April 27, 2021

BAMC offers same-day COVID vaccine appointments

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Brooke Army Medical Center is offering same-day COVID vaccine appointments for all Tricare

April 27, 2021

Covid-19 Vaccine

Fort Rucker Army Base — Schedule your Covid Vaccination online at Lyster.Tricare.Mil

April 27, 2021

Environmental Health readies for Summer

Fort Rucker Army Base — You know what they say, “April showers bring May flowers” but it also ushers in hot and humid weather resulting in an increased presence of mosquitoes to the Southeast. The Environmental Health Section, Department of Public Health at Lyster will be ramping up monitoring of the heat category, mosquito surveillance, and testing of the recreational waters on Fort Rucker.

April 27, 2021

Virtual Yoga

Fort Rucker Army Base — LAHC is offering Virtual Yoga Classes from the comfort of your home, office or anywhere you are.

April 26, 2021

BAMC Soldiers observe solemn event

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Soldiers currently assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center’s Soldier Recovery Unit organized and

April 26, 2021

Ellsworth medical group transitioning to new electronic health record April 24

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. -- The 28th Medical Group will transition to an electronic health record (EHR), MHS Genesis, on April 24, and officials are urging beneficiaries to check now to ensure they have access to the new site.

April 23, 2021

Regional Health Command Europe Soldiers lead from the front

SEMBACH, Germany — Regional Health Command Europe’s best junior officers and first sergeants squared off to compete for the title of Best Leader recently in Grafenwoehr, Germany.

April 21, 2021

New EHR MHS GENESIS Transition

On April 24, 2021, the 460th Medical Group will transition to the Military Health System’s new Electronic Health Record (EHR)—MHS GENESIS

April 21, 2021

TRICARE-Authorized Urgent Care Center (UCC) Access!

Patients who use TRICARE Prime, or any other TRICARE plan, may visit any TRICARE-authorized network UCC for urgent care. Active duty personnel are not authorized urgent care clinic visits without a referral. Patients may find more convenience, shorter wait times and improved accessibility when visiting a UCC in the local community for non-emergency illness or injury requiring treatment within 24 hours. What is Urgent Care? Learn more.

April 20, 2021

Keesler uses post-vaccine waiting period to identify routine care gaps

Adaptation has been a common theme over the past year, especially within the medical community. A perfect example is at Keesler Medical Center on Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. During the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommended 15-minute waiting period after a COVID-19 vaccines is given, staff here have been talking to patients about making appointments for routine care that may have been missed due to increased focus on the virus.