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Here you will find information about technology in the Military Health System. Health information systems help your providers make decisions and keep records, save money on supplies, along with many other tasks. This section also contains information about how new systems are designed and current systems improved.

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Navy developing mobile app to help prevent prescription medication misuse

Article

6/2/2016

The app is intended to support patients where they do not have immediate access to their health care providers but have questions about appropriate use of their prescription medication

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Technology, Substance Abuse

Web, mobile technology helps MHS beneficiaries assess, improve mental health

Article

5/25/2016

Breathe2Relax, a mobile app, teaches how to reduce tension by breathing from the diaphragm, a deeper type of breathing that helps to induce a calming response in widely different circumstances.

DHA mental health professional talks mobile and web technologies that are available to beneficiaries

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Mental Health Care, Mental Wellness, Technology

Scientists probe Traumatic Brain Injury effects at research lab

Article

5/20/2016

Sensors attached to a translucent model skull are used to measure explosive shock velocity and pressure at the Army Research Laboratory Weapons and Materials Research Directorate at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland. Data captured by the sensors are used to assist studies in traumatic brain injuries. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

The Army Research Laboratory’s specialized experiments offer repeatable parameters to attain more reliable data and to complement strides made by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the medical and academic communities

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Traumatic Brain Injury, Research and Innovation, Medical Research and Development, Innovation, Technology

William Beaumont Army Medical Center first DoD hospital to use new stent graft

Article

5/11/2016

William Beaumont Army Medical Center became the first military treatment facility to use newly FDA approved “off-the-shelf” aortic branch device

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Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Military Hospitals and Clinics, Technology, Quality and Safety of Health Care

MHS partnering with Social Security Administration to improve electronic medical data sharing

Article

5/6/2016

Over the past decade, DoD and SSA have made substantial progress toward enhancing benefit support to all Service members, Veterans, and most notably to our Wounded Warriors.

DoD and SSA are committed to improving the timely processing of disability claims and access to Social Security benefits for all Service members, Veterans and eligible beneficiaries

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Technology, Military Health System Electronic Health Record

New DoD mobile app helps diffuse nightmares for better sleep

Article

5/5/2016

Dream EZ is the first mobile app that uses imagery rehearsal therapy to address nightmares

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Technology, Mental Wellness, Mental Health Care

59th MDW ECMO team: Delivering life saving medical care across the globe

Article

5/3/2016

Members of the 59th Medical Wing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation transport team connect a patient to an ECMO system for transport from Lafayette General Medical Center, Louisiana, to San Antonio Military Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

The global Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation team is bedded down at the San Antonio Military Medical Center on nearby JBSA-Fort Sam Houston

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Access to Health Care, Military Hospitals and Clinics, Quality and Safety of Health Care, Technology

Health IT City Plan

Presentation

4/26/2016

This HIT City Plan provides an understanding of the potential interface between the HIT Directorate and DHA enterprises, decomposing the relevant parts of the enterprises into functional segments.

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Technology, Health IT Research and Innovation, Health IT Research and Innovation, Health IT Research and Innovation, Health IT Research and Innovation, Leveraging Open Source Technologies, Transitioning to a Net-Centric, Service-Oriented Enterprise, Research and Innovation, Health IT Research and Innovation Strategy

Military children use website to cope with stress, connect with each other

Article

4/1/2016

On Military Kids Connect, a DoD website that promotes mental health literacy for military youth, children offer tips and share their stories about growing up in a military family. The site contains interactive resources that promote positive mental health strategies for dealing with the stress of having family members in the military.

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Children's Health, Mental Health Care, Deployment Health, Mental Wellness, Technology

Army Lt. Col. Francisco Dominicci talks hands-free technology

Article

3/4/2016

Army Lt. Col. Francisco Dominicci, a Nurse Informaticist with the Colorado Springs Military Health System, provides information about the effectiveness of using hands-free communication technology at the 2016 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 2016 Conference March 3 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dominicci described how the military hospitals and clinics in Colorado Springs have begun integrating devices that improve quality and safety of care. (MHS photo by Jim Yocum)

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Technology

Bono tells HIMSS: Technology helped leaders engage patients on road to MHS’ high reliability

Article

3/3/2016

Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, told those gathered for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Health IT conference in Las Vegas about how health IT is helping the MHS become a high reliability organization.

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Health Readiness, Technology, Health IT Research and Innovation Strategy, Military Health System Electronic Health Record

VLER HIE Initiative: Because having the right information is always important

Article

3/3/2016

The Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record Health Information Exchange Initiative (VLER HIE) securely connects health and benefit information systems from the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other federal and private sector partners.

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Technology, TRICARE Health Program, DoD/VA Sharing Initiatives, Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record Health Information Exchange Initiative

HIT acting director talks modernization, cost effectiveness at HIMSS

Article

3/2/2016

Air Force Col. Richard “Chip” Terry, acting director of the Health Information Technology Directorate at DHA, speaks at HIMSS about a major transformation underway within MHS to modernize health data and technology management.

Air Force Col. Richard “Chip” Terry, acting director of the Health IT Directorate at the Defense Health Agency and acting chief information officer for the Military Health System, spoke about major changes to the Health IT infrastructure at the 2016 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual conference in Las Vegas.

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Health Readiness, Technology, Health IT Research and Innovation Strategy, Military Health System Electronic Health Record

Do I look healthy in these genes?

Article

2/29/2016

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Jonathan Woodson speaks after a panel discussion for the White House Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Summit in Washington, D.C. Feb. 25, 2016.

Medical practitioners, patients, researchers, data analysts, and the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs convened at the White House Precision Medicine Initiative Summit to highlight innovation and technology strides in preventive and enhanced care for veterans and service members.

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Technology, Innovation, Medical Research and Development

Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems

Presentation

2/10/2016

Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems Briefing

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Technology

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