Defense Health Board Annual Review of Department of Defense Deployment Health Centers

Abstract

The Health Care Delivery Subcommittee of the Defense Health Board (DHB) conducted program reviews of the Deployment Health Clinical Center (DHCC), Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC), and Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) in December 2011and January 2012. The consolidated findings of the Subcommittee members and recommendations for each site, as endorsed by the Board, are presented in this report. The initial concept for the Department of Defense (DoD) Deployment Health Centers, issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) (ASD(HA)) on September 30, 1999 indicated that the goal of creating the centers would be to improve DoD's ability to identify, treat, and minimize or eliminate the short- and long-term adverse effects of military service on the physical and mental health of veterans. 1 The DHB's 2012 review of the Centers indicates that significant advances in achieving this goal have been made; however, there may be opportunities to further optimize the Centers' activities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2012
Accession Number
AD1029079

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  • Defense Health Board

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  • Biomedical Research
  • Brain Injuries
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  • Military Medicine
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  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Vaccines

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  • Medicine
  • Psychology

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