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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on May 18th, 2012
Superheroes came out of the woodwork during the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Nurses 5K run and 2K walk in honor of National Nurses' Week. The run took place May 10 and more than 300 runners participated, some donning superhero costumes in support of National Nurses' week.
"Nurses are
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on February 24th, 2012
After feedback from patients, Madigan Healthcare System's Behavioral Health services have reorganized in order to provide a one-stop shop for all behavioral health needs for both service members and their Families effective Feb. 7.
The departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, Social Work and the Child and Family Assistance
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on February 22nd, 2012
On Feb. 28, 1992 a dedication ceremony was held in the Medical Mall at Madigan Army Medical Center where more than 400 people watched congressman and generals dedicate the new, $280 million structure we now operate in known as Madigan.
For the next few weeks, staff members worked
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on January 13th, 2012
Beginning Wednesday, the main entrance to the emergency room at Madigan Army Medical Center was closed as the renovations of the Emergency Department enter the next phase. Patients are now being directed to an alternative entrance to the building by large signage.
Parking for the entrance remains
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on December 23rd, 2011
On a recent humanitarian mission to El Salvador, a team of Madigan Healthcare System staff members provided hundreds of life-changing procedures that helped local citizens see, sometimes for the first time in years. During that mission and the many others Madigan staff has participated in, Army
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on December 9th, 2011
Has someone recently told you that your appointment will be held in the Jay Clinic? How about the Finch, Bear or Apache Clinic? If so, you are a part of a shift at Madigan Healthcare System toward a Patient-Centered Medical Home model of care.
One of the more
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on October 28th, 2011
For more than 50 years, Lorraine Robertson has donned a red vest or a hat and a dress and put her best smile forward in whatever job she has been given. Her 50 year commitment is admirable, you see, she's never been paid a dime. She's one
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on September 16th, 2011
Madigan Healthcare System has a sole-prescriber program for all chronic opioid prescriptions to assist medical providers in meeting the national standards of care, and to place patient safety at the forefront of pain management. The program highlights Madigan's efforts to ensure patients with chronic pain are
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on July 14th, 2011
Madigan Healthcare System's Troop Command welcomed its new commander during a change of command ceremony July 8 at Watkins Field on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Lieutenant Colonel Jon Van Steenvort relinquished command of the 1,600 member battalion to Lt. Col. Ralph Deatherage. Van Steenvort will report to U.S.
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on June 2nd, 2011
The latest graduates of Madigan Healthcare System's residency programs are preparing to join the operational Army and become the next generation of Army Medicine's best by completing a Transition to Practice Seminar May 19 and 20.
The Transition to Practice Seminar is intended for Madigan's resident and
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on May 18th, 2012
Madigan Healthcare System has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology.
"I am extremely proud of our breast imaging technologists, technicians, medical support assistants, supervisor, nurse practitioners, and radiologists who work tirelessly in the fight against breast cancer," Maj.
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on September 29th, 2011
Beginning Monday, Joint Base Lewis-McChord ID card holders can take part in a get fit and healthy program by joining the "Passport to Wellness."
The program is a combined venture of the McChord Field Health and Wellness Center, the Health Promotion and Wellness Service/Army Wellness Center, and
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on September 15th, 2011
It has been said that winners do not become champions when they win an event, but rather in the time they spend preparing for it. This year's Joint Base-Lewis McChord Intramural Softball League Co-Ed Division champions, the Madigan Flatliners, will agree with that.
After playing together consistently for two years in
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on July 7th, 2011
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - A total shock came Heather Taylor's way last week when she was called up on the stage and named the U.S. Army Medical Command's Employee of the Year for the Tier I category."I was sent [to San Antonio] under the pretense that I was going
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on July 7th, 2011
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. -- Britt Stockrahm, electronic industrial controls mechanic work leader for Madigan Healthcare System, was named this year's Barney W. Richmond Facility Management Award recipient for the U.S. Army Medical Command.The award was given to him, June 23, at the MEDCOM Health Facility Planning Agency Symposium."When you
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on June 10th, 2011
Every graduation speech is judged by its delivery, its content, and its impact. This graduation was a homerun in many categories, but it may have been the speech that took the experience for Army Medicine's newest healthcare professionals to the highest level. More than 140 residents and
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on April 21st, 2011
Nyla Grace Meehan's birth certificate might make you look twice.
Her birthplace is estimated to be between Exit 122 and Exit 124 on Interstate 5, sometime around 6 p.m., on April 13. She was born in the front passenger seat of a minivan.
Tiffany Meehan was used to quick births after having
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on March 17th, 2011
Family members of active-duty servicemembers stationed in and around Joint Base Lewis-McChord will soon have improved and more convenient access to health care with the opening of the Madigan-Puyallup Community Medical Home in Puyallup, Apr. 25.
The U.S. Army Medical Command clinic is opening 21 community clinics near 13 Army installations
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Tawny M. Dotson/Madigan Healthcare System Strategic Communication Office on March 3rd, 2011
When Neil Glenesk enlisted in the Army in 1974 it was to pursue his passion in the World Class Athlete program. Little did he know, more than 30 years later, he'd be world-class in a whole new category.
Now an Army colonel, Glenesk is the 2011 recipient of the Armed Forces
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