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  • Cadet Logan Lafferty, West Virginia University Detachment 915, adjusts his ear protection while waiting inside an HC-130J Combat King II during Operations Air Force 2018, July 26, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Erick Requadt)

    AF studies Total Exposure Health approach in high-noise environments

    Airmen work in challenging conditions that expose them to environmental stressors like extreme temperatures, chemicals or noise. The Air Force Medical Service is studying new and cost-effective ways to promote readiness by understanding these exposures.
  • Beale Medical Group restructures organization of Family Health Clinic

    Beale Medical Group restructures organization of Family Health Clinic

    The 9th Medical Group recently executed a restructure of its Family Health Clinic to create two units of focused care: active duty beneficiaries and all other beneficiaries.
  • PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Tech. Sgt. Monique Chamberland, 48th Medical Dental Squadron, dental laboratory technician, practices making a dental prosthesis at the Area Dental Laboratory on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Feb. 6, 2019. The National Board for Certification in Dental Laboratory Technology sends three exam proctors to the ADL to help facilitate certification exams for dental technicians across the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael E. Wykes)

    Area Dental Laboratory aims for 100 percent lab tech certification

    Dental readiness is an important aspect of keeping the Air Force fit to fight. Despite this, the dental lab technicians responsible for ensuring your readiness are not required by the Air Force to hold a certification from the National Board for Certification in Dental Laboratory Technology.
  • A diabetes specialists with the Diabetes Center of Excellence at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, conducts a diabetes and prevention ECHO session, using telehealth to provide virtual consultation and mentorship for Air Force primary care providers at different military treatment facilities, Nov. 19, 2018. Project ECHO (short for Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) was originally developed by the University of New Mexico. The AFMS began using a modified version of Project ECHO in 2012 to improve the ability to connect medical Airmen with specialty providers at other military treatment facilities using telehealth capabilities. U.S. Air Force illustration)

    Project ECHO: Using telehealth to maintain a ready medical force

    The Air Force Medical Service uses telehealth to make it easier for primary care providers to consult with specialists, creating additional learning opportunities for medical Airmen and improving patient care. Project ECHO (short for Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) was developed by the University of New Mexico. The AFMS began using a modified version in 2012 to improve the ability to connect medical Airmen with specialty providers at other military treatment facilities.
  • 48th Medical Group personnel speak with Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Feb. 28, 2019. Airmen highlighted the importance of the 48th MDG’s mission to support readiness and to improve interoperability and clinical skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Madeline Herzog)

    AF Surgeon General visits RAF Lakenheath

    Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg, surgeon general of the Air Force, and Chief Master Sgt. Steven Cum, chief of medical enlisted force and enlisted corps chief, visited the 48th Medical Group here, Feb. 28, 2019.
  • U.S. Air Force Airmen lift a CPR mannequin in a C-17 Globemaster III from Thompson Field Air National Guard Base, Mississippi for Operation Foremost Endeavor at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Feb. 20, 2019. The goal of the exercise was to give officials, observers, media personnel and players from participating organizations information they need to observe or participate in a National Disaster Medical System hospital evacuation, aeromedical evacuation and patient reception exercise. The exercise focuses on participants’ emergency response plans, policies and procedures as they pertain to a medical surge incident resulting from a disaster in the state of California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bryan Guthrie)

    Interagency exercise boosts medical readiness

    The 99th Medical Group (MDG), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) took part in an exercise called Operation Foremost Endeavor where injured individuals in a simulated disaster were airlifted to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 19.
  • Members of DLA Troop Support Medical supply chain’s Pharmaceutical Manufacturer and Distributor and Collective Customer Facing divisions pose for a photo with Medical leadership at DLA Troop Support Feb. 7, 2019 in Philadelphia.

    Medical helps prevent the flu amongst service members

    The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain procured 3.4 million influenza vaccine doses for service members around the world during the 2018-2019 Influenza Season.
  • The Air Force Health and Readiness Optimization program, HeRO, uses data to help Health Promotion teams connect with squadron leaders at their base to encourage healthy behaviors. Bad health habits lead to work-days lost due to preventable illness or injury, as well as impaired performance, which all affect mission readiness. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Josh Mahler)

    Project HeRO seeks to improve squadron health habits

    A new Air Force Health and Readiness Optimization program, or HeRO, seeks to partner with squadrons by using data to help Airmen improve health habits that impact readiness. HeRO represents a reboot of Air Force Health Promotion efforts. It is designed to target at-risk squadrons using data and evidence-based interventions to minimize work-days lost to preventable illness or injury. It rolled out at 10 sites in 2018, with plans to expand Air Force-wide in 2019.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathaniel Rasmussen, 633rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron periodic health assessment NCO in charge, shares his idea with fellow Medical Right Start Program working group members at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Jan. 23, 2019.

    Getting right for readiness

    The 633rd Medical Group implemented a new program that incorporates individual medical readiness requirements into the First-Term Airmen Course curriculum at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The Medical Right Start Program, initially launched in July 2018, aims to reduce overdue IMR statuses throughout the medical group, enabling Airmen to focus on the JBLE mission.
  • Airmen assigned to the 99th Medical Group perform in an orthopedic spine surgery at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 27, 2018. Having in-house surgeons allows patients to bypass referrals downtown. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Andrew D. Sarver)

    Virtual training platform maintains, improves military surgeon’s skills

    It is vital for medical Airmen to continuously maintain and improve their skills. To access more training opportunities, military surgeons are looking to virtual training platforms. The Air Force is working with sister services to study a virtual training platform called Crowd-Sourced Assessment of Technical Skills, or C-SATS. C-SATS provides specialized training for surgeons to further improve their specialized skills.
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