CRDAMC PAO

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.

The National Capital Region Pain Initiative (NCRPI) and Tele-pain Initiative recently earned the Ready Reliable Care (RRC) High Reliability Organization (HRO) Award for its tele-pain program focused on patient centeredness and providing care for Military Health System beneficiaries located at sites where a pain management specialty team may not be available but the beneficiary can still receive pain management care.

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.

Army Col. (Dr.) Jason Hawksworth, a transplant surgeon at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, participate in a transplant at WRNMMC where in 2019 the WRNMMC Organ Transplant Service team performed the first fully robotic living donor nephrectomy surgery in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore region.

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.

FORT BELVOIR, VA. (February 23, 2023)--Concentration, focus, and professionalism are 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. Combining the VELYS with their existing ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) protocols work hand-in-hand to achieve a combined goal of expert, safe, and compassionate patient care. The Belvoir Hospital is a 120-bed, 1.3 million-square-foot military community hospital that serves a regional population of 250,000 personnel with about 100,000 enrollees receiving inpatient and specialty care services supported by 55 specialty clinics, a Warrior Pavilion (for combat injured/wounded/ ill), Inpatient Addictions Program, and three satellite family health centers at the Pentagon, Dumfries and Fairfax, Va. (Department of Defense photos by Reese Brown) (Department of Defense photos by Reese Brown)

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.

BAMC Auxiliary grants support patients, staff

March 22, 2023

BAMC Auxiliary grants support patients, staff

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FOR SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The Brooke Army Medical Center Auxiliary held its annual Welfare Recognition Ceremony March 9.For

A dentist probes a woman's teeth with dental tools

March 22, 2023

Before Seeing the Dentist, Learn What TRICARE Dental Program Covers

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Whether you’re seeing the dentist for a routine checkup or getting emergency dental care, the TRICARE Dental Program (TDP) covers a wide variety of dental services. It’s important to know which services TDP covers before your next dental visit.

NDAFW

March 21, 2023

Information Table Raises Awareness on National Drugs and Alcohol Facts Week

WRNMMC, BETHESDA, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s (WRNMMC) Drug and Alcohol Program Advisors (DAPA) hosted National Drugs and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW) information table, Mar. 17. NDAFW is a week-long, health observance where stakeholders, including health care providers engage in dialogue with young adults and teens about the risk of substance abuse and addiction.

Louisiana National Guard, BJACH all ears for hearing conservation training

March 21, 2023

Louisiana National Guard, BJACH all ears for hearing conservation training

FORT POLK, La. — The Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital Department of Public Health hosted the Louisiana National Guard on March 20 and 21 for the hearing technician certification course and occupational hearing conservationist certification workshop at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

*Training* Hospital Corpsman Second Class Angel Hernandez treats his assigned casualty, a mannequin, while conducting Tactical Combat Casualty Care on March 17 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. The training includes two days of classroom instruction and culminates in a practical exercise involving mannequins equipped to simulate battlefield casualties.

March 20, 2023

Cherry Point Sailors Refine Battlefield Medicine Skills

MCAS Cherry Point — Sailors in Eastern North Carolina refined their battlefield medicine skills through realistic, stressful training March 17, 2023 on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

Group photo

March 17, 2023

U.S. Navy Corpsman Earns Challenging Expert Field Medical Badge, takes “Top Doc”

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD — Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Weston Moore, assigned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), earned the U.S. Army Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) and earned “Top Doc” by finishing with the highest score.

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