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Military Health System Recognized for Stories of Remembrance, Readiness, at 2024 Defense Media Merit Awards
The Military Health System received high accolades at the 2024 Defense Media Merit Awards, winning 23 awards for outstanding communications products featuring remembrance and readiness.
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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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Despite the hardships, 2021 was a year of great achievements for DHA, including the successful rollout of the new electronic health record MHS GENESIS.
The Armed Services Blood Program and civilian centers nationwide are low on blood. Make it your new year's resolution to donate today.
Modernizations set in motion in 2021 will optimize care and sharing of medical resources across services and the entire MHS, says U.S. Public Health Service Capt. Tracy Farrill.
Hernandez, a Marine Corps spouse and mother of five, is BAMC’s first patient to give birth while on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
How citrus fruits quelled the scourge of scurvy.
Abstracts for this year's Military Health System Research Symposium, with the theme "Optimizing Readiness – The Power of Military Medical Research," are due by Feb. 16.
During the military evacuation from Afghanistan in August 2021, military medical forces played a vital role in both providing urgent medical care for those fleeing the country and supporting the mental health of Afghanistan war veterans back home.
Dr. Paul Pasquina and Dr. Terry Rauch recently discussed the NCAA-DOD Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium, the largest concussion and repetitive head impact study in history, on the NCAA’s “Social Series.”
Doc asks Air Force Lt. Col. John DaLomba, Health Informatics team lead and solution owner for the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal, what the new Patient Portal means for MHS beneficiaries.
'Open notes' enable two-way communication and feedback that encourages providers and patients to feel that they are not just on the same page, but in the same boat on a shared journey.
Insomnia is a common sleep disorder characterized by difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or sleeping continuously through the night. It can result in lack of energy and result in disease, injury, or disability if not treated. Behavioral therapies are designed to help adopt proper sleep behaviors.
This report describes an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, that peaked during 21–26 Feb. 2021 and was tied to a single military training event. A total of 143 laboratory-confirmed cases were identified.
Sepsis is a serious and life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. In the U.S., sepsis is a leading cause of in-hospital mortality and 1 of the most expensive conditions treated in U.S. hospitals.
This study examined the rates of depressive symptoms in active component U.S. service members prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic and evaluated whether SARS-CoV-2 test results (positive or negative) were associated with self-reported depressive symptoms.
Series of preclinical studies supports the Army’s pan-coronavirus vaccine development strategy
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