eCareConnect for Expecting Parents

TRICARE Encourages Expecting Parents to Get Connected

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Expecting mom or new parent? TRICARE encourages beneficiaries to use the Defense Department’s eCareConnect, a research-based health information service that helps military hospitals communicate more effectively with expectant parents and new families.

eCareConnect is a free service available at https://www.theparentreview.com/DoD that sends weekly e-mails customized to the stage of the beneficiary’s pregnancy or parenthood. Since 2006 more than 35,000 beneficiaries have signed up for this e-mail-based communication service currently available at 30 military hospitals. Hospital staff members can now communicate “need-to-know” information to all of these patients and connect with them every week.

“Pregnancy and childrearing are some of the highlights of adult life, but the transition associated with becoming parents or adapting to the parental role can be overwhelming” said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Sharon D. Evans, a perinatal nurse educator at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va. “These reliable and regular communications can educate and support parents in ways we never dreamed possible and can make a difference for them right now."

TRICARE encourages beneficiaries who are pregnant or who are new parents to subscribe to the DoD’s eCareConnect. Beneficiaries can sign up to take advantage of the valuable information and military hospital-specific updates included in the weekly e-mails. Beneficiaries whose hospital is not covered can enroll in the Department of Defense Standard Version.

For more information about TRICARE’s maternity care go to http://tricare.mil/mybenefit/home/LifeEvents and click on the “Having a Baby or Adopting” tab.

About TRICARE Management Activity and the Military Health System
TRICARE Management Activity, the Defense Department activity that administers the health care plan for the uniformed services, retirees and their families, serves more than 9.4 million eligible beneficiaries worldwide in the Military Health System (MHS). The mission of the MHS is to enhance Department of Defense and national security by providing health support for the full range of military operations. The MHS provides quality medical care through a network of providers, military treatment facilities, medical clinics and dental clinics worldwide. For more about the MHS go to www.health.mil.