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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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Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Corey Jackson receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Navy Hospitalman Christopher Wamsley at Naval Station Rota, Spain. U.S. Naval Hospital Rota began administering the vaccine to frontline health care workers and first responders earlier this month. (Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan Carpenter.)
Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, Director, Defense Health Agency, talks with Army Lt. Col. Elizabeth Markelz, Chief of Infectious Disease, and Army Lt. Col. Robert Walter, Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Jan. 20, 2021. Place said there is no location in DoD that has seen more COVID-positive cases or COVID-positive workload than the medical facilities at JBSA, lauding the relationship between the military health system here and their involvement in the community. (Photo by Jason Edwards.)
Army Lt. Gen Ronald Place, DHA director, recently visited JBSA vaccination sites and several other military locations in the greater San Antonio region.
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Hospital corpsman 2nd Class Ashley Thompson donates blood again at the Akeroyd Blood Donor Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in Texas. (Courtesy of HM2 Ashley Thompson.)
Navy corpsman impresses the importance of donating blood through the Armed Services Blood Program.
Some Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment programs provide preventive avenues to active-duty members and National Guard and Reserve members on active-duty status who may be struggling with alcohol or substance abuse. (Photo by Air Force Senior Airman Curt Beach.)
Alcohol use remains high in the military, but treatment for substance abuse is evolving.
Army Sgt. Michael Metcalf and Army Spc. Walter Galdamez train for the 2021 Command Sgt. Maj. Jack L. Clark Jr. U.S. Army Best Medic Competition by evacuating a simulated injured Soldier. (Photo by Army Sgt. Nicole Price, MEDDAC Bavaria.)
Air Force Staff Sgt. Anjelica Scott, 51st Medical Group medical technician, retrieves supplies at Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea. Improvements in logistics will continued to improve the way the Military Health System delivers quality care. (Photo by Air Force Senior Airman Noah Sudolcan, 51st Fighter Wing, Osan AB, Repulic of Korea.)
Army Sgt. Metcalf and Spc. Galdamez prepare to compete in the 2021 Command Sgt. Maj. Jack L. Clark Jr. U.S. Army Best Medic Competition later in the month at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
The MTF transition has enabled the DHA and the Services to increase standardization, eliminate duplicative contracts, and realize cost efficiencies by beginning the management of an enterprise-wide program.
Dear Doc: Although my gym has opened back up, I’m still a little hesitant to return because of the recent spikes in COVID cases in my area. I’ve been getting creative with my home workouts, and I’d really like to be outside more, but it’s so cold! I want to bundle up, but I don’t want to overdo it and get overheated. Do you have any recommendations for dressing for outdoor workouts in the winter? –Working Out in a Winter Wonderland
Navy Cmdr. Linda Smith, a Navy Medical Corps doctor and Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio’s executive officer, poses for a photograph in her office at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Building at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Smith increased NAMRU-SA’s participation in the San Antonio Postdoctoral Research Forum in December so that the unit’s efforts gained notoriety despite COVID-19 constraints. (Photo by Randy Martin.)
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