Health Updates

Servicemembers and Families Asked to Participate in Health System Poll

The U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System is asking Servicemembers and their families to take the online Military Health System Poll. The poll is designed to help the DoD understand the areas within the health system in need of improvement. To participate, go here.

TRICARE Launches Website in Spanish

As part of its ongoing effort to educate beneficiaries about available programs and healthcare plans, TRICARE has launched the TRICARE Beneficiary Website “en Español.” To experience the new website, please go here.

Organizations Partner to Support Military Families

Humana Military Healthcare Services and ValueOptions has partnered with Give an Hour to provide military families with behavioral healthcare. Parents, siblings, and unmarried partners are not eligible for behavioral healthcare through TRICARE. Give an Hour will fill that gap by providing behavioral healthcare services to those family members. To find out more about each of the organizations, click on Humana Military Healthcare Services, ValueOptions, or Give An Hour. To read the full article, please visit http://www.humana-military.com/AboutHMHS/05222008.asp.

Comments

[UncleSamWifey]

Hmmm....I went to take the poll and didn't know what half the abbreviations meant.

?????

So I backed out of it ::shrugs::

I also dont go to MTFs currently for my healthcare,so maybe that is why Im not up on the lingo...

[Love My Tanker]

USW- sorry you had trouble with the abbreviations.

Here is a list:

MTF (military treatment facility)

MHS (military health system)

PTSD (post traumatic stress syndrome)

TBI (traumatic brain injury)

AHLTA (Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application, it is the military's electronic health record system, EHR)

[UncleSamWifey]

Thanks AHLTA was the one that was just drawing blanks.