Military Health System

Getting a New Prescription? Check TRICARE Formulary Search Tool

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – You’re at a medical appointment and you’re getting a new prescription. Before your provider sends an electronic prescription or gives you a paper prescription, it may be helpful for you and your provider to look up the drug with the TRICARE Formulary Search Tool.

Road to the 2023 Warrior Games Challenge

Wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans have trained and competed across all branches in an effort to secure a spot on their respective 2023 DOD Warrior Games Challenge teams. These are a few of the stories of those who are utilizing adaptive sports as a key component in their recovery. For more information regarding the Military Adaptive Sports Program and other transition opportunities, visit www.WarriorCare.mil.

Cubist S6E8 Transcript

Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Cubist Podcast Transcript: Session 6, Episode 8, Decision-Making Tools for TBI Diagnosis in Austere Environments.

Walter Reed Celebrates U.S. Navy Nurse Corp's 115th Birthday

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center celebrates the 115th Birthday for the U.S. Navy Nurse Corp. as part of WRNMMC’s National Nurse Week celebration. National Nurse Week is a weeklong event that celebrates and acknowledges nurses and the hard and selfless work they put in, in service of their patients.

Medical Exercise Certifies Mission Ready Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship

Sailors from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Portsmouth enhanced a casualty receiving treatment and amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and conducted a three-day certification exercise as part of a continued commitment to mission readiness, March 21.

USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee Commissions in Conch Republic Honoring Navy Nurses

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123), May 13 in Key West, Florida.

How COVID-19 Public Health Emergency’s End Affects TRICARE

The Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 expired at the end of May 11. You might be wondering what this means about the state of COVID-19 or if there are changes to your TRICARE coverage.

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15th MDG Hickam AFB MEDCOI Privacy Impact Assessment

Privacy impact assessment for 15th Medical Group, Hicham Air Force Base, March, 2023.

Destigmatizing Mental Health Counseling and Treatment in Relation to National Security Clearances

Two Military Nurses Share Common Ground of Service, Education

Two military nurses may have taken different paths to their chosen profession, but their stories share common ground.

Brig. Gen. Simonson: Why I'm a Military Nurse

Brig. Gen. Katherine Simonson, acting Assistant Director for Support and Chief Nursing Officer of the Defense Health Agency, talks about her passion for nursing and why she chose to be a military nurse.

Why Become a DHA Nurse?

Brig. Gen. Katherine A. Simonson discusses the benefits of answering the call to service as a nurse within the DHA.

MedCOP Fact Sheet

Medical Common Operating Picture is the joint system of record and an interactive platform that enables medical command and control/medical situational awareness decision making, by leveraging enhanced digital tools to analyze and visualize data from the tactical to strategic levels. MedCOP facilitates real-time operational medicine information sharing and data synchronization across multiple network domains to provide a globally accessible, relevant, resilient, and integrated medical common operating picture.

Standing Orders for Administering Measles Mumps Rubella Vaccine (Pediatric)

Immunization standing orders are approved protocols that authorize appropriately trained health care personnel to assess patient immunization status and administer vaccinations without a written provider order or examination.