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Military personnel [electronic resource] : enhanced collaboration and process improvements needed for determining military treatment facility medical personnel requirements : report to congressional committees

Corporate Author
United States. Government Accountability Office
Additional Titles
Enhanced collaboration and process improvements needed for determining military treatment facility medical personnel requirements
Published
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2010]
Physical Description
1 online resource (ii, 38 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Farrell, Brenda S.
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Summary
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 service members, 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. GAO recommends that OSD and the services emphasize a long-term joint approach to medical personnel requirements determination by identifying the common medical capabilities shared across the services and developing cross-service medical manpower standards, where applicable; and that the services take actions to improve their respective medical requirements determination processes. In written comments to a draft of this report, DOD generally concurred with these recommendations.
Report Numbers
GA 1.13:GAO-10-696
GAO-10-696
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Note
Title from cover screen (GAO, viewed July 31, 2010).
"July 2010."
"GAO-10-696."
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Includes bibliographical references.
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