A5086366231- Disaster Response and Management
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Global Health and Surgery
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Global Security and Public Health
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Body Contouring and Surgery
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
Institute For Defense Analyses
2019-2024
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
2016
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
2010
BACKGROUND Between conflicts, many of the combat casualty care lessons learned are lost as nation shifts priorities and providers leave military. Solutions needed to bridge knowledge gap created by interwar periods. One foremost solutions is partnerships between civilian trauma centers military health system. Over past two decades, a myriad military-civilian (MCPs), which vary in their composition, duration, focus, was created. The objective this report describe initial attempt Department...
ABSTRACT Introduction Critical Care Internal Medicine (CCIM) is vital to the U.S. Military as evidenced by role CCIM played in COVID-19 pandemic response and wartime operations. Although proficiency needs of military surgeons have been well studied, this has not case for CCIM. The objective study was compare patient volume acuity physicians working solely at Treatment Facilities (MTFs) with those MTFs also part-time a military–civilian partnership (MCP) University Medical Center Southern...
Abstract Introduction: Within the Military Health System (MHS), facilities have struggled to meet minimum recommended volume thresholds for certain procedures. Understanding variations in complication rates and cost can help policymakers tailor policy target improvement. Our objective was quantify variation bariatric surgery costs across a sample of military hospitals. Materials Methods: We study retrospective cohort 38 surgeons practicing 21 treatment from 2007 2014 who performed 1,277...
Study Design. Claims-based analysis of cohorts TRICARE Prime beneficiaries. Objective. To compare rates utilization 5 LBP treatments (physical therapy, manual behavioral therapies, opioid and benzodiazepine prescription) across catchment areas assess their association with resolution LBP. Summary Background. Guidelines support focusing on nonpharmacologic management for reducing use. Little is known about patterns care the Military Health System. Methods. Incident diagnoses were identified...
ABSTRACT Introduction There is a longstanding debate about whether health care more efficiently provided by the public or private sector. The particularly relevant to Military Health System (MHS), which delivers through combination of publicly funded federal facilities and privately contracted providers. This study compares outcomes, treatments, costs for MHS patients obtaining low back pain (LBP) from versus Materials Methods A retrospective cohort was completed using TRICARE Prime claims...
The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa has led to a paradigm shift the way global community responds outbreaks of disease. This new places even greater emphasis on collaboration health. palabre, traditional African practice mediation and decision-making public sphere, offers schema from which view current future health engagement. process dialogue exchange many applications exemplified recently by Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI), follow-on activity Operation United Assistance (OUA)...
ABSTRACT Introduction The Department of Defense (DoD) operates a large, multi-channeled physician accession pipeline to maintain professional workforce over 10,000 active duty physicians. Uniformed Services University (USU) the nation’s only federal medical school providing trained doctors Army, Navy, Air Force, and Public Health Service. Although serves an essential purpose, policymakers question cost operating University’s school. One challenge is develop reproducible transparent costing...