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T4 Study Group

The future of military health care marches on in an ever-changing landscape. A TRICARE "fourth generation" (T-4) work group is undertaking a year long project to explore that landscape and make recommendations which will shape future TRICARE contracts.

The T-4 work group, which began its work Sept. 20, 2010, is charged with evaluating options and opportunities for the design of future TRICARE contracts to provide the best possible health care for more than 9.6 million Military Health System beneficiaries from 2015 onward.

Co-hosted by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, TRICARE Management Activity, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at National Defense University (NDU), the T-4 group includes military health system leaders and subject matter experts under the mentorship of Dr. Guy Clifton. Dr. Clifton, a Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, is author of the book Flatlined: Resuscitating American Medicine, and a former Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow.

Opening day of the T-4 seminar saw prominent military, government and industry experts discussing challenges ranging from rising health care costs, how to engage patients in their own health care, making better use of electronic health information, and how medical staff can improve care through better coordination.

As their work proceeds, the T4 work group will explore historical and future MHS perspectives, transformation studies such as findings of the Task Force on the Future of Military Health Care, and how the TRICARE program operates globally within a framework of legal, acquisition and financial considerations.

Presentations from this meeting are posted below:

  1. T4 Inaugural Meeting_State of Health IT_20 Sep 10_v4 (2)
    .pdf file (385.99 KB)
    Hepburn
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  2. Monday Remarks
    .pdf file (525.85 KB)
    Hunter
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  3. Lungu - 20 Sept 2010
    .pdf file (516.49 KB)
    Lungu
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  4. EBM dod 20Sep10
    .pdf file (960.14 KB)
    McGinnis
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  5. NVF Overview
    .pdf file (1.13 MB)
    Murray
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  6. DoD Presentation
    .pdf file (560.84 KB)
    Ryu
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  7. High Velocity
    .pdf file (179.90 KB)
    Spear
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