During December, the Military Health System offers a look back at the highlights of 2016. The Military Health System experienced many changes and achievements in 2016.
- We began 2016 fighting the invisible enemy of vector-borne diseases worldwide.
- We raised public awareness about the health benefits of tobacco-free living, mental health resources for military members and the power of one person to recognize the warning signs of suicide and intervene to save another person's life.
- We continue to lead innovation in trauma care, rehabilitation, prosthetics and regenerative medicine.
- We launched a new Drug Take Back Program at military pharmacies across the U.S.
- We are wrapping up the year by implementing the first of many benefit changes for mental health and substance use disorder.
Among the many historic milestones in 2016 was the change in leadership in the Military Health System and the Defense Health Agency. Throughout it all, we've remained on the cutting edge of medical research and development and maintained an agile, fully-deployable medical force capable of meeting the complex and ever changing demands of military medicine in the 21st century.
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Fact Sheet
12/7/2016
This fact sheet describes the Department of Defense’s (DoD) electronic health record, officially named MHS GENESIS. MHS GENESIS will establish seamless medical data sharing between the DoD, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the private sector.
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12/5/2016
The center comes under formal control of the Defense Health Agency Dec. 11, 2016
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12/5/2016
The Military Health System has been at the forefront of research innovation through the U.S. Military HIV Research Program
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12/1/2016
Tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for building a winter emergency kit.
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Winter Safety
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11/25/2016
Collaboration between the services improves access to care, removes unnecessary redundancies, reduces variation in care, and will ultimately improve patient experiences
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11/23/2016
Winter defensive driving is more than just maintaining control on snowy, icy roads
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11/18/2016
Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, Defense Health Agency director, told the approximately 400 attendees of the Air Force Medical Service’s Senior Leadership Workshop that supporting the services is one of her top priorities
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11/17/2016
This report provides an update on interdepartmental actions during 2015 and 2016 to fulfill the ITF recommendations, and outline continuing efforts to further improve mental health treatment and programs for Veterans, Service members, and their families.
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Mental Health Care, DoD/VA Sharing Initiatives
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11/17/2016
The 2016 Annual Report of the Interagency Task Force on Military and Veterans Mental Health addresses several key areas in care, including how to improve the transition from military health care to the VA
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11/16/2016
This trifold brochure offers questions and answers about MHS GENESIS, the new electronic health record.
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