July 31, 2020 99th MDG seeks trauma accreditation The 99th Medical Group (MDG) is slated to begin accepting civilian critical care patients Aug. 1, at the Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center (MOMMC), here.
June 5, 2020 JBLE conducts mass coronavirus testing Joint Base Langley-Eustis is conducting mass rapid oral fluid COVID-19 testing of roughly 2% of its population—approximately 7,800 joint, active duty personnel—over a three-day period, June 3 through 5.
Jan. 28, 2020 Coronavirus: What providers, patients should know With news of the contagious and potentially deadly illness known as novel coronavirus grabbing headlines worldwide, military health officials say that an informed, common sense approach minimizes the chances of getting sick.
Oct. 30, 2019 Air Force transitions all U.S. military treatment facilities to DHA administration and management This October, U.S.-based Air Force military treatment facilities transferred administration and management to the Defense Health Agency.Congress directed this transfer in the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. Establishing an integrated Military Health System will standardize
April 8, 2019 Health Care Transition Looks to Improve Processes for Wartime Missions, Beneficiaries At the direction of Congress, the military health care system is going through a substantial set of changes in its structure and how it will operate, said the Defense Department’s director of cost assessment and program evaluation.
Dec. 17, 2018 ACC Command Surgeon on today’s, tomorrow’s medical operations Brig. Gen. Paul Friedrichs is the Command Surgeon, Headquarters Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, shares personal and professional perspectives on Air Force life and military medicine.