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Centering Pregnancy offers new approach to prenatal care

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6/24/2016
A couple attends a Centering Pregnancy group. Centering Pregnancy provides health assessment, education, and support for expectant parents, in a group setting facilitated by a clinician. This community approach to care allows participants to receive conventional obstetrics care and additional services such as lactation consulting and nutrition guidance- all in one setting. (Department of Defense photo by Reese Brown)

Centering Pregnancy meetings provide health assessment, education and support in a group setting facilitated by a clinician

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Walter Reed announces pilot program as part of Organ Summit

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6/14/2016
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Kidney paired donation is a transplant option for candidates who have a living donor who is medically able, but cannot donate a kidney to their intended candidate because they are incompatible

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

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5/11/2016
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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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Joint Outpatient Experience Survey to standardize feedback from MHS beneficiaries

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4/13/2016
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alecia Peel-Thompson, 18th Medical Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, checks the blood pressure of a patient.

Later this year, the Military Health System will roll out a unified outpatient survey system – a single survey for all military treatment facilities across all services.

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Belvoir Hospital “glues” its status as innovative facility with new varicose vein procedure

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4/1/2016
Marine Corps Capt. Brett Disher receives an ultrasound of his affected blood vessel prior to varicose vein correction surgery.

Fort Belvoir Community Hospital was the first military treatment facility to perform varicose vein correction using medical-grade glue

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Time has come for enterprise medicine, top DoD health official says

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3/31/2016
Image of Jonathan Woodson, M.D., Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)

The Defense Department's health care system is in need of an overhaul, and that must be a top national security requirement

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Effect of smartphones on vision and health of service members

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3/28/2016
Sleeplessness is just one of several potential outcomes from the extended use of smartphones.

VA Optometrist talks about the impact using smartphones can have on our vision and long-term health

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SAMMC’s trauma mission benefits San Antonio, medical readiness

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3/15/2016
San Antonio Military Medical Center personnel provide care to a trauma patient in the Emergency Department. SAMMC is one of two Level I Trauma Center’s in the city of San Antonio and the one Level I Trauma Center in the Department of Defense. (U.S. Army photo by Robert Whetstone)

San Antonio Military Medical Center’s emergency department is one of the largest and busiest emergency departments in south Texas

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Patient Safety Awareness Week 2016 – United for Patient Safety

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3/14/2016
Patient Safety Awareness Week

Each year, the DoD Patient Safety Program partners with the National Patient Safety Foundation to promote Patient Safety Awareness Week

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New Common Cost Accounting Structure to standardize how expenses are tracked

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3/9/2016
The Common Cost Accounting Structure will ensure that all supplies and other expenses across the Army, Navy and Air Force health care services are tracked in one system.

The new Common Cost Accounting Structure will make it easier for military hospitals and clinics to track every expense they have.

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Air Force Medical Service is improving access to care

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2/23/2016
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The AFMS, working with the other service’s medical branches at the Defense Health Headquarters, laid the foundation to move forward on improved patient access to care

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New telehealth program pilot tests ability to improve patient access, Soldier readiness

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2/23/2016
In a demonstration of the Telehealth process at Fort Campbell's Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, clinical staff nurse Army Lt. Maxx P. Mamula examines mock patient Army Master Sgt. Jason H. Alexander using a digital external ocular camera.

The Army recently launched a new program to measure the impact of technology on the time non-urgent care patients spend in busy emergency centers

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Dental health and heart health

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2/12/2016
The chronic inflammation caused by gum disease has also been associated with an increased risk for heart disease. Help prevent gum disease by getting regular dental exams and cleanings and performing proper daily brushing and flossing.

Gum disease not only affects your teeth, it can also have an increasing negative effect on your heart health

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New moms give high marks to SAMMC for labor, delivery care

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2/1/2016
Air Force 2nd Lt. Auriel Vokolek, (left), a nurse, takes newborn Isabella’s temperature as her mom, Air Force Staff Sgt. Keri Sorsby, holds her in the post-partum unit at San Antonio Military Medical Center, Jan. 25, 2016.

The San Antonio Military Medical Center remains the DoD’s highest-rated facility for maternal-child satisfaction

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Womack surgeons perform reconstructive microsurgeries

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1/22/2016
Army Lt. Col. Bradford Scanlan (left), and Army Lt. Col. Juan Ortiz (right), perform a microsurgical procedure at Womack Army Medical Center. WAMC surgeons use a microscope and precision instruments when performing intricate operations on tiny structures. (U.S. Army photo by Eve Meinhardt)

Plastic surgeons at Womack Army Medical Center primarily focus on reconstructive and medically-necessary procedures

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