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Tripler uses cutting-edge procedures to manage pain
Advancements in the use of spinal cord stimulators for the treatment of chronic pain have brought relief to patients at the Integrative Pain Management Clinic, here. The spinal cord stimulators use leads, which are wires that go from the stimulator device to the spinal cord, to deliver signals that will interrupt the feeling of pain. [...]
Bio-Terror & Infectious Disease Outbreak: Detection Technologies and Global Markets 2012
The US Bipartisan Bio-Detection 2011 Report Card Status Evaluation Events of the recent decade confirm that the threats of bio-terrorism and infectious disease outbreaks are real. Attacks such as the 2001 Anthrax scare, the 2004 Ricin letters and the 2003 SARS and 2009 H1N1 outbreaks have driven governments to increase their bio-surveillance budgets. Public healthcare [...]
Service Delivery Assessment vital to patient care
Patient feedback through the service delivery assessment, a centralized telephone survey program, provides Air Force clinics with direct, rapid and relevant feedback vital to national security, Air Force Medical Service officials said. “Improving the health of Airmen and their families is our mission and patient feedback is vital to our efforts to continuously improve,” said [...]
Groundbreaking for new medical center set for Dec. 6
FORT HOOD, Texas: Groundbreaking for Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s new hospital is scheduled for Dec. 6, signaling the start of a $534 million project that will consolidate services and enhance access to medical care for thousands of Fort Hood Soldiers, family members and retirees. Construction of the 947,000 square-foot facility is slated to [...]
Bagram medics remove unexploded ordnance from patient
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan: Airmen from the Craig Joint Theater Hospital trauma team here removed an unexploded ordnance from a patient’s scalp March 18 here. The patient, an Afghan National Army soldier, was involved in an improvised explosive device attack and had a 14.5 mm high explosive incendiary round with approximately 5 grams of explosives lodged [...]
Army nursing to have major changes in near future
Having a consistent and standardized system of care is the future of Army nursing, Deputy Surgeon General Maj. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho told Madigan Healthcare System senior nurses at a recent presentation. The Patient and Family Centered System of Care assures the same standard of health care at every military treatment facility across the Army. [...]
Combat medics transform to modern-battlefield healthcare specialists
An eight-year process to transform the training and skills of Army combat medics culminated last year as all members of the old 91B Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) became qualified as 68W Healthcare Specialists. A group of past and present leaders of Army Medicine gathered March 9, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to celebrate this event. [...]
Budget request continues defense reform agenda
WASHINGTON: The fiscal 2011 Defense Department budget request continues an overall reform agenda and seeks a total request of $708 billion in budget authority, the Pentagon’s chief financial officer said Feb. 1 here. The total includes $159 billion in overseas contingency operations, or war spending, said Robert F. Hale, the undersecretary of Defense, comptroller. The [...]
Chairman cites need for rapid health care solutions
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md: Defense Department officials must work quickly to surmount a stigma that’s preventing servicemembers from seeking help for the signature wounds of today’s wars, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Jan. 25. “We are clearly just beginning to deal with the long-term effects of the signature injuries of these [...]
