Heroes of Military Medicine take the stage at D.C. ceremony

A combination of military medical professionals and civilian and military patients were honored Thursday, May 5, 2016, during the Heroes of Military Medicine Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.

During Nurses Week, Nurse Advice Line emphasizes value to moms in the military

During National Nurses Week (May 6-12), read more about how the Nurse Advice Line is helping new moms in the military.

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

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

TRICARE Facts and Figures

Military Health System Facts & Figures

Patient Centered Practice Hours

This memorandum encourages Air Force military treatment facilities to establish more patient-centered clinic hours.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 4/20/2016
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Satisfaction and Access, Access to Health Care

DHA Medical Logistics ensures right materials are available for the right care

Defense Health Agency Medical Logistics system considers patient needs above costs, while still searching for the best bargains for our tax dollars

MHS must ‘recapture’ care from civilian health providers

Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director, Defense Health Agency, spoke before the Society of American GastroIntestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) annual conference in Boston

USS Eisenhower medical team performs shipboard surgery

USS Eisenhower has full surgery capabilities and a surgical team for emergencies

SAMMC’s trauma mission benefits San Antonio, medical readiness

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

DoD, VA kick off interagency effort for coordination of complex care

The DoD and VA announced an ongoing effort to ease the transition for service members requiring complex care management as they transition from the DoD system of health care to the VA, or within each system

Air Force Medical Service is improving access to care

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

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

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

Army provides dental care, education to local village

The dental civic action program (DENTCAP), aims to provide emergency dental procedures, basic extractions and dental education

Army physicians use creative solutions to treat child

Doctors were at a loss for how to treat the wounds that had been plaguing their young patient

Eglin hospital delivers unprecedented, complete cardiac care

Eglin’s hospital uses new capability - the cardiac catheterization