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  • An Airman holds up his Trusted Care badge at the Defense Health Headquarters.

    Trusted Care everywhere is not going anywhere

    As the Defense Health Agency assumes authority, direction and control of military treatment facilities, the Air Force Medical Service will remain steadfast on its Trusted Care journey towards higher reliability and Zero Harm.

  • AF deploys metrics, quantifies value of medical readiness

    As the Defense Health Agency assumes management of Air Force military treatment facilities, one of the most important challenges facing the Air Force is its ability to maintain the readiness mission hospitals and clinics support.
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    Phase 1 of DHA transition set to begin

    The Defense Health Agency will assume responsibility for the administration and management of healthcare at all military medical treatment facilities through a phased approached starting Oct. 1, 2018.
  • Defense Health Agency leaders and Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, answer questions during a medical group meeting July 30, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston. The visit provided the opportunity for the group to field and answer questions from JB Charleston leadership and Airmen at the 628th Medical Group regarding the transition to one combined administration known as DHA.

    DoD, Air Force medical leaders visit JB Charleston

    Defense Health Agency leadership visited Joint Base Charleston, July 30, 2018, to better understand the unique mission sets of the base and the needs of beneficiaries served by the 628th Medical Group as it transitions to fall under DHA management.
  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Air Force Surgeon General, right, discusses the 81st Dental Squadron clinic renovations with Thomas McCaffery, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, and U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, Defense Health Agency director, at the Keesler Medical Center during a site visit at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 27, 2018. The purpose of the visit was to get oriented with base operations and the Keesler Medical Center. The visit also included an office call with 2nd AF leadership and tours of the Clinical Research Lab and Radiology Oncology. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

    Keesler Medical Center hosts DoD medical leadership

    A Department of Defense medical leadership contingent conducted an 81st Medical Group site visit, April 27, as the first part of Keesler Medical Center’s transition to the Defense Health Agency (DHA).
  • Military health: All for one, one for all

    Military health: All for one, one for all

    The whole of the Military Health System is greater than the sum of the individual services’ parts. That was the key theme of the Defense Health Agency/Department of Defense Plenary Session on Thursday morning at the 126th annual meeting of AMSUS, the Society of Federal Health Professionals. The meeting was held at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
  • Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, Defense Health Agency director, tours the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hospital, Alaska, Aug. 18, 2016. The DHA is a joint agency that enables Army, Navy and Air Force medical services to provide a healthy force in both peacetime and war. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher R. Morales)

    DHA director visits JBER hospital with a greater healthcare vision

    The Defense Health Agency director visited the JBER hospital Aug. 18, during her tour of many healthcare facilities to determine which plans and practices need to be developed, advanced or sustained.
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