Feb. 11, 2022

BJACH MHS GENESIS Patient Portal marketing campaign

FORT POLK, La. — Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital is getting the word out to Soldiers, Families and beneficiaries about the new electronic health record and the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal.

Feb. 11, 2022

NMCCL's Navy Officer recognized as Navy Medicine's Junior Information Technology Officer of the Year

NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — United States Navy Lieutenant Kenneth J. Bush was recently recognized as Navy Medicine’s Junior Information Technology Officer of the Year for 2021. Bush serves as a department head and Chief Information Officer for Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Information Management Department.

Feb. 10, 2022

What to Know About Preventive Dental Care

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — These days, it can be easy to forget to make an appointment to see the dentist for a routine checkup. Maybe you brush twice and floss every day.

Feb. 10, 2022

Yellow Card

Fort Rucker Army Base, AL — Please remember to bring your Yellow Card and present it when utilizing all clinic services including pharmacy pick up. For the convenience of our Beneficiaries, the latest version of the Lyster Yellow card is now a “Family Friendly” Card that lists all family members on the back of the card that have a completed DD2569 Form. See your clinic staff, pharmacy staff, or contact Lyster’s Third Party Collection in the Resource Management Division to receive your Yellow Card. Completion of a DD2569 Form is an annual regulatory requirement that each beneficiary (except Active Component) must complete.

Feb. 9, 2022

COMING TO FORT BRAGG MARCH 19, 2022

Fort Bragg, North Carolina — MHS GENESIS is the new electronic health record for the Military Health System (MHS).

Feb. 9, 2022

NHC Pax River expands Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine eligibility

Effective immediately, we have reopened adult Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination appointments for DoD-eligible beneficiaries ages 12 and older. Pfizer vaccinations are no longer limited to Active Duty Service Members.

Feb. 8, 2022

Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Family Medicine Residency Program again earns accreditation from Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Family Medicine Residency Program has again earned accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Feb. 7, 2022

The Tiny, Powerful Thyroid – Why It Matters

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD — Located in the neck, the thyroid is “a tiny but important gland,” Vietor continued. While producing hormones that act on almost every part of the body, the thyroid is also responsible for regulating metabolism, as well as the health of the bones, heart, brain and muscles, she explained. Because of its importance in the body, January is annually observed as Thyroid Awareness Month.

Feb. 7, 2022

‘From Bagram to Baghdad and Back Again’: Doctor Shares Experience in Two Wars

WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD — After serving in the military for more than two decades in 2001, Dr. Dean Winslow was considering hanging up his uniform. After entering the Louisiana Air National Guard in 1980 as a general medical officer, he became a flight surgeon in 1983 and was a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine.

Feb. 3, 2022

'Bloodnado 2022' exercise prepares blood bank staff for natural disaster response

NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Emergency Management held a disaster preparedness tabletop exercise within the NMCCL Blood Bank to test staff’s ability to continue critical care during natural disasters.