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San Diego, CA

SAN DIEGO - Naval Medical Center San Diego proudly received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Fall 2024, demonstrating NMCSD’s continued commitment to safe, high-quality care and transparency, Nov. 15, 2024. Command representatives gather for a group photo to celebrate the occasion. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is a letter grade program that rates a hospital’s patient safety measures through more than 30 national performance indicators. Each indicator reflects errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent patient harm. This enables all hospitals, including military, to publicly report their progress in quality and safety. The mission of NMCSD is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high-quality health care services, and shape the future of military medicine through education, training, and research. NMCSD employs more than 5,000 active-duty military personnel, civilians, and contractors in southern California to provide patients with world-class care. Anchored in Excellence, Committed to Health! Share

FALLS CHURCH, Va.

The Defense Health Agency announced today that 15 military hospitals received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2024, demonstrating DHA’s continued commitment to safe, high-quality care, and transparency. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is a letter grade program that rates a hospital’s patient safety measures through more than 30 national performance indicators. Each indicator reflects errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent patient harm. This enables all hospitals, including military, to publicly report their progress in quality and safety. Share

Sigonella, Italy

SIGONELLA, Italy (Nov. 15, 2024) Cmdr. Micah Kinney, executive officer, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT, and the 2024 Navy Optometrist of the Year, poses for a photo aboard Naval Air Station, Sigonella. NAMRU EURAFCENT conducts infectious disease research and surveillance to study, monitor and detect emerging and re-emerging disease threats of military and public health importance, and to develop mitigation strategies against these threats in partnership with host nations and international and U.S. agencies in U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), Central Command (CENTCOM), and European Command (EUCOM) areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Greta Ruffino/Released) Share

San Antonio, TX

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Nov. 13, 2024) – Capt. Jennifer Buechel, Nurse Corps, of Woodhaven, Mich., commanding officer, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, addresses research scientists and support staff during the 10th Edition of Mission Possible, an information-sharing event, held at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory. The purpose of Mission Possible is to better inform members of the command on the tactics, techniques, and procedures of the science directorates to include the resource acquisitions and administrative directorates. NAMRU San Antonio’s mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense (DoD) personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. It is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the DoD and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Command in Silver Spring, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Antonio, TX

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Nov. 13, 2024) – Dr. Darrin Frye, of Kingman, Kan., chief science director, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, speaks to NAMRU San Antonio research scientists and support staff during the 10th Edition of Mission Possible, an information-sharing event, held at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory. The purpose of Mission Possible is to better inform members of the command on the tactics, techniques, and procedures of the science directorates to include the resource acquisitions and administrative directorates. NAMRU San Antonio’s mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense (DoD) personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. It is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the DoD and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Command in Silver Spring, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

San Antonio, TX

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Nov. 13, 2024) – Leadership, research scientists and support staff attended the 10th Edition of Mission Possible, an information-sharing event, held at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory. The purpose of Mission Possible is to better inform members of the command on the tactics, techniques, and procedures of the science directorates to include the resource acquisitions and administrative directorates. NAMRU San Antonio’s mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense (DoD) personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. It is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the DoD and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Command in Silver Spring, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released) Share

Twentynine Palms, CA

Therapy dog Hela, a two-year-old Cane Corso, visits with service members and patients at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, bringing comfort and lifting spirits as part of the hospital’s therapeutic services. Handler Lt. Cmdr. Kat McMurtray, an occupational therapist, says Hela's calm presence helps patients feel at ease, making treatments more manageable for both patients and staff (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher C. Jones, NHTP/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer). Share

Twentynine Palms, CA

Therapy dog Hela, a two-year-old Cane Corso, visits with service members and patients at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, bringing comfort and lifting spirits as part of the hospital’s therapeutic services. Handler Lt. Cmdr. Kat McMurtray, an occupational therapist, says Hela's calm presence helps patients feel at ease, making treatments more manageable for both patients and staff (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher C. Jones, NHTP/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer). Share

Twentynine Palms, CA

Therapy dog Hela, a two-year-old Cane Corso, visits with service members and patients at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, bringing comfort and lifting spirits as part of the hospital’s therapeutic services. Handler Lt. Cmdr. Kat McMurtray, an occupational therapist, says Hela's calm presence helps patients feel at ease, making treatments more manageable for both patients and staff (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher C. Jones, NHTP/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer). Share

Twentynine Palms, CA

Therapy dog Hela, a two-year-old Cane Corso, visits with service members and patients at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, bringing comfort and lifting spirits as part of the hospital’s therapeutic services. Handler Lt. Cmdr. Kat McMurtray, an occupational therapist, says Hela's calm presence helps patients feel at ease, making treatments more manageable for both patients and staff (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher C. Jones, NHTP/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer). Share

WASHINGTON, D.C.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. The computer screen of a Sailor assigned to U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery displays the first Navy Medicine Enterprise (NME) board of directors brief on the computer screen, Nov. 13. The NME is an operationally focused organizational structure providing senior fleet leadership a mechanism to address and prioritize health service support requirements to meet operational objectives. (U.S. Navy photo by Bobbie A. Camp) Share

Patuxent River, MD

Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River staff administer influenza vaccinations during the 2024 FluShotex. Share