Six medical professionals from across the armed services recently earned honors as Angels of the Battlefield, a title bestowed upon them by the Armed Services-YMCA in honor of military medical personnel and first responders for their life-saving medical treatment and trauma care of service members, partner forces, and civilians at home and abroad.

The futures of medical students from across the Military Health System were in the hands of members of selection committees the week of Nov. 13-17, when the Uniformed Services University hosted the 31st Annual Joint Graduate Medical Education Selection Board in Bethesda, Maryland.

EIDS Completes Largest Data Migration in DHA History to Date

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.

Pearl Harbor Day and U.S. Naval Hospital Ship Solace: First-hand accounts of the day “which will live in infamy.”

A new Department of Defense policy recognizes the private nature of mental health care and is part of a larger DOD effort to reduce the stigma that is often associated with seeking help for mental health.

The Food and Drug Administration issued guidance in May of 2023 for blood donors, removing and adjusting some long-standing deferrals. In addition, the FDA is now recommending moving towards an individualized risk-based approach when determining donor eligibility.

Chlamydia, by far the most frequently reported medical event (RME) with the MHS, declined by 17% in October, to 1,190 cases, from 1,437 cases (adjusted) in September; this follows a 15% decline from August to September. Gonorrhea, the second highest RME, declined 15% in October, to 192 cases reported cases in September, from 225 cases (adjusted). ...

The proportions of women and Hispanic service members increased from 2018 to 2022, while the proportions of non-Hispanic White active component service members and those under 20 years of age decreased.

This data analysis identified a small number of reported chikungunya cases, and even fewer hospitalizations, suggesting that risk of chikungunya virus disease to U.S. service member readiness is small.

Command decisions for balancing risks have differed in every pandemic of the past century because those decisions occurred in a broader cultural context of acceptable health risks tied to available technology and scientific knowledge.

Compared to civilians, active component service members may have increased risk of SLE due to greater exposure to environmental risk factors such as silica dust and ultraviolet radiation, and higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, which have been linked to SLE.

In this edition of Ask the Doc, we get expert advice from retired U.S. Public Health Service Capt. (Dr.) Joshua Morganstein, deputy director at the Center for Study of Traumatic Stress in the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and vice chair of the University’s department of psychiatry, on ways to address mental health concerns when you, ...

This holiday season, give the gift of life by donating blood.

TRICARE Open Season is here. Now through Dec. 12, most people enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select can make enrollment changes for next year. Open season doesn’t apply to everyone who uses TRICARE.