Military Personnel: Enhanced Collaboration and Process Improvements Needed for Determining Military Treatment Facility Medical Personnel Requirements

Abstract

Military medical personnel, who are essential to maintaining one of the largest and most complex health systems in the nation, are in great demand due to the need to treat injured or ill servicemembers, and advances in technology that require specialized personnel. To determine how well the Department of Defense (DOD) and the services are developing their medical and dental personnel requirements, GAO evaluated (1) the extent to which the services have incorporated cross-service collaboration in their medical personnel requirement processes, and (2) the service-specific processes for determining their requirements for military and civilian medical personnel. To conduct this review, GAO evaluated manpower policies, analyzed the services? requirements data and determination processes, and interviewed officials from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and each of the services.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA525410

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Therapy
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

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