Military medicine has a long and celebrated history. We apply lessons from our past to improve the care of military personnel and their families today and in the future. New surgical techniques, powerful painkillers, antibiotic drugs, and triage and evacuation procedures have revolutionized military medicine.
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DHA Publication
3/16/2020
Policy Number: 6025.32
Establishes DHA's procedures for using medical devices with MHS GENESIS.
DHA Publication
3/8/2017
Policy Number: 084
Cancelled. Replaced by DHA-AI 1402.01.
DHA Publication
4/9/2021
Policy Number: 19-004
Cancelled. Served its purpose.
DHA Publication
5/4/2021
Policy Number: 6410.01
Procedures to establish a multidisciplinary approach to dental patient care guided by evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for dental sedation pathways.
DHA Publication
2/17/2023
Policy Number: 6465.01
Establishes the Defense Health Agency's procedures for organ and tissue donation. This applies to the donation of human organs and tissues, for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, pursuant to Section 1109(b) of Reference (1).
DHA Publication
2/22/2023
Policy Number: 21-003
The MHS is transitioning to MHS GENESIS, the DOD’s modernized Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, to provide enhanced, secure technology to manage health information. While enterprise solution standards control the MHS GENESIS design across the entire MHS and are not specific to one site, the individual components are responsible for ensuring proposed MHS GENESIS end users are properly trained prior to being granted access to the EHR system.
DHA Publication
2/8/2023
Policy Number: 6025.09
Establishes the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) procedures for implementation of walk-in contraception services at all Military Medical Treatment Facilities (MTF), for Active Duty members of the Armed Forces and for eligible beneficiaries of the Military Health System (MHS) on a space available basis.
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DHA Publication
2/7/2023
Policy Number: 4165.01
Establishes the DHA procedures for the mandatory use of the Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support-Facilities Management, and its technical replacement system known as LogiCole Facilities Management as the Computer-Aided Facilities Management and Computerized Maintenance Management System systems of record.
DHA Publication
12/2/2014
Policy Number: 001
Implements the DOD Telework Policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for implementing the DHA Telework Program.
DHA Publication
2/7/2023
Policy Number: 1000.01
Implements Reference, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for implementing the DHA Telework Program and Remote Work.
DHA Publication
6/8/2018
Policy Number: 6025.04
Cancelled and replaced by DHA-AI 6025.08, Pain Management and Opioid Safety in the MHS.
DHA Publication
2/8/2023
Policy Number: 6025.08
Establishes the VA-DOD Stepped Care Model (SCM) for Pain Management as the comprehensive standardized pain management model for the DHA to provide consistent, quality, and safe care for patients with pain with an emphasis on multidisciplinary, multi-modal, and nonpharmacologic pain management
DHA Publication
7/12/2019
Policy Number: 6025.12
Establishes common and uniform guidelines, standards, and procedures for all DOD MTFs providing hearing health services to beneficiaries through RACHAP.
DHA Publication
2/4/2020
Policy Number: 18-001
Cancelled, served its purpose.
DHA Publication
12/8/2022
Policy Number: 7045.01
Establishes DHA's procedures to guide DHA Operation & Maintenance Facility Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization funds management and funds flow articulates stakeholder roles, responsibilities, and functions as delineated within the DHA’s centralized process for executing FSRM.
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