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One of the tools military medical personnel use from the EMT to ICU to other parts of the hospital is the Medical Combat Casualty Care System. MC4, a computer system, is used in Iraq, Afghanistan and stateside. Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) integrates, fields and supports a comprehensive medical information system, enabling lifelong electronic medical records, streamlined medical logistics and enhanced situational awareness for Army tactical forces. "It's a wonderful tool that we can utilize to document patient care and be able to utilize that system to send the information to other folks. They can actually sit in remote areas so they can re-transfer a patient to the next level of care. They have the ability to go in and see what we've been doing at our level and get a background history on that patient so it is an invaluable asset for us to be able to track and maintain patients and provide quality medical care," said House.
HARDWARE MC4’s fielding of ruggedized hardware - including handhelds, laptops, servers and printers - guarantees deployable medical forces receive durable technologies that long withstand harsh battlefield conditions. Depending on the size of the unit and the mission, MC4 fields a variety of hardware configurations . HANDHELDS The current MC4 handheld computers are the HP iPAQ 4700 and the Motorola MC70. Each device is a point-of-care hand-held assistant, enabling military providers to record, store, retrieve and transfer the essential elements of patient encounters by synchronizing the handheld with an MC4 laptop. LAPTOPS MC4’s ruggedized laptop is a Panasonic “ Toughbook ” CF 51 notebook computer. Notable accessories include a mobile surge protector, handheld barcode scanner, multimedia drive cleaning kit, compact flash to PC card adapter and a ruggedized transit case. DEPLOYABLE SERVERS MC4 deploys a variety of servers to best meet the size and location of the health care facility. In some instances, the Panasonic Toughbook is used as a server, accessed by several other Toughbooks as clients In larger facilities such as Combat Support Hospitals, MC4 deploys the HP DL380 ProLiant G4 server. Notable accessories include Online Power Factor Corrected UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply), ProCurve Switch, CISCO 2600 router, Fluke cable meter and ruggedized storage rack. PRINTERS The Intermec 3400E Label Printer is used in medical settings that require pharmaceutical labels. Notable accessories include a seven-star voltage converter and a ruggedized label printer transit case. MC4 deploys the HP LaserJet 1320n and Lexmark Optra T634N printers in the server hardware configurations
http://www.va.gov/performance/docs/VA_Snapshot_FY2008.pdf UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Budget, Performance, and Financial Snapshot Fiscal Year 2008 Total Assets $56.9 B Total Liabilities $1.5.0 B