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BAMC begins new curbside pharmacy service
March 26, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center is implementing additional health protection measures to minimize foot traffic throughout the organization and help to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, better preserving the health and wellbeing of BAMC patients and staff... MORE

BAMC further adjusts visitation policies
March 23, 2020 — The safety of patients and visitors is a top priority at Brooke Army Medical Center. While we understand the importance of family support during hospitalization, the new COVID-19 coronavirus requires us to temporarily adjust our visiting policy in order to keep our patients and visitors safe from infection... MORE

BAMC works to minimize COVID-19 risk by delaying routine, non-urgent care
March 22, 2020 — To ensure Brooke Army Medical Center healthcare professionals are poised to support an increased need for acute patient care and minimize risk to all, certain services and programs have been delayed/reduced at this time, hospital officials said March 22... MORE

WHASC opens drive-thru screening, testing
March 20, 2020 — The 59th Medical Wing has implemented a COVID-19 drive-thru screening process at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to help identify people with COVID-19 indicators before they enter the hospital, reducing the health risk to our beneficiaries, visitors, staff and family members. ... MORE

Cones are lined up March 19, 2020 in preparation for the opening of a drive-through screening and testing line beginning March 20, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The line will be open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday for anyone experiencing flu-like symptoms prior to entering Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Katherine Spessa)

San Antonio Military Health System adjusts services, offers options to continue care
March 19, 2020 — The San Antonio Military Health System is making several precautionary adjustments to services to help mitigate the spread of infectious diseases and ensure healthcare professionals and resources are poised to support an increased need for acute patient care... MORE

BAMC closes dining facilities, adjusts pharmacy operations
March 19, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center is implementing additional health protection measures to minimize foot traffic throughout the organization and help to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, enabling BAMC to better preserve the health and well-being of patients and staff... MORE

SAMHS takes precautionary measures to minimize COVID-19 risk
March 15, 2020 — As a precautionary measure, the San Antonio Military Health System, or SAMHS, will be placing triage tents outside of Brooke Army Medical Center, Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Randolph Clinic and Reid Clinic to safely screen patients, if needed, for potential infectious respiratory conditions, such as COVID-19, while minimizing the risk to others... MORE

BAMC aims to improve patient engagement, communication through new initiative
February 26, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center is implementing a new nurse initiative to improve communication and interaction with patients... MORE

BAMC hosts tobacco cessation program for beneficiaries
February 21, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center's Pulmonary Tobacco Cessation Team is helping beneficiaries reduce and eliminate their dependence on a variety of tobacco products... MORE

BAMC marks milestone with 100th hip preservation surgery for adult hip dysplasia
February 13, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center orthopaedic surgery recently celebrated a milestone, completing the 100th hip preservation surgery for adult hip dysplasia... MORE

BAMC Bariatric Surgery Clinic receives national recognition for care
February 13, 2020 — The Brooke Army Medical Center Bariatric Surgery Clinic has achieved national accreditation as a Comprehensive Center from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program, or MBSAQIP... MORE

BAMC recognized as 'meritorious' military hospital
February 12, 2020 — This year, 88 hospitals reached meritorious distinction based on strong scores. Risk-adjusted data from the July 2019 ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Semiannual Report was used to show which hospitals had the best outcomes. Hospitals in the survey were recognized for “high-risk” cases, as well as “all cases.”... MORE

Surgical care within the Military Health System helps build and maintain a ready medical force. Results from the adult ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program assist the MHS in creating policy and verifying surgical skills throughout the enterprise's military hospitals.

BAMC hosts tobacco cessation program for beneficiaries
February 4, 2020 — The Brooke Army Medical Center Pulmonary Tobacco Cessation Team at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is helping beneficiaries reduce and eliminate their dependence on a variety of tobacco products... MORE

An Airman vapes in an authorized smoking area during a break. As of Oct. 29, 2019, more than 1,800 lung injury cases and 37 deaths have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the only commonality among all cases being the patient’s use of e-cigarettes or vaping products.

BAMC observes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 23, 2020 — Staff, patients and family members observed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Jan. 22 at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Oates speaks at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observance at BAMC, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 22. The event celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. King and highlighted the Army's value of service.

Air Force surgeon general speaks to JBSA medics
January 14, 2020 — U.S. Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg spoke to medics during a Jan. 9 visit to Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg speaks to doctors, nurses and technicians Jan. 9, 2020 during a visit to Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. Airmen from BAMC and Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center gathered for a town hall to hear Hogg’s perspective on the future of military medicine and ask questions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Katherine Spessa//Released)

Main BAMC Outpatient Pharmacy implementing new system to reduce wait time
January 9, 2020 — The Main Outpatient Pharmacy at Brooke Army Medical Center will implement a two-ticket system in February to improve the customer experience and reduce wait times... MORE

Huy Nguyen, pharmacist, dispenses a prescription in the main pharmacy at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

BAMC training helps Landstuhl nurses care for critically ill patients
January 7, 2020 — A two-week long training session at Brooke Army Medical Center provided a pair of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center critical care nurses with hands-on training operating and troubleshooting dialysis equipment used in continuous 24 hour-per-day therapy... MORE

Army Maj. Julie Duffy (right), clinical nurse specialist, Intensive Care Unit, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, prepares a cycler used for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies as Petra Wine, critical care nurse, provides instruction during CRRT training at LRMC's ICU Dec. 19, 2019.

BAMC welcomes first baby of new decade
January 3, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center rang in the New Year by welcoming the hospital’s first baby of 2020. The 7-pound, 9-ounce, 19.5-inch-long baby girl was born at 1 a.m. Jan. 1... MORE

Brig. Gen. Wendy Harter, Brooke Army Medical Center commanding general, presents a gift basket from the BAMC Auxiliary to Airman 1st Class Anna Tritley and her husband, Sean, Jan. 3, 2020 to congratulate them on the birth of their daughter, Cora Noel. The 7-pound, 9-ounce, 19.5-inch-long baby girl was BAMC’s first baby of the new year, born at 1 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2020.

BAMC hosts live chat with Army’s first doctor in space
November 29, 2019 — With the holiday season at hand, the first Army doctor in space expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to serve his nation as a Soldier and a NASA astronaut during his live, in-flight interview with more than 250 staff members, patients and family members Nov. 27 at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Col. Andrew Morgan, formerly assigned to BAMC as an emergency physician, arrived on the International Space Station July 20, 2019, the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Morgan will spend more than six months conducting about 350 science investigations. “It is an honor to have Brooke Army Medical Center, the gold standard in military trauma and burn care, aboard the International Space Station with me,” said Morgan, who then displayed an organization T-shirt and set a BAMC coin spinning in zero gravity to huge cheers and applause.

Pilot lands plane blind after bird strike
November 25, 2019 — Todd Unruh never believed he was going to die. Even covered in glass, in pain and flying blind, the pilot felt a sense of calm... MORE

Pilot Todd Unruh shares the story of his emergency landing after a bird strike temporarily blinded him while recovering from his eye injuries at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Nov. 4, 2019.