- Michael J. Kussman, MD
Under Secretary for Health
Veterans Affairs
- The Golden Hour for Wounded Warriors
Important strides in providing vehicle and body armor, innovative changes in doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures, and advances in military medical technology are having profound impacts on survivability but it is the helicopter that is the true lifeline.
- Customer Service
The U.S. Army Medical Information Technology Center has expanded the role of their enterprise service desk and transformed their IT service management processes, with a foundation built on ITIL, standards.
- Traumatic Brain Injury and the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
Traumatic brain injury has gained increasing significance in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan as survival from previously
life-threatening injuries has improved.
- Medical Management and Executive Education
The Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute’s stratEgic Communication Distance Learning Program offers an avenue for members of the medical community to fill gaps in medical executive management core competencies.
- CBIRF Training
Corpsmen train to provide rare service when called upon. The corpsmen with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), II Marine Expeditionary Force, work and train with civilian medical personnel and first responders on a regular basis.
- Transforming the Hospital Stay
Dramatic changes in the design of future patient rooms in DoD inpatient facilities are becoming a reality. Legacy characteristics are giving way to patient rooms with single occupancy and other attributes that emphasize patient and family safety, comfort and privacy, and an improved working environment
- Healing the Burn
The burn center at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in Texas serves as the sole burn center for the entire Department of Defense, providing multi-disciplinary specialized
care for all severe burn injuries, inhalation injuries and complex
soft tissues injuries for warfighters worldwide.
- Looking to the Future
The DoD Task Force on the Future of the Military Health System has examined the wellness initiatives, disease management programs, ability to account for the true and accurate costs of the military health care system, the adequacy of health care procurement and contracting practices, and issues of cost-sharing.
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Vaughn G. A. Vasconcellos
President