March 23, 2022

PATIENT SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK HIGHLIGHTED AT NMCP

PORTSMOUTH, Virg. — PORTSMOUTH, Va. (March 16, 2022) Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) hosted a patient appreciation and education event in honor of Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 16.

March 23, 2022

MHS GENESIS live at BJACH, JRTC, Fort Polk

FORT POLK, La. — At 7 a.m., on March 19, as the day shift assumed their duties MHS GENESIS became the new modernized electronic health record for beneficiaries of Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital.

March 23, 2022

We Are NMCCL: Meet Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Command Social Worker

NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — March is Social Work Month, and the National Association of Social Workers has designated this year’s theme as “The Time Is Right for Social Work.” During the month of March, social workers are being recognized as major influencers for social change throughout our country’s history.

March 22, 2022

How Referrals Work With Your TRICARE Prime Plan

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Are you enrolled in a TRICARE Prime plan? Then you have a primary care manager (PCM) to handle your basic primary health care services. But what if you need specialty treatment, like from a cardiologist to evaluate a possible heart problem or a dermatologist to check a mole that’s changed? In that case, your PCM needs to submit a referral for you to see a specialist.

March 21, 2022

Annie Fox bids farewell

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center bid farewell to Army Maj. Annie Fox, a mix-breed Labrador and Golden Retriever, during a special retirement ceremony March 17 in the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at WRNMMC.

March 21, 2022

Joint Incentive Fund expands optometry services to VA patients

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. — After more than 18 months of coordination between the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center welcomed the first patient Feb. 15 under a Joint Incentive Fund optometry program.

March 19, 2022

New electronic health record goes live at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune

NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — The Military Health System’s new electronic health record for Department of Defense medical sites, MHS GENESIS, is officially live at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune. At 7 a.m. on March 19, NMCCL staff began using the new system for patient care for active duty service members, retirees, and their families.

March 16, 2022

BJACH celebrates Social Workers in March

FORT POLK, La. — “The Time is Right for Social Work” is the theme of Social Work Awareness Month 2022. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics social work is the fastest growing profession in the country with more than 720,000 social workers in the United States. At the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk social workers can be found at the hospital, Army Community Service and supporting military children in the local schools.

March 16, 2022

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit reopens at BAMC

Brooke Army Medical Center reopened its Pediatric Intensive Care Unit March 1 after a two-year

March 16, 2022

New discharge lounge opens at BAMC to improve patient flow

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — On March 8 a new patient discharge lounge opened at Brooke Army Medical Center for patients