[CPEO-IRF] "BRAC Will Facilitate Medical Transformation"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BRAC Will Facilitate Medical Transformation, Official Says

By Sgt. Sara Wood, U.S. Army
American Forces Press Service
February 2, 2006

WASHINGTON - The results of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure 
process have created opportunities and challenges for the military 
community at large, and specifically the military medicine community, 
the BRAC Commission's chairman said here today.

Four BRAC actions affect large medical facilities, at least four more 
affect medical research and management activities, and seven outpatient 
hospitals will convert to clinics with ambulatory surgery capability, 
Anthony J. Principi said at the State of the Military Health System 2006 
Annual Conference.

The BRAC-mandated changes will help the military health system become a 
more modern, joint force capable of dealing with the changing 
environment the military is operating in, Principi said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2006/20060202_4082.html

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