FW: Woodson: New Center for Global Health Engagement will expand MHS capacity for global health engagement

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Subject: Woodson: New Center for Global Health Engagement will expand MHS capacity for global health engagement
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 05:32:32 -0600

From: mhs@service.govdelivery.com

12/23/2015 Woodson: New Center for Global Health Engagement will expand MHS capacity for global health engagement Improving collaboration and developing future global health leaders are key focus areas for the Military Health System, said assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Jonathan Woodson, speaking at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Maryland. Read More ... Doctor comforts patients through music The patient was just too agitated to stay in his bed. A World War II veteran with dementia, he kept changing out of his gown and trying to leave the inpatient floor.  Army Capt. Edwin Choi, the doctor on call at Madigan Army Medical Center, couldn't give him a sedative - it wouldn't react well with the man's dementia - but what he could do was play the guitar for him. So he spent an hour strumming classical music tunes as well as the songs of John Denver, the Beatles, the Eagles, and the Penguins, until the 82-year-old veteran fell asleep.  Read More ... DHA Service Member of the Quarter, Fourth Quarter and DHA Service Member of the Year, FY 2015 Congratulations to the recipients of the Defense Health Agency Service Member of the Quarter, Fourth Quarter and DHA Service Member of the Year, FY 2015.  Read More ...

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