Medical Communications
for Combat Casualty Care (MC4)
Pocket Guide
GTA 08-10-015 August 2011
Vision Statement:
The premier enabler for improved tactical health care and better
decision making through the power of information technology
Mission Statement:
Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4)
integrates, fields and supports a comprehensive medical
information system, enabling lifelong electronic medical
records, streamlined medical logistics and enhanced situational
awareness for Army tactical forces.
Tier 3
MC4 Support Personnel
(Direct Support, General Support, Depot)
Advanced systems and application troubleshooting
Training of Tier 1 and Tier 2 support personnel
Application training for system users
Tier 2
Unit S-6, Commo Shop or Sustainment Automation Support
Management Office (SASMO)
(Organization Level Maintenance)
Network configuration and support
Skilled hardware diagnostics
System imaging and configuration
Operating system troubleshooting and support
Tier 1
Unit Level Administrator
(Operator Level Maintenance)
Daily user support including creating and maintaining passwords
Basic system troubleshooting
Nightly backups and routine systems checks
Hardware preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS)
Applications
AHLTA-Mobile operates on a handheld computer device or on a laptop. First
responders can utilize this application to record initial patient encounter data
and synchronize it with the AHLTA-Theater (AHLTA-T) application, located on
a laptop.
AHLTA-T provides clinical encounter functionality that allows health care
providers to enter a complete outpatient clinical encounter. Medical personnel
use this software on their laptops to transfer the encounter data to the Medical
Situational Awareness in the Theater (MSAT) application for collection of
medical surveillance.
AHLTA Warrior enables deployed medical professionals to view a Service
member’s stateside medical history through read-only, virtual private network
(VPN) access into the Clinical Data Repository (CDR).
Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support (DMLSS) Customer
Assistance Module (DCAM) is a Windows®-based medical logistics ordering
tool that allows users to research requirements, view their supplier’s catalog
and submit orders to their supplier while maintaining an inventory database.
Electronic Post-Deployment Health Assessment (ePDHA) is an application
used by Service members and providers, via handheld or laptop, to record
post-deployment health assessment information.
Medical, Environmental, Disease, Intelligence and Countermeasures
(MEDIC) is an automated medical reference tool developed by the Armed
Forces Medical Intelligence Center that provides information on worldwide
disease and environmental health risks.
Medical Situational Awareness in the Theater (MSAT) is a Web-based
application that combines information from multiple communities to provide a
common operating picture as well as decision support. MSAT links together
information that encompasses disease and non-battle related injuries; physical
and psychological trauma; patient tracking; chemical and biological threats;
Applications (continued)
environmental and occupational health; intelligence; command and control
data; personnel; and unit locations and weather. MSAT increases the
capability previously found in Joint Medical Workstation (JMeWS).
Micromedex is a commercial, off-the-shelf medical information database
developed by Thomson Reuters. It is accessible through a compact disk
and provides information on drugs, poisons and illnesses.
Theater Medical Data Store (TMDS) offers users the ability to view
individual patient encounters anywhere in the world (from a .mil domain).
Providers can view captured medical data on the Soldier no matter where
it was completed (while deployed in a theater environment). Patient
encounters in theater are entered through the MC4 laptop with AHLTA-T
and Theater Medical Information Program (TMIP) Composite Health Care
System (CHCS) Cache, or TC2, to the JMeWS (MSAT 2) server, where
the records can be accessed via MSAT 2 and TMDS. The records are also
transferred to the CDR as part of the Soldier’s lifelong medical record.
TMDS provides blood inventory management capabilities.
TC2 is used primarily by combat support hospitals (level III facilities) to
provide clinical inpatient functionalities, including laboratory, radiology and
pharmacy capabilities. TC2 interfaces with AHLTA-T and TMIP Reports.
Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) Regulating and Command &
Control Evacuation System (TRAC2ES) is a Web-based application
available on the MC4 laptop and used by transportation planners to support
planning and documentation of patient regulation/movement in the theater
of operations. It contains a temporary data cache for storing information
that is sent and received.
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Transmitting *Timeframes dependent on connectivity
AHLTA-T – AHLTA-Theater SIPRNet – Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
BHIE – Bidirectional Health Information Exchange TC2 – TMIP CHCS Cache
CDR – Clinical Data Repository TMDS – Theater Medical Data Store
MSAT – Medical Situational Awareness in the Theater VA – Veterans Affairs EMR
Graphics are a representation of systems used.
Currently
transmits
AHLTA-T
data only
VA/DOD/Theater History Link
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