“Health systems engineers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, are working with the Navy to expand the role of Navy hospital corpsmen stateside and improve access to medical care for military members through a pilot program called Connected Corpsmen in the Community (CCC).
“APL is providing systems integration, capability assessments and data analysis to improve health care delivery models for active-duty service members in Pensacola, Florida.”
““APL is uniquely positioned as a trusted, objective national resource to play a key role in this critical initiative for Navy Medicine,” said Sezin A. Palmer, APL’s National Health mission area executive. “Not only is our team helping enlisted medical staff maintain competencies in preparation for deployments, they are also improving access and convenience of care for active-duty service members.” Since its inception, CCC has proven successful and has expanded to two additional sites.”
“A population analysis developed and performed by APL helped the Navy understand the prevalence of certain high volume and low acuity conditions across its…” Read the full press release here.
Source: APL, Navy Teaming Up to Improve Military Health Care – August 2, 2018. Jhuapl.edu.
