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Military Hospitals and Clinics

Military hospitals and clinics are the core of the Military Health System. They are located on military bases and posts around the world. Military hospitals and clinics are also referred to as Direct CareDirect care refers to military hospitals and clinics, also known as “military treatment facilities” and “MTFs.”direct care, military treatment facilities or MTFs.

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Doctor comforts patients through music

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12/22/2015

Army Capt. Edwin Choi, a family medicine resident, plays his guitar on occasion to comfort patients.

Family medicine resident pauses to bring some compassion to patients through music

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Recalibrating Airmen: Physical Therapy team provides blueprint for recovery

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12/17/2015

Air Force Staff Sgt. Jamey, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron member, runs through an agility exercise at undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.

Physical therapy experts become a part of the rebuilding process, assessing injuries and developing plans for Airmen to bounce back from damage their bodies have suffered

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'Diving' promotes healing in 59th MDW's hyperbaric chamber

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12/14/2015

Air Force Col. Michael Richards, 59th Hyperbaric Medicine Flight commander, observes as Air Force Staff Sgt. Sherri Jones, hyperbaric medical technician, demonstrates the controls of the monoplace hyperbaric chamber at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

The 59th Medical Specialties Squadron's Hyperbaric Medicine Flight use two hyperbaric chambers to treat patients

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Brig. Gen. Patrick Sargent highlights the value of collaboration

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12/3/2015

Army Brig. Gen. Patrick Sargent, leader of the enhanced Multi-Service Market in Hawaii, highlighted the value of collaboration in improving health care access in markets across the country during his presentation at Federal Health 2015. Sargent applauded the value of the newly introduced Nurse Advice Line, “we are getting our patients to the right care, at the right time, and with lower cost with this service.” He also spotlighted programs in San Antonio that led to the recapture of important specialty orthopedic care. “Looking at healthcare delivery from a market perspective helps you look at healthcare from a patient perspective — common approaches to appointing, referrals and health care information helps put the patient more in charge of their own care." Federal Health 2015, hosted by AMSUS, The Society of Federal Health Professionals, is an annual continuing education meeting. (Courtesy photo)

Brig. Gen. Patrick Sargent speaks at Federal Health 2015. Federal Health 2015, hosted by AMSUS, The Society of Federal Health Professionals, is an annual continuing education meeting.

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Physical therapy Airmen provide healing touch

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12/2/2015

Air Force Staff Sgt. Amber Coley (bottom), a 4th Medical Operations Squadron physical therapy technician, demonstrates an exercise for Tech. Sgt. Jared Rhynehart, a 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron lead support team member, during a rehabilitation session. The physical therapists assign several different exercises per session with difficulty dependent on the patient’s injury or pain area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ashley Williamson)

With today's Air Force being the smallest it has been, mitigating lost days due to injury is of the utmost importance

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Transition and residency programs create professional AFMS nurses

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11/27/2015

Two Air Force residency nurses practice patient care on a simulated patient.

Three years ago, the Air Force Medical Service implemented two new programs to better prepare novice nurses

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Air Force revamping Flight and Operational Medicine

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11/25/2015

United States Air Force Medical Service Seal

The Air Force Medical Service is restructuring Flight and Operational Medicine into two distinct clinics

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Belvoir Hospital Nurses earn 'CNOR Strong' certification

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11/23/2015

The Competency and Credentialing Institute recently named Fort Belvoir Community Hospital as a "CNOR Strong" facility

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Healthcare workers aim to perfect patient care experience across National Capital Region

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11/10/2015

Dr. Jonathan Woodson, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, addresses healthcare leaders from across the National Capital Region Multi-Service Market at the Fall Quality Training Symposium on Fort Belvoir Nov. 10. The all-day event featured several civilian and military healthcare professionals presenting on the symposium theme, "Perfecting the Patient Experience and Culture of Quality." (DoD photo by Reese Brown)

Leaders in the civilian healthcare industry and the Military Health encouraged healthcare workers to focus on humanizing the patient experience and improving safety

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Air Force medical laboratories - a culture all their own

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11/9/2015

An Air Force laboratory technician holds up a blood culture sample that was placed in a controlled environment in the laboratory.

Whether tinkering on analyzers to get accurate results or ensuring the temperature is just right for samples, reagents and reserve blood units, the team of lab technicians at Osan is prepared to take care of patients

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MiCARE provides faster care

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11/5/2015

MiCARE is a secure on-line messaging service between patients and their health care team

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Trauma team delivers critical care, saves lives in Afghanistan

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10/2/2015

U.S. Airmen and Soldiers transport an injured Afghan National Defense and Security Forces soldier who sustained trauma from a gunshot to the Craig Joint Theater Hospital for surgery at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Sept. 26, 2015. The CJTH provides surgical capabilities in trauma, general surgery, orthopedics, neurosurgery, urology, vascular surgery and otolaryngology, all of which are critical to helping 98 percent of patients who come to the hospital survive their injuries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford)

On the combat frontier, the ability to deliver advanced medical care usually means the difference between life and death for injured service members

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Small team keeps hospital ready to save lives

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9/28/2015

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Scott Hatch, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group biomedical equipment technician and Craig Joint Theater Hospital facility manager, performs maintenance on a blood testing machine at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford)

Before a medical technician can take a patient's vital signs or a surgeon can operate, they must first have a facility and medical equipment that is ready to go.

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Retired general rehabs at hospital he once commanded

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9/17/2015

Physical therapy technician Troy Hopkins assists retired Maj. Gen. William L. Moore Jr. at the Center for the Intrepid, Brooke Army Medical Center’s outpatient rehabilitation facility on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.

A retired major general has high praise for the health care he oversaw more than two decades ago

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USU ocular trauma course critical for teaching advanced eye surgery, maintaining medical readiness

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9/10/2015

Col. Randall Beatty, 332nd Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron ophthalmologist and orbital oculoplastics specialist, operates on a trauma patient here who sustained extensive eye injures during a combat operation in Iraq.

Engineering has advanced substantially during the past 20 years to use smaller and more effective instruments to perform vitrectomy

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