Friday Health.mil News Round-Up: Future Freshmen Face Threat of Meningitis; Guard Your Health to Launch FitText April 15; DoD PSP Annual Summary Fiscal Year 2014

The following articles were recently posted on Health.mil:

Future Freshmen Face Threat of Meningitis
April 2, 2015

Spring is in the air, which means that high school seniors are preparing for finals and making plans for college. These students and their parents are also facing a decision to get immunized against a major health threat on college campuses: bacterial meningitis.

Full story: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/04/02/Future-Freshmen-Face-Threat-of-Meningitis

Guard Your Health to Launch FitText April 15
April 2, 2015

Guard Your Health, a health and wellness campaign out of the Army National Guard Chief Surgeon’s Office, will launch FitText April 15. FitText is a text messaging initiative centered on maximizing physical training (PT), preparing for the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT), and supporting ongoing fitness among Army National Guard (ARNG) soldiers and their families.

Full story: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/04/02/Guard-Your-Health-to-Launch-FitText-April-15

DoD PSP Annual Summary Fiscal Year 2014
April 1, 2015

The FY2014 DoD PSP Annual Summary contains aggregation and analysis of the patient safety events, submitted by the Services, occurring up to and including FY2014. The summary provides an analysis of patient safety reports (medication events, non-medication events, root cause analyses, proactive risk assessments, and other reports/information available to the DoD), submitted to the DoD Patient Safety Analysis Center. The Annual Summary identifies trends, lessons learned, and other observations impacting the safety of patient care.

Full story: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/04/01/DoD-PSP-Annual-Summary-Fiscal-Year-2014