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Health.mil - Advances in health information technology and Internet of Things changing health care delivery

Health.mil - Advances in health information technology and Internet of Things changing health care delivery



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Advances in health information technology and Internet of Things changing health care delivery



Army Lt. Col. Mark Mellott, branch chief of the Defense Health Agency’s Health Information Technology Innovation and Advanced Technology Development Division, sees the Internet of Things as ‘the perfect storm’ when it comes to changing knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding how healthcare is administered to beneficiaries.



Army Lt. Col. Mark Mellott, branch chief of the Defense Health Agency’s Health Information Technology Innovation and Advanced Technology Development Division, sees the Internet of Things as ‘the perfect storm’ when it comes to changing knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding how healthcare is administered to beneficiaries.







LAst summer, Army Lt. Col. Mark Mellott discussed how the Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to change the dynamic of health care. In many ways that potential has now become a reality. 
“We have taken a massive leap forward,” said Mellott, the execution branch chief of the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Health Information Technology Innovation and Advanced Technology Development Division. “When talking about data and devices, we are at what one would call a ‘perfect storm’ of information technology transformation. This transformation has been going on for several years. We’ve looked at devices to help change knowledge, attitude and beliefs, as we’re moving from health care to health.” 
IoT is a network of physical objects—communication devices, vehicles, buildings, security systems and more—embedded with electronics, software and sensors that collect data. IoT technologies such as biosensors can use data integration to forecast a person’s current state of health and potential risks moving forward. 
Among other things, the IoT allows objects to be sensed and controlled remotely in an innovation ecosystem—a testing environment that provides an area for Military Health System innovators from external communities to access mock MHS tools in a safe and standard way to help accelerate the overall innovation lifecycle. 
“This is really an exciting time here at the DHA,” said Mark Goodge, deputy director of the Innovation and Advanced Technology Development Division. “IoT has opened a lot of opportunities to exploit the capabilities for enhancement of health surveillance, and it has empowered medical professionals, health providers and patients to have data at their fingertips, anytime and anywhere.” 
In addition, Goodge also spoke about fulfilling the vision of former assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Jonathan Woodson. “To paraphrase something Dr. Woodson said, ‘We must remove the walls of where we think treatment is done, and start looking into the areas of home health care and other opportunities where we can care for our patients and shift our focus from health care to health. People should not have to come to a military treatment facility, we should be able to go to them, and we have the technology and systems to make this a reality.”
Lt. Col. Mellott has a clear concept of where the DHA will be in the next several years. “We should no longer be talking about mobile health care, and telehealth,” he said. “Mobile and telehealth will just be another integrated part of health care. The advances we’ve made, along with the potential that we have as an agency, will get us to that point.” 




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Article
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Related Topics: Health Readiness | Operation Live Well | Tobacco-Free Living

Department of Defense Serum Repository

Infographic
7/5/2016
infographic about the DoD Serum Repository
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Article
7/5/2016
An animated zombie pandemic scenario helps students in the family nurse practitioner doctorate of nursing practice program at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences to understand key principles in responding to and understanding population health – the overall health of a group, be it a group of employees, a community, or entire nation. USHS graphic
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Medical Surveillance Monthly Report: Volume 23, Number 6

Report
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Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
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Article
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USAF Hospital Langley: First active duty hospital with 3-D laparoscopic capability

Article
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Sailors hold health services augmentation program training

Article
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Navy field medical service technicians, along with Navy Health Service Augmentation Program personnel prepare a mock casualty for evacuation.
Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion held a mass casualty exercise as part of their health services augmentation program
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Article
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Live mass casualty evacuation training brings medics together

Article
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Naval Health Research Center launches norovirus vaccine trial

Article
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New coding system gives military health care providers more flexibility, specificity in ailment ID

Article
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DHA director outlines agency’s role in ‘global health engagement’

Article
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DHA Director Vice Adm. Raquel Bono speaks to attendees of the Global Health Strategies for Security Course at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in downtown Washington, DC. (Courtesy photo)
DHA Director Bono gives keynote address for global health strategies course
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Air Force medics enhance skills, build relationships in Dominican Republic

Article
6/20/2016
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New Horizons 2016 brings together U.S. military medical professionals and civil engineers who conduct readiness training exercises by delivering health care services to local communities in the Dominican Republic
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Army combat medics test skills in Poland

Article
6/14/2016
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A team of U.S. Army combat medics is in Poland for Exercise Anakonda 2016, a Polish-led, multinational exercise
Related Topics: Health Readiness | Building Partner Capacity and Interoperability | Partners

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Article
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Air Force Senior Airman Latoya Kirven, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group pharmacy technician, makes an intravenous medication for patients within the Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
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