Wednesday Health.mil News Round-Up: New MHS innovation chief looks to accelerate progress in health and readiness; Warrior medics; 446th AES trains to save at Patriot Warrior

Health.mil

07/08/2015

New MHS Innovation

New MHS innovation chief looks to accelerate progress in health and readiness

Innovation means more than inventing new widgets and programs that make life easier; it means changing a mindset. That’s the view of the new chief of innovation for the Military Health System (MHS), Dr. Steve Steffensen, who sees major change in how health care must be delivered in the future.

 

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Warrior medics

Citizens of Meigs County recently benefited from a 10-day medical event aimed to restore health in the residents of the community and their four-legged friends.

 

Army Reserve Soldiers alongside, Navy Sailors, set up clinics at their new duty station from June 2 -11 at Meigs High School to conduct the Ohio River Medical Mission as part of their annual training. This mission was orchestrated to provide free health care and veterinarian services to the local community.

 

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446th AES

446th AES trains to save at Patriot Warrior

Citizen Airmen from Joint Base Lewis-McChord Field, Washington, participated on a multitude of levels during the two-week Patriot Warrior exercise here.

 

Reservists from the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron participated in the largest portion of the exercise by undergoing extensive medical training. The 446th AES flight nurses and flying medical technicians honed their skills to help ensure no one gets left behind.

 

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