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Mentorship, vigilance helped 97 MDG Airman identify life-threatening condition

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Natalie Neff, an Aerospace Medical Technician assigned to the 97th Medical Group, takes a patient’s blood pressure at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., Dec. 6, 2019. Training and mentorship helped Neff handle a recent situation in which an Airman’s life was on the line. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Klemm)
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MHS GENESIS a force multiplier, one read at a time

U.S. Navy Cmdr. David C. Jannotta, Naval Hospital Bremerton radiologist, conducts real-time provider to provider consultation on X-rays sent from 92nd Medical Group at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, which is using MHS GENESIS. The electronic health record has enabled connectivity between the Navy and Air Force military treatment facilities with convenient, timely, and expert interpretation for radiology studies, improving on previous routines that would routinely take 24 to 48 hours. MHS GENESIS allows Naval Hospital Bremerton to ensure 92nd Medical Group providers have results under 30 minutes, allowing for spot disposition for their active duty and beneficiaries patients. (U.S. Navy photo by Douglas H. Stutz).
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MHS GENESIS enabler to more effective military health system

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Lee Payne, director for Combat Support at the Defense Health Agency, discusses the transformative effects of MHS GENESIS, the Department of Defense’s new electronic health record, during the 2019 Society of Federal Health Professionals’ annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland. Payne explained that the new electronic health record will ensure high quality care for patients while protecting the safety and security of patient information. MHS GENESIS will deploy in phases to all DoD military treatment facilities by 2023. (Defense Health Agency photo)
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MHS GENESIS goes live at next wave of military treatment facilities

Sean Harap, Tripler Army Medical Center physician, performs a physical exam for U.S. Air Force Capt. Joshua Gscheidmeier, 128th Air Refueling Wing, at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 8, 2014. The Nurse Advice Line is set to offer TRICARE beneficiaries an alternative to getting medical care starting May 30. The advice line is designed to offer patients a way to receive medical assessment, information, direction and care before choosing whether or not visiting an emergency room is necessary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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MHS GENESIS helps DGMC deliver life-saving blood

A1C Jakub Lopez, blood bank technician, scanning a unit of blood into MHS GENESIS inventory. MHS GENESIS serves as both an electronic health record and electronic blood management system. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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MHS GENESIS: Continuing to make progress

Navy Vice Adm. Raquel C. Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, and Ms. Stacy Cummings, Program Executive Officer for Defense Health Management Systems, answer questions about the progress of MHS GENESIS electronic Health record during the 2018 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium in Orlando, Florida, July 24, 2018. (Military Health System Communications Office photo)
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MHS leaders discuss future of military medicine during AMSUS panel

The military’s top medical leaders pose for a photo after presenting Senior Leadership Panel at Defense during the 2020 Association of Military Surgeons of the United States’ annual meetings. (Military Health System photo by Jacob Moore)
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MiCARE patient request checks

Captain Jennifer Varney checks MiCARE for patient requests at the Family Health Clinic at Maxwell Air Force Base. Photo credit: Captain Jennifer Varney.
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Midnight Sun Guardian aerospace medicine Airman impacts the mission

Alaska Air National Guard Senior Airman Loida Torres Román is a 176th Medical Group health-systems technician at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Torres Román earned national top honors as the Air National Guard’s Aerospace Medicine Airman of the year for 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard)
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Midnight Sun Guardian aerospace medicine Airman impacts the mission

Alaska Air National Guard Senior Airman Loida Torres Román, a 176th Medical Group health-systems technician, logs lab samples at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2020. Torres Román earned national top honors as the Air National Guard’s Aerospace Medicine Airman of the year for 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard)
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Military dentists thrive in Appalachian Care 2019’s joint-service training environment

U.S. Navy Reserve Lt. Cdr. Nathan Ocasio, dentist, Expeditionary Medical Facility Dallas One, Ft. Worth, Texas, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephen Clark, dental technician, 88th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, provide dental care during Innovative Readiness Training Appalachian Care 2019 at Wise County Fairgrounds, Wise, Va., Aug. 19, 2019. Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training 2019 takes place Aug. 16-29, 2019, to care for the medically underserved communities of Wise, Virginia while simultaneously conducting deployment and readiness training for military personnel. Innovative Readiness Training is the only hands-on training opportunity authorized to operate within the U.S. During Appalachian Care IRT 2019, medical operations will be staged at one physical location at Wise County Fairgrounds. The Appalachian Care IRT 2019 team provides medical, dental, optometry and veterinary care to assist local health and municipal authorities in addressing underserved and unmet community health and civic needs. Units also conduct critical mission training and logistical movement in order to simulate hands-on deployment readiness operations and health care delivery in the time of crisis, conflict or disaster (Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Andrew Layton).
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Military health care consolidation moves to next phase

Mark Marsico, an occupational therapist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., cares for a patient who has a wrist injury, March 28, 2019. (Department of Defense photo by Mark Oswell)
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Military health: All for one, one for all

From left, Retired Army Maj. Gen. Richard Thomas, president of Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Navy Rear Adm. Colin Chinn, Joint Staff surgeon; Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Air Force surgeon general; Navy Vice Adm. Forrest Faison III, Navy surgeon general; Army Maj. Gen. Ronald Place, for the Army surgeon general; Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency; and Tom McCaffery, acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. (Courtesy photo)
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Military hospital support to FEMA to begin in four states, expands in two states

Caroline Sirvano, left, a respiratory therapist at Central Maine Medical Center, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Alexander DiGregorio, right, an internal medicine physician assigned to the military medical team deployed to Lewiston, Maine, provide care to a patient as part of COVID-19 response operations, Feb. 1, 2022. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the whole-of-government COVID-19 response. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kaden Pitt) (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out identification badges.)
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Military medical heroes honored for service above and beyond

Four of the awardees participated remotely during the Angels of the Battlefield Awards ceremony held virtually in Washington, D.C. this October. (DoD Courtesy Photo)
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Military medical team in Yuma tests patients for COVID-19

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bradley Gorman, a medical technician assigned to a military medical team deployed to Yuma, Arizona, performs a nasal swab at the Yuma Regional Medical Center’s COVID-19 testing drive-thru in Yuma, Jan. 17. The U.S. Air Force medical team is deployed in support of continued Department of Defense COVID-19 response operations to help communities in need. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible DoD support to the whole-of-government COVID-19 response. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Barnes)
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Military medicine heroes recognized for COVID-19 pandemic response

U.S. Army General Gustave Perna credited “the true unsung heroes” of the COVID-19 pandemic, “the over 100,000 Americans who supported clinical trials, who made delivering hundreds of millions of vaccines possible.” Perna made his remarks virtually to the Henry Jackson Foundation “Heroes of Military Medicine” awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., where he was honored for his senior leadership of the COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutics effort, May 6, 2021. (Courtesy of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.)
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Military medicine heroes recognized for COVID-19 pandemic response

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Ronald Place, DHA Director, tells attendees at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine awards ceremony that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a lifetime impact on how military medicine is conducted, May 6, 2021. (Courtesy of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.)
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Military medicine heroes recognized for COVID-19 pandemic response

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michelle Colacicco-Mayhugh accepts her 2021 “Heroes of Military Medicine” honor at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine awards ceremony, May 6, 2021. (Courtesy of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.)
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Military working dogs keep their bite with the help of Air Force dentists

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brent Waldman, left, assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group, performs a root canal on Arthur, a military working dog, after he fractured his tooth during a training exercise. U.S. Army Pfc. Landon Kelsey, right, a military working dog handler assigned to the 1st Armored Division, accompanies Arthur during the procedure in an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 30, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Jonathan Hehnly)
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