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9 Military Hospitals Receive Highest Leapfrog Grade for Safe, High-Quality Care
Defense Health Agency is the first federal health system to participate in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade program—receiving an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for nine military hospitals and clinics.
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The U.S. Air Force’s success as a fighting force is dependent on the capability of airmen to withstand the physical rigors associated with combat and other military operations. Pharmacies fill a vital role in that task—supplying medication that is essential to effectively treat ailments and maintain a healthy and ready force.
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U.S. Marine Cpl. Jorge Salazar, assigned to the Wounded Warrior Battalion-West of Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California, walks toward an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Blackjacks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21. The Defense Health Agency recently welcomed the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence to lead the advancement of extremity trauma-related research and clinical practice innovations. (Photo: U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Justin W. Galvin)
MHS GENESIS deployed to 18 more military hospitals and clinics on Sept. 24, bringing the Military Health System to a total of 92 medical treatment facility commands actively using the new electronic health record. (Photo: Janice Erdlitz, Lyster Army Health Clinic Public Affairs)
Twenty-four NATO medical professionals from 11 countries conducted a medical evaluation during exercise "Medical Man 2022" at the Czech Military Health Agency Facility in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, Sept. 17-21.
DHA’s newest center of excellence supports the advancement in research and health care delivery for patients with extremity trauma and amputations.
MHS GENESIS reaches more and more military beneficiaries.
The Defense Health Agency formally establishes the DHA Region Europe Oct. 25, 2022, marking the final major organizational change that institutes the DHA as the Defense Department’s lead agency responsible for health care delivery at U.S. military medical facilities worldwide. Here, U.S. Army. Brig. Gen. Clinton K. Murray (left), the director of the DHAR-E, unfolds the DHA flag during the establishment ceremony in Garmisch, Germany. The eight stars on the DHA flag represents the uniformed services the DHA serves -- U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Service. (Photo: MHS Communications)
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation, or CRI, held an event Oct. 6 with the U.S. Air Force Reserve Commander’s 445th Airlift Wing for a robotics team to demonstrate the latest Forge System, a pneumatically powered exoskeleton that augments leg strength to reduce fatigue, increase endurance, and offset weight.
The Defense Health Agency established the DHA Region Europe Oct. 25, 2022, welcoming hospitals and clinics in Europe and the Middle East to the new region.
U.S. Air Force Col. (Dr.) Heather Yun, an infectious diseases physician, poses for a photo with U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Deydre Teyhen, commanding general of Brooke Army Medical Center, and retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Shan Bagby, former BAMC commander, during the inaugural Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio awards ceremony held at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens Oct. 20, 2022. Yun received the Hero of Military Medicine San Antonio award from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc. (Photo: Courtesy)
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The Brooke Army Military Center deputy commander for medical services received the inaugural Hero of Military Medicine San Antonio award from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Oct. 20.
The Department of Defense uses boothless audiometry as a convenient hearing testing method both on the battlefield and in clinical and non-clinical settings available to all service members. It has expanded as the new standard for testing. (Dawn Grimes, Navy Medicine and Readiness Training Command, Guantanamo Bay)
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