Story by Douglas Stutz | Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton | 05.31.2022
By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer – The transition of management and administration – as well as personnel, property and systems - of a military treatment facility like Naval Hospital Bremerton to the Defense Health Agency is actually old news....
Story by Douglas Stutz | Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton | 12.01.2021
By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer – The Latin inscription, ‘pro cura militis’ on the standard unfurled at Madigan Army Medical Center encapsulated the purpose of the Puget Sound Military Health System (MHS) Market establishment ceremony, Dec. 1, 2021....
Story by Flavia Hulsey | Medical Readiness Command, Pacific | 01.10.2019
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – For one Madigan Army Medical Center intern, a daylong health care summit offered the perfect complement to the training she is receiving through military medicine. “I already have the hands-on experience, but the behavioral health summit was a good way to augment that experience, as well as learn about the resources for when I go out of the clinic and......
Story by Emily Yeh | Medical Readiness Command, Pacific | 01.04.2019
As 2019 begins, it is again time to reflect on significant events that occurred at Regional Health Command-Pacific last year....
Story by Flavia Hulsey | Medical Readiness Command, Pacific | 11.15.2017
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Hundreds gathered in the medical mall at Madigan Army Medical Center Nov. 15 for the MHS GENESIS Recognition Ceremony to commemorate the deployment of the Department of Defense’s new electronic health record at its four initial fielding sites in the Pacific Northwest....
Story by Flavia Hulsey | Medical Readiness Command, Pacific | 10.31.2017
Navy Capt. Jeffrey Bitterman, commanding officer, Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB), recently visited the Puget Sound Military Health System (PSMHS) and Madigan Army Medical Center, both based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The purpose of the Oct. 31 visit was to learn more about the health care and readiness missions of both organizations, and identify additional opportunities for......
Courtesy Story | Medical Readiness Command, Pacific | 10.03.2017
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Col. George Appenzeller, market manager for the Puget Sound Military Health System (MHS), hosted the organization’s annual Performance Planning Offsite on Oct. 3 to kick-off business-planning efforts for fiscal years 2019-2023....
Courtesy Story | Medical Readiness Command, Pacific | 04.10.2017
In an effort to enhance the overall patient experience, population health nurses recently joined the primary care team at Naval Hospital Bremerton's medical home ports. The nursing positions were made possible through a partnership with the Army that focuses on improving disease management for the Navy's patient population within the Puget Sound Military Health System (MHS)....
