MiCare available to Team Mildenhall, dependents Published March 11, 2014 By Staff Reports 100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Team Mildenhall service members and their dependents can communicate securely and privately with their healthcare teams anywhere and anytime thanks to a secure messaging system - MiCare. The goal of MiCare is to improve the quality of healthcare patients receive and provide a mechanism for patients to have better access to their own health information, at whatever time is most convenient to them. "MiCare will make routine health care more convenient for our patients, while reducing unnecessary visits to the medical treatment facility, thus freeing up our providers to see more acute patients," said Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles B. Green, former Air Force Surgeon General. Additionally, MiCare streamlines communication and access to information between office visits, often reducing the frequency of office visits for some patients. Benefits from MiCare's secure messaging tool include patient access anytime, anywhere to: · Communicate privately with their healthcare team online · Ask advice about non-urgent symptoms · Receive medical test and lab results · Request medication renewals · Request a copy of immunization records · Access physician-approved health resource links at their convenience The healthcare team will be able to contact patients through MiCare to provide: · Appointment reminders · Follow up on a condition without the patient requiring a trip to the MTF · Medication alerts and refill information · Medical test and referral results · Notifications regarding flu vaccinations, school and sports physicals, MTF closure dates, etc. There are a variety of ways to sign up for MiCare. "Anyone who has a common access card can complete the electronic registration form," said Capt. Chris Ianni, 48th Medical Group group practice manager. "Additionally, on Saturdays during the month of March, we'll be at the Base Exchange at RAF Lakenheath, and Airmen and their dependents can sign up there." Also on March 14, Ianni said interested parties can sign up at the commissary on RAF Lakenheath. "If an Airman misses any of these opportunities, they can sign up at any point of service care counter, like family health at the MTF," said Ianni. For more information, visit www.afms.af.mil/MiCare or call the 48th MDG appointment line at DSN 226-8010 or commercial at 01638-528010.