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TRICARE Authorizes Temporary Prescription Refill Waivers for Two Counties in Kansas due to Storm Damage
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in two counties in Kansas may receive emergency prescription refills now through May 10, 2024, due to storm damage.
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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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The first in a four-part series that explores leading practices for the MHS around developing and implementing a digital health strategy along the care continuum.
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Naval Medical Center Portsmouth has been awarded provisional designation as a Level II Trauma Center by the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Health.
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in seven counties in Ohio may receive emergency prescription refills now through Sept. 3, 2023, due to storm damage.
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in six counties in Michigan may receive emergency prescription refills now through Sept. 3, 2023, due to storm damage.
The third iteration of the fast-paced joint operation known as Mountain Medic 2023 was conducted in August 2023. Against the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, the exercise aimed at improving and reinforcing medical evacuation operations and skill sets while pushing its medics, pilots, and aircrews nonstop in austere environments set for large-scale combat operations.
Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital and its Military Health System partners brought enhanced hand and wrist surgical capabilities to BJACH during its “hand rodeo,” Aug. 24-25, 2023. For Shelby Snyder, a local artist and military spouse, it may be the end of a long road to recovery from a right-hand condition that affects her dexterity.
The Army Restoration and Reconditioning Center at Grafenwoehr, Germany, hosts a five-day mind and body structured program where soldiers with deployment stress receive enhanced coping strategies and are taught problem-solving techniques. Another center is located in Zagan, Poland.
U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Force Surgeon held an operational entomology event in support of the Africa Malaria Task Force, July 17-21, in Accra, Ghana. The event brought together more than 70 representatives from 15 African partner nations and focused on the emerging threat of the invasive malaria-causing species in Africa.
The U.S. Army Medical Test and Evaluation Activity participated in the Military Health System Research Symposium from August 14 through 18, 2023 at the Gaylord Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida.
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency (DHA) announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Marion County, Oregon may receive emergency prescription refills now through Sept. 3, 2023, due to the Liberty Fire.
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency (DHA) announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana may receive emergency prescription refills now through Sept. 3, 2023, due to wildfires.
Walter Reed performed the first robotic bronchoscopy procedure in the Defense Health Agency. Using the robotic bronchoscope to augment our current cutting edge cone beam CT Bronchoscopy program, Walter Reed now offers state of the art services in precision lung biopsy and early lung cancer diagnosis previously unavailable within the DHA.
Thirty-two members of the 130th Medical Group received a lifetime opportunity as they traveled around the world to complete their medical facility annual training from July 8-23, 2023, at Naval Air Station in Sigonella, Italy.
New evidence-based practices can improve health care, yet they don’t always get adopted. There are many reasons for this, including a lack of awareness, lack of training and implementation support, and a reluctance to doing things differently than in the past—to name a few. Even mandates to adopt a certain new service or practice may not overcome some of these barriers.
The Defense Health Agency announced the five-year extension of the Laboratory Developed Tests Demonstration. The DHA extended the demonstration from July 19, 2023 through July 18, 2028. The DHA also announced that TRICARE will now cover several preconception and prenatal carrier screenings as part of the basic TRICARE benefit.
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