Although I have only been here a short while, a number of areas will receive much of my attention over the next several months. Since 2003, MC4 has trained more than 31,000 medical professionals and has fielded 26,000 systems to the battlefield in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, as well as contingency operations worldwide. As a result, more than 7.7 million electronic health records have been captured on the battlefield via MC4.
What I have heard loud and clear from you and your commanders is a need for the institutionalization of MC4 training. I believe we must also focus our energies on the use of MC4 outside of theater so that we can train as we fight.
We must renew our efforts with our partners at the AMEDD Center and School, and provide them with assistance to develop sustainment training tools commanders so badly need. We must also advocate for MC4 training to be incorporated into course curriculums where appropriate.
We are also collaborating with the medical logistics community to bring new tools to medical logisticians to allow them to provide better and more responsive medical logistics support. In 2007, MC4 deployed its new MEDLOG suite, which featured the DCAM system, replacing TCAM.
MC4 will be supporting the continued development of DCAM, unveiling three new MEDLOG computer-based training modules by the end of this year.
We are working side-by-side with logistics partners at the Defense Health Information Management System (DHIMS), the Joint Medical Logistics Functional Development Center (JMLFDC) of the Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support (DMLSS) Program, and The Surgeon General's Directorate of Logistics System to ensure a coordinated approach to bringing these MEDLOG tools to the field.
One thing is certain—we must all work together. You will see a renewed focus on the institutionalization of MC4 training and heightened medical logistics collaboration during my tenure at MC4.