Tripler Army Medical Center keiki wonderland & tree lighting ceremony

Dec. 13, 2023

Tripler Army Medical Center keiki wonderland & holiday tree lighting ceremony

Tripler Army Medical Center — Tripler Army Medical Center keiki wonderland & holiday tree lighting ceremony

Walter Reed's Department of Pediatrics Recognized for Excellence at 2023 AAP National Conference, Washington DC. | Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. (Dr.) Sarah M. Reynolds.

Dec. 13, 2023

Walter Reed’s Department of Pediatrics Wins Multiple Awards at 2023 AAP National Conference & Exhibition

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) proudly announces that ten current residents, fellows, faculty, and alums received awards at the 2023 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference recently held in Washington, D.C.

Pictures of past Christmas celebrations conducted aboard Naval Hosptial Cherry Point.

Dec. 13, 2023

Past Christmas Aboard Cherry Point Hospital

MCAS Cherry Point — Pictures of past Christmas celebrations conducted aboard Naval Hosptial Cherry Point.

Dec. 12, 2023

Kimbrough Cares December 2023

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. — Digital newsletter provides news and events happening at Kimbrough.

Group photo with Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson

Dec. 12, 2023

Highlighting Seasonal Affective Disorder and the Power of Morale Visits at Walter Reed

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — December is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Awareness Month, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center remains an advocate for raising awareness. Walter Reed's clinical psychologist, Dr. Kalim A. Alcover-Pabon, reiterates the resources available to beneficiaries, adding how companionship plays a part in coping with SAD.

Fluoroscopy imaging permits providers to use X-rays to obtain real-time moving images of the body's interior for both diagnosis and therapy.

Dec. 11, 2023

Walter Reed team designs online fluoroscopy course for patient, staff safety

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — “The Defense Health Agency (DHA) requires mandatory training for all fluoroscopy operators, supervisors, practitioners, and prescribers who operate, prescribe, or supervise fluoroscopy, guided medical procedures,” said Crystal A. Green, Ph.D., a diagnostic medical physicist in the Department of Public Health-Radiation Safety Division at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). Green and her colleagues recently designed a course now on Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) focused on fluoroscopy.

From the left, Rear Adm. Matthew Case, commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, and director, Defense Health Network Atlantic, Lisa Lucas-Burke, vice mayor, City of Portsmouth, Surgeon General of the Navy Rear Adm. Darin Via, Dr. Michael Malanoski, deputy director, Defense Health Agency, Capt. Shelley Perkins, deputy commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, and Capt. Brian Feldman, commanding officer, Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command Portsmouth, and director, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), cut a ribbon during a trauma center ribbon cutting ceremony in front of NMCP’s emergency room entrance on Dec. 8. The trauma center ribbon cutting was held in celebration of NMCP becoming the Navy’s first level two trauma center. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dylan M. Kinee/Released)

Dec. 11, 2023

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth marks designation of the first U.S. Navy-led Level II Trauma Center

PORTSMOUTH, Virg. — PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Dec. 8, 2023) Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the designation of the medical center as a Level II Trauma Center, Dec. 8.

Santa Claus hugs a pediatric hematology/oncology patient during the children’s holiday party at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth on Dec. 1. NMCP hosted the 21st annual Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology Department Christmas party. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Deven Fernandez).

Dec. 11, 2023

NMCP HOSTS ANNUAL HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY CHRISTMAS PARTY

PORTSMOUTH, Virg. — PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Dec. 1, 2023) Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s (NMCP) Hematology/Oncology Department hosted the 21st annual Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Department Christmas party in NMCP’s Galley, Dec. 1.

Medical Readiness Command, East command team visits Fort Novosel

Dec. 11, 2023

Medical Readiness Command, East command team visits Fort Novosel

Fort Novosel, AL — U.S. Army’s Medical Readiness Command, East senior leaders visited Fort Novosel on December 6, 2023. Brig. Gen. Lance Raney, MRC, East Commanding General, and Command Sgt. Maj. Rebecca Booker, MRC, East Senior Enlisted Advisor, met with leaders from United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Novosel, Brown Dental Clinic, Fort Novosel Veterinary Treatment Facility, United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, Department of Aviation Medicine, and Lyster Army Health Clinic.

Group of three trophies arranged on a table top.

Dec. 8, 2023

BJACH Earns 2023 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety

FORT JOHNSON, La. — Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital was named a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group. The Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive awards American hospitals can receive. The Top Hospital designation is bestowed by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization known as the toughest standard-setters for health care safety and quality. Top Hospitals were honored Dec. 5 at the 2023 Leapfrog Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C.

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