The central MM&S office is the entry point for the MHS enterprise for MM&S requirements submission to capture, track, and determine MHS equities, and approve proposed MM&S requirements.  It provides the overarching organized and coordinated capability for MM&S requirements and enterprise level oversight.  The DMMSO assists Servic...

The coordinated theater intelligent tasking activities (medical care, evacuation, logistics, command and control, medical regulation, etc.) that, when integrated, provide for the effective en route care and efficient movement of patients, beginning at the POI, wounding, illness or infectious agent exposure (suspected or known) and culminating in an integr...

According to 10 US Code 101, uniformed services means the armed forces, the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.

A federally coordinated medical system, augmenting the United States’ medical response capability to assist state, local, and tribal authorities in dealing with medical impacts during major peacetime disasters.

A situation of such exceptional urgency that immediate action must be taken to minimize imminent loss of life or catastrophic degradation of the military or political situation.

The ability to track the identity, status, and location of Department of Defense units, and non-unit cargo (excluding bulk petroleum, oils, and lubricants) and passengers; patients; and personal property from origin to consignee or destination across the range of military operations.

A process used to describe the comprehensive, coordinated patient evacuation activities guided by an appropriate C2 entity designated by the operational commander.

A combination of computer hardware, software, data, or telecommunications that performs functions such as collecting, processing, storing, transmitting, and displaying information to aid in decision support.

The actions and coordination necessary to arrange for the movement of patients through the roles of care and to match patients with a medical treatment facility that has the necessary health service support capabilities and available bed space.

A joint activity under the command and control of USTRANSCOM and responsible to the geographic Combatant Commander (GCC) for patient movement (PM) management, exclusive of Joint Theater Patient Evacuation (JTPE), for missions originating from, transiting through, or terminating in the CCMD area of responsibility. PMRCs devise plans and schedules, monitor ...

A facility established for the purpose of furnishing medical and/or dental care to eligible individuals.

Joint entity tasked with coordinating the intelligent tasking process in support of Joint Theater Patient Evacuation (JTPE), integrating operational, clinical, and medical regulating considerations to inform PM activities throughout the joint operations area. Functions include coordinating with the appropriate Patient Movement Requirements Center (PMRC) t...

In submarine operations, procedures established to prevent submerged collisions between friendly submarines; between submarines and friendly, surface ship-towed bodies and arrays; and between submarines, unmanned systems, and any other hazards to submerged navigation.

The act or process of moving wounded, ill, injured, or other persons (including contaminated, contagious, and potentially exposed patients) to obtain medical, surgical, and dental care or treatment. Functions include medical regulating, pre-hospital patient evacuation, and en route medical care. PM occurs across the continuum of care, from point of injury...

A condition that exists when two or more items possess such functional and physical characteristics as to be equivalent in performance and durability, and are capable of being exchanged one for the other without alteration to the items themselves or to adjoining items, except for adjustment.