FORT HOOD’s Veterinary Center is offering wellness discounts to its FORT HOOD beneficiaries in honor of “One Health Week,” an Army Public Health Center (APHC) Veterinary Services initiative focusing on pet health. From November 3-10, the center will be offering wellness discounts on various services. The state of the art facility, located at 80th St. […]
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CRDAMC medical home ribbon cutting Nov. 6
FORT HOOD– Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony November 6 at 9:30 a.m. to officially open its fourth community-based medical home. Brig. Gen. Jeffrey J. Johnson, commanding general, Regional Health Command-Central, will officiate and be joined by Col. David R. Gibson, commander, CRDAMC. The new West Killeen Medical Home, […]
CRDAMC Gig room training reinforces patient safety culture
By Patricia Deal. CRDAMC Public Affairs FORT HOOD, Texas—Three creative nurses from Carl R. Darnall Medical Center purposely staged 33 common “errors” in a patient treatment room and challenged staff members to come through to see if they could identify all of them. While there would never be so many errors in one room in […]
CRDAMC opens new medical home in west Killeen area
By Patricia Deal, CRDAMC Public Affairs FORT HOOD, Texas— West Killeen Medical Home, the fourth of Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s community-based medical clinics, opened for patients October 1. The newest medical home joins Killeen, Copperas Cove and Harker Heights Medical Homes which have been established in the communities where patients live, thus making […]
CRDAMC offering flu vaccines beginning Oct. 15
FORT HOOD, Texas – Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center will begin offering flu shots October 15. Beneficiaries can receive their flu vaccine at their assigned medical home Monday through Friday from 9-11 a.m. and from 1-3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The hospital also is hosting various flu shot roundups: October 26 from 9-11:30 a.m. […]
CRDAMC employees celebrate Spiritual Care Week
FORT HOOD, Texas —Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center chaplain, Capt. Grace Kim, blesses the hands of Pamela Horton during Pastoral Care Week, a week-long celebration offering spiritual support to employees and caregivers at the FORT HOOD hospital. Horton, who is a medical support assistant for the physical therapy department, said she was grateful […]
