Navy Medicine

By Douglas Stutz  |  10/16/2019

Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) is preparing to stick it to you. NHB’s Preventive Medicine team, along with Immunization Clinic and Branch Health Clinics (BHC) Bangor and Everett are taking a concerted and collaborative jab in providing the annual influenza vaccinations to all beneficiaries in need.

By Cmdr. Denver Applehans  |  10/14/2019

The US Navy Surgeon General presented a talk on the US Navy experience in moving toward value-based care at the 5th Latin American Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare in São Paulo, Brazil, October 14, 2019.

By Sarah Hauck  |  10/10/2019

Filling more than 3,000 prescriptions a day is just a normal day in the office for Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Pharmacy team. The team’s ability to fill nearly 1.2 Million prescriptions in Fiscal Year 2019 following funding changes, Hurricane Florence and the transition to the only trauma center in the Navy, helped the team be selected as the United States Navy’s Pharmacy Team of the Year.

By Petty Officer 2nd Class Bobby Siens  |  10/12/2019

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis – The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed St. Kitts and Nevis following the completion of the ship’s ninth medical mission in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, Oct. 12.

By Petty Officer 1st Class Peter Lewis  |  10/11/2019

LIMA, Peru (October 11, 2019) – The Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2019 Medical Engagement Team (MET) conducted a mass casualty drill with Peruvian military medical personnel, October 11.