The Military Medical Community Within NATO and its Multinational Challenges- Korterink

Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services in NATO The military medical community within NATO and its multinational challenges Col Wynand Korterink (NLD-A) COMEDS Liaison Officer NATO HQ, Brussels, Belgium +32-2-707 9862 korterink.wynand@hq.nato.int

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CHALLENGES -1 • Compatibility of equipment • Interoperability of medical support structures (material as well as medical personnel) • Acceptability of procedures and quality and standards of medical care available, • Credentialing and certification • Doctrine • Communication (language, culture) • Information exchange • Medical Intelligence UNCLASSIFIED

Info Exchange Issues • Security – Current NATO standards – Network Enabled Capabilities will influence future requirements • Confidentiality of patient info – Differing national standards • De-identification of data – Track med info using minimal personal info – Reporting by one nation, retrieving by another UNCLASSIFIED

CHALLENGES -2 • Increasing effectiveness: integration of medical assets • Optimisation of the use of medical resources through coordination, combined purchasing • Mitigation of Medical Shortfalls • Shift from whole national treatment facilities to combined capabilities in a Multinational treatment facility, and capabilities based modular approach UNCLASSIFIED

CHALLENGES -3 • Recruitment and retention of medical personnel UNCLASSIFIED

Medical Multinationality and Interaction with Ios and NGOs • UNCLASSIFIED

Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services in NATO Col Wynand Korterink COMEDS Liaison Officer NATO HQ, Brussels, Belgium +32-2-707 9862 korterink.wynand@hq.nato.int

The Military Medical Community Within NATO and its Multinational Challenges- Korterink

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