Air Force physician chosen to lead military’s largest medical network

Air Force Physician Chosen to Lead Military’s La...

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Oct. 13, 2023
An Air Force physician with over 30 years of service became the first director of the newly designated Defense...
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New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for 2023-24

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Sep. 18, 2023
This page is being updated based on the Sept. 12, 2023, decision and recommendation by the Centers for Disease...
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Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Receives Level I...

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Aug. 28, 2023
PORTSMOUTH, Va - PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Aug. 24, 2023) -- Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) has been...
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Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Victoria McPhall hands Lt. Laken Koontz an intrauterine device (IUD) at Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River. IUDs are one of the many birth control options offered during the clinic’s Walk-in Contraceptive Clinic every Wednesday from 1-2 p.m.

Military Health System: How Ideas Are Adopted to...

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Aug. 24, 2023
New evidence-based practices can improve health care, yet they don’t always get adopted. There are many...
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Defense Health Agency’s 2022 Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Douglas Rozelle (center) stands with his team from Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio following their completion of the Medic Rodeo, a grueling four-day event challenging Air Force Medical Services personnel’s physical stamina and combat medical knowledge in 2019 at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico. Rozelle was a technical sergeant during the competition. (Courtesy Photo)

Senior Noncommissioned Officer of Year Credits T...

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Jul. 17, 2023
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Douglas Rozelle has been “aiming high” since 1983 when his parents, Dana and Larry,...
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Ghana Armed Forces Brig. Gen. Nii Adjah Obodai, commander, 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, presents U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Fisher, Defense Medical Readiness Institute’s Academic Support Branch noncommissioned-officer-in-charge, with a gift of appreciation for establishing a tactical combat casualty care training site in March 2022. (Photo: Terry J. Goodman)

Defense Health Agency’s Top Noncommissioned Offi...

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Jul. 17, 2023
Defense Health Agency Noncommissioned Officer of the Year U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Fisher competed in...
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kayla D. Britford, 88th Medical Group’s Physical Medicine Technician, assists other Airmen with the MHS Genesis switchover inside the Wright-Patterson Medical Center, June 3,2023. The Department of Defense’s new electronic health record (EHR), MHS GENESIS, has officially launched at Wright-Patterson Medical Center. (Air Force photo by Kenneth J. Stiles)

Department of Defense Stateside Deployment of MH...

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Jul. 17, 2023
Deployment of MHS GENESIS, the Military Health System’s new electronic health record, is complete at military...
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Relocating With Ease During PCS Season

How to minimize service member, family stress du...

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Jun. 30, 2023
For many service members, the general rotation for a permanent change of station is every two to four years...
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As Navy Lt. Maxwell Anderson calmly addressed a seated crowd during the Mental Health and Wellness Expo 2021, he asked those in attendance to focus on the concept of mindfulness.

Aug. 5, 2021

An Expo Emphasis on Mental Health and Wellness

As Navy Lt. Maxwell Anderson calmly addressed a seated crowd during the Mental Health and Wellness Expo 2021, he asked those in attendance to focus on the concept of mindfulness.

SAN DIEGO – U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), and Rear Adm. Tim Weber, San Diego Market director and commander, Naval Medical Forces Pacific, visited Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) for the San Diego Market establishment ceremony Aug. 10.

Aug. 4, 2021

Medical Leaders Take Part in Robust Conversation on COVID

On August 4, 2021, COVID-19 was again front and center as top medical leaders of the Navy, Defense Health Agency (DHA) and Coast Guard took part in a robust conversation about the pandemic at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland.

In an effort to meet service members and their families where they conduct their day to day lives, Naval Health Clinic Hawaii (NHCH), Tripler Army Medical Center, and the American Red Cross joined together to bring the COVID-19 vaccine to the Navy Exchange (NEX) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Aug. 4, 2021

Vaccination Station: Joint-Service Initiative at Navy Exchange Pearl Harbor

Hawaii — In an effort to meet service members and their families where they conduct their day to day lives, Naval Health Clinic Hawaii (NHCH), Tripler Army Medical Center, and the American Red Cross joined together to bring the COVID-19 vaccine to the Navy Exchange (NEX) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Hodgson, from Binghamton, New York and 1987 graduate from Susquehanna Valley High School, is the staff MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) technologist at Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) and recently announced as NHB Employee of the Month for June, 2021.

July 28, 2021

I Am Navy Medicine - and NHB Employee of the Month - Matt Hodgson

By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer – What started out as an interest in the medical field has become a career spanning 30 years – and counting – of active duty and civil service for Matt Hodgson.

Team members of the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital's 7 Medical/Telemetry Unit prepare for the start of a new day, April 22. FBCH is part of the DHA’s National Capital Region market (Reese Brown, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital).

July 27, 2021

New Markets, MHS Transformation and You: What Does it All Mean?

The Military Health System's transformation is quickly accelerating as the Defense Health Agency launched 10 new markets in locations across the country on July 26.

Photo By Douglas Stutz | One of the more visible – and certainly mobile – examples of the Puget Sound Military Health System collaborative joint effort is the patient shuttle between Madigan Army Medical Center and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton. The shuttle operates Monday-Friday, excluding federal holidays, and departs Madigan from the Main Medical Mall North entrance at 8:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. The shuttle departs NMRTC Bremerton from the Urgent Care Clinic entrance, second floor, under the Skybridge, at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. In order to ensure the safety of all during the pandemic and help stop the spread of COVID, all riders are required to wear a mask or face covering while riding the shuttle. Those exhibiting any COVID-19 symptoms are asked to refrain from riding the shuttle and seek proper medical attention. For more information, please call 253-968-6467 (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRT

July 26, 2021

Puget Sound Military Health System Certified by Defense Health Agency

By Carrie Petershagan, PSMHS —The Puget Sound Military Health System (MHS) has become the latest to certify as a MHS market. This marks the next step in a long history of collaboration with staff at Army, Navy and Air Force military medical treatment facilities (MTF) in the Pacific Northwest.

The U.S. Air Force has made various changes to the service’s dress and appearance guidance during 2021, one of which being female hair grooming standards.

July 23, 2021

Improving readiness for a diverse force

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Throughout 2020 and 2021, the U.S. Air Force rolled out several changes to the dress and appearance Air Force Instruction. Most of the changes have been seen in female-specific regulations. Significant changes to the restrictions on female hair early on in 2021 included allowing braids and ponytails in all uniforms, operational safety permitting.

The STAT Enclosure allows medical staff to safely treat and transport critically ill patients while significantly reducing droplets. Photo courtesy of Olifant Medical.

July 22, 2021

AFRL SBIR Partnership Thinks Outside of the Box with Covid-19 Enclosure

Article written by Jim Ingram - Rising to the world’s daily challenges through technology is the very fiber of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. That resilient drive and dedication endures with a new medical device inspired by the heroic staff battling COVID-19.

Lt. Gen. Robert I. Miller, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, discusses the future of the Air Force Medical Service and his priorities at the Pentagon, July 7, 2021. Miller assumed his role on June 4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shireen Bedi) (This image was cropped to emphasize the subject)

July 20, 2021

Air Force Surgeon General outlines priorities, future of USAF medicine

From turning a corner in the pandemic and Military Health System transformation, to readying his medics for the next major threat, Lt. Gen. Robert I. Miller, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, knows the key to the Air Force Medical Service’s success comes from its most important asset - its people.

Image of two Airmen.

July 12, 2021

Innovation working group strives to enhance METC training

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Experienced instructors, state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories, and degree pathway programs are some of the many features that give the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, an edge in producing highly-trained, military allied health professionals.