Earlier this year, Wave BAMC and Wave LACKLAND simultaneously deployed the new federal electronic health record (EHR), which the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) calls MHS GENESIS. With these waves, six more military treatment facility commands deployed MHS GENESIS, including Brooke Army Medical Center, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Goodfellow AFB, Lackland AFB, and Laughlin AFB.
BAMC is the largest hospital in the military health system (MHS) and houses the DoD’s only Level 1 trauma center and specialized burn unit. BAMC’s unique medical capabilities, including trauma, burn, and comprehensive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) specialty units, required new functions within the EHR that created an enterprise standard.
BAMC also has the highest population of patients enrolled in the Secretarial Designee (SECDES) program in the United States. The SECDES program allows civilian patients suffering from a variety of trauma, burn, and ECMO injuries to be treated by military physicians. This program provides more opportunities for military providers to keep their specialized skills sharp.