| How Health IT Upgrades are Transforming the Military Health System Speaking at the Health Information Management Systems Society conference in Florida, Dr. Barclay Butler, the Defense Health Agency's assistant director of management, spoke about the intricacies of institutional transformation, especially standardization and consolidation. | | Why I Donate Blood: A Conversation with Purple Heart Veteran Sgt. Russ Himmelberger Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Gragg, the senior enlisted leader for the Defense Health Agency, sits down with retired Sgt. Russell Himmelberger, to talk about his service, his injury during OIF, and why he donates blood to the Armed Services Blood Program. | TBI Puts Veterans At Risk for Aphasia Years before actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with Aphasia, veterans with TBI have struggled with the devastating condition that can render people unable to read and write, or understand gestures from other people. | | | Here's some news around the MHS you might have missed: According to the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, nearly half a million service members have been diagnosed with a first-time traumatic brain injury since 2000. Head injuries can happen anywhere. In fact, most TBIs happen when service members are in non-deployed settings. | | | Nate McLaughlan is a board-certified music therapist at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence. In this video, he discusses the many ways music therapy can help patients. | | | The 633rd Medical Group, Air Force Combat Command, Ground Surgical Team, participate in an exercise to use their skills and test their capabilities in an arctic environment. | | A New Way to Meet with Your Military Health Care Team You and your family can conveniently get care in a new and easy way. All active duty service members, retirees, and families enrolled in a military hospital or clinic can now use MHS Video Connect - the Military Health System's web-based telehealth solution to access care. | | | |
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