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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 Cmdr. (Dr.) Shawn Belverud, a neurosurgeon (left), and Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Scott Donoughe, a neurology resident, perform a herniated disk repair procedure using a 3D surgical microscope at Naval Medical Center San Diego last month. Mentoring continues throughout a naval medical officer’s career, including while in residency. (Photo by Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jake Greenberg.)
Armed Forces Retirement Home residents line up to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. The Department of Defense recommends that adults ages 75 and older should now receive a COVID-19 vaccine as part of its official Vaccination Program across the United States. The DoD and the Military Health System is encouraging all beneficiaries in that age group to access vaccines through their closest military medical treatment facility. (Photo by Carolyn Haug, Armed Forces Retirement Home.)
For NAMRU-SA it was an opportunity to highlight the unit’s battlefield health and trauma care initiatives.
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This age recommendation differs slightly from that of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommends vaccinations for those 65 and older.
Naval medical officer mentoring continues across career in a variety of modalities.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Annika Hutsler celebrates winning four gold medals in swimming during the 2020 U.S. Marine Corps Trials in Camp Pendleton, California. (Photo by Roger Wollenberg, DOD.)
MLK Day is celebrated as a day of service to others. (Graphic courtesy of the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute.)
Marine veteran Annika Hutsler credits Military Adaptive Sports for helping her transition to civilian life.
DHA pays tribute to the great civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a #MonthOfService observance throughout January.
Navy Lt. Ara Gutierrez, Naval Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay, was selected Navy Medicine’s Medical Technology Subspecialty Junior Officer of the Year for 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Dawn Grimes)
Navy Capt. R. Wade Blizzard, commanding officer of U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia, donates blood for the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Units Diego Garcia walking blood bank on Dec. 17, 2020. The walking blood bank is a list of eligible donors who can provide blood in case of emergency. (U.S. Navy photo by Navy Seaman Apprentice Stevin Atkins)
Jamie Adler is the lead for the DHA’s Virtual Health Clinical Integration Office, part of the DHA Connected Health Branch, under DHA Medical Affairs. (Graphic courtesy of DHA Connected Health.)
Gutierrez said she was genuinely surprised and honored to represent medicine’s "hidden profession.”
Life-saving blood is in high-demand by the Armed Services Blood Program, as the COVID-19 has negatively impacted donations.
Jamie Adler, the lead for the DHA’s Virtual Health Clinical Integration Office, discusses the future of virtual health (VH).
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