The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is a joint, integrated

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that enables the

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, and U.S. Space Force medical services to provide a medically ready force and ready medical force to

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s in both peacetime and wartime. The DHA supports the delivery of integrated, affordable, and high quality health services to MHS beneficiaries and is responsible for driving greater integration of clinical and business processes across the MHS. The DHA’s global workforce of almost 140,000 civilians and military personnel is committed to medical excellence, health care improvement and ensuring military personnel are ready to perform combat operations and humanitarian missions at home and abroad. * Lea
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to manage military hospitals and clinics * Provid
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TRICARE Health Plan
to 9.6 million beneficiaries worldwide * Deplo
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the new electronic health record, to military hospitals and clinics * Offe
Education and Training
to MHS providers to ensure a medically ready force

History

The

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established the DHA as part of a larger effort meant to reorganize its health care programs and services. The reorganization was based in part on the recommendations of a task force that issued a report on the management of U.S. military health care in 2011.Basu, Sandra
"AF General Named to Head Defense Health Agency in New MHS Governance Model."
U.S. Medicine. July 2013. Under the old system, many aspects of military health care were managed by the individual armed services (Army, Navy, and Air Force).Traynor, Kate
"Defense Health Agency Makes Its Debut."
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. December 15, 2013. on the tricare.mil website

Structure

Defense Health Agency (organizational chart)

The DHA operates under the authority and oversight of the

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (ASD(HA)) is chartered under United States Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 5136.1 in 1994. This DoDD states that the ASD(HA) is the principal advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense o ...

. Assistant Secretary Jonathan Woodson, M.D., established the DHA's organizational structure, including six directorates (see organization chart, right)."About DHA" page
on the tricare.mil website

National Capital Region Medical Directorate

The National Capital Region Medical Directorate is a medical directorate within the DHA.

Education & Training Directorate

;Medical Education and Training Campus :''See:

List of directors

References

External links

Health.mil
official website of the

Defense Health Program
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