Exploring the Cost and Functionality of MEDCOM Web Services

Abstract

The purpose of -this paper is to demonstrate the need for an enterprise program that provides web services to Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) in the Army's Medical Command (MEDCOM). Currently, MTFs independently resource web services for their facility - Based on the experiences of the author, services at each medical treatment facility are similar, so it would be logical to assume that providing these services in a distributed manner is inefficient. To test this theory, a data call was distributed from the Office of the Surgeon General, in Washington D.C. and analyzed by the author. 40 MTFs and four regional medical command headquarters- responded- revealing $5.5 million expended annually on personnel and $2 million estimated for lifecycling computer hardware to support web services. Additionally, the first efforts to document the current scope and breadth of MTF web services within the MEDCOM has been collected to assist the evaluation of any centralization strategies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 24, 2005
Accession Number
ADA444079

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