Better Methods for Equipping, Sustaining, and Training our Medical Force

Abstract

Current policies for equipping Army field medical units are ineffective and inefficient, leading to units that are ill-prepared for their deployment missions. With reduced resources it is critical that military medical acquisition programs provide the most current technology in a timely and cost effective manner. This paper will review how the Army Medical Department has historically procured and fielded medical units and will analyze how these procedures have led to suboptimum results in equipping, sustaining and training medical personnel. This paper will propose recommended solutions to procurement and fielding policies and procedures which will ensure our medical units have the most current technology available, thus providing the best care available to the warfighter on the battlefield.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA520101

Entities

People

  • Thomas C. Slade

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Support Hospitals
  • Deployment
  • Education
  • Health Services
  • Iraqi-War
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Supply Chain
  • Therapy
  • Training
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense