Medical Care and Defense Health Agency
Military Health System Scope
MHS Scope
The military health system supports:
- All uniformed service personnel
- Retirees
- Their families
What MHS Provides
It provides the direction, resources, health care providers, and other means necessary for promoting the health of the beneficiary population.
Specific Functions
Military health support includes:
- Developing and promoting health awareness issues to educate customers
- Discovering and resolving environmentally based health threats
- Providing health services, including:
- Preventive care
- Problem intervention services
- Pastoral care
- Religious support
- Improving the means and methods for maintaining the health of the beneficiary population by constantly evaluating performance
Joint Service Medical Support
Joint Medical Support
Army, Navy, and USAF medical professionals help ensure those in uniform are medically ready to deploy anywhere around the globe on a moment's notice.
These medical professionals not only send service members on their way — they're with them.
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
DHA Definition
The Defense Health Agency is a joint, integrated combat support agency within the military health system that enables the Army, Navy, and USAF medical services to provide:
- A medically ready force
- A ready medical force
…to CCMDs in both peacetime and wartime.
What DHA Drives
DHA Integration Role
The DHA supports the delivery of integrated, affordable, and high-quality health services to military health system beneficiaries and is responsible for driving greater integration of clinical and business processes across the military health system.