March 29, 2022

How to Prevent and Treat Traumatic Brain Injuries

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — According to the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, nearly half a million service members have been diagnosed with a first-time traumatic brain injury (TBI) since 2000. Head injuries can happen anywhere. In fact, most TBIs happen when service members are in non-deployed settings. Here’s how you can be ready, and resources to help you prevent or recover from a brain injury.

March 29, 2022

60th Medical Group Appointment Links for COVID and Non-COVID Lab Testing

Explore our frequently asked questions about COVID and non-COVID lab testing and direct links to get more information and schedule an appointment.

March 28, 2022

Campaign encourages community to ‘Celebrate a World of Flavors’

FORT LEE, Va. — March is National Nutrition Month, a time to emphasize the benefits of improving one’s eating habits as well as those of the entire family if the person reading this is the meal planner in the house. The 2022 theme is “Celebrate a World of Flavors.”

March 23, 2022

Nurse urges cancer awareness, citing example of fallen firefighter

FORT LEE, Va. — Still saddened by the death of family friend and former Fort Lee firefighter Mike Lecik, a Kenner Army Health Clinic nurse urges community members to be diligent with routine checkups that increase the chances of detecting cancer early when it is more treatable.

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.