Essential Medical Capabilities and Medical Readiness

Abstract

The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission found that there is a significant risk that gains to medical readiness developed during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be lost as the medical community returns to a peacetime focus on beneficiary healthcare. To prevent this loss and improve medical readiness, they provided a comprehensive recommendation to reform military healthcareincluding introducing the concept of Essential Medical Capabilities (EMCs). In hearings on the Commissions recommendations, the Congress asked how EMCs should be developed and implemented. This paper provides a systematic analysis of current readiness reporting processes and gaps, and makes recommendations on how EMCs can be used to fill these gaps and how a rigorous process can be established for the development of EMCs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1014147

Entities

People

  • Jason A. Dechant
  • Jennifer T. Brooks
  • John E. Morrison
  • John E. Whitley
  • Joseph F. Adams
  • Joseph J. Angello
  • Paul M. Thompson
  • Philip M. Lurie
  • Sarah K. Burns
  • Stanley A. Horowitz

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Debridement
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
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