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Sept. 12, 2024
Defense Health Agency Medical Logistics Team Maintains Supply Chain Ensuring Quality Health Care Delivery
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — MEDLOG is a premier shared service provider promoting uniformity, efficiency, and joint interoperability of defense medical materiel programs and products required for Military Health System institutional and operational elements in support of the full range of military operations.
Sept. 4, 2024
Ask the Doc: What Are Ways To Protect My Mental Health?
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Our mental health expert, U.S. Public Health Service Capt. Meghan Corso, chief of behavioral health clinical operations at the Defense Health Agency, answers a Dear Doc question on ways to protect your mental health.
Aug. 29, 2024
Defense Health Agency Launches New App for Providers to Assess and Treat Traumatic Brain Injury ‘Anytime, Anywhere’
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Defense Health Agency develops important new tool for assessing and managing mild traumatic brain injury, also known as concussion, with the Warfighter Brain Health Provider Toolkit application.
How AFMES Members Balance Duty and Community
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — At the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, the dedication to service transcends the lab coats and sterile environments of their daily responsibilities. These men and women are committed to something greater than themselves—both within the walls of their workplace and outside in the communities they serve.
Aug. 27, 2024
Military Health Information Technology Focus of DHITS 2024
DALLAS, Texas — The 2024 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium kicked off in Dallas, Texas, with Patrick (Pat) Flanders, chief information officer for the Defense Health Agency, touching on the Department of Defense’s efforts to modernize health care, providing enterprise intelligence and data solutions, and looking to the future.
Aug. 21, 2024
Military Honors Mothers, Infants by Supporting Breastfeeding
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that 60 percent of mothers in the U.S. stop breast feeding sooner than planned, and that only one out of four infants are exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life, the medically recommended duration. The DOD and service military policies have been created and updated to ensure military mothers have the time, resources, and leadership support to breastfeed for six months after birth.
Aug. 14, 2024
Low Vision: What it is and How You Can Function with the Right Treatment Plan
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Service members are often exposed to a variety of hazards in combat, training, or daily activities, on and off duty, including situations that may affect their vision.
Aug. 9, 2024
Targeted Care for Mental Health Issues Rolling Out Across Department of Defense
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Targeted care offers the right mental health resources for each individual as it begins rolling out across the Department of Defense.
Aug. 6, 2024
Burn Pit Registry Redesign Auto Enrolls Participants and Simplifies Requirements
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The Department of Veterans Affairs is advancing efforts to address issues associated with military-related toxic exposure by launching a redesigned Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry.
July 29, 2024
DHA Veterinary Services Explains Updated CDC Dog Importation Guidelines
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Service members and their families returning to the United States from overseas duty assignments will be subject to updated dog importation requirements effective Aug. 1, 2024.