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Army Lt. Col (Dr.) Robert Cornfeld explains how MHS Video Connect's convenient, secure, and easy-to-use virtual video visit capability helps providers keep patients on mission and improves engagement with them, directly leading to better health outcomes.
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How MHS video connect improves mission effectiveness and care quality

The following article is a first-person account by Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Robert Cornfeld, chief health information officer and pediatric gastroenterologist at Madigan Army Medical CenterMadigan Army...
Elaine Sanchez explores the new MHS GENESIS Patient Portal at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Oct. 6, 2021. The San Antonio Market will transition to the new electronic health record system – known as MHS GENESIS – in January 2022 (Photo by Lori Newman, U.S. Army).
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New electronic health record rollout will hit major milestone in 2022

A major milestone for the Defense Health Agency in 2021 was to advance the successful rollout of MHS GENESIS, the new electronic health record system deploying to military hospitals and clinics around the world.
Following a 2021 DHA procedural instruction to standardize clinical care processes and resources to prevent and treat post-partum hemorrhage incidents across the Military Health System, the Women’s Health Clinical Management Team drove a campaign to educate and train care staff and implement a post-partum hemorrhage bundle at 12 military hospitals in two initial waves. (Photo: Jacob Sippel, Naval Hospital Jacksonville/Released)
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How health care for new mothers is improving across the MHS

For years the Military Health System has provided new mothers with high-quality care that consistently tops the civilian health care sector.
In this photo from September 2017, Navy Seaman Chris Krobath, a prosthetics patient at Naval Medical Center San Diego, reached for new heights on the hospital’s climbing wall as part of rehabilitation therapy.
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How maintaining prosthetic services can help prepare for the next fight

Despite the winding down of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, Military Health System services for our wounded warriors, particularly those who have lost limbs in these conflicts, remain steady and may well increase in scope during the coming years.
Senior Airman Nadirah McKnight highlights the mission of the 21st Medical Support Squadron pharmacy section at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, in September, explaining the new MHS GENESIS Patient Portal. In its third phase of development, the future Virtual Education Center will be integrated into the Patient Portal (Video clip from Staff Sgt. Alexandra Longfellow, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado).
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Future patient health education portal will be 'source of truth'

The Defense Health Agency is prototyping a new Virtual Education Center to provide Military Health System patients with a slate of personalized, vetted, and timely medical information to address questions that inevitably arise between appointments.
The DVPRS pain scale is being rolled out across the Military Health System and in civilian health care organizations as an improved way to determine pain levels.
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Your Pain on a scale of 1-10? Check out a new DOD way to evaluate pain

If you receive care in a military medical treatment facility, you might notice your health care team is using a new method for assessing your pain.
Army 1st Lt. Caitlyn Shaver and Army 1st Lt. Brittany Powers, dietetic interns at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, role play a nutrition consultation as part of their training in Phase 2 of the U.S. Military-Baylor Graduate Program in Nutrition at WRNMMC (Photo by: Bernard Little, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center).
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Dietetic interns train to better MHS beneficiaries nutrition, health

Registered dietitians, exercise therapists and other team members in the Nutrition Services Department (NSD) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, assist patients and staff in making informed food choices and developing healthy eating and physical activity habits.
Army Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle (right), Army Surgeon General and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command, speaks at a Pentagon press briefing in March 2020 (Photo by: Lisa Ferdinando, Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs)
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Top African American leaders in MHS share similar thoughts on service

They are from different places geographically and followed different paths to get to where they are, but Army Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle and Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Gragg find themselves among the top leadership in the Military Health System.
Army Col. Louis Finelli of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System speaks at a panel discussion during the 2019 Military Health System Research Symposium. (Photo by: MHS)
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Call for abstracts open for Military Health System Research Symposium

Calling all military medical care providers and researchers. MHSRS is just around the corner!
Air Force Staff Sgt. Anjelica Scott, 51st Medical Group medical technician, retrieves supplies at Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea. Improvements in logistics will continued to improve the way the Military Health System delivers quality care. (Photo by Air Force Senior Airman Noah Sudolcan, 51st Fighter Wing, Osan AB, Repulic of Korea.)
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MHS Transformation results continue during COVID-19

Focusing on that patient-centered approach to care and improving quality of life, is how Dr. Barclay Butler, the Defense Health Agency’s assistant director for management, describes the reason behind the Military Health System’s transformation.
Photos by Shoji Kudaka
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VIDEO| Let's pop up some delicious Disney Pooh Popcorn!

These days popcorn comes in a variety of flavors. When you have options such as “Gin and Tonic” popcorn or “Eggnog” popcorn, “honey” popcorn may not sound that unique.
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VIDEO| Whipping up Okinawa's famous umukuji tempura

Umukuji tempura, or umukuji andagi, is an Okinawan snack food commonly sold at local supermarkets.
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Uncovering foreigners' love of Okinawa delicacy taco rice

Nothing says fast food in the south of Japan like “tako-raisu!” And 2022 marks the 38th birthday of this signature Okinawan dish, according to local lore.
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Taste of Japan: Cooking up 4 easy Japanese rice dishes

In Japan, rice has a rich history which dates back over 2000 years. It’s a staple in many traditional dishes and has become an important part of Japanese food culture.
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Why does Japan love the changing of seasons?

Positioned on the mid-latitudes, Japan experiences the effects of air masses forming over the surrounding oceans as well as from Western Asia.
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Ocean’s Pizza near Torii Station offers superb slice and view

While eating pizza may not require a special location to enjoy it, at Ocean’s Pizza in Yomitan Village the ocean views add something special to the dining experience.