“The outgoing director of the Defense Health Agency said the biggest challenge facing military medicine in coming years won’t be physician shortages or prescription management or any of the other major issues facing health care in America today.”
“It’ll be politics…”
“The next steps in the move, mandated by Congress in 2016, include overseeing budgets for dozens of separate locations, shepherding in a new electronic medical records system compatible with the Department of Veterans Affairs, and trimming as many as 17,000 medical billets from the ranks in the name of efficiency.”
“But Bono, who has served in various medical leadership roles over her 40-year career, said those issues all become more complicated if Pentagon leadership doesn’t stay focused on ensuring the changes are implemented methodically and with patients’ needs in mind…” Read the full article here.
Source: What’s the biggest worry for military medicine in the next few years? – By Leo Shane, August 27, 2019. MilitaryTimes.
