Friday Health.mil News Round-Up: E-Prescribing – Coming Soon to a Military Pharmacy Near You!; Anesthesiologists keep soldiers safe in Afghanistan

The following articles were recently posted on Health.mil:

E-Prescribing – Coming Soon to a Military Pharmacy Near You!
Jan. 8, 2015

The Military Health System has deployed electronic prescribing in military pharmacies across its system of clinics and hospitals in the United States (and in Guam and Puerto Rico). This capability will allow civilian providers to send prescriptions electronically to military pharmacies, reducing the need for handwritten prescriptions.

Read more about it here: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/01/08/EPrescribing--Coming-Soon-to-a-Military-Pharmacy-Near-You

Anesthesiologists keep soldiers safe in Afghanistan
Jan. 8, 2015

Since 2006, anesthesiologists from the U.S., Australia, the Netherlands and Canada have been a constant force at the NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit on Kandahar, Airfield. Today, a team of three U.S. Navy physician anesthesiologists carry on the mission of providing “The Best Care, Anywhere” – the hospital’s standing motto.

Read more about it here: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/01/08/Anesthesiologists-keep-soldiers-safe-in-Afghanistan