DEFENSE HEALTH CARE: Applying Key Management Practices Should Help Achieve Efficiencies within the Military Health System

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) has identified 11 initiatives aimed at slowing its rising health care costs, but has not fully applied results-oriented management practices in developing plans to implement and monitor its initiatives. Results oriented management practices include developing plans that identify goals, activities, and performance measures; resources and investments; organization roles, responsibilities, and coordination; and key external factors that could affect goals, such as a decrease of funding to a program. At the conclusion of GAOs review,

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 12, 2012
Accession Number
AD1183168

Entities

People

  • Brenda S. Farrell

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Closures
  • Brain Injuries
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Command And Control
  • Congress
  • Cost Reductions
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
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