What does the 87th Medical Group do?
87th Medical Group The 87th Medical Group is an Air Force outpatient medical treatment facility operating on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ. The medical group mission is to deliver mission-ready medics, a medically-ready Force, patient-centered care, and a healthy Joint Base community.
What is primary care at the 87th Medical Group-Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst?
Primary Care at the 87th Medical Group - Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst consists of Family Health and Flight Medicine. For more information, please visit the individual health services.
What does the 87th Mission Support Group do?
The command is dedicated to providing world class quality of life to our service members and Families commensurate with their outstanding service to the nation. The 87th Mission Support Group supports the global mission of the 87th Air Base Wing by maintaining an expeditionary force posture at home station.
What does the 87th Aerospace Medicine Squadron do?
The 87th Aerospace Medicine Squadron supports the operational Air Force by enhancing the health of its people, ensuring a fit force, preventing disease and injury, protecting the environment, and anticipating medical contingencies.
Where is the 87th Medical Group located?
The 87th Medical Group is an Air Force outpatient medical treatment facility operating on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ. The medical group mission is to deliver mission-ready medics, a medically-ready Force, patient-centered care, and a healthy Joint Base community. The 400-member medical group operates a multi-specialty outpatient clinic, with services described below. The ambulatory care clinic is located on Neely Road, near the Base Exchange and Commissary; and a dental clinic next to the Kish Airman Leadership School. Services are generally provided between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays (closed the first Thursday of each month at noon for training; and closed weekends and Federal holidays). The medical group prepares Airmen to serve in home station and deployed environments, while meeting healthcare needs of nearly 17,000 TRICARE Prime enrollees and over 42,000 DOD beneficiaries in Central NJ.
What is the 87th Air Force?
87th Aerospace Medicine Squadron. The 87th Aerospace Medicine Squadron supports the operational Air Force by enhancing the health of its people, ensuring a fit force, preventing disease and injury, protecting the environment, and anticipating medical contingencies.
Why is it important to have a PCMH?
Your PCMH team aims to keep you healthy by suggesting preventive services that may prevent more complex problems later . We track this measure to find out how often you are seen by your assigned primary care manager (PCM).
Why is seeing your provider important?
Seeing your provider when you need to is important to you – and to us. We want to ensure that you get the care you need when you need it. This measure lets us know if you think we responded appropriately to your appointment request.
Why is it important to communicate with patients?
We want to ensure everyone understands and can use the information we provide to make healthy choices and good decisions about their healthcare. When provider-patient communication is effective, adherence to treatment recommendations increases, better health outcomes are achieved, and the patients and their families’ satisfaction with health care improves.
What should be your initial option for urgent and routine?
Medical Group should be your initial option for urgent and routine
Does the 87th Medical Group have an emergency room?
The 87th Medical Group does NOT have an emergency room and
TRICARE News and Updates
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87th Medical Group News and Updates
The 87th Medical Group has teamed up with Keller Army Community Hospital located at West Point, New York to bring advanced orthopedic care to service members assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.
What is the 87th mission support group?
87th Mission Support Group. The 87th Mission Support Group supports the global mission of the 87th Air Base Wing by maintaining an expeditionary force posture at home station. In garrison, the group prepares the wing to deploy, beddown, and sustain forward operations.
What is the 87th ABW?
The 87th ABW is committed to providing installation management to support expeditionary operations in a time of persistent conflict. The command is dedicated to providing world class quality of life to our service members and Families commensurate with their outstanding service to the nation.
What is the 87th Air Base Wing?
The 87th Air Base Wing provides installation management to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, the nation's only tri-service joint base. The wing also provides mission-ready, expeditionary Airmen to support Unified Combatant Commanders in on-going military operations. The wing consists of more than 3,100 officers, enlisted, and civilian personnel from the Air Force, Army and Navy.
How many officers are in the 87th ABW?
The wing consists of more than 3,100 officers, enlisted, and civilian personnel from the Air Force, Army and Navy. The 87th ABW is committed to providing installation management to support expeditionary operations in a time of persistent conflict.
