Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer Benedict Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton Radiologic technologists are some of the unsung and almost unseen heroes in the healthcare world. Yet the imaging technology they employ is eye-opening. The hospital corpsmen trained as radiologic technologists are invaluable in providing high-definition imagery for radiologists […]
Story by Elaine Sanchez Defense Health Network Central The 6th Medical Group continues to offer a full spectrum of health care services to beneficiaries in the Tampa Bay region after two back-to-back monster storms recently struck the west coast of Florida. With support from medical teams across the enterprise, the group from MacDill Air Force […]
Story by Cmdr. Jenny Paul U.S. Naval Hospital Rota ROTA, Spain – The U.S. Naval Hospital Rota (USNH Rota) is resuming labor and delivery services on November 7, after six weeks of referring labor and delivery patients to local healthcare facilities. As a small military medical treatment facility (MTF) in southern Spain, USNH Rota relies […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency With 2025 just around the corner, you may be starting to consider your family’s health needs for next year. There may be changes to your TRICARE health plan costs starting Jan. 1, 2025. Depending on your plan, these costs may include enrollment fees, premiums, cost-shares, and copayments. Note: TRICARE costs […]
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel Naval Medical Center San Diego Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego’s Lt. Megan Walsh represents the hospital and the Navy in the Armed Services Championship during the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 27. With this year’s Marine Corps Marathon theme, “Celebrating Women in […]
Story by Kirk Frady Medical Readiness Command, Europe GARMISCH, Germany – More than 300 U.S. military medical leaders, healthcare providers and civilian medical counterparts from across Europe, Africa and the continental United States took part in the 2024 Health and Readiness Symposium held Nov. 5 – 8 in Garmisch, Germany. The primary focus of the […]
Story by Russell Tafuri Blanchfield Army Community Hospital FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (Nov. 7, 2024) –U.S. Army Medical Department Activity, Fort Campbell, more commonly known as Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, received the Army Superior Unit Award for its outstanding meritorious service in support of COVID-19 response from March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021. Given by […]
Story by Paul Lagasse Medical Research and Development Command FORT DETRICK, Md. – Artificial intelligence is dramatically reshaping the way new medicines are developed, allowing researchers to accelerate the discovery of new drugs, improve their accuracy and effectiveness and reduce development costs – advances that researchers at the Medical Research and Development Command are employing […]
Courtesy Story Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Congress first appropriated funds to the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs for lung cancer research in FY09, establishing the Lung Cancer Research Program. In FY24, the LCRP received $25 million in appropriations and supports research to reduce the burden of lung cancer and improve the lives of Service […]
Story by Christopher Delano Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune (NMCCL) staff are being recognized for their outstanding work in the Defense Health Network (DHN) Atlantic’s Joint Outpatient Experience Survey (JOES) “Best of the Best” report for the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2024. JOES, administered by the Office of the […]