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The Military Health System (MHS) is an interconnected network of Service Members whose mission is to support the lives and families of those who support our country. Everyday in the MHS advancements are made in the lab, in the field, and here at home. These are just a few articles highlighting those accomplishments that don't always make it to the front page of local papers.

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Navy Shock Trauma Platoon rehearses pediatric care, procedures

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10/18/2016
A series of Broselow pediatric emergency kits, weight-based resuscitation medical kits for children, lie atop a stretcher during pediatric malady training. Shock Trauma Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted the training during PHIBLEX 33 to prepare its Sailors to treat child patients. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)

U.S. Navy medical officers and corpsmen conducted pediatric malady training

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Health Readiness, Children's Health

Bono to women surgeons: Leadership means helping everyone live up to their potential

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10/18/2016
Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, talks to the Association of Women Surgeons meeting in Washington, D.C.

Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, related her story of how she became a female surgeon during the Association of Women Surgeons meeting in Washington, D.C.

Navy Medicine is prepared to care for women at sea

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10/17/2016
Navy Medicine treats and prevents women’s health issues around the world, including ships at sea, using innovative technology and research. The fleet ensures that its ships are equipped to support basic women’s health needs. While the depth of resources depends on the size and mission of each ship, all are equipped with emergency and routine birth control options, basic testing for sexually transmitted infections, equipment for well-woman exams and sick call examinations, and most importantly a professionally trained medical provider. (U.S. Navy photo)

Navy Medicine treats and prevents women’s health issues around the world, including at sea, using innovative technology and research

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Health Readiness, Women's Health

International leaders to discuss 21st century military health, warrior care priorities

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10/17/2016
National flags representing the 13 countries who attended the 2015 Warrior Care in the 21st Century symposium were on display at last year's event in Bethesda, Maryland

Established in 2015, the Warrior Care in the 21st Century coalition simplifies global sharing of warrior care best practices and lessons learned

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Warrior Care

Ten defendants charged in $100 Million TRICARE fraud scheme

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10/17/2016
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Special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service arrested nine defendants this week in connection with their roles in a $100 million health care fraud conspiracy perpetrated against TRICARE

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TRICARE Health Program, TRICARE Pharmacy Program, Program Integrity, Program Integrity

Fight Song: Army singer belts out beautiful tune despite PTSD

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10/17/2016
Army Staff Sgt. Tierra Brown, a 392nd Army Band vocalist, was seen by millions singing the National Anthem during the CNN Town Hall with President Barack Obama at Fort Lee, Virginia, Sept. 28. Brown, a Soldier of 14 years, has battled post-traumatic stress disorder for years. (U.S. Army photo by T. Anthony Bell)

Army Staff Sgt. Tierra Brown sang the national anthem to open the nationally televised CNN town hall featuring President Barack Obama

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Military health cybersecurity officials warn of possible pitfalls of easy access to information

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10/14/2016
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There’s more information than ever before available online. While there are advantages to that, Military Health System officials warn to be careful with the data.

Bono to AFCEA: New electronic health record is key for future of engaging military health patients

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10/14/2016
Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, said military members have to be ready to go anywhere in the world on short notice. To help solve the complexity of care with that readiness aspect, Bono pointed to the Military Health System’s new electronic health record, MHS GENESIS, as key to helping conversations between doctors and patients, no matter where people are. (Courtesy photo)

Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, spoke at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Health IT Day 2016, a gathering of approximately 1,000 federal government workers, including the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services, as well as private IT industry representatives.

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Technology, Military Health System Electronic Health Record, MHS GENESIS

Army Medicine fights cancer with advanced treatments

Article
10/13/2016
Early detection of the breast cancer can provide early treatment for the service member and or their beneficiaries. For those women diagnosed with localized (Stage 1) breast cancer there is a more than 98 percent probability that they will survive five or more years. (U.S. Air Force photo by L.A. Shively)

Army Medicine is diagnosing and treating service members with cancer using state-of-the-art techniques and tools that many civilian hospitals can't provide

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Women's Health, Military Hospitals and Clinics

Organized chaos: Corpsmen conduct hands-on training

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10/13/2016
Navy corpsmen treat a notional casualty during a training evolution on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The Navy Medical Augmentation Program Sustainment Training brings corpsmen from up and down the east coast to Camp Lejeune to get hands-on training. The corpsmen are all attached to the 2nd Medical Battalion but are assigned at different stations throughout the east coast. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jon Sosner)

Corpsmen converged on Camp Lejeune for the Navy Medical Augmentation Program Sustainment Training where they practiced skills unique to a combat zone

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Health Readiness

MHS GENESIS to launch in February 2017

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10/13/2016
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The initial deployment of MHS GENESIS, the Military Health System’s electronic health record, will take place at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., in February 2017

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Military Health System Electronic Health Record, MHS GENESIS, Electronic Health Record Modernization & Interoperability

DoD will conduct flu immunization program without FluMist

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10/12/2016
Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Carly Marcum, administers an influenza vaccination to a Sailor aboard USS John C. Stennis. This flu season, the DoD’s entire supply of flu vaccine will be injectable. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Cole C. Pielop)

The intranasal flu vaccine known as FluMist will not be available at DoD facilities or covered by TRICARE during the 2016-17 influenza season because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against using it this year

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Immunizations, Immunization Healthcare

U.S. Sailors hold medical training with Kenyan Defense Forces

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10/12/2016
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Mettler, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, races a Kenyan Defense Force combat engineer during a buddy carry lesson for the tactical combat medical training portion of Deliberate Kindle. The medical training was one portion of the course taught by Task Force Sparta, which is currently assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

U.S. Sailors taught tactical combat medical training to Kenyan Defense Force (KDF) soldiers and officers

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Department of Defense continues commitment to Global Health Security Agenda

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10/12/2016
Dr. Karen Guice, acting assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, addressed attendees on the second day of the 2016 Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Summit Sept. 14, 2016.

Department of Defense and other senior U.S. government leaders travel to the Netherlands to attend a summit on the Global Health Security Agenda

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Health Readiness, Global Health Engagement, Building Partner Capacity and Interoperability, Global Health Security Agenda, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch

Air Force, Army team save lives at the DoD’s only Level 1 trauma center

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10/11/2016
Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Kjell Ballard, emergency room resident, asks a patient to make the OK sign to check mobility of the fingers at the San Antonio Military Medical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Serving 20 counties in the Texas region, the SAMMC Emergency Department treats roughly 200 patients a day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma)

As the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the Defense Department, the medical facility is equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries

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