Emergency Department Adaptations to COVID-19.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic creates unique challenges for healthcare systems. While mass casualty protocols and plans exist for trauma-induced large-scale resource utilization events, contagious infectious disease mass casualty events do not have such rigorous procedures established. COVID-19 forces Emergency Departments (EDs) to simultaneously treat seriously ill patients and evaluate large influxes of 'worried well'-while maintaining both staff and patient safety.

Finding Opportunities for Health-Care System Advancement in the COVID-19 Crisis.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forced American medical systems to adapt to high patient loads of respiratory disease. Its disruption of normal routines also brought opportunities for broader reform. The purpose of this article is to describe how the Carl R.

The Importance of the Study of Cognitive Performance Enhancement for U.S. National Security.

The American military is embarking on the 'Third Offset'-a strategy designed to produce seismic shifts in the future of warfare. Central to the approach is the conjoining of humans, technology, and machines to deliver a decisive advantage on the battlefield. Because technology will spread rapidly and globally, tactical overmatch will occur when American operators possess a competitive edge in cognition.

Capitation as an Incentive for Transitioning to Patient-Centered Medical Homes in the United States Army: A Brief Report.

The Army transitioned to a Patient-Centered Medical Home concept for primary care beginning in 2011. In spite of organizational commitment to the paradigm, the transition has not been without pitfalls. This performance improvement project operated under the hypothesis that focusing on the market-based incentives of a capitated system would result in a quantum leap toward the Patient-Centered Medical Home ideal.

Returning to duty from temporary disability in the U.S. Army: observational data and commentary for commanders, providers, and soldiers.

Before 2011, Army commanders were unable to achieve complete visibility of soldiers possessing temporary medical limitations. The creation of time-limited definitions and technical categorization of this group, now known as the medically not ready (MNR) population, eventually allowed its quantification. With heightened visibility of the group, leaders in the Fort Stewart community facilitated its management through soldier medical readiness councils.

The effectiveness of Soldier Medical Readiness Councils in reducing and shaping the population of soldiers not medically deployable.

The population of Soldiers not medically fit for deployment has created readiness problems for the U.S. Army in recent years.

Perceptions of frontline providers on the appropriate qualifications for battalion level care in United States Army ground maneuver forces.

Objectives: The U.S. Army emplaces physician assistants (PAs) in its maneuver battalions.