‘Navy Care’ Virtual Health App Launches at Naval Hospital Jacksonville
Navy Medicine is conducting its world-wide pilot of Navy Care at Naval Hospital Jacksonville. Navy Care enables patients to have a virtual visit with a clinician, by using a smartphone, tablet, or computer. It’s
private, secure, and free.

Second Class of Corpsmen Completes Trauma Training in Chicago
Fifteen hospital corpsmen completed the Navy Medicine’s second iteration of trauma training June 1 in North Chicago.
The latest iteration of the hospital corpsman trauma training utilizes a partnership between Navy Medicine, the Capt. James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Lovell FHCC), and John A. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County (Cook County). The hands-on training comprises eight days of classroom training and six weeks of trauma training focused on Trauma Resuscitation, Trauma Intensive Care Unit, Burn Unit and the Emergency Department.

Navy Medicine Establishes Policy for Long-Term Opioid Therapy Safety
New and existing long-term opioid therapy patients with a projected course of therapy of 90-days or longer are now required to undergo a psychiatric and substance abuse history screening. The screening
includes an assessment of active thoughts of suicide, and risk of opioid abuse. Patients must also establish an informed consent and opioid care agreement with their clinician. The consent provides information on
the risks and benefits of therapy.

Subjects: Navy Medicine Live blog; Hospital Corps; NH Jacksonville; telemedicine; drug abuse; opiods