2) Participants will understand and describe the current challenges associated with modernizing joint medical logistics in the operational environment.
3) Participants will be able to identify where a joint medical logistics solution fits in the ecosystem of larger joint data initiatives, such as MEDCOP, ADVANA, and MAVEN, which provide Combatant Commands a near-real time view of the operational medicine health care landscape with opportunities for medical logistics predictive logistics analytics in a joint operational environment.
Across a rapidly evolving health care system, DOD must modernize medical logistics to meet the needs of the joint military force and provide an integrated, interconnected, and interoperable network of systems that leverages the latest available technology. Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems (JOMIS), under the Program Executive Office for Defense Healthcare Management Systems, develops modernized operational medical logistics products that provide comprehensive tools and capabilities enabling joint health care for service members across all deployed environments. This poster describes JOMIS’ modernization of joint operational medicine logistics, creating solutions that operate under austere conditions. Legacy systems do not integrate across the services, creating knowledge gaps and leading many operational units to still rely on manual inventory management and maintenance record-keeping. The joint force currently uses a multitude of medical materiel management platforms, which create a series of complex data and logistical exchanges that complicate commanders’ ability to see an accurate overall picture of the force and make decisions based on that view. JOMIS’ solutions will reduce gaps in interconnected communication and data exchanges and create operational efficiencies to better prioritize efforts, integrate predictive logistics data analytics, and provide cost efficiencies across the joint space. These efforts help JOMIS improve health care outcomes for all deployed U.S. service members across the globe.