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 Health Care Technology Defense Health Agency Information Operations is consolidating and standardizing solutions and infrastructure to enhance and simplify health care information technology for users across the Military Health System. Our goal is to deliver seamless health IT solutions to support the delivery of health care to 9.6 million beneficiaries worldwide and give our workforce solutions to do their jobs more efficiently. What is Health Care Technology? Health care technology is any technology, including medical devices, IT systems, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and more designed to support health care organizations. Benefits of Technology in Health Care Improved Patient Care and Experience We use technology to measure and capture data across the entire MHS to see how we’re performing and make improvements to clinical care and our patients’ experience. **>>More** Real-Time Information Exchange We’re deploying a new electronic health record, and when fully deployed, **MHS GENESIS** will provide a single, secure and integrated health record for service members, veterans and their families. **>>More** Flexible Health Care Options We're all busy, but with telehealth solutions, we're meeting you where you are to give you the care you need. **>>More**
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            After being struck by a car, Madisyn Cardenas had a torn aorta, broken hip, pinky finger, pelvis, and clavicle; lacerated tongue; separated abdomen; kidney lacerations; colon tear; brain hematoma; and multiple cuts, bruises, and puncture wounds. “The scariest of all was a tear in my aorta that went undetected until my arrival at Brooke Army Medical ...
    
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