Health informaticists play a vital part in enhancing military health care. “The role of the health informaticist is to bridge the gap between the activities of health care and the capabilities of technology,” said U.S. Air Force Col. (Dr.) Thomas J. Cantilina, chief health informatics officer for the Defense Health Agency.

Defense Health Agency IT professionals are honored for their cost savings, enhanced cybersecurity, and better efficiencies.

The Defense Health Agency rolls out new digital health care tools, My Military Health, at five venture sites, announced U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, DHA director.

Over the course of several decades, the Department of Defense’s global health engagement strategy has evolved to better equip its allies for health and human security.

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.

The future of technology in health care was the topic of the day at the Digital Health Transformation Summit in Bethesda, Maryland, Dec. 6-7.

Medical personnel, soldiers, and civilians who provide care to U.S. forces in the Republic of Korea attended the 73rd annual 38th Parallel Healthcare Training Symposium at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys Nov. 6 - 8, where they earned continuing education credits while receiving valuable professional development.

Defense Health Agency resource apps that are mobile-friendly are helping beneficiaries navigate at military hospitals and clinics.

PQNS is a digital system designed to optimize the patient queuing process. The traditional scene of patients languishing in crowded waiting rooms, unsure of when their turn will come, is becoming a thing of the past. Adding PQNS enables military hospitals and clinics to shift to a more patient-centric approach.

EIDS Completes Largest Data Migration in DHA History to Date

U.S. Indo-Pacific partnership is key to handling health security risks, DOD’s Smith tells international conference.

In its mission to create a better and more “patient-centered” health care delivery system, the Defense Health Agency is looking to new digital health technologies like artificial intelligence, and machine learning by using data to power these technologies.

In August 2023, the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization office expanded its joint health information exchange to include participation in Carequality, a framework enabling health data sharing between and among networks.

The new Military Health System Medical Library portal leads to extensive resources to help clinicians with the most up-to-date, evidence-based data for their patient care.

The annual Medical Simulation Expo was held at the Defense Health Agency headquarters on Thursday, August 3, 2023.