July 15, 2022 San Antonio Market celebrates first anniversary as a unified healthcare system The San Antonio Market will celebrate its one-year anniversary as a unified military healthcare system this week. San Antonio’s military treatment facilities officially united as a market with the Defense Health Agency during a ceremony at Brooke Army Medical Center on July 16, 2021.
Jan. 18, 2022 San Antonio Market leaders ask for patience during MHS GENESIS transition, COVID-19 uptick Beneficiaries are experiencing some delays in services due to the high levels of COVID-19 transmission in the community and the San Antonio Market’s transition to MHS GENESIS on Jan. 22.
Oct. 6, 2021 MHS GENESIS: New electronic health record coming soon to the San Antonio Market The San Antonio Market will transition to the new electronic health record system – known as MHS GENESIS – in January 2022.
Sept. 15, 2021 New health maintenance resource available for military beneficiaries The San Antonio Market has developed a comprehensive tool to help military beneficiaries understand the current recommended health maintenance guidelines. The guidelines are displayed in an easy-to-read format with space for the patient to record their screening information details.
Jan. 4, 2021 BAMC provides COVID-19 vaccine program update Brooke Army Medical Center administered its first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to frontline medical professionals Dec. 17 as part of the Department of Defense’s initial vaccine rollout.
Nov. 25, 2020 JBSA medical facilities support Operation Warp Speed Joint Base San Antonio’s Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, or WHASC, and Brooke Army Medical Center are supporting the Department of Defense on Operation Warp Speed, which seeks to pioneer vaccines for COVID-19. The vaccine trial began at JBSA Nov. 5.
Sept. 16, 2020 BAMC, WHASC chosen for COVID-19 vaccine trials As part of the Operation Warp Speed, or OWS, goal to deliver safe and effective vaccines and therapeutics by January 2021, five Department of Defense locations have been identified to participate in the Phase III trial evaluating the vaccine candidate AZD1222 under development by AstraZeneca. Two of
March 25, 2019 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron participates in National Disaster Medical System exercises Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron participated in two National Disaster Medical System exercise events at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 20.
Jan. 31, 2019 BAMC seeking ‘mystery shoppers’ to help improve patient experience Retail stores often use secret shoppers to improve customer service. Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is now implementing a similar concept to improve patient experience.
Nov. 21, 2018 Sutherland Springs remembered one year later Brooke Army Medical Center held two ceremonies to honor the victims of a mass shooting that took place in a small rural community near San Antonio and the staff members who treated them.