Battlefield Medical Support (BMS) and Continuity of Healthcare SITUATION Counterinsurgency aircraft crashed in very hilly, desert terrain adjacent to enemy occupied area. Two military aircrew ejected. Quick Reaction Forces (QRF) are deployed to a Forward Operating Base, collocated with a Field Hospital. MISSION Locate, stabilize, report and extract injured aircrew EXECUTION QRF is launched with…
Where did the all the paper charts go? A key factor in its continuing operation rests in new Infornation Technology or Healthcare IT (HIT). Numerous contractors support the modernization of HIT in the Federal System, so integration between all the players and between all the medical systems, devices and applications is essential. An electronic health/medical…
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is America’s largest integrated health care system, providing care at 1,255 health care facilities, including 170 medical centers and 1,074 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving 9 million enrolled Veterans each year. The VHA is part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A key…
