April 20, 2023

BJACH promotes child abuse prevention with pinwheel planting

FORT JOHNSON, La. — Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital and Parkway Elementary School planted pinwheels April 19 to raise awareness and prioritize the prevention of child abuse during the Month of the Military Child at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

April 19, 2023

Near-death experience gives military chaplain new lease on life

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — He had lost his family, his home and nearly his job, but it took a near-death experience for Lt.

April 18, 2023

Living Overseas? Here’s How TRICARE Covers Telemedicine

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Depending on the country they’re in, TRICARE Overseas Program enrollees may be able to get telemedicine care from the comfort of their home. In recent years, the TRICARE Overseas contractor, International SOS, expanded telemedicine services in line with the new telemedicine laws in many countries.

April 18, 2023

BJACH Big Latch On brings community together to support breastfeeding

FORT JOHNSON, La. — Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital hosted the Global Big Latch On, April 16 to promote and provide breastfeeding support to Soldiers and Families at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

April 18, 2023

Providers collaborate to improve patient care

Fort Novosel, AL — Lyster Army Health Clinic and Humana Military hosted their seventh annual TRICARE Collaboration Event April 18 at The Landing welcoming community healthcare providers to Fort Novosel. The event gathers TRICARE network providers to enhance relationships, optimize Military Treatment Facility care and satisfaction while affording an opportunity for the military physicians and civilian providers to meet and talk medicine.

April 17, 2023

BACH Mom & Me provides specialized support to military families

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, Kentucky — There was a party recently during Blanchfield Army Community Hospital’s breastfeeding support group, Mom & Me. BACH outpatient certified lactation consultant Audrey Sundbye and Women’s Health Clinic nurse Gimmena Doolittle had a framed certificate and a graduation cap for one young member. Group moms and babies gathered round in support and a dinosaur birthday cake was nearby. Group participant U.S. Army Spc. Jacqueline Kerchner’s son turned 1-year old and reached the 12-month milestone for breast feeding.

April 17, 2023

BACH ICU joins DHA’s Joint Tele-Critical Care Network

Fort Campbell, Kentucky — Blanchfield Army Community Hospital is the latest military treatment facility in the Military Health System to join the Defense Health Agency’s Joint Tele-Critical Care Network. The JTCCN virtually integrates 24/7 access to highly skilled critical care physicians, or intensivists, from DHA medical centers, or “hubs”, like Naval Medical Center San Diego and Brook Army Medical Center, with “satellite” intensive care units at nearly 20 military treatment facilities worldwide.

April 17, 2023

Donate Life Month: WRNMMC at the Forefront in Kidney Transplant

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) is at the forefront of organ transplant services in the Department of Defense (DOD) and is the only DOD military treatment facility (MTF) to perform kidney transplants.

April 17, 2023

City-wide exercise tests BAMC’s response capabilities

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Brooke Army Medical Center participated in a large-scale, city-wide mass casualty exercise April

April 17, 2023

More than 70 entries in Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's 13th Annual Research Symposium

MARINE CORPS CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune hosted the 13th Annual Research Symposium on April 13, 2023. This year’s entries more than doubled the 2022 entry numbers.