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Air Force Surgeon General’s priority is creating high performing Airmen, Guardians (Part 1)

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4/8/2022
AF Surgeon General Shireen Bedi headshot and quote

The Air Force Surgeon General’s top priority is creating and sustaining high performing Airmen and Guardians who are medically ready for the future fight.

Military Health System Research Program Seeks Funding Applications for FY2023

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4/7/2022
The Military Health System Research Program provides funding for projects that aim to improve care in military medical facilities like the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, pictured here. (Photo: Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux, U.S. Air Force)

The funding prioritizes research projects that focus on the delivery of military health care and system-level innovations that impact cost and outcomes.

SAAPM month puts spotlight on importance of prevention

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4/7/2022
SAAPM Infographic

 As the Army once again recognizes April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, its policy and processes for working through sexual harassment and sexual assault within its workforce are evolving to reflect lessons learned during the past 10 years

Forty-one Soldiers Graduate from Practical Nurse Course

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4/7/2022
Soldiers honoring Pfc. Simon Chen

Air advisors train Ghanaian Armed Forces in aeromedical evacuation for UN deployment

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4/7/2022
Military personnel on a plane

Airmen assigned to the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron recently trained six medical members with the Ghanaian Armed Forces on aeromedical evacuation in preparation for a U.N. deployment.

Military Medical Officials Back FY 23 Budget Before Senate Appropriations Committee

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4/6/2022
Marines with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing take precautionary measures by cleaning and disinfecting their hands during field day on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., March 20, 2020, to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 while continuing to perform mission-essential tasks. (Photo: Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jaime Reyes)

Military Medical officials, including Army Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Ronald J. Place, Defense Health Agency director, back FY 23 Budget before the Senate Appropriations Committee, March 29, 2022.

MHS GENESIS live at BJACH, JRTC, Fort Polk

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4/6/2022
Military personnel looking at a computer

At 7 a.m., on March 19, as the day shift assumed their duties MHS GENESIS became the new modernized electronic health record for beneficiaries of Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital.

How Health IT Upgrades are Transforming the Military Health System

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4/5/2022
Dr. Barclay Butler, the Defense Health Agency’s assistant director of management, spoke at the annual Health Information Management Systems Society conference in Orlando, Florida, in March. (Photo: Claire Reznicek, MHS Communications)

Implementing an Electronic Health Record system is key to modernizing the Military Health System’s patient care.

The New Public Health Director Talks about His Goals for Force Readiness

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4/5/2022
Rear Admiral Brandon Taylor of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in dress whites at the 2019 National Independence Day Parade where he represented the U.S. Surgeon General as a presiding official with the other services. Taylor was named in February as the new director of the Defense Health Agency’s Public Health directorate. (Photo: Tanisha Blaise, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division senior public relations and media specialist)

Rear Adm. Brandon Taylor was recently appointed to be the new director for the Defense Health Agency’s Public Health directorate. In an interview, he discussed how he is approaching his new role, his goals for Public Health within DHA, and the importance of Public Health to a medically ready force and a ready medical force.

A Germ of an Idea for Patient Safety Awareness Week

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4/5/2022
Pictures of germs

From countertops and cutting boards to television remotes and cell phones, the immediate world of many – sight unseen - has a host of germs readily intent on meeting anyone, anytime and anywhere.

Women's History Month highlight: All-women medic team supports mission welcoming Afghan allies

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4/5/2022
Military personnel taking a walk

In late August 2021, the Department of Defense issued a call for volunteers to support Operation Allies Welcome, the federal government’s effort to safely resettle Afghan refugees.

Nurse Urges Cancer Awareness Citing Example of Fallen Firefighter

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4/4/2022
Former Fort Lee firefighter Mike Lecik smiling at camera

Still saddened by the death of family friend and former Fort Lee firefighter Mike Lecik, a Kenner Army Health Clinic nurse urges community members to be diligent with routine checkups that increase the chances of detecting cancer early when it is more treatable.

Policy Update: Significant Improvements to Mental and Behavioral Health Policies

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4/4/2022
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter flies over the sunset off the northern coast of Haiti in Nov. 2021

New updates to Coast Guard policy loosen restrictions and impacts on service members undergoing mental and behavioral health treatment for conditions including (but not limited to) anxiety and depressive disorders.

USAMRIID Scientist Wins AMSUS Research and Development Award

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4/4/2022
Xiankun (Kevin) Zeng, a molecular biologist and principal investigator at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Xiankun (Kevin) Zeng, a molecular biologist and principal investigator at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), is the recipient of the 2021-2022 Research and Development Award presented by AMSUS, the Society of Federal Health Professionals.

Heat Illness, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2021

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4/1/2022
Cover 2

From 2020 to 2021, the rate of incident heat stroke was relatively stable while the rate of heat exhaustion increased slightly

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