Military Health System

Page highlighting details about the military treatment facility's quality, patient safety and access information.

Page highlighting details about the military treatment facility's quality, patient safety and access information.

Public health officials from across DHA Public Health will host several activities next week in observance of National Public Health Week, April 1–7.

The DHA Academy is a centralized catalog of education and training activities designed to assist agency personnel in achieving their staff development needs,” said Lolita O’Donnell, director, continuing education program.

PHCoE accesses and analyzes large health and administrative datasets in order to inform our research gap and implementation efforts, as well as support stakeholder and collaborator research efforts.

Anger has been identified as an important emotion that affects the functioning of many service members and veterans. Despite its importance, anger gets very little attention. Lack of guidelines on managing anger may leave providers wondering how to differentiate “normative” anger from problematic anger and how to help patients with anger-related problems.

A method for rapidly splinting injured limbs developed with the assistance of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command is being incorporated into the next generation of exoskeletons. This new method aims to help injured warfighters regain their mobility and recover more quickly from their injuries.

The Brandon Act empowers service members to get the help they need confidentially, reducing the stigma associated with mental health. Service members start the referral process by talking to their commander or supervisor.

Learn more about Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemptions and exclusions; specifically, what is not included in the submission process.

DHA aims to make extraordinary experiences ordinary and exceptional outcomes routine. Learn how: www.health.mil/PSAW #PSAW2024 #MHSPatientSafetyWeek

U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr). Kelly Elmore, an OB/GYN, talks about pregnancy and postpartum resources within the Military Health System as we Ask the Doc.

Top military health researchers published a groundbreaking study indicating patients treated within the Military Health System received earlier cancer diagnoses than privately insured or Medicaid patients. Aligning with the White House’s Cancer Moonshot initiative—which aims to prevent more than 4 million cancer deaths by 2047—the study shows that a ...

This report is an update of a 2011 MSMR report that provides numbers, rates, and demographic characteristics of uterine fibroids as well as uterine fibroid-related health care among female service members in the active component of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Defense Health Network Central is led by DHN Director, Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Harrell.

President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot aims to cut cancer death rates by at least 50% no later than 2047. Learn how the @MilitaryHealth System is doing their part. Check out this story of a Marine sharing his experience being diagnosed with B-cell leukemia while deployed: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/842418/cancer-moonshot-initiative-marine-with ...