Medicine today is so advanced that a surgeon can consult with a specialist halfway around the world in real-time.
It requires a team of teams to develop and test this and other capabilities before they are adapted into the Army.
After all, it’s impossible to take a piece of equipment, such as an X-ray machine, from a static hospital in the
continental United States (CONUS) and expect it to work perfectly in a combat support
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When faced with developing a Health Information Systems (HIS) policy, I was overwhelmed by the idea of writing something that would directly affect the way my unit did business.
My unit manages the hospital and troop medical clinics throughout Kuwait, and although many of us have used MC4 or similar systems before, many had not – and I stood in the latter category. Soon after taking over the mission in Kuwait, we realized we needed one...
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FORT DETRICK, Md. – The Army’s deployable electronic medical record and medical
logistics system will be managed by a new commander, Lt. Col. Danny J. Morton.
On April 17, Lt. Col. William E. Geesey relinquished his role as product
manager for the Army’s Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) Product
Management Office to Morton during a change of charter ceremony at Fort
Detrick, Md.
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Source: Military Medical/CBRN Technology
MMT Editor Brian O'Shea recently moderated a Military Medical/CBRN Technology live roundtable held during the 2012 Military Health System (MHS) Conference.
The topic was “How clinical information technology (IT) solutions are improving the collection and dissemination of patients’ behavioral health information...
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