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Full Military Pharmacy Operations Restored After Change Healthcare Cyberattack
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia —The Defense Health Agency announced military pharmacies have returned to normal operations after a cyberattack on the nation’s largest commercial prescription processor, Change Healthcare.
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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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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
This report provides an update through June 2023 of routine screening results for antibodies to HIV among members of the U.S. military.
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.
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.
View the latest MHS Minute with highlights from this year’s Military Health System Research Symposium. Visit www.health.mil/MHSRS for more information.
It’s important to secure heavy items, make a family emergency communications plan, and a supply kit to prepare for an earthquake
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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