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TRICARE Authorizes Temporary Prescription Refill Waivers for Six Counties in Iowa due to Storm Damage
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in six counties in Iowa may receive emergency prescription refills now through April 29, 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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Mental health access and stigma reduction were a major theme for 2023 in the Military Health System: The Year in Review.
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Abstracts for the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium are due by Feb. 21, 2024.
The Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application worked for what we needed back in 2002. Since then, technology and requirements have changed significantly—and the platform could not keep up. When the Department of Defense set out to replace AHLTA and the other legacy EHR systems, the primary requirement was two-fold: first, patient safety is paramount; and second, ensure all capabilities from the legacy systems are met.
The Military Health System remained committed to warfighter brain health in 2023, spearheading advancements in training, technology, and care.
Although quitting tobacco can be difficult, saying goodbye to cigarettes and chewing tobacco has many health benefits. If you’ve decided to kick the habit, TRICARE covers products and services to help you become tobacco-free.
The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division’s Global Emerging Infections Surveillance branch hosted its first Next-Generation Sequencing Summit in Silver Spring, Maryland. Attendees included representatives from the GEIS network of global partner laboratories and other U.S. government agencies. AFHSD is a division of Defense Health Agency Public Health.
2023 was a big year for MHS GENESIS. The new electronic health record system finished deployment within the continental U.S. and successfully went live in Europe and the Indo-Pacific regions.
This report provides linear trends of selected vector-borne diseases, over a 13-year surveillance period, among Armed Forces service and non-service member beneficiaries diagnosed at installations within the Northern Command (NORTHCOM), Africa Command (AFRICOM), Central Command (CENTCOM), European Command (EUCOM), Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), or Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).
This report describes ivermectin prescription fill rates among U.S. active component service members over time during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This descriptive epidemiologic study describes weight loss prescription medication prevalence among active component service members from January 2018 through June 2023.
This editorial provides a bibliometric summary and thematic analysis for articles published in MSMR over a 5-year period, from January 2019 through December 2023.
The fourth editor-in-chief of the MSMR introduces himself to readers and communicates his editorial goals for the journal.
RMEs are documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the MHS for monitoring, controlling, and preventing the occurrence and spread of diseases of public health interest or readiness importance.
In 2023, the Defense Health Agency welcomed new leaders, celebrated its historic 10-year anniversary, and released a five-year strategic plan that focuses on leveraging health technology to improve patient experiences and outcomes.
Join the National Museum of Health and Medicine for a book talk with Jill Newman on the lives of Black Civil War surgeons. During the American Civil War, 14 Black physicians served as surgeons with the U.S. military. Their courageous lives and service are explored in this presentation, illuminating their military service and exploring the people and influences that shaped their early lives and the impact they made on their communities, their race, and their country. Their ambitions were not deterred by society's prejudicial dictates, and through their dignified acts of resistance and pioneering new pathways, they challenged the status quo and became symbols of an emancipated future. Learn more: https://medicalmuseum.health.mil/index.cfm?p=visit.events.2024.lecture_series_jan. It can also be viewed virtually @MedicalMuseum on Facebook.
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