Download or read book A Unified Medical Command written by Larry J. Godfrey and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Military Medicine's early organizational roots came from a British model. During the Civil War military medical services reorganized to support large land forces in heavy combat. The pattern developed during that period remains, with minor adjustments for improved technology, the organizational model for today's medical force. This pattern is based on service specific, separate medical departments with limited interoperability. A transformation is underway that is converting much of the force structure into an interoperable joint force. As they are currently organized, the military medical services cannot efficiently support a joint force. To solve this problem, all three service medical departments should be reorganized under a single Unified Medical Command that retains the individual service medical departments as subordinate component medical commands. Such a structure will maximize efficiency, eliminate unnecessary redundancy, conserve limited resources and respond to the needs of a joint force better than the current structure.
Download or read book Unified Medical Command and Control in the Department of Defense written by Anthony R. Nesbitt and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delivering health care to service members, retirees and their family members is essential to the morale and readiness of the Armed Forces. Indeed, it is viewed as a contract with service members to keep them healthy and treat them when they are sick or wounded. It is becoming increasingly more difficult for Defense Health Program (DHP) to deliver on this contract, however. At an estimated $57 billion last year, the contract is not cheap. Defense spending, in general, faces tremendous scrutiny and the Military Health System (MHS) constitutes a significant portion of defense spending. This makes military health care a target for budget cuts. The MHS must rethink how supports the force, in both the operational and institutional medicine arenas. All options must be on the table and the toughest options may require radical changes to do the most good. Any solution must deliver cost savings, which means that some protected aspects of the MHS will need to change.
Download or read book Tri Service Medical Transformation Time for a Unified Military Medical Command USMEDCOM written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current U.S. military medical service structure is redundant and inefficient. Each service trains, equips and organizes its own medical force under the direction of a Surgeon General and medical department (the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery - BUMED, the Army Medical Command - USAMEDCOM, and the Air Force Medical Service - AFMS). Yet all these medical departments are interwoven in and subordinate to the Defense Health Program (DHP) and its peacetime health care delivery system - TRICARE. This paper assesses the current Department of Defense (DOD) medical support organization and proposes the development of a unified medical command (USMEDOOM) that will provide health care across the services more efficiently through the common training, organizing and equipping of a joint medical force.
Download or read book A Unified Medical Command written by Larry J. Godfrey and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Military Medicine's early organizational roots came from a British model. During the Civil War military medical services reorganized to support large land forces in heavy combat. The pattern developed during that period remains, with minor adjustments for improved technology, the organizational model for today's medical force. This pattern is based on service specific, separate medical departments with limited interoperability. A transformation is underway that is converting much of the force structure into an interoperable joint force. As they are currently organized, the military medical services cannot efficiently support a joint force. To solve this problem, all three service medical departments should be reorganized under a single Unified Medical Command that retains the individual service medical departments as subordinate component medical commands. Such a structure will maximize efficiency, eliminate unnecessary redundancy, conserve limited resources and respond to the needs of a joint force better than the current structure.
Download or read book Tri service Medical Transformation written by Dennis D. Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current U.S. military medical service structure is redundant and inefficient. Each service trains, equips and organizes its own medical force under the direction of a Surgeon General and medical department (the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery - BUMED, the Army Medical Command - USAMEDCOM, and the Air Force Medical Service - AFMS). Yet all these medical departments are interwoven in and subordinate to the Defense Health Program (DHP) and its peacetime health care delivery system - TRICARE. This paper assesses the current Department of Defense (DOD) medical support organization and proposes the development of a unified medical command (USMEDCOM) that will provide health care across the services more efficiently through the common training, organizing and equipping of a joint medical force.
Download or read book Cost Implications of a Unified Medical Command written by Eric W. Christensen and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DOD) could configure a unified medical command any number of ways, so being able to objectively sift through the various alternatives is important. One important factor in choosing between the various alternatives is cost. Accordingly, the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) asked the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) to estimate the potential cost implications of various configurations of a unified medical command.
Download or read book Defense health Care DOD Needs to Address the Expected Benefits Costs and Risks for Its newly Approved Medical Command Structure written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Unified Command Plan written by Edward J. Drea and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Health Care written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-13 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: operates one of the largest and most complex health systems in the nation and has a dual health care mission-readiness and benefits. The readiness mission provides medical services and support to the armed forces during military operations. The benefits mission provides health care to over 9 million eligible beneficiaries, including active duty personnel, retirees, and dependents worldwide. Past GAO and other reports have recommended changes to the military health system (MHS) structure. GAO was asked to (1) describe the options for structuring a unified medical command recommended in recent studies by DOD and other organizations and (2) assess the extent to which DOD has identified the potential impact these options would have on the current MHS. GAO analyzed studies and reports prepared by DOD's Joint/Unified Medical Command Working Group, the Defense Business Board, and the Center for Naval Analyses, and interviewed department officials.
Download or read book Substance Use Disorders in the U S Armed Forces written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problems stemming from the misuse and abuse of alcohol and other drugs are by no means a new phenomenon, although the face of the issues has changed in recent years. National trends indicate substantial increases in the abuse of prescription medications. These increases are particularly prominent within the military, a population that also continues to experience long-standing issues with alcohol abuse. The problem of substance abuse within the military has come under new scrutiny in the context of the two concurrent wars in which the United States has been engaged during the past decade-in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn). Increasing rates of alcohol and other drug misuse adversely affect military readiness, family readiness, and safety, thereby posing a significant public health problem for the Department of Defense (DoD). To better understand this problem, DoD requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) assess the adequacy of current protocols in place across DoD and the different branches of the military pertaining to the prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs). Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces reviews the IOM's task of assessing access to SUD care for service members, members of the National Guard and Reserves, and military dependents, as well as the education and credentialing of SUD care providers, and offers specific recommendations to DoD on where and how improvements in these areas could be made.
Download or read book Dental Considerations in a Unified Medical Command written by Thomas R. Tempel and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes have been written touting the benefits of a Unified Medical Command, but none have discussed the Army, Navy, and Air Force Dental Corps' role in this command. The pace of military medicine's transformation is increasing, and in order to ensure eligible beneficiaries continue to get world class dental care, a study of dentistry's potential role must be conducted. Whether a Unified Medical Command is established or not, there are several joint dental initiatives that should be undertaken to achieve unity of effort between the services in both peacetime and war. To meaningfully contribute to a Joint Medical structure, the Dental Corps must start now to ensure young officers receive joint exposure to understand each service's dental capabilities and how to employ them.
Download or read book Defense Health Care DOD Needs to Address the Expected Benefits Costs and Risks for Its Newly Approved Medical Command Structure written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why GAO Did This Study: The Department of Defense (DOD) operates one of the largest and most complex health systems in the nation and has a dual health care mission -- readiness and benefits. The readiness mission provides medical services and support to the armed forces during military operations. The benefits mission provides health care to over 9 million eligible beneficiaries, including active duty personnel, retirees, and dependents worldwide. Past GAO and other reports have recommended changes to the military health system (MHS) structure. GAO was asked to (1) describe the options for structuring a unified medical command recommended in recent studies by DOD and other organizations and (2) assess the extent to which DOD has identified the potential impact these options would have on the current MHS. GAO analyzed studies and reports prepared by DOD's Joint/Unified Medical Command Working Group, the Defense Business Board, and the Center for Naval Analyses, and interviewed department officials. What GAO Recommends: GAO is recommending that DOD address the expected benefits, costs, and risks for implementing the fourth option and provide Congress the results of its assessment. In commenting on a draft of this report, DOD concurred with GAO's recommendations.
Download or read book The Joint Medical Command Boon Or Bane for the Supported CINC written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposals supporting the desirability of a Department of Defense unified Medical Command are not new. Their focus, however, has not been on its validity in relation to its impact on the Geographic Commands, but on the individual Services, and the Department of Defense as a whole. This paper argues that the establishment of a Department of Defense Joint Medical Command would be a boon to the Geographic Commander in Chief (CINC) as well as the Joint Task Force Commander (JTFC). Specific instances where this is demonstrated will be proffered. A detailed description of the organizational and force structure of such a command will not be advanced as that is beyond the scope of this study.
Download or read book Military Medical Care Questions and Answers written by Dan J. Jansen and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Recent Developments; Background; Subjects: Purpose of DoD¿s Military Health System (MHS); Structure of the MHS; Unified Medical Budget; Medicare Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund; Cost of Military Health Care to Beneficiaries; Changes in MHS in Recent Years; Eligibility to Receive Care; Assignment of Priorities for Care in Military Medical Facilities; Relationship of DoD Health Care to Medicare; Military Personnel and Free Medical Care for Life; Payment of Private Health Care Providers; Effect of Base Realignment and Closure on Military Medical Care; Pharmacy Benefit; Medical Benefits Available to Reservists; Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program; Tricare and Abortion; and Use of Animals in Medical Res. or Training.
Download or read book Transformation of the Military Health System written by Kelvin B. Owens and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense Military Health System dates back to 1775 when it supported the Continental Army. The purpose of the Military Health System (MHS) is to provide medical care (preventive and resuscitative care) for our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines, who may be deployed in operations such as Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom or assigned around the world in support of our national interests. MHS beneficiaries have grown to a population of over nine million. MHS delivers medical care in over eighty hospitals and more than five hundred medical clinics throughout the world, making it one of the largest medical infrastructures of this great nation. In the MHS organizational structure, each Service Component has a Surgeon General and a separate medical command structure and the Department of Defense oversees medical support via the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Given the President's emphasis on transforming the way the Department of Defense runs, should the Department of Defense now establish a Joint Medical Command or a Unified Medical Command? If so, should this Joint Medical Command operate at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels?
Download or read book Casualty of Peace written by Harland G. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
