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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

BAMC implements COVID-19 drive-thru screening
March 20, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center implemented a COVID-19 drive-thru screening process March 17 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

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

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

Burn survivor, San Antonio firefighter on the road to recovery thanks to USAISR
March 10, 2020 — For nearly three years, San Antonio firefighter Brad Phipps has had to deal with both the physical and emotional scars from a fire that left him with burn injuries and in which one of his colleagues perished... MORE

BAMC Black History Month celebration honors the past to help secure the future
March 5, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center held an observance Feb. 25 in honor of Black History Month. This year’s theme is “Honoring the Past, Securing the Future.”... MORE

WTB Soldiers, staff give back to Military City USA
March 4, 2020 — More than 75 members of the Brooke Army Medical Center Warrior Transition Battalion at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston wanted to pay it forward by teaming up with Habitat for Humanity, landscaping several homes in the Lenwood Heights housing area Feb. 12... MORE

USAISR conducts study at Fort Carson
February 28, 2020 — The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, based at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, conducted a study Feb. 11 with combat medics with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, at Fort Carson, Colorado... 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 Fisher House hosts its first ever gender reveal party
February 13, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center’s Fisher House at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston hosted its first gender reveal party Jan. 31 for a Sailor and his wife... 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

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

BAMC takes critical-care training on the road
February 4, 2020 — A team of four pulmonary/critical care physicians from Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston provided a two-day training event Jan. 14-15 at Fort Carson, Colorado, focused on skills within individual critical tasks lists, or ICTL, necessary to care for wounded service members while deployed overseas... MORE

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