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Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs Join Forces to Improve Health Care access for Florida Veterans
After months of planning and collaboration, Defense Health Agency and Department of Veterans Affairs leadership celebrated the grand opening of a new VA clinic within the military clinic at Sabal Park with a ribbon-cutting May 13, 2024.
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The commissary at Fort Knox, Kentucky, offers a front area display for better access of what nutrition experts call “better for you” foods. The commissary recently earned a task force’s recognition for its efforts in increasing the quality of life of soldiers and their family members through better nutrition (Photo by: Eric Pilgrim, Fort Knox, Kentucky).
Army Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle (right), Army Surgeon General and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command, speaks at a Pentagon press briefing in March 2020 (Photo by: Lisa Ferdinando, Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs)
The PRA is an evidence-based, easy-to-use approach to help providers return service members with mild TBIs back to duty safely. TBICoE researchers have found that, if medical providers completed a two-hour, in-person training on the use of the PRA, their patients saw an overall reduction in symptoms after one week, one month, and three months, when compared to patients treated by providers who had not received the training.
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The surgeon general of the Army and the Defense Health Agency’s command sergeant major “stand on the shoulders of giants” who have come before them.
Air Force Senior Airman James Fritz, 911th Airlift Wing public affairs specialist, performs a barbell bench press in the gym at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, on Jan. 25. Heart health experts recommend doing three sets of 12 repetitions each, increasing the weight in each set and taking 1 minute to rest between sets (Photo by: Joshua Seybert, 911th Airlift Wing).
General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital employees attend training Feb. 4 for MHS Genesis, an electronic health record for the Military Health System. MHS Genesis will provide a single health record for service members, veterans and their families, and integrates inpatient and outpatient solutions that will connect medical and dental information across the continuum of care, from point of injury to the military treatment facility (Photo by: Chad Ashe, Gen. Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital)
This TBICoE infographic gives an overview of the risks of returning to duty too soon after a concussion and explains how a progressive increase in activity can help get you back to duty safely. Returning to duty too soon after concussion can lead to prolonged symptoms, poor marksmanship, decreased readiness, accidents and falls, and increased risk of more concussions.
The new EHR goes online April 24, and will provide a single health record for service members, veterans and their families.
Heart health is crucial to service members’ readiness throughout their high-stress careers. Working to achieve that takes self-discipline and moderation, but also joy, integrity, and social interaction
Miranda Heilweil gets her blood drawn at Madigan Army Medical Center, Washington, one of five DOD sites where the STORM CHASER trial is studying the efficacy of an antibody product that could prevent COVID-19 in people who have been exposed to the virus within eight days. (U.S. Army photo by Janell Cain)
Michael Service, a family nurse practitioner at Naval Branch Health Clinic Jacksonville, checks Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Upunda's heart in September 2020 (Photo by: Jacob Sippel, Naval Hospital Jacksonville).
Timothy Ames (right), superintendent of the Medical Lake School District in Washington State, gets his first COVID-19 vaccination at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, on Jan. 21. The partnership between the district and Fairchild AFB is vital to the support and education of the military children attending schools in the MLSD (Photo by: Airman Kiaundra Miller, 92nd Air Refueling Public Affairs Wing).
Five DoD sites across the United States will be part of the STORM CHASER trial, a study to observe the efficacy of a long-lasting antibody product to prevent COVID-19 among people who have been exposed to others suffering from the disease.
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