Nov. 4, 2013 2013 Pharmacy Technician Certification Board recognizes Airman MSgt. Jessica Hughes, 87 MDSS, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakenhurst, N.J., receives the 2013 Pharmacy Technician Certification Board's Certified Pharmacy Technician of the Year award during a ceremony Oct. 29, in recognition of her support to more than 900 patients as pharmacy technician during a 2008
Oct. 31, 2013 Affordable Care Act has little effect on TRICARE beneficiaries The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is now in effect. The new law has some military members, retirees and TRICARE beneficiaries wondering how it will affect them. For most TRICARE beneficiaries, it won't have any effect. Beneficiaries who receive benefits under any TRICARE program meet
Oct. 30, 2013 Air Force medical facilities earn top honors from The Joint Commission Three Air Force Medical Service military treatment facilities (MTFs) earned top accreditation honors recently by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America, for exemplary performance and were named among the nation's Top Performers on Key Quality
Oct. 30, 2013 AF selects 87 for medical squadron command More than 80 officers from five medical career fields have been selected for squadron command, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. The 87 selected were among 127 candidates selected by developmental teams that convened in June. Candidates who are not on the selection list will remain
Oct. 30, 2013 Not just an average drug store Keeping base personnel healthy is a team effort for the 380th Expeditionary Medical Group. Public health ensures the base common areas stay clean, doctors and independent duty medical technicians diagnose and treat patients and dental ensures members keep chomping along. The last stop for many
Oct. 29, 2013 Diagnosis fails to stop Airman, Reservist in her tracks Ashley Bean had become interested in running marathons after participating in two overseas. She even planned on running in two more this year. Bean was preparing for an upcoming marathon and made a goal to beat her old time, but that all changed this summer.After having migraines and dizzy spells at
Oct. 29, 2013 Early detection is essential to fight breast cancer October turns pink here in order to raise awareness for the more than 39,000 women who could potentially die from breast cancer, the second most common type of cancer in women.According to the American Cancer Society, more than 295,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in women throughout
Oct. 29, 2013 Violators of PII will have AFNET accounts locked Individuals who inappropriately store and transmit Personally Identifiable Information over the Air Force Network will now have their accounts locked in response to the violation. "We are taking several steps to improve notification and reporting of PII incidents," said General William L. Shelton,
Oct. 29, 2013 Maintaining healthy gums can lead to better overall health More and more today physicians are focusing on overall bodily health as opposed to treating only specific ailments as they occur, to improve quality and longevity of life. This concept has also become more important to dentists as well since research during the past two decades has shed light on the
Oct. 29, 2013 Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine welcomes Canadian instructors An international agreement signed last year that promotes mutual cooperation and interoperability between armed forces' aeromedical evacuation (AE) assets in the United States, Australia, Canada and Great Britain has gone into effect, resulting in some new faces at the U.S. Air Force School of
Oct. 28, 2013 Son of deployed Airman helps start 2013 World Series When Lindsey Miller, wife of Capt. Garrett Miller, received a call from the Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Airman and Family Readiness Center Oct. 22, little did she know she was about to answer a call from destiny.A member from the Boston Red Sox staff was on the other end offering her an
Oct. 24, 2013 AFI change simplifies fitness appeal process Airmen who fail their fitness assessment now may appeal to their wing commanders rather than submit an appeal to the Air Force Board for Corrections of Military Records, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.The appeal process change is one of several updates to Air Force Instruction 36-2905,
Oct. 24, 2013 Air Force doctor trains in local hospitals, offers medical aid on emergency runs Maj. (Dr.) Alex Keller was an emergency medical technician (EMT) first before becoming a doctor in the Air Force. His enthusiasm to help others continues being a local Paramedic/Firefighter with Bethel Township Fire Department.The major currently is in his final year of a three-year Integrated
Oct. 24, 2013 Medical Enterprise Service Desk improves service and efficiency As most Air Force military treatment facilities transition information management, information technology (IM/IT) support to the Medical Enterprise Service Desk (MESD), what does this mean for the future of medical IM/IT? Speculating the answer to this question has caused some anxiety for systems
Oct. 23, 2013 18th Medical Group trains for contingencies Master Sgt. Geisha Patton, 18th Medical Support Squadron in-place patient decontamination team chief, and Airman 1st Class Tiffany Speth, 18th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician, set up a decontamination tent for training at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 17, 2013. The tent is used to
Oct. 23, 2013 Americans, Norwegians work together to establish critical care unit Members of the Norwegian Armed Forces medical branch visited aeromedical evacuation assets assigned here, Oct. 2-4.A three-person team from the Norwegian armed forces medical branch visited Ramstein Air Base to get an overview of how the U.S. Air Force's AE and critical care aeromedical
Oct. 23, 2013 Military website teaches parenting skills Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.--A new website from the Defense Department is helping parents communicate with their children. MilitaryParenting.org is a free, online course that gives a "boot camp" approach to the basics of parenting."The demands of parenting are difficult, especially for a
Oct. 22, 2013 Joint Task Force-Bravo Provides Medical Care to more than 900 in Honduras Honduras - Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element partnered with the Honduran Ministry of Health, the Honduran military and the San Pedro Sula Medical School to provide medical care to more than 900 people in two remote villages during a Medical Readiness Exercise, Oct. 16-18."This exercise gave
Oct. 22, 2013 PSD: One shop, multi-missioned The physiological support detachment from the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron supports the squadron's operational mission by providing life support functions for pilots who fly at more than 70,000 ft. Physiological support detachment is a multi-missioned shop consisting of equipment
Oct. 18, 2013 Keesler doctor responds at high school football game A member of the Keesler Medical Center staff was in the right place at the right time Oct. 7. Maj. (Dr.) Matthew Barchie, chief of the 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron Mammography Department, was attending a football game between the ninth grade teams from Ocean Springs and D'Iberville