This article describes the history and findings of the Epidaurus Project, a Uniformed Services University-affiliated project to bring holistic care and evidence-based design into the Military Health System (MHS). A distinguished group of civilian thought leaders contributed. The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process offered a chance to implement the Epidaurus agenda. A new integrated health...

We monitored outpatient waiting times at UK military hospitals over an 18-month period (September 1996-March 1998). The highest mean waiting times for Consultant appointment were in urology (19 weeks) and orthopaedics (18 weeks). The lowest mean waiting times were in psychiatry (3 weeks), ENT surgery (5 weeks) and rheumatology (6 weeks). Waiting times for surgical specialties were around 50% hi...

In adaptive mobile network like battle fields or military applications, the base station configuration may change dynamically. Mobile nodes communicate via a base station and can move freely. This dynamic change together with the constraints make the assignment of mobile nodes to base stations difficult. In this paper, we propose the polynomial-time algorithms to find a good partitioning of mob...

Over the last decade, demand for services from military treatment facilities (MTFs) has frequently exceeded capacity resulting in increased usage of off-base civilian Tricare providers (OCTP). This capacity shortage has been particularly acute for mental health care. At many installations, OCTPs are the main source of mental health care for military personnel and their families. Utilizing data ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the public's awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) as a causative factor for oropharyngeal cancer. STUDY DESIGN Twenty-three-item survey. SETTING Local shopping malls and Maxwell Air Force Base in 2012. METHODS Respondents were randomly chosen to participate in 23-item survey at various local shopping malls and at Maxwell Air Force Base in 2012. The χ(2) test was use...

Three hundred patients with cataract and 609 control subjects with the same age-sex distribution were interviewed in a study of cataract in Oxfordshire, England. The risks associated with severe diarrhoea, glaucoma, and work on a military base have been demonstrated. Population attributable risks were calculated for those and other risk factors.

PREFACE The military provides health services to dependents and retirees both through the on-base military health system—Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs), and through the private health care system—CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Plan for the Uniformed Services). Because the average cost per visit has been estimated to be less in the MTFs, it has been suggested that increasing MTF staf...

background there is significant prevalence of physical injuries sustained by civilian recruits at military training garrisons. civilian recruits sustain these injuries mostly during the intensive and rigorous military combat-training period. objectives we sought to determine the prevalence and causes of oral and maxillofacial injuries as the first step in reducing and preventing them in civilia...