Friday Health.mil News Round-Up: DHA Health IT Transforming Culture for Operational Success; Innovation and the Military Health System: Where Past Meets Future; Face of Defense: Army NCO Acclaimed for SHARP Work

The following articles were recently posted on Health.mil:

DHA Health IT Transforming Culture for Operational Success
April 23, 2015

The mission of the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Health IT (HIT) Directorate is to implement, manage and sustain an integrated and protected medical information enterprise to get the right information to the right customers at the right time, in the right place and in the right way.

Full story: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/04/23/DHA-Health-IT-Transforming-Culture-for-Operational-Success

Innovation and the Military Health System: Where Past Meets Future
April 23, 2015

The Military Health System (MHS) continually looks for ways to innovate care for service members, from the introduction of hand-held devices that assess brain injuries on the battlefield to mobile computing that can improve records sharing from battlefield to hospital. The success of each innovation hinges on the patient experience as much as on the tools or technologies.

Full story: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/04/23/Innovation-and-the-Military-Health-System-Where-Past-Meets-Future

Face of Defense: Army NCO Acclaimed for SHARP Work
April 17, 2015

Being the best at whatever she does is nothing new for Army Sgt. 1st Class Chylciale M. Washington -- she’s made a career of it.

Among her many accolades, Washington was recently named one of U.S. Army Forces Command’s best sexual assault response coordinators during the selection for the Department of Defense’s Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator awards.

Full story: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/04/17/Face-of-Defense-Army-NCO-Acclaimed-for-SHARP-Work