Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center was on a steady course to increase its virtual health services when the COVID-19 pandemic swept the nation. Now, due to the opportunities within the crisis, CRDAMC is by far the biggest provider of virtual health services in the DoD. Since March 2020, CRDAMC has provided over 25,000 virtual video visits to patients.

The following Video provides access to a virtual New Comers Medical Inprocessing

In 2016, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) was the first DoD medical command to obtain accreditation with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Practice Transition Accreditation Program (PTAP) for its Nurse Residency Program. On Nov. 23, the program received reaccreditation with ANCC’s Practice Transition Accreditation Program.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Hospital Emergency Response Team (HERT) completed patient decontamination training, Nov. 19. The more than 40 team members demonstrated donning/doffing personal protective equipment, setting up the tent shower system, before performing a timed final evaluation which included triage and decontaminating simulated victims of a hazardous materials release.