Defense Department’s overall investment for medical research and development (R&D) with Research, Development, Testing, and Development (RDT&E) dollars.

A simulated M-4 rifle charging handle fashioned by an occupational therapy team at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital and refined by Fort Campbell’s EagleWerx Applied Tactical Innovation Center may gain broader use in other military hospitals and clinics after a senior Defense Health Agency official saw it demonstrated.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is pleased to announce that researchers from the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) will present a groundbreaking study on diagnosing traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) during the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) taking place Aug. 14-17, 2023 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and ...

Team members with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity completed a field operational assessment on Nov. 5, 2023, at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, testing the field-worthiness of the Prolonged Care Augmentation Detachment medical equipment set.

The U.S. Navy deployed the first En-Route Care System medical expeditionary capability aboard the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group during a regularly scheduled deployment, Oct. 14.

Senior leaders from the Defense Health Agency and Veterans Health Administration came together to discuss collaboration and innovation between the two agencies during the first AMSUS sponsored Innovation Symposium: A Collaboration by Innovators from the VHA and the DHA Agency on Sept. 18 in Bethesda.

Uniformed Services University researchers have developed a potential cure for rabies infection, offering hope for an effective treatment for human rabies.

On September 21, 1947, a man was admitted to the Al-Qurayn (El Korein) Hospital in Egypt vomiting profusely and suffering severe diarrhea. Within hours, he was dead. The attending physician on duty first suspected food poisoning before 11 additional patients were admitted with identical symptoms. Their diagnosis was cholera, a deadly bacterial disease ...

A mobile medical documentation tool developed by U.S. Air Force Laboratory researchers was selected as the joint integrated electronic health record for point-of-injury and en route care by the Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems.

When patients come to Womack Army Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, the trauma team comes together with the best lifesaving techniques. Interventional radiology continues to play an important role in saving lives at this level III trauma center.

At the intersection of military medical technology development, academia, and industry sits the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity. No other venue gives so bright a spotlight on that convergence than the recent Military Health System Research Symposium, hosted by the Defense Health Agency each year in Kissimmee, Florida.

Awards were handed out to top participants in the 2023 Young Investigators Competition and the poster presentations at the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida, August 17.

Kidney failure inpatients at Brooke Army Medical Center now have a second option for dialysis. Peritoneal dialysis helps patients maintain their residual renal function longer and have fewer dietary restrictions than with hemodialysis.

View the latest MHS Minute with highlights from this year’s Military Health System Research Symposium. Visit www.health.mil/MHSRS for more information.

The annual Medical Simulation Expo was held at the Defense Health Agency headquarters on Thursday, August 3, 2023.