March 23, 2023

CRDAMC hosts Centering Pregnancy after three-year hiatus

Fourteen expectant mothers joined Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Women’s Health Center staff for the first Centering Pregnancy session since 2020 at the hospital March 22. Designed by the Centering Healthcare Institute, a non-profit organization that provides more effective prenatal care training to hospitals such as CRDAMC, Centering Pregnancy is group prenatal care bringing women out of examination rooms and into a more comfortable group setting.

March 17, 2023

CRDAMC brings back its Baby Expo

The Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center hospital staff was excited to invite the community back to its eighth annual Baby Expo at the main hospital March 11. The expo was the first since 2019 due to COVID-19 and is designed to provide health education and promotion of various perinatal topics for new and expectant parents, beneficiaries who are pregnant, post-partum or who have delivered within the past year.

Feb. 22, 2023

CRDAMC team sharpens medical warriors mentally and physically

A team of Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Soldiers prepared a rigorous training event for its medics to test their adaptability, and challenging them both physically and mentally during a Best Leader Competition Feb14-17.

Feb. 22, 2023

CRDAMC best leaders move on to MRC, W Best Squad Competition

In a test of physical and mental endurance, 18 medical leaders from the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center demonstrated their Soldier skills during the 2023 Best Leaders Competition, Feb. 17. The winners of this competition: Capt. Michael Stangroom, physical therapist; Staff Sgt. Phillip Hubbard, radiologist specialist; and Spc. Caitlyn Rishell, nutrition specialist, will now move on to represent CRDAMC at the Medical Readiness Command, West Best Medic Squad Competition later this year.

Feb. 22, 2023

JROTC students get medical specialty insight from CRDAMC professionals

Part of CRDAMC’s broader initiative to encourage educational institutions to tour the hospital, Lt. Col. Brian Cahill hopes this visit will give the 45 Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets insight into the medical careers available here.

Jan. 25, 2023

CRDAMC’s hiring, partnering with community professionals

Medical, medical logistics and technical instructional staff members from the central Texas community’s education institutions attended the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s Open House, Jan. 20.

Jan. 13, 2023

Killeen and Harker Heights Medical Homes to reassign beneficiaries for DHA Acuity-Based pilot program in 2023

Fort Hood, TX — Testing the concept that primary care delivery can be tailored based on a patient’s medical needs and not “one size fits all”, the Defense Health Agency has selected the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center to pilot a year-long project that may mean changes for beneficiaries in the Central Texas Market.CRDAMC has already begun the notification

Dec. 20, 2022

Fort Hood Soldier Recovery Unit earns Best SRU in the Army

Selected as the Best Soldier Recovery Unit in the Army at the annual Army Recovery Care Program Senior Leadership Summit at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, the Fort Hood SRU was recently presented the award here Dec. 9.

Dec. 19, 2022

Killeen and Harker Heights Medical Homes to reassign beneficiaries for DHA Acuity-Based pilot program in 2023

Testing the concept that primary care delivery can be tailored based on a patient’s medical needs and not “one size fits all”, the Defense Health Agency has selected the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center to pilot a year-long project that may mean changes for beneficiaries in the Central Texas Market.

Nov. 28, 2022

CRDAMC to offer Contraceptive Services Walk-In Clinic

The Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center offered a pilot Contraceptive Walk-In Clinic at its Family Medicine Residency Clinic, on the first floor of the hospital, Nov. 17. The pilot clinic is part of the Defense Health Agency’s efforts to ensure that female service members and beneficiaries have access to reproductive health care. The pilot clinic will help CRDAMC assess beneficiary interests, provider, nursing and physician assistant support needed to open a permanent clinic in January 2023.