An Overview of NHRC Medical Engineering Process
Abstract
The rapidly evolving technological environment presents a wealth of opportunities to the warfighter. There is a strong need to be able to systematically identify, develop, and integrate emerging medical technologies into mature, functional, and cost-effective systems that are capable of supporting medical readiness and meeting operational capability requirements. The NHRC Medical Engineering Process provides a comprehensive process of checks and balances throughout the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation cycle for field medical technologies. The goals of this program include facilitating the transition of research and development (R&D) efforts to Department of Defense programs of record, decreasing time to implementation, reducing risk of application failure, increasing return on investment of R&D dollars, and providing the warfighter with state-of-the-art, reliable tools that increase survivability. To ensure the technologies produced meet immediate and long-term requirement capabilities, NHRC is maintaining collaborative relationships with customers such as the Navy Medical Chief Information Officer, the Naval Warfare Development Command, the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, and the Theater Medical Information Program Joint Program Office. This document details the design, development, and initial implementation of the process during the period 1 October 2002 through 1 July 2005.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 20, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA462166
Entities
People
- Janet L. Dickeson
- Ruth A. Bush
- William E. Hamilton
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center