Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Innovations 1991-2011

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Army Medicine Innovations Since Desert Storm

After Operation Desert Storm, the Army Medical Department took a number of initiatives to improve soldier health, medical care during deployments and on the battlefield, and the training and tools that medical personnel have to deliver care. These efforts have built a more efficient, better integrated system of battlefield protection and combat casualty care.

A chronological listing of some initiatives follows.

1991	Serum Repository
1992	Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine Licensed
1993	Army Medical Re-Engineering Initiative Began
1994	Activation of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine Activation of U.S. Army Medical Command Tricare^® Begins Deployment Occupational & Enviromental Health Surveillance
1995	Forward Surgical Teams
1996	Ongoing Research & Use of Telemedicine
1997	UH-60L Medevac Helicopter
1998	Anthrax Vaccination Program Combat Stress Control
1999	Deployment Health Clinical Center Established Reserve 90-Day Rotation Policy Implemented Chem/Bio Satellite Course
2000	Chemical-Biological Protective Shelter Systems The Army’s 91W Health Care Specialist AC to RC PROFIS Initiated SERPACWA Approved by FDA First Multi-Component AMEDD Hospital Activated
2001	Operation Solace Initiated National Vaccine Health Center Established Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program Initiated Special Medical Augmentation Response Team-Preventive Medicine Health Information Operations
2002	First CBRNE Course Conducted DOD/VA Clinical Practice Guideline Personal Information Carrier President Announces Smallpox Vaccination Program High-Tech Bandages
2003	PB Approved for IND Use Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) Deployed Stryker Medical Evacuation Vehicle PDAs Show Promise for High-Tech Medics Blood Container Allows Far-Forward Transfusions Basic Combat Training Injury Prevention The Post Deployment Health Assessment Tool (PDHAT) Mobilization Medical Services
2004	Improved Combat Eye Protection Vaccine Associated Myopericarditis Registry Tele-Behavioral Health Service Complete Medical Record in ER/Urgent Care Setting Department of Deployment Health (DoDH), Womack Army Medical Center Addition of Apheresis Platelet Collection Capability
2005	Provider Resiliency Training (PRT) Program Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization AMEDD Center and School Information Portals
2006	Ultimate Warrior Walter Reed Allergy-Immunology Department’s USACAEL Launches Allergen Extract Laboratory Management System (ELMS) Gynecology Disease Center WRAMC’s Clinical and Research Activities for Individuals with Early Post Traumatic Exposure Battlefield Pain Control/Advanced Regional Anesthesia
2007	Spiritual Attitude Inventory Suicide Awareness/Prevention Training CORPS Program (Caregivers Optimizing Readiness through Prevention Strategies) Battlemind Training Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), UH-72A MEDEVAC DENCOM Technological Advances Provider Resiliency Training (PRT) Program Soldier and Family Assistance Center (SFAC) Army Physical Disability Evaluation System Training Warrior Transition Units
2008	Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine established Combat Gauze Dressing
2009	Pain Management HIV Research Rapid Aeromedical Evacuation Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Device
2010	Comprehensive Behavioral Health System of Care Concussion Management
2011	Adenovirus Vaccine, Types 4 and 7 On-the-Move Nutrient Delivery System

Source: Army Medical Department

This reflects the extremely wide breadth of issues the Army’s medical staff have to address to support a modern fighting force in peace and war. The topics range from family medicine to field dressings, from spiritual to surgical methods. It runs the world’s fifth largest HMO as it provides services to Army personnel and their dependents worldwide.

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