sign up for email alerts from TRICARE: tricare.mil/subscriptions. Image of alarm clock. Be ready at a moment’s notice. www.tricare.mil/Disaster.

Plan. Prepare. Protect. Natural Disaster Resource Guide. It’s Daylight Saving Time! In addition to setting your clocks forward one hour, consider these safety checks and updates as part of your routine: check and replace batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms; check your emergency kits in your home and vehicle for expired items; see if your fire extinguishers need to be recharged; Make sure your information is updated in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System: www.tricare.mil/DEERS; throw away expired medication using the proper “drug take back” procedures: www.tricare.mil/DrugTakeBack; verify and update your emergency contact list; sign up for email alerts from TRICARE: tricare.mil/subscriptions. Image of alarm clock. Be ready at a moment’s notice. www.tricare.mil/Disaster.

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