Military Health Topics

Learn about getting care in the Military Health System. See how the Defense Health Agency is increasing high reliability across the MHS and compare the quality and safety of health care across military hospitals and clinics. Information for health care providers is also found in this topic.

• MHS Quality, Patient Safety, and Access Information (for Patients)
• Disability Evaluation
  • Integrated Disability Evaluation System
  • Medical Evaluation Board
  • Physical Evaluation Board
  • Physical Disability Board of Review
  • Separation Health Assessment
• Information for Providers
• Military Hospitals and Clinics
• TRICARE Health Plan

• TRICARE Pharmacy Operations
• Health Care Program Evaluation
• Quality and Safety of Health Care (for Health Care Professionals)
• Uniform Business Office
• Warrior Care

Military Health System Centers of Excellence were established to provide the Department of Defense with the ability to speed the advancement of our scientific knowledge and evidence-based practices for diagnosis and treatment of diseases and conditions that impact our military personnel and their families

• Consortium for Health and Military Performance
• Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence
• Hearing Center of Excellence

• The National Intrepid Center of Excellence
• Psychological Health Center of Excellence
• Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence
• Vision Center of Excellence

The Defense Health Agency is the nation’s medical combat support agency, providing or augmenting medical capabilities of the Combatant Commands, the military services, federal partners and partners and allies around the world. In cooperation with the Joint Staff Surgeon and Military Department medical organizations, DHA leads the Department of Defense integrated system of readiness and health through a global health care network of military and civilian medical professionals, including more than 400 military hospitals and clinics around the world, to improve and sustain operational medical force readiness and the medical readiness of the Armed Forces.

• Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division
• Armed Forces Medical Examiner System
• Armed Services Blood Program

• Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute
• Medical Logistics
• Public Health

Information about research and treatment of exposures, injuries and diseases related to Military service and deployment.

• Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy
• HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment
• Opioid Safety

• Pain Management
• Substance Abuse
• Transgender Education References and Training Resources
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Interested in doing business with the Defense Health Agency? In this topic, you can find information about the Component Acquisition Executive office, the Office of Small Business Programs, and the Office of Procurement in this topic. Highlights include contact information, upcoming events for vendors, and a forecasts of business opportunities.

• Component Acquisition Executive
• Procurement

• Small Business Programs
• Vendor Information Form

Health care technology is any technology, including medical devices, IT systems, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and more designed to support health care organizations.

• Cybersecurity Awareness
• Ektropy
• Joint Health Information Exchange
• MHS Service Helpdesk
• Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems

• Risk Management Framework
• Support Areas
  • Information Assurance
  • Managers' Internal Control Program
  • MDR, M2, ICDs Functional Support
  • Open Source Technologies
  • Requirements Submissions
• Telehealth Solutions
  • MHS Video Connect
  • Telehealth Program
• WISDOM Training
• Usability Lab

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Health Readiness Policy and Oversight is the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) for all medically related Department of Defense policies, programs, and activities. The office is responsible for deployment medicine, force health protection, medical readiness, international health agreements, deployment related health policy, theater information systems, humanitarian and health missions, and national disaster support.

• Civil Military Medicine
• Environmental Exposures

• French Freeze-Dried Plasma Use in the DOD
• Global Health Engagement
• Immunization Healthcare

We're providing this branding guidance and Communications Toolkits to give communicators in the field customizable, ready-to-use material to promote consistent messaging on key topics and issues.

• Brand Resources for Communicators
• Social Media Directory
• Coronavirus and the COVID-19 Vaccine
• Autism Care Demonstration Toolkit
• Beneficiary Web Enrollment (BWE) Overseas Toolkit
• Brain Injury Awareness To Improve Readiness
• DEERS Toolkit
• Dental Health
• Disaster Prep Toolkit
• Electronic Drug Monographs
• Global Health Engagement Toolkit
• Health Innovation Toolkit
• Heart Health Toolkit
• Injury Prevention for Mission Fitness
• Mental Health Toolkit
• MHS GENESIS Toolkit
• MHS Video Connect Toolkit
• Month of the Military Child - Celebrating Military Kids

• Pain Management Toolkit
• Performance Nutrition: Fuel Your Body and Mind
• Pharmacy Beneficiary Knowledge Gap Campaign Toolkit
• Preventive Health Toolkit
• Qualifying Life Events Toolkit
• Ready Reliable Care Communications Toolkit
• Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Toolkit
• Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
• Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention
• Suicide Prevention
• Summer Safety Toolkit
• Total Force Fitness Toolkit
• TRICARE Childbirth and Breastfeeding Support Demonstration Toolkit
• TRICARE Low Back Pain and Physical Therapy Demonstration Toolkit
• Vision and Hearing Loss Prevention
• Warrior Care – A Virtual Show of Strength
• Weight Management for Lasting Health
• Holidays and Observances
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December

We’re transforming the Military Health System to improve the readiness of our forces and the health care we provide to our warfighters, retirees and their families. Reform efforts focus on organizational, infrastructure and manpower changes.

• Electronic Health Record: MHS GENESIS
• Readiness Capabilities

• Transition Timeline
• Military Health System Review Report

Military medicine has a long and celebrated history. We apply lessons from our past to improve the care of military personnel and their families today and in the future. New surgical techniques, powerful painkillers, antibiotic drugs, and triage and evacuation procedures have revolutionized military medicine.

• Military Health Medal of Honor Recipients
• MHS Honors and Remembers
• MHS Remembers 9/11

• Multi-Service Markets: Our Pathway to the Health Care Market Structure
• National Museum of Health and Medicine
• Nursing in the Military Health System
• Paving the Way for African Americans in Military Medicine: A Look Across Time

Protecting personally identifiable and protected health information of our patients, research subjects and our workforce.

• Breaches of PII and PHI
• Freedom of Information Act
• HIPAA Compliance within the MHS
• Privacy Act and HIPAA Privacy Training
• Privacy Act at DHA

• Privacy Board
• DHA Privacy Contract Language
• Privacy Impact Assessments
• Research Streamlining Initiative
• Submit a Data Sharing Application
• Uphold Civil Liberties

Defense Department’s overall investment for medical research and development (R&D) with Research, Development, Testing, and Development (RDT&E) dollars.

• Medical Research and Development

• Privacy, Information Collection and Human Research Tool

Readiness is measured in more than just physical fitness and medical status. Through Total Force Fitness, we’re going to talk about other areas in your life – like social, spiritual, environmental, and financial – to make sure you and your community are ready for you to do your job.

• Physical Fitness
• Environmental Fitness
• Medical and Dental Preventive Care Fitness
• Nutritional Fitness

• Spiritual Fitness
• Psychological Fitness
• Social Fitness
• Financial Fitness