Tele-critical care to better support the warfighter from battlefield to home

The virtual medical center aims to reduce battlefield deaths and conserve fighting strength even when thousands of miles separate physical levels of care. It gives medical commanders a real-time view across their areas of operation for faster decision making, helping to connect and improve care from the battlefield to hospital to home.

When a warfighter is down, the virtual medical center enables the platoon medic to begin remote health monitoring immediately and share critical information via mobile device, ensuring faster hand offs and better coordination when minutes count. Monitoring of the warfighter remains continuous, meaning everyone involved in care and treatment has the data they need to make decisions on the ground and in the air, including access to recommendations from specialists. Upon arrival at a medical facility, the treatment plan is already in motion, specialists are lined up for appointments and video visits from the warfighter’s family have been set up.

Coordinating care as the warfighter transitions to home is an equally important step in the care journey. Mental health counseling begins in theater and continues stateside, as does comprehensive specialist care. This brings the best care at the right time to all steps of the journey so returning service personnel get what they need to heal and transition successfully. That’s anywhere care.