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The National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR) has created a self-sustaining, all-hazard, actual conditions training environment for first responders (Law Enforcement, Fire, and EMS), first receivers (physicians, nurses, mid-level providers, hospital staff), Department of Defense (DoD) Special Operations and tactical combat medical specialists, and civilian populations.
The headquarters and primary instructional facility of the AMEDDC&S, HRCoE, located on the Military Medical Education and Training Campus, Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) is located at Fort Sam Houston, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. MEDCoE comprises the Academy of ...
Its functions include preparedness planning and response; building federal emergency medical operational capabilities; countermeasures research, advance development, and procurement; and grants to strengthen the capabilities of hospitals and health care systems in public health emergencies and medical disasters.
The United States Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) consists of the five distinct medical corps of the Air Force and enlisted medical technicians. The AFMS was created in 1949 after the newly independent Air Force's first Surgeon General , Maj. General Malcolm C. Grow (1887–1960), convinced the United States Army and President Harry S. Truman ...
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (NDAA 1999) added Section 117 to United States Code Title 10, which directed the Secretary of Defense to establish a "comprehensive readiness reporting system" that would "measure in an objective, accurate, and timely manner" the capability of the U.S. military to carry out the National Security Strategy, Defense Planning Guidance ...
The U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) is a direct reporting unit of the U.S. Army that formerly provided command and control of the Army's fixed-facility medical, dental, and veterinary treatment facilities, providing preventive care, medical research and development and training institutions.
Military training may be voluntary or compulsory duty. It begins with recruit training, proceeds to education and training specific to military roles, and sometimes includes additional training during a military career. Directing staff are the military personnel who comprise the instructional staff at a military training institution.
MedPro Group, formerly known as The Medical Protective Company, is a Berkshire Hathaway company and the largest provider of healthcare liability (medical malpractice) insurance in the United States. MedPro provides customized malpractice insurance, claims, and risk cover to physicians, surgeons, dentists and other healthcare professionals, as ...