PHS pharmacists will continue to engage in many pharmacy-related initiatives within the Department of Health and Human Services and with external customers. In 2012, the Million Hearts campaign was launched for a concerted national effort to ta...

As the integration of PACT in VA has progressed, recognition has increased that, in order to complete the medical home concept, strong links to specialty care were needed. Recognition that the CPS has a long history of being imbedded in special...

We assessed the services provided by our pharmacists by conducting a field survey of pharmacists assigned to PACT in 2010. We identified a high demand to provide clinical pharmacy practice refresher courses. In response to that demand, we devel...

All pain-management programs noted thus far directly support the Interdisciplinary Pain Management Centers (IPMC) being established at major Army medical centers throughout the DoD. The Navy is building similar centers termed R4s (Readiness, Re...

Both the DoD and VHA are actively adopting the Extensions for Community Health Outcomes (ECHO) telemedicine initiative developed at The University of New Mexico under the direction of Sanjeev Arora, MD. Unlike more-traditional applications of t...

The most commonly used pain-rating scale in the military is the standard, 0-10, numeric rating scale (NRS). This scale is easily administered, well-known throughout the military care community and has been extensively validated as a clinical re...

Our most valuable readiness asset is our people — they must be and deserve to be in the best physical, psychological and emotional health to meet the challenges both at home station and in the AOR. As medics, it is our core competency to be cur...

Achieving “Better Care” mandates that we provide reliable access to safe, quality care for everyone we serve, promoting positive patient experiences and outcomes. To do this, we must be consistent and reliable in ensuring our staff focuses on p...

In the upcoming year, Navy Medicine will look to medical informatics, the use of telemedicine solutions and technology, as well as standardize clinical, nonclinical and business practices and improve strategic communication and message alignmen...

First, it’s important to understand the structure of Navy Medicine. The foundation of Navy Medicine is force health protection and direct support to the war-fighter. It’s what we do and why we exist. Navy Medicine operates forward and is global...