Welcome to the latest edition of #AcrossTheMHS. This e-newsletter will keep you up to date on MHS news and includes content you can repurpose for your local audiences.
Photo Caption: Brig. Gen. Clinton Murray, Brooke Army Medical Center Commanding General, and Command Sgt. Maj. Thurman Reynolds, BAMC Command Sgt. Maj., present the Army Medicine Wolf Pack Award to members of the BAMC Trauma Readiness Center team at BAMC’s Carolyn D. Putnam Auditorium, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 28, 2022. The integrated team worked closely through coordination and support from the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, and BAMC to develop and implement the STaRC program, a 3-week long pre-deployment medical readiness training program providing operational readiness for the Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachments. (U.S. Army photo by Jason W. Edwards, DVIDs)
What's in this issue
- Latest MHS Minute
- DoD MHS Patient Safety Culture Survey and Video
- DHA Director and SEL Blood Donation Video
- MHS March 2022 Communications Toolkit for Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Trending news from around the MHS and on Health.mil and Tricare.mil
- A COVID-19 at home self-test tutorial video from CSM Gragg and the latest on COVID-19 at home test kits and vaccines
Check out our Latest MHS Minute
The MHS Minute highlights some of the outstanding work taking place across the Military Health System, including major milestones, events, notable activities, and much more. Help us get the word out about all of the unique, meaningful, and fascinating work taking place across the MHS by watching and sharing the video, which you can download from DVIDs here. Check out the entire playlist here.
DoD MHS Patient Safety Culture Survey Closes March 10
Please Donate Blood!
The Military Health System March 2022 Communications Toolkit is now live on Health.mil!
Our March theme is “Brain Injury Awareness to Improve Readiness." Throughout March, MHS platforms will promote information about preventing and recovering from traumatic brain injuries, and help service members understand the risks, signs symptoms, and impacts of TBI, on and off the battlefield
The March Speaker's Notes, focusing on how dental care can improve readiness, can be found here. Social media content supporting March health and military observances are available here.
Brain health is critical to overall mission readiness. Even a mild TBI can have long-lasting effects that impact deployability if not diagnosed and treated. The Department of Defense is committed to protecting the health and well-being of our people to maximize our ability to defend the Nation.
News from Around the Military Health System
The MHS is an interconnected network of service members whose mission is to support the lives and families of those who support our country. Every day in the MHS, advancements are made in the lab, in the field, and here at home.
Photo Caption: Sgt. Sojourner T. Briley, a laboratory technician from the 1st Area Medical Laboratory, trained with German military medical professionals at the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology in Munich, Germany, Feb. 7 – 11. One U.S. Army microbiologist and four medical laboratory specialists from the 1st AML trained at the institute with medical doctors, veterinary doctors, biologists and laboratory staff. Courtesy photo.
Check out and share what's trending on Health.mil and Tricare.mil:
- Teeth Grinding: You Won't Believe How Harmful it Really Is
- Near Patient Program Provides Support to TRICARE Families Overseas
- How to Tell If You Have Sleep Apnea
- Answering Your Questions About COVID-19 Testing
- Defense Department Announces Distribution of COVID-19 Tests for Military Beneficiaries
- Remembering Dr. Alexander Augusta, the U.S. Army’s First Black Doctor
- Tobacco and Your Oral Health
A COVID-19 self-test tutorial from CSM Gragg
Health & Wellness Spotlight: Latest info on COVID-19 Vaccine efforts
“As the COVID-19 virus continues to evolve, we also must adjust our approach to fight the virus,” said Dr. Margaret Ryan, medical director of Defense Health Agency’s Immunization Healthcare Division for the Pacific Region. “Although the vaccines are still very effective in reducing risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death, we’re learning that protection from illness does wane with time. The booster shot increases the level of protection.”