Innovations in Medical Mission Support

MHS maximizes the use of technology, innovation and information systems to improve medical mission delivery and performance. MHS provides functional representation, oversight and guidance to the Theater Medical Information Program - Joint (TMIP-J), a family of systems designed to aid deployed medical personnel in all levels of care in theater, including complete clinical care documentation, medical supply and equipment tracking, patient movement visibility, and health surveillance. Some of the technologies and innovations included in this program are:

AHLTA Mobile

AHLTA Mobile, also known as the Battlefield Medical Information System Tactical-Joint (BMIST-J), is a software application running on a hand-held computer that is used by field medics to record patient encounter data, usually at the point of injury.

Joint Patient Tracking Application

The Joint Patient Tracking Application (JPTA) tracks the location and disposition of ill or injured patients as they move through the echelons of care, from the U.S. Central Command theater of operations, to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and back to selected Military Health System or Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities in the U.S.

The Joint Medical Workstation (JMeWS)

The Joint Medical Workstation (JMeWS) responds to a need for commanders to have online, near-real-time medical situational awareness for forward-deployed forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Like AHLTA-T and JPTA, JMeWs is an integral part of the TMIP-J capability.

Theater Medical Data Store

The Theater Medical Data Store (TMDS) gives health care providers an unclassified Web-based means of accessing the same theater medical information collected by JMeWS. But because TMDS uses the same baseline code as JMeWS, medical surveillance and medical command and control features can be activated so that it may support unclassified operations during a disaster or mass casualty event in the Continental United States or elsewhere.

TMIP's Composite Health Care System Caché (TC2)

In May 2007, the Theater Medical Information Program began to deploy the Theater Medical Information Program Composite Health Care System Caché (TC2). TC2 offers an expanded capability for documenting care and improved patient visibility.