“Since Lt. Gen. Ronald Place became Director of the Defense Health Agency on September 3, 2019, his focus has been great outcomes for the men and women who rely on the Military Health System for their health care. At a time of unprecedented reform in military medicine, DHA is providing a more integrated system of readiness and health in support of the National Defense Strategy. Health.mil sat down with Place to discuss his initial impressions as director and his vision for the DHA…”
“Health.mil: As Military Treatment Facilities transition from the Services to DHA, the next steps are to establish the functions and management structures at DHA headquarters to support the MTF operations and markets. Can you talk about the progress so far? What are the next steps in that process?
LTG Place: As of early January 2020, the majority of the functional capabilities were organized so that the DHA headquarters could support the small number of markets and MTFs that the DHA is currently responsible for. Similarly, the DHA conducted a Command Post Exercise where we challenged ourselves with urgent, but relatively typical functions that an operational headquarters would have to do to support direct reporting markets…” Read the full article here.
Source: DHA Director discusses vision for future – February 25, 2020. Military Health System.
