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Feasibility Study: Pilot Automated Medical Examining System.

OCT 1970

Authors: PHILCO-FORD CORP PALO ALTO CALIF WESTERN DEVELOPMENT LABS

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This report presents the results of a feasibility study of improved medical equipment, techniques, and procedures (including data processing) in the design of an Automated Medical Examining System (AMES) for use in the AFEES (Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Stations). The study included an extensive mission analysis of existing AFEES operations, review of state-of-the-art medical and data processing techniques and equipment, and the preliminary design of a pilot development test ...

FEASIBILITY STUDY AUTOMATED MEDICAL EXAMINING SYSTEM STATE OF THE ART SURVEY - MEDICAL.

SEP 1970

Authors: PHILCO-FORD CORP PALO ALTO CALIF WESTERN DEVELOPMENT LABS

The survey was conducted to identify all existing equipment and procedures capable of accomplishing recommended improvements in the Armed Forces Entrance and Examination Stations (AFEES) physical examination. This survey classifies the alternative devices or procedures which should be considered for each AFEES medical function in order of estimated merit based upon such factors as cost, reliability, maintainability, personnel requirements, data handling requirements, and resistance to malingering. (Author)

Staphylococcal Carriage in a Hospital Population: Throat VS. Nasal Carriage and Persistence of Nasal Carriage.

AUG 1970

Authors: Ann H. Tull; Eugene B. Blair; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND NUTRITION LAB DENVER COLO

Seven groups, involving 391 medical personnel and patients, were studied with regard to nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus. Six of these groups were also studied for throat carriage. The incidence of throat carriage in 5 of 6 groups either equaled or exceeded nasal carriage, and 15% of the upper respiratory carriers would have been missed had not the throat been examined. The Chi-square test of significance indicated no differences between ...

EVALUATING CHANGES IN THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM: AN APPLICATION TO INTENSIVE CARE MONITORING

29 JUL 1970

Authors: Lester P. Silverman; Brian E. Forst; CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA

The paper proposes a tool for evaluation of potential changes in the system for the delivery of health care. Starting with a definition of a community health production function, the paper introduces the concept of 'nested production functions' in health care. The production function approach is seen as providing a mechanism for explicit consideration of the substitution and optimal input combination questions which are the basis of all evaluations of ...

Assessment of Post-Attack Health Resources.

01 JUL 1970

195 pages

Authors: Charles G. Anderson; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELFARE WASHINGTON DC

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This report is an assessment of the damage from a specific nuclear attack to the medical resources (personnel as well as facilities and supplies) of the following five U.S. Cities: San Jose, California; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Detroit, Michigan; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Providence, Rhode Island. The post-attack medical care capability is discussed for each of the five cities, in terms of the Post-Attack Health Resources available to implement Emergency Health ...

ON BEHAVIOR STRATEGY SOLUTIONS IN FINITE EXTENDED DECISION PROCESSES,

JUN 1970

Authors: V. A. Utgoff; R. L. Kashyap; PURDUE UNIV LAFAYETTE IND SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

The problem of determination of best behavior strategies for a decision maker in a two-person, zero-sum, finite extended decision process is considered. In this problem, best strategies are defined to be those strategies which maximize a player's expected return against all possible strategies that can be employed by the other player, and the decision process is thus considered as a two-person, zero-sum, finite extended game. In the report then, techniques ...

Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 199th Infantry Brigade

18 MAY 1970

60 pages

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

Marine Corps Medical Evacuation Procedures in Vietnam.

APR 1970

Authors: Bernard J. Cameron; Harry J. Older; BIOTECHNOLOGY INC FALLS CHURCH VA

This document and its appendices present a limited statistical overview of two aspects of U.S. Marine Corps medical evacuation procedures under combat conditions. These are: (1) the time involved in evacuating a casualty, from the point when injury occurs to delivery of the casualty at a hospital facility, (2) the extent of casualty misclassification. Measures of central tendency and dispersion are presented for each segment of the evacuation mission time ...

Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 67th Medical Group.

17 FEB 1970

15 pages

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 269th Aviation Battalion.

14 FEB 1970

33 pages

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON D C

Surgery in World War II. Orthopedic Surgery in the Zone of Interior

1113 pages

Authors: Hal B. Jennings Jr.; William S. Mullins; Mather Cleveland; Alfred R. Shands Jr.; Elizabeth M. McFetridge; OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

Aeromedical Problems in the Rescue of Downed Airmen,

DEC 1969

Authors: James F. Parker Jr.; Leon T. Bonner Jr; BIOTECHNOLOGY INC FALLS CHURCH VA

The initial purpose of this project was to survey the injury status of airmen rescued in water pickups. These data were used in assessing the adequacy of rescue equipment in light of the condition of survivors. The study also included a broader look at the medical problems involved in rescue activities. (Author)

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR INFORMATION NETWORKS

DEC 1969

Authors: J. A. Farquhar; J. A. Dei-Rossi; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

The paper concerns some of the economic considerations inherent in designing user services that incorporate various communication systems. It describes three such services considered important in providing information to the biomedical community comprised of practicing physicians and those engaged in teaching and research, as well as other professionals directly involved in biomedical research and in the practice of medicine. Following this discussion is a brief description of some technological developments ...

MEDICAL COSTS, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND PUBLIC POLICY,

DEC 1969

Authors: Joseph P. Newhouse; Vincent Taylor; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

The paper reports on health insurance in relation to excessive medical costs and discusses a number of constructive steps that could be taken to modify the effects of insurance. A new type of hospital insurance, which has been termed variable cost insurance, is proposed. By greatly increasing consumer concern with hospital costs, variable cost insurance should slow the rise in these costs. It would also affect inequities in the present ...

Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 44th Medical Brigade.

15 NOV 1969

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE SUBSYSTEM RESOURCE ASSESSMENT HANDBOOK.

NOV 1969

Authors: SERENDIPITY INC CHATSWORTH CALIF

The Emergency Medical Care Subsystem is just one component of the total recovery system. The objective of this subsystem in the event of a disaster is to bring all available resources to bear, as rapidly as possible, on the problem of meeting the demands of the sick and injured as a result of disaster. Since limited resources will be available to do this it is important that these resources be ...

Workshop on Naval and Marine Corps Recruit Dental Programs, April 1969.

03 OCT 1969

Authors: Gordon H. Rovelstad; Kirk C. Hoerman; Harris J. Keene; Barry E. Sharrow; Robert G. Pishel Jr; NAVAL DENTAL RESEARCH INST GREAT LAKES ILL

A three-day workshop was convened for the purpose of reviewing the current dental treatment program for Navy and Marine Corps recruits, to define problem areas, to identify studies which are in need of further research and development, and to make recommendations for providing better dental health to Naval personnel. The tropics assigned to the four study groups were as follows: A. 'Examination, Diagnosis, Classification and Treatment Priorities'; B. 'Management Principles ...

Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 44th Medical Brigade.

15 AUG 1969

16 pages

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 52d Aviation Battalion (Combat).

05 AUG 1969

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON D C

During this quarter, there has been no change of mission. However, the Battalion significantly increased its aviation support of ARVN Operations in the II Corps area. Flying Dragons continue to provide aviation support to the U.S. Fourth Infantry Division. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, RVN II Corps Headquarters, Fifth Special Forces Group and other Free World Military Assistance Forces in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. All operational and administrative functions and ...

Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 3d Surgical Hospital.

04 AUG 1969

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 3d Field Hospital.

01 AUG 1969

19 pages

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

A MULTITRAIT-MULTIMETHOD ANALYSIS OF PREDICTORS AND CRITERIA OF NURSING PERFORMANCE.

JUL 1969

Authors: Stanley M. Nealey; Terry W. Owen; ILLINOIS UNIV URBANA GROUP EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH LAB

Many of the results obtained by Nealey and Blood (J. App. Psych. v52, 1968) in a study of nursing supervision in a Veterans Administrration Hospital were reinforced in the present study which was carried out in the same setting. In addition, multiple measures of nursing behavior and nursing effectiveness were examined by the multitrait-multimethod approach. Estimates of nurse behavior by the nurses themselves and by their superiors were uncorrelated with ...

Senior Officer Debriefing Report: 44th Medical Brigade and USARV Surgeon, Period 1 Feb 1969 to 3 June 1969,

11 JUN 1969

Authors: Hal B. Jennings Jr; ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON D C

THE USE OF PARA-FORMALIN DISINFECTING CHAMBERS IN VETERINARY PRACTICE

01 APR 1969

9 pages

Authors: A. G. Nemchenoko; ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA

Four types of para-formalin chambers are described for disinfection and disinfestation of clothing, shoes, and personnel. Three of the devices are mounted on automobiles or trailers for field use and one is a stationary model. Detailed descriptions of design, dimensions, and cost are provided.

THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY

APR 1969

110 pages

Authors: George W. Graham; Harold Hillenbrand; Eleanor C. Lambertsen; Matthew F. McNulty Jr.; Richard J. Stull; John D. Thompson; Dwight L. Wilbur; John P. Valentine; Frank A. Neuman; BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER FORT SAM HOUSTON TX

Contents: Future health care delivery systems; Expectations in dental care; The nurse in future health care delivery systems; Medical education in the future; Professionalism in health care administration; Future education of the health care administrator; Future roles of the physician in health care delivery systems; A graduate curriculum for the future; The art of preceptorship.

FALCIPARUM MALARIA IN VIETNAM: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND NURSING CARE REQUIREMENTS

Mar-1969

12 pages

Authors: Beverly A Glor; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC DIV OF NURSING

This exploratory study has described the observed clinical manifestations and nursing care requirements of 50 patients with P. falicparum malaria in the Republic of South Vietnam. Based upon the observations and findings, possible suggestive areas for study were identified. The significance of the malaria problem to our present military commitment imposes urgency upon the need for expanding our current research efforts. Because of the complexity of this problem, it calls ...

Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 41st Civil Affairs Company.

14 FEB 1969

16 pages

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON D C

Senior Officer Debriefing Report: Headquarters, 44th Medical Brigade, Period 1 August 1968 - 1 February 1969

01 FEB 1969

93 pages

Authors: Spurgeon Neel; ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

Contents: General Military and Medical Situation; Military Civilian Health Assistance; Personnel; Operations; Professional Services; Preventive Medicine; Medical Materiel; Medical Records and Statistics; Medical Statistical Data.

TOWARD A THEORY OF NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS: AN ECONOMIC MODEL OF A HOSPITAL

JAN 1969

Authors: Joseph P. Newhouse; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

A simple model of a hospital is developed, and its implications are considered. An attempt is made to justify the realism of the model, although it cannot be entirely realistic. To develop the model the assumption is made that hospital expenses are financed by the patient and not by a third party. Thus the model may prove applicable to other non-profit institutions where third party payments are not important, such ...

A MODEL OF PHYSICIAN PRICING,

JAN 1969

Authors: Joseph P. Newhouse; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

It is not clear whether the market for physician services can be better characterized as monopolistic or competitive. This paper attempts to shed some light upon that question. The tests are based upon inferences from two alternative models of the market for physician services. The first model is that of a monopoly, and is the model which the foregoing discussion of the market leads us to formulate. In the second ...

MEDICAL FACTORS IN U. S. GENERAL AVIATION ACCIDENTS,

JAN 1969

Authors: P. V. Siegel; S. R. Mohler; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON D C OFFICE OF AVIATION MEDICINE

About ninety percent of fatal U. S. general aviation accidents involve factors other than the aircraft or outside circumstances. This necessarily brings the flight surgeon into the mainstream of aviation safety activities. The paper describes some relatively recent accidents which illustrate the roles played by medical factors. Preventive programs are discussed which have a direct focus on the medical factors which will potentially contribute to future accidents. (Author)

Crisis Fleeting: Original Reports on Military Medicine in India and Burma in the Second World War

426 pages

Authors: James H. Stone; OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

NATIONAL EMERGENCY HEALTH PREPAREDNESS STUDY INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A TOTAL EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM MODEL

NOV 1968

14 pages

Authors: Edward L. Hill; Antonie W. Voors; Russell O. Lyday Jr.; John N. Pyecha; Jerome B. Hallan; RESEARCH TRIANGLE INST RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK NC OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND ECONOMICS DIV

The research, conducted for the Public Health Service was directed toward the development of a total Emergency Health Care System Model that can be used to study and evaluate the nuclear postattack health posture of a single locality. This total model consists of two submodels and can be used in medical preparedness planning for a single locality; i.e., a town, city, or county. It is capable of analyzing medical system ...

NATIONAL EMERGENCY HEALTH PREPAREDNESS STUDY INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A TOTAL EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM MODEL

NOV 1968

243 pages

Authors: Edward L. Hill; Antonie W. Voors; Russell O. Lyday Jr.; John N. Pyecha; Jerome B. Hallan; RESEARCH TRIANGLE INST RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK NC OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND ECONOMICS DIV

The study developed a total Emergency Health Care System Model that can be used to study postattack problems in medical preparedness planning for a single locality. The total model consists of two submodels and is capable of analyzing medical system effectiveness, measured by survivors, as a function of medical resources and their employment; e.g., triage, and treatment priorities. The Immediate Effects Submodel analyzes the first 60 days immediately after attack ...

AEROMEDICAL ASPECTS OF TROOP TRANSPORT AND COMBAT READINESS.

OCT 1968

Authors: ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PARIS (FRANCE)

The volume contains the papers presented at the AGARD/NATO Study on Aeromedical Aspects of Troop Transport and Combat Readiness. Ten papers were presented; the subjects covered ranging from logistics and organisational problems, to field and to laboratory studies, one for example, thermal comfort. Attention was drawn to the difference between the problems of long range transport with its conditions similar to those of commercial passenger flying, and medium range transport ...

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF AIR FORCE BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS (15TH), SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, 31 JANUARY TO 2 FEBRUARY 1968,

SEP 1968

Authors: Richard E. McKenzie; SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE MEDICINE BROOKS AFB TEX

Contents: Some comments on behavioral modification; Goals of treatment; Behavior therapy in 1968; Therapists' awareness of how group therapy patients perceive them; A community mental health approach in a military setting; A CHAP child guidance clinic in a USAF hospital; Improving the management of children by group behavior therapy of their parents; The definitive care unit: A new approach to an old problem; The efficiency of group psychotherapy with first-term ...

LESSONS LEARNED, HEADQUARTERS, 22D SURGICAL HOSPITAL (MA).

15 AUG 1968

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY IN SWEDEN: PART IV. STOCKHOLM.

12 AUG 1968

Authors: J. William Cox; OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM)

The report presents selected aspects of the staff organization, mission, and research programs of the Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Institutet (medical college) in Stockholm and of its affiliated laboratories in the Military Medical Examining Center and of other affiliated University Hospitals in Stockholm. The research and graduate medical education program of the King Gustav Vth Research Institute affiliated with the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm is also described. A survey ...

MEDICAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION SYSTEM.

AUG 1968

Authors: John P. McCann; William A. Shafer; John R. Burnett; Aileen E. Brimmer; GENERAL DYNAMICS/CONVAIR SAN DIEGO CALIF

The study describes and documents the results of a medically oriented system study of the Aeromedical Evacuation Systems (AES) of the USAF. The report is organized to provide the reader with (1) a detail description of the AES as it existed at the time of the study, (2) an account of the problems being experienced, (3) a detailed analysis of major components and characteristics of the systems, (4) a forecast ...

HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FEASIBILITY STUDY,

AUG 1968

Authors: William S. Beck; Ronald A. Creamer; AEROSPACE MEDICAL DIV BROOKS AFB TEX

In recognition of the complexity in the basic operation of hospitals today and the shortage of skilled personnel within the medical services a feasibility study has been initiated for developing a medical information system by computer operation using the systems engineering approach. This report outlines the developmental program for a transactional hospital information system which would include all Air Force medical installations and related medical activities. (Author)

VISIT TO DR. GASPARE ALBANO, LABORATORIO INTERNAZIONALE DI MEDICINA SUBACQUEA, PALERMO, ITALY.

11 JUL 1968

Authors: L. M. Libber; OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM)

This report reviews the high pressure physiological research work and theoretical interests of Dr. Albano. His investigations deal with the mechanism of bends production, the effect of oxygen respiration on lung surfactant and the definition of the limits on the use of oxygen in diving conditions. (Author)

FOREIGN MEDICAL WORKERS ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SOVIET PUBLIC HEALTH

JUL 1968

9 pages

Authors: ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

The paper describes the progress made in the field of public health in the USSR since the revolution.

SEVERAL REMARKS CONCERNING THE WORK OF SANITARY-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COUNCILS AT THE SANITARY-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STATIONS

JUL 1968

3 pages

Authors: V. K. Vazhevich; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

AUTO-LABORATORY (AL)

Jul-1968

3 pages

Authors: V Kiktenko; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

The report describes a sanitary-epidemiological laboratory specially equipped on a motor vehicle and intended for processing microbiological health- hygiene analyses and indications of poisonous substances in the field.

CORONARY CARE UNIT BIBLIOGRAPHY,

JUL 1968

Authors: Marshall A. Rockwell; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

COMPUTERIZED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION AND PATHOLOGY DATA,

JUN 1968

Authors: Marvin Gelblat; PENNSYLVANIA UNIV PHILADELPHIA MOORE SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

The doctor who is mainly concerned with patient care has felt the impact of the computer only insofar as the results have added to the vast store of knowledge he must have readily available. In this paper the use of the Problem Solving Facility of the Moore School of the University of Pennsylvania to eliminate a major phase of this information problem in the medical field is demonstrated. Patient records ...

LESSONS LEARNED. HEADQUARTERS, 44TH MEDICAL BRIGADE.

15 MAY 1968

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

LESSONS LEARNED, HEADQUARTERS, 68TH MEDICAL GROUP.

14 MAY 1968

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

LESSONS LEARNED, HEADQUARTERS, 18TH SURGICAL HOSPITAL (MA).

11 MAY 1968

19 pages

Authors: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC

AUTOMATION FOR THE HOSPITAL OF TOMORROW.

01 APR 1968

Authors: William Stanislaus Beck; AEROSPACE MEDICAL DIV BROOKS AFB TEX

With the increasing emphasis on automation and shortage of skilled personnel within the medical service of the United States Air Force, the necessity for developing a mechanized system to assist in hospital and medical management became apparent. As Project Engineer for developing a medical information system by computer operation, the author has researched literature, visited hospitals with computers, talked with computer hardware salesmen, and attended meetings and seminars on computer ...