Year 2000 Operational Contingency Planning for Health Care in the European Theater.
Abstract
This is one in a series of reports being issued by the Inspector General, DoD, in accordance with an informal partnership with the Chief Information Officer, DoD, to monitor DoD efforts to address the year 2000 computing challenge. For a listing of audit projects addressing the issue, see the year 2000 web pages on the IGnet at http : //www. ignet. gov. The Executive Steering Committee, TRICARE Europe, is the policy-making organization in Europe responsible for tri-Service peacetime U.S. military health care matters. The Executive Steering Committee functions as the working body for policy assessment, staffing, and progress of TRICARE Europe initiatives. The Executive Steering Committee relies heavily on the TRICARE Europe Office to ensure a tri-Service approach to the delivery of health care in the TRICARE Europe area of responsibility. The TRICARE Europe Office assists with the organization, development, and execution of a health care plan and conducts ongoing evaluations of resource utilization, clinical services, and access to health care throughout its area of responsibility. The Executive Steering Committee, through the TRICARE Europe Office, coordinates with the Command Surgeons from the U.S. Central Command, the U.S. Joint Forces Command, and the Air Combat Command to ensure that health care is provided to military communities in the TRICARE Europe area of responsibility. The TRICARE Europe area of responsibility is larger than that of the U.S. European Command; it also encompasses the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility as well as the Azores and Iceland, which are a part of the U.S. Joint Forces Command. Even though they are members of the Executive Steering Committee, TRICARE Europe, each member retains his Service-designated chain of command. Authority to make decisions regarding funding, facility maintenance, and personnel actions are retained by the parent Service.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 26, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA373300
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense