March 29, 2023

BJACH hosts hospital-wide skills fair

FORT POLK, La. — Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital hosted a skills fair on March 21 and 22 at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana. The purpose of the event was to provide hospital clinicians with state-of-the-art training and help military providers complete individual task list requirements.

March 29, 2023

North Carolina native evolves from ED Nurse to ED Physician

After many years of working in the emergency department (ED), then emergency nurse Vicki Lanier, made the decision to attend medical school and become an emergency medicine physician.

March 28, 2023

Peer Experts Step Up to Support MHS GENESIS Transition at Walter Reed

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — Now that MHS GENESIS, the Department of Defense’s (DOD) new electronic health record system, has been successfully implemented at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), a dedicated group of peer experts is lending their support.

March 28, 2023

MHS GENESIS Launches Across Meade Medical Department Activity

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. — The Fort Meade Medical Department Activity—which includes Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center and the Andrew Rader, Barquist, Dunham and Kirk Army Health Clinics—officially launched the Military Health System’s new electronic health record, MHS GENESIS, Mar. 25.

March 28, 2023

Brain Injury Awareness Month: Highlighting the Intrepid Spirit Concussion Recovery Clinic

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — With March as Brain Injury Awareness Month, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is highlighting the importance of recognizing and receiving proper treatment for brain injuries.

March 25, 2023

Walter Reed ‘flips the switch’ and welcomes MHS GENESIS

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, welcoming MHS GENESIS, the Department of Defense’s (DOD) new electronic health record (EHR) for the Military Health System.

March 23, 2023

CRDAMC hosts Centering Pregnancy after three-year hiatus

Fourteen expectant mothers joined Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Women’s Health Center staff for the first Centering Pregnancy session since 2020 at the hospital March 22. Designed by the Centering Healthcare Institute, a non-profit organization that provides more effective prenatal care training to hospitals such as CRDAMC, Centering Pregnancy is group prenatal care bringing women out of examination rooms and into a more comfortable group setting.

March 23, 2023

Tele-Pain and Patient-Centered Initiative Earns Ready Reliable Care, High Reliability Organization Award

WRNMMC, BETHESDA, Md. — The Tele-Pain and Patient-Centeredness initiative at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) earned a High Reliability in Health Care Award, announced during the annual meeting of AMSUS held at the National Harbor in Maryland Feb. 13-16.

March 23, 2023

National Kidney Month: WRNMMC’s kidney transplant program ranks as 5-star

WRNMMC, BETHESDA, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is the only Department of Defense military medical treatment facility (MTF) that performs kidney transplants, and the Organ Transplant Service at WRNMMC has been rated as one of the top transplant programs in the nation.

March 22, 2023

Belvoir Hospital Reaches Milestone with Robotic-Assisted Joint Replacement Surgery

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Concentration, focus, and professionalism were on full display during a robotic-assisted joint replacement surgery at the Belvoir Hospital February 23, 2023. The hospital is the first medical treatment facility in the Defense Health Agency with this robotic-assisted platform (VELYS), and the cutting-edge technology provides the joint replacement surgeons an unparalleled amount of real-time surgical data. Leveraging this technology greatly increases and enables consistent, reproducible, and accurate surgical bone cuts and gives instantaneous feedback in real-time.