Lt. Col. Jerry Gostnell, certified registered nurse anesthetists from Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital instructs 1st Lt. Jennifer Pena, battalion physician assistant, 317th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division on intubating a patient and performing a cricothyrotomy during the area of concentration, individual critical task list skills fair Dec. 13 at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana as Lt. Col. Kelly Marcoux and 1st Lt. Steven Reed assist and look on.

Dec. 15, 2021

BJACH conducts skills fair for installation providers

FORT POLK, La. — Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital hosted an area of concentration, individual critical task list skills fair Dec. 13-14 at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Dec. 13, 2021

WRNMMC staff conducts Code Green emergency response exercise

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD — About 400 staff members of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center participated in a Code Green exercise Dec. 9. Staff conducted the exercise to test the hospital’s ability to respond to medical emergencies.

Newly promoted Chief Petty Officers Brooks Kuhn, Nicole Gacayan and Raymond Weeks. The three Sailors advanced to the rank of Chief Petty Officer during a ceremony held Friday, November 19 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. (Photo Illustration by Mr. Thomas Cieslak)

Dec. 13, 2021

“What you tell your Sailors and your leaders will have the weight of the anchor behind it.”

MCAS Cherry Point — The Marine Corps Cherry Point community gathered Friday, November 19 to celebrate the accomplishment and leadership of three Sailors as they achieved a milestone in their Navy careers.

Staff serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point celebrated the coming holiday season with a party on Friday, December 10. The gathering included fellowship over a meal, a gingerbread construction contest and ugly sweater competition.

Dec. 13, 2021

Cherry Point Clinic Celebrates Holiday

MCAS Cherry Point — Staff serving aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point celebrated the coming holiday season with a party on Friday, December 10. The gathering included fellowship over a meal, a gingerbread construction contest and ugly sweater competition.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s (NMCP) Mammography clinic received reaccreditation, Nov. 17. The team leading the way to reaccreditation were, from left to right, Mammography Technologists: Schanell Teartt, Sandy Donofrio, Alicia Headley, Roslyn Young-Lead, Dinah Catlet; Cmdr. Jessica Miller, former Lead Interpreting Physician Mammography Department; and Shaunita Ratcliff-Durham, Supervisory Nurse Breast Healthcare. The Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) requires all U.S. mammography facilities to be accredited. The American College of Radiology Mammography Accreditation Program provides peer review, constructive feedback on staff qualifications, equipment, quality control, quality assurance, image quality, and radiation dose.

Dec. 10, 2021

NMCP Mammography Clinic Earns Reaccreditation

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — PORTSMOUTH, Va. (December 2, 2021) – Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s (NMCP) Mammography clinic received reaccreditation, Nov. 17.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s (NMCP) leadership and members of the Command Executive Board devoted time to NMCP’s galley serving lines for a holiday meal, Dec. 8. Capt. Shelley Perkins, NMCP's commanding officer, serves dessert as part of the NMCP holiday meal served to nearly 240 staff and patients. The menu included shrimp cocktail, New England clam chowder, roast turkey, ribeye, and ham, among other holiday classics like mashed potatoes, asparagus, glazed carrots and macaroni & cheese, with a dessert selection of assorted pies and cookies.

Dec. 10, 2021

NMCP’S GALLEY HOSTS HOLIDAY MEAL

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — PORTSMOUTH, Va. (December 8, 2021) – Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s (NMCP) leadership and members of the Command Executive Board devoted time to the NMCP’s galley serving lines for a holiday meal, Dec. 8.

180720-N-GN619-001 - Wall art designating the Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Training Center (HSBTC) or SIM Center at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. Among the many programs offered by NMCP's SIM center, one stands out as a bridge for those who are completing their internship year and preparing to be general medical officers in the fleet. That program is called STOMP, or Simulation Training for Operational Medicine Providers.

Dec. 10, 2021

NMCP’S SIM CENTER REACCREDITED AND RECOGNIZED

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Dec. 6, 2021) – Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Training Center (HSBTC) was recently granted reaccreditation in the areas of core and research by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), and received a Defense Health Agency (DHA) award for combat trauma care.

MHS GENESIS coming Jan. 22, 2022

Dec. 10, 2021

Patients can take steps now to prepare for MHS GENESIS ‘Go Live’

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The San Antonio Market, to include Brooke Army Medical Center, Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's Communication Center is a centralized department responsible for collecting and relaying information to help expedite response efforts during an emergency.

Dec. 10, 2021

We are NMCCL: Communication Center – “The Heart of the Medical Center”

NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMP LEJEUNE, — Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Communication Center works similar to a human heart. Like a heart pumps blood to the rest of the body, employees of the Communication Center say they help pump information to the rest of the medical treatment facility.

LRMC begins COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11

Dec. 10, 2021

LRMC begins COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11

LANDSTUHL, Germany — LANDSTUHL, Germany – Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the largest American hospital overseas, began COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5 to 11, becoming one of the first Military Treatment Facilities overseas to vaccinate that patient population, Nov. 18.

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