June 14, 2024

New Patient Resources Section on TRICARE Website

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Check out the new Patient Resources section on tricare.mil. This section makes it easy to find forms, track your health records, learn about disaster alerts, and more.

June 14, 2024

BAMC scores high marks on patient care surveys

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Brooke Army Medical Center scored high marks and positive feedback from patients on both inpatient

June 14, 2024

Shots fired: BAMC combat medic reacts on instincts

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — After work on Feb. 19, U.S. Army Spc. Anne Koller heard voices and went outside of her house to see

June 13, 2024

Walter Reed Hosts Interservice Physician Assistant Program Graduation at USO

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center proudly announces the graduation of 1st Lt. Joseph Love of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, and U.S. Army Capt. Maria Bienhoff, both of whom completed a rigorous program earning their master’s degrees under the auspices of the Interservice Physician Assistant Program (IPAP).

June 12, 2024

Raising awareness about PTSD

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, Md. — Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month is observed during June to help spread the word that currently in the United States, approximately 12 million people (about six of every 100) live with PTSD, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Treatment for PTSD works, and help is available at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and throughout the Military Health System.

June 11, 2024

Trauma Capstone trains TAMC’s medical residents for deployed environment

Tripler Army Medical Center — As military medical residents assigned to Tripler Army Medical Center approach their Graduate Medical Education graduation and prepare for their next assignments, they have one final hurdle: the GME Trauma Capstone. Seventy-three graduating resident physicians participated this month in this year’s Trauma Capstone, held at the Medical Simulation Training Center, Schofield Barracks.

June 11, 2024

Understand How TRICARE Covers Infertility Diagnosis and Treatment

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Do you think you or your partner may be dealing with infertility? Learn about how TRICARE covers certain diagnosis and treatment options.

June 11, 2024

Wright-Patterson Medical Center Earns An ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group

Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio — The Wright-Patterson Medical Center earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a

June 11, 2024

Walter Reed Champions Holistic Health Care During Cancer Survivorship Day Open House

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, Md. — The atmosphere inside the Murtha Cancer Center (MCC) on Cancer Survivorship Day, June 6, 2024, resembled a reunion filled with cancer survivors, caretakers, and health care professionals all reconnecting and championing the goal of living with passion and purpose. MCC is the only Department of Defense Center of Excellence for cancer, and in 2023 published a groundbreaking, collaborative study indicating that cancer patients treated within the Military Health System (MHS) generally received earlier cancer diagnoses than privately insured or Medicaid patients.

June 11, 2024

United for Success: Soldiers and Teachers Work Together Through Partners in Education (PIE)

June 10, 2024 — From fall 2023 to May 2024, Fort Middle School faced a critical need to improve its 8th graders' Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS) test scores to retain magnet academy funding. Martin Army Community Hospital joined forces with the school in a powerful collaboration known as PIE.