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DoD Launches Personal Health Record Pilot - 0 views

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    Falls Church, Va. - The Department of Defense (DoD) is pleased to announce the successful launch of MiCare, the Military Health System's prototype personal health record (PHR) at Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) in Tacoma, Wa. MiCare is designed to help members of the military and their families more easily and effectively manage their health and wellness, regardless of their location and as they seek care inside and beyond the Military Health System. MiCare developed as a pilot project in partnership with Microsoft Corp. and Google.
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Army scales back use of anti-malaria drug - 0 views

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    The Army has dropped Lariam - the drug linked to side effects including suicidal tendencies, anxiety, aggression and paranoia - as its preferred protection against malaria because doctors had inadvertently prescribed it to people who should not take it. Lariam, the brand name for mefloquine, should not be given to anyone with symptoms of a brain injury, depression or anxiety disorder, which describes many troops who have deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Keesler first to use electronic medical records - 0 views

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    Keesler Medical Center is the only emergency department in the Air Force that is using electronic medical records.
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Federal 100 winner: Dr. S. Ward Casscells -- Federal Computer Week - 0 views

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    Casscells introduced a new communications strategy for the Military Health System that uses Web 2.0 technologies to improve patient outcomes, family conn
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Vets face an HIV risk from hospital pumps - 0 views

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    After discovering that water pumps for colonoscopies were not properly cleaned, the VA said there is a slight risk of HIV or hepatitis infection.
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It's one step at a time for brain injury patients | - 0 views

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    Charlottesville-VA, members of the military live together who are learning how to live with tbi.
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Innovative Brain Therapies Offer Hope to Injured Troops - 0 views

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    Innovative therapies that have assisted previously comatose patients regain consciousness may be incorporated on a greater scale to treat troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries, a brain injury expert said here today.
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Consumer Reporter from Consumer Reports - 0 views

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    MHS's own Dr. Kilpatrick, will serve on HHS' Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research
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TRICARE Trains Civilian Providers on Military Behavioral Health - 0 views

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    TMA is offering a pilot program that delivers post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury (PTSD/TBI) education to civilian behavioral health providers in a convenient, online setting. The new civilian provider portal can be accessed at http://www.health.mil/civilianprovidereducation.
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Humana Military Healthcare Services Offers Continuing Medical Education Course for Trau... - 0 views

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    Humana Military Healthcare Services, TRICARE contractor for the South Region, is partnering with the University of Louisville to jointly sponsor a new continuing medical education course (CME) for physicians. Civilian providers throughout the country will have access to an online course on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
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Airborne surgical team headed to Afghanistan - 0 views

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    U.S. Army Europe's only airborne surgical team is headed to Afghanistan this spring to provide quick, lifesaving surgeries for U.S. troops during the upcoming "surge."
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Navy stresses consequences for unfit sailors - 0 views

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    Commands can no longer transfer, extend or re-enlist sailors who have failed three physical fitness assessments in four years, according to a Navy message Tuesday. The sailors also face administrative separation.
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Erasing traumatic memory possible, researchers say - 0 views

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    A group of researchers at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children have erased brain cells in mice that store fearful memories, holding out the hope that terrifying memories in humans may one day be erased before causing conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder. While the sights and sounds of a terrifying blast or crash would stay intact, the memory of the fear it caused could conceivably be erased, the researchers suggest. Their work appears today in the journal Science.
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Army prepares for face transplants - 0 views

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    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The first face transplant performed in the United States, one of only four in the world, made headlines in December, and it won't be long before face and hand transplants are performed in the military.
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For the good of the soldier - 0 views

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    Outgoing Pentagon personnel leader discusses paradigm shift in caring for wounded troops
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Shinseki issues open letter to veterans - - 0 views

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    Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki released an unusual open letter to all veterans Friday, saying he is committed to transforming his department into a 21st-century organization in which "veterans are central to everything VA does."
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Army program helps ease stress of deployment - 0 views

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    Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program: All branches of the service have some form of the program, according to Lt. Col. Robin Smith Sr., chief well-being officer for the Army Reserve. The Yellow Ribbon program was launched "to prepare soldiers and their families for mobilization, sustain the families during mobilization and to help with reintegration with their families, communities and employers upon redeployment," he said.
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Budget Would Transform VA to 21st-century Organization, Shinseki Says - 0 views

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    WASHINGTON, March 11, 2009 - President Barack Obama's fiscal 2010 budget proposal is necessary to transform the Department of Veterans Affairs into the 21st century organization he envisions, VA's top official said here yesterday. VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki told the House Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on veterans affairs that the proposed budget is "critical to realizing the president's mission" for future veteran care.
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