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We are a Combat Support Agency. Everything we do—clinical care, education, training, logistics, research, information systems, and enterprise management—exists for one reason: generate and sustain warfighter readiness.

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A U.S. Army Soldier holds his ears as he uses a 120mm Mortar Cannon in a Mortar Carrier Stryker vehicle to fire illumination flares over the city of Mosul, Iraq, on June 1, 2006.

Predictive power: Advanced modeling and AI tools revolutionize blast injury decision support

Aug. 10, 2026

These cutting-edge solutions are each designed to integrate a variety of metrics to empower leaders and trainers with data-driven insights at the speed of war.

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U.S. Public Health Service Capt. Sara Newman (left), Defense Health Agency–Public Health director, participated in a town hall hosted by Defense Centers for Public Health–Aberdeen Director Steven Cersovsky at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, June 25, 2026. Newman visited DCPH-A for an official tour of the center’s laboratory and was given a demonstration of its capabilities. (Department of War photo by Graham Snodgrass).

New DHA-Public Health director says fitness, family, connection to nature are core values

July 29, 2026

Bringing more than 30 years of public health experience, Newman is dedicated to ensuring that service members are fit, resilient, and ready.

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James Perkins, acting program executive officer for the Defense Healthcare Management Systems, is given a demonstration of a virtual reality technology program during the joint Veterans Health Administration and Defense Health Agency’s Immersive Health Care Technology Demo Day at the Washington VA Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The event provided veterans, service members, clinicians, and agency leaders with an opportunity to try technology designed to treat veterans and service members with a range of healthcare issues.

Immersive tech, maximum readiness: DHA and VA partner to transform warfighter and veteran healthcare

July 25, 2026

VA health care providers are using virtual and augmented reality to help veterans manage pain, reduce anxiety, support PTSD and addiction.

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U.S. Army Maj. Zachary S. Davey, a neurologist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, reviews data from a point-of-care EEG system with U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Tulisa Reeves during a technology demonstration, Bethesda, Md., July 8, 2026. Walter Reed continually evaluates emerging medical technologies to enhance patient care and expand access to advanced diagnostics for the service members, veterans, retirees and military families it serves. (DOW photo by Ricardo J. Reyes)

Walter Reed tests innovative brain diagnostic system for enhanced patient care

July 23, 2026

The mobile EEG system is a lightweight, wearable, wireless device that when placed on a patient’s head, tracks and records brain electrical activity.

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Upcoming Events

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2026 DHIT Symposium
Aug. 11, 2026

2026 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium

Learn about the information technology and information management programs and products used to support the largest healthcare organization in the world.

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Aug. 20, 2026

TBICoE Training Series: Management of Sleep Disturbances Following Concussion

This training will explain the functional changes that impact sleep following concussion.

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Aug. 26, 2026

EACE Limb Trauma Education Series

The Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence is holding its monthly series, focusing on residual limb health.

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