June 21, 2022

BJACH partners with Cabrini for respiratory training

FORT POLK, La. — Respiratory specialists from Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, recently completed training at CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana.

June 17, 2022

Independence Day Holiday Hours

Fort Rucker Army Base, AL — Friday, July 1: Training Holiday, Closing at 1200 Monday, July 4: Holiday Observed, Closed Sick Call and Pharmacy services also close during clinic closures.

June 17, 2022

Juneteenth Holiday

Fort Rucker Army Base, AL — Monday, June 20: Juneteenth Holiday, Closed Sick Call and Pharmacy services also close during clinic closures.

June 17, 2022

School Sports Physicals Update

Fort Rucker Army Base, AL — Please schedule Sports Physical Appointments with your PCM as soon as possible as appointments in the late Summer and Fall will be limited due to our new Electronic Health Record transition to MHS GENESIS. Central Appointment Line: 800-261-7193

June 17, 2022

Lyster Army Health Clinic welcomes new commander

Fort Rucker Army Base, AL — Lt. Col. Garrett Holt assumed command of the Lyster Army Health Clinic from Lt. Col. Danielle Rodondi during a change of command ceremony at the Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker on June 7. The audience was much different from when Lt. Col. Rodondi first accepted command in June 2020 in a virtual ceremony during the height of the COVID pandemic with just ten persons in attendance at the museum. During Tuesday’s event, community leaders, colleagues, family, and friends gathered to watch the time honored tradition, the Change of Command Ceremony.

June 17, 2022

BH Welcome Packet

Carlisle Barracks, PA — To view our Behavioral Health Welcome packet, click HERE.

June 17, 2022

New clinics bringing health care closer to Marines, Sailors

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — Active duty service members aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune will soon have closer options for their health care needs. Since 2013, the Defense Health Agency has worked closely with Navy and Marine Corps counterparts to visualize and build Marine Centered Medical Homes (MCMH). These state-of-the-art clinics are scheduled to open throughout the next few years.

June 16, 2022

Continuous Glucose Monitors Now Available as a TRICARE Pharmacy Benefit

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — If you use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), you’re in luck. TRICARE Pharmacy Program now covers two brands of CGMs. These are the Abbott FreeStyle Libre 2 and the Dexcom G6. Previously, CGMs were only available as durable medical equipment (DME) under the TRICARE medical benefit. CGMs continue to be covered as a DME medical benefit, but they’re also now available as part of your pharmacy benefit.

June 15, 2022

Emergency Medicine training for the combat medic to the physician

Graduating Tri-Service (Army, Navy and Air Force) emergency and family medicine residents, nurses, combat medics, surgeons and an array of other medical personnel, enduring one of the most hottest months in central Texas this year, completed a week long Joint Emergency Medical Exercise (JEMX) June 10.

June 15, 2022

BJACH discusses Men’s Health – Part 3: Capt. Gregory DeRose Jr.

FORT POLK, La. — June is Men’s Health Month and the Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital public affairs officer discussed the topic of men’s health with providers and health care professionals at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.