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Volume 80, Number 33
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Air Force Surgeon General public affairs
TRICARE Online and MiCare Secure
vices, but there are important differences to
these software tools, designed to enhance
access to care for all military beneficiaries.
“Both programs are endorsed by the
Military Health System, and although they
may seem very similar, in actuality there
are a few differences,” said Col. Gwendolyn
Johnson, Chief of Air Force Secure Messag-
ing, Air Force Medical Operations Agency.
“While they do have some features in com-
mon, it is up to our beneficiaries to decide
which tool they desire to use.”
In both TRICARE Online and MiCare, Steve Thompson / AF Graphic)MiCare vs TriCare Aug 2015
beneficiaries can validate medication lists
and obtain test results, including labs.
“Using secure messaging promotes bet- information which can prevent providers
With TRICARE Online, beneficiaries can ter access to care for patients who need from repeating routine medical tests that
schedule available appointments them- clinical advice or assistance from their have already been done and documented
selves, whereas with MiCare, beneficiaries healthcare teams. This is one of the rea- in the Personal Health Record. This fea-
can request appointments via secure mes- sons MiCare is considered a valued service ture enables off-base medical providers to
saging. Once the appointment request is across the military health system. Not only have more insight into the personal health
made, clinic staff will schedule an appoint- does MiCare ease communication between story of their patients.
ment with the provider as soon as possible. patients and clinical staff, it also allows
Another great feature with TRICARE On- patients to access robust patient education “It may initially seem confusing that
there is both TRICARE Online and Mi-
claims and deductibles, and to obtain proof tions or illnesses,” said Johnson. Care, but each tool has its potential ben-
of medical insurance. This is because TRI- efits for those patients who desire to use
CARE is for medical insurance coverage, An additional unique feature of Mi- them. Even though beneficiaries may use
and addresses issues and tasks related to Care is the “Health Record” or “Personal either tool to schedule an appointment or
activities that involve healthcare insurance, Health Record.” This tool can be used to review their lab results, only MiCare can
explained Johnson. collect, track and share past and current be used for secure communication to the
information of the beneficiary’s health. healthcare team,” said Johnson.
In comparison, MiCare is focused on For example, when referred to new off-
secure messaging communication between base medical providers for care, the Per- For more information on TRICARE On-
patients and their healthcare teams. sonal Health Record is a source of health line and MiCare Secure Messaging, con-
tact your local military treatment facility.
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by Linda Welz
Beacon editor
Every year the Beacon staff prepares stories of the Courtesy photo/Mathieu Beaulieu
paranormal as they relate to March Field for the Octo-
These two “apparitions” were captured in 2013, with an infra-red video
sues in October, and we are asking for your help early. camera, during the early-morning hours, in a dark room that used to
serve as a hospital morgue in a building on March Air Reserve Base. Ev-
Please contact us as soon as possible to share your ery person on the ghost-hunt team is accounted for in the video but none
stories or experiences of what might be considered of them saw anything when they were in the room. When the camera
strange or unusual or even paranormal activities right was panning, the images were captured, but disappeared when the pan
here at March Field. We need to get started on the re- was reversed.
print in October.
In years past, we have participated in ghost hunts
on base and interviewed many Team March members
and former members who claim they have heard, felt
or seen these type occurrences.
Helping us tell your stories, or just reading the sto-
ries we tell, makes for a spooktacular October for one
and all!
Public affairs can be emailed at 452amw.pawork-
flow@us.af.mil or contacted at 951-655-4137.