Concept of Operations for the Establishment of the Joint Pathology Center

Abstract

In a memorandum dated 16 June 2008, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Clinical and Program Policy, Dr. Joseph Kelley, requested that the Defense Health Board (DHB) review the Department of Defense (DoD)'s implementation plan for the establishment of the Joint Pathology Center (JPC) and comment on the plan's appropriateness and feasibility for DoD within the context of the 2005 Base Alignment and Closure (BRAC)Commission Report and subsequent legislation. H.R. 4986, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, became Public Law 110-181on28 January 2008; P.L. 110-181, 722 directs the President to establish a Joint Pathology Center. The law directs the JPC "shall function as the reference center in pathology for the Federal Government." The statute also recognizes the substantial and significant contributions of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) to military and civilian medicine. The JPC Working Group (JPCWG) was formed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and tasked to create options for the establishment of the JPC within DoD. The JPCWG recommended the JPC be established within the Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical (JTF CapMed) in collaboration with the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS) after consideration of eight options, as indicated to the Board. A Concept of Operations (ConOps) plan was subsequently developed to reflect the JPCWG's consensus recommendations. The ConOps includes the Working Group's vision of the JPC as "the Federal Government's premier pathology reference center supporting the military health system (MHS), DoD and other Federal agencies" through its mission statement that the "JPC will provide world-class diagnostic subspecialty consultation, education, training, research, and maintenance/modernization of the Tissue Repository in support of the mission of the DoD and other Federal agencies."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 19, 2008
Accession Number
AD1034181

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  • Defense Health Board

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  • Biomedical

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