The Military Health System's new Electronic Health Record

May 12, 2021

MHS GENESIS is Here!

F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. — We are now live with our new Electronic Health Record (EHR), MHS GENESIS!

Carolyn Putnam reacts.

May 12, 2021

BAMC dedicates auditorium to hospital’s longest-serving civilian

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — With friends, family and a host of former bosses cheering her on, Brooke Army Medical Center

Breast Cancer Awareness event at Brooke Army Medical Center

May 12, 2021

Annual mammogram event helps save lives

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Brooke Army Medical Center partnered with University Health System to offer mammograms to BAMC

71st Medical Group now offers the Shingles vaccines. This vaccine is available for beneficiaries 50 years old and older to receive. Learn how to make an appointment.

May 12, 2021

Need the Shingles Vaccine?

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — The Immunizations Clinic has received a large shipment of Shingles vaccines.

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Kristie Julien, left, assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia, receives a coin from U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Ronald Cupples, right, the assistant adjutant general for the Massachusetts National Guard, for being the Vaccinator of the Week, April 12-18, and vaccinating approximately 425 local community members, at the Community Vaccination Center at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, April 30, 2021.

May 12, 2021

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Cupples Distributes Coins to Sailors in Boston

Hynes Convention Center Boston — U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Ronald Cupples, right, the assistant adjutant general for the Massachusetts National Guard, gave out coins to significant sailors at the Community Vaccination Center at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, April 30, 2021.

U.S. Navy Ensign Michele Miner, left, a nurse from Jacksonville, Florida, and U.S. Navy Lt. Jill Thompson, right, a perioperative nurse from Virginia Beach, Virginia, receive coins in recognition of their work at the Community Vaccination Center at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, from U.S. Army Brigadier Gen. Robert Suter, Joint Forces Land Component Command all-hazards surgeon, May 5, 2021.

May 12, 2021

BG Suter visits Hynes Convention Center in Boston

Hynes Convention Center — U.S. Navy Ensign Michele Miner, left, a nurse from Jacksonville, Florida, and U.S. Navy Lt. Jill Thompson, right, a perioperative nurse from Virginia Beach, Virginia, receive coins in recognition of their work at the Community Vaccination Center at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, from U.S. Army Brigadier Gen. Robert Suter, Joint Forces Land Component Command all-hazards surgeon, May 5, 2021.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Freeman, assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia, receives a certificate of reenlistment aboard the USS Constitution in the Boston Harbor, May 5, 2021.

May 12, 2021

NMCP Sailor Reenlists aboard the USS Constitution in Boston

USS Constitution, Boston Harbor — U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Freeman, a hospital corpsman, assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia, reenlisted aboard the USS Constitution in Boston Harbor, May 5, 2021.

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May 11, 2021

How to File Your TRICARE Medical Claims

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Are you getting ready for a doctor’s visit? One of the best ways you can prepare is by understanding your health care costs and if you need to pay anything out of pocket.

U.S. Army Spc. Eyza Carrasco, left, with 2nd Cavalry Regiment, administers a COVID-19 vaccination at the 7th Army Training Command's (7ATC) Rose Barracks, Vilseck, Germany, May 3, 2021. The U.S. Army Health Clinics at Grafenwoehr and Vilseck conducted a "One Community" COVID-19 vaccine drive May 3-7 to provide thousands of appointments to the 7ATC community of Soldiers, spouses, Department of the Army civilians, veterans and local nationals employed by the U.S. Army.

May 11, 2021

Army Medicine Europe makes steady progress in COVID-19 vaccine distribution

SEMBACH, Germany — Vaccination appointments are available for all eligible members of the military community, and Army medical treatment facilities in Europe continue to make steady progress in offering vaccines to everyone who wants one.

Air Force 1st Lt. Katelyn Schoneweis, a clinical nurse at Eielson Medical Clinic at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, checks on Air Force Staff Sgt. Ibrahim Kumenda.

May 10, 2021

Eielson nurse says technology, readiness integral to military nursing

Air Force nurses serve in diverse positions at military medical treatment facilities throughout the country and around the world. They could be stationed anywhere from a large, multi-service hospital like Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, or at a small family clinic like Eielson Medical Clinic at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.

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