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HealthCorps was designed in 2003 as a 10-month pilot in partnership with Columbia Presbyterian Hospital as a response to "Healthy People 2010", an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to advance a nationwide disease prevention agenda that included fighting childhood obesity.
The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHSCC; also referred to as the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service) [10] [11] is the uniformed service branch of the United States Public Health Service and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States (along with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force, Space Force, and NOAA ...
The present-day commissioned corps has its origins in the career corps of the Marine Hospital Service, which was established by federal legislation on January 4, 1889.The service adopted naval ranks in order to impose military discipline on the doctors of the service, [3] and corresponded their service rank and grade with their medical title.
In 1801, the first marine hospital owned by the Federal government was located at Washington Point in Virginia.Other early marine hospitals were established in the port cities of Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; New Orleans, Louisiana; Mobile, Alabama; and Charleston, South Carolina.
Flag of a U.S. Public Health Service four-star admiral (assistant secretary for health) The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral), ranks above vice admiral (three-star admiral) and is the highest rank achievable in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, division of Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Workforce.
All admirals in this list are indexed by the numerical order of their promotion to that rank, or by an asterisk (*) if they did not serve in that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps or were promoted to four-star rank while on active duty in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, (HCSC) is a member-owned health insurance company in the United States. HCSC was formerly known as Hospital Service Corporation and changed its name to Health Care Service Corporation in 1975.