DHA's IT innovation continues during COVID-19 pandemic

The Defense Health Agency's innovations in Information Technology aided in the immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Newsroom Top Stories Capt. Bradford Smith, Naval Medical Center San Diego's (NMCSD) commanding officer (left), enrolls in Military Health System (MHS) GENESIS with the help of Lt. Donny Le (center) and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Terrance Stevens, training coordinators assigned to NMCSD. MHS GENESIS, the new electronic health record system, provides enhanced, secure technology to manage health information and integrates inpatient and outpatient solutions. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob L Greenberg, Naval Medical Center San Diego.) The DHA's IT innovation continues during COVID-19 pandemic The Defense Health Agency's innovations in Information Technology in 2020 not only aided the immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also proved that such challenges cannot dim the future of IT utility, convenience, and interoperability. For more information visit: www.health.mil/News

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Barksdale AFB trains medics with Tactical Combat Casualty Care

Barksdale AFB medics use TCCC guidelines to provide first-line trauma care and prehospital medicine in a combat zone.

Newsroom Top Stories Air Force Capt. Marsha Bennett, 2nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron nurse manager of the flight medicine clinic, provides tactical field care to a training dummy during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care field training exercise at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana in early Dec. 2020. TCCC is developed by the U.S. Department of Defense Defense Health Agency (DHA) Joint Trauma System to teach evidence-based, life-saving techniques and strategies for providing the best trauma care on the battlefield. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob Wrightsman) Barksdale AFB trains medics with Tactical Combat Casualty Care  Medics of the 2nd Medical Group are becoming a whole lot more lethal, in a good way. With the implementation of the Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines and the TCCC training course, Barksdale's medics are training to become increasingly proficient in providing first line trauma care and prehospital medicine in a combat zone. Health literacy focuses on empowering patients to engage in their care Helping patients and caregivers understand the information they receive from their health care team reduces potential miscommunication and can improve the patient care experience.  Michelle Pribble, Naval Medical Center San Diego's (NMCSD) lead nuclear medicine technologist, administers an IV to a patient before a positron emission tomography (PET) scan in the hospital's Nuclear Medicine Department. Active communication between patient and provider is a cornerstone of health literacy. (Photo by Navy Seaman Luke Cunningham.) In a virtual gathering, Army Maj. (Dr.) Steve Hong [bottom right corner] receives the Physician Award from Col. (Dr.) Andrew Barr, Army Col. (Dr.) B. Kyle Potter, and Army Col. (Dr.) Daniel Gallagher [right top corner] while colleagues like Dr. Davud Sirjani, associate professor of Surgery at Stanford University [bottom left corner], and family members, including the major's wife, Jenna [bottom center], look on during the presentation. (Screenshot courtesy of Monica Vereen, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.) Walter Reed Bethesda physician recognized at AMSUS Army Maj. (Dr.) Steve Hong received the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) Physician Award during the 2020 AMSUS Awards ceremony held recently.  For more information visit: www.health.mil/News

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Most Read Cancer Currents Stories of 2020

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Dear Cancer Currents subscriber, For most people, 2020 is a year they'd rather forget. But even as the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed disruption, chaos, and heartache, cancer researchers did their best to carry on with their work. And as some of the most popular stories published in Cancer Currents this year show, they continue to make important progress against cancer. So, in case you missed any of these stories the first time around or want to share them with a friend, here are our most-read stories of 2020. We'd also like to take this moment to thank you for your interest in and support of Cancer Currents. If you like what you're reading, please share our content with friends and colleagues and encourage them to subscribe. Wishing you a happy and safe 2021. The Cancer Currents editorial team Top 5 Most Read Study Examines Whether Blood Test Can Identify Early Cancers 06/02/2020 A blood test combined with imaging tests detected tumors—some at an early stage—in women with no history of cancer or symptoms, a recent study showed. The test also mistakenly indicated some women had cancer when further testing showed they didn't. PSMA PET-CT Accurately Detects Prostate Cancer Spread, Trial Shows 05/11/2020 For some men with prostate cancer at high risk of spreading, a large clinical trial shows an imaging method called PSMA PET-CT is more likely to detect metastatic tumors than the standard imaging approach used in many countries. How CRISPR Is Changing Cancer Research and Treatment 07/27/2020 The gene-editing tool CRISPR is changing the way scientists study cancer, and may change how cancer is treated. This in-depth blog post describes how this revolutionary technology is being used to better understand cancer and create new treatments. Is Proton Therapy Safer Than Traditional Radiation? 02/11/2020 Some experts believe that proton therapy is safer than traditional radiation, but research has been limited. A new observational study compared the safety and effectiveness of proton therapy and traditional radiation therapy in adults with advanced cancer. For Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer, New Treatments Emerge 01/08/2020 Tucatinib improved survival for women in the HER2CLIMB trial, including some whose cancer had spread to the brain. Trastuzumab deruxtecan improved survival and shrank many tumors in the DESTINY-Breast01 trial, which led to its accelerated approval. Editors' Picks Investigating the Abscopal Effect as a Treatment for Cancer 01/28/2020 In people with cancer, the abscopal effect occurs when radiation—or another type of localized therapy—shrinks a targeted tumor but also causes untreated tumors in the body to shrink. Researchers are trying to better understand this phenomenon and take advantage of it to improve cancer therapy. Single Dose of HPV Vaccine Yields Long-Term Protection 04/10/2020 More than a decade after vaccination, women who had received a single dose of the HPV vaccine continued to be protected against infection with the two cancer-causing HPV types targeted by the vaccine, an NCI-funded clinical trial shows. Radiopharmaceuticals: Radiation Therapy Enters the Molecular Age 10/26/2020 Researchers are developing a new class of cancer drugs called radiopharmaceuticals, which deliver radiation therapy directly and specifically to cancer cells. This Cancer Currents story explores the research on these emerging therapies. Helping Cancer Survivors Cope with Cancer-Related Anxiety and Distress 04/30/2020 Researchers are exploring ways to support the psychological and emotional needs of cancer survivors and how to tailor existing approaches to meet the needs of specific individuals or groups. Colorectal Cancer Rising Among Young Adults 11/05/2020 Diagnoses of colorectal cancer continue to increase in younger adults. In September 2020, more than 400 leading scientists and patient advocates participated in an NCI/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences-sponsored symposium to identify research priorities that address important questions about this concerning trend.

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