Military+Health+System

=Military Health System= = =

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The Military Health System is a new system that the Department of Defense has instituted to reorganize the medical programs, staff, and community in the United States government to be more efficient. It combines all medical personnel, facilities, and programs to work with each other in an effort to perform their jobs better.

The MHS will also reach out to military families through Humana TRICARE, the primary military health insurance company. The MHS focuses on the combination of care between the military, veteran, government, and civilian sectors.

The MHS will provide a medically ready and protected force and medical protection for communities through the implementation of surveillance and health monitoring solutions and processes that improve health, enhance human performance and protect against medical threats across the entire range of military operations. This will hopefully maximize the benefit gained through IT systems.

**Healthcare:**
The MHS seeks to ensure quality treatment and care for military members, families, and veterans. It also works directly with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Seeks to accomplish the following:


 * A fit, healthy and protected force
 * Reduced death, injuries and diseases during military operations
 * Utmost satisfaction of beneficiaries
 * Creation of healthy communities
 *  Effective management of health care costs

**Education and Training**
MHS has various forms of education and training for its staff. It has an extensive collection of training programs from undergraduate and graduate, to training campuses for specific medical programs in the military.

**Research**
MHS compiles information from many military and government research agencies such as Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), Military Infectious Diseases Research Programs (MIDRP), and VA Office of Research and Development. More can be found here: http://mhs.osd.mil/Research_Publications.aspx

** MHS and CDC team up – March 2008 **
The CDC is using medical data that the MHS collects to determine certain outbreaks in regional areas. The CDC can determine certain influenza outbreaks by using MHS information and then converting it to population level data. By harnessing the collective data, this could benefit not only the military, but the American and world population as a whole.

** Web Resources **
http://mhs.osd.mil/default.aspx http://www.facebook.com/pages/Military-Health-System/10966807958 - Facebook Group

** Related Terminology **
TRICARE

** Citations/References **
http://www.defenselink.mil/dbt/priorities_military-health.html http://mhs.osd.mil/default.aspx [|www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350251-1.html]

** Graphics **
http://mhs.osd.mil/images/whatisthemhs.gif