Military Health and Health Care

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Understanding the Long-Term Impacts of Combat: Genital Injury in UK Male Military Veterans
Greater discussion and support are needed not only during rehabilitation, but over the long term to address the enduring psychosocial and sexual impact of genital injury sustained in combat.
Jun 4, 2024

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Robots, Drones, and AI, Oh My: Navigating the New Frontier of Military Medicine
The integration of autonomous drones and robotic technology marks a turning point, heralding a transformative era in battlefield care. The future of military medicine lies in harnessing these advancements while maintaining the ethical integrity and human touch essential to medical care.
Jan 8, 2024
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The Russian Military's Looming Personnel Crises of Retention and Veteran Mental Heath
Russia's looming troop-retention and veteran-treatment problems are already visible on the horizon, even though they have been delayed by policy. By invading Ukraine, Russia has created a wave of severe trauma that will soon crash over its own country.
Jun 1, 2023
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RAND Turns 75: A Look Through the Decades At World-Changing Research
From anticipating the Space Age in the 1940s to studying gun policy and COVID-19 responses in the 2020s, RAND is celebrating 75 years of research that has made a difference.
May 8, 2023
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Dog Tag Bakery: A Fresh Start for Veterans
A bakery in Washington, D.C., brings together service-disabled post–9/11 veterans, military spouses, and caregivers. For five months, they are immersed in an intensive entrepreneurial-focused business program. It's become a model for helping veterans and others in the military community reestablish their lives.
Nov 1, 2022
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Addressing the Shortage of Behavioral Health Clinicians: Lessons from the Military Health System
Access to behavioral health services is one of the top challenges for the U.S. health care system, due in part to a shortage of licensed mental health providers. One potential solution to expanding the behavioral health workforce can be found in the U.S. military.
May 23, 2022
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Inequitable Marine Corps Body Composition Policies and Their Impact on the Health of the Force
The Marine Corps Body Composition and Military Appearance Program is potentially harming Marines. The Marine Corps should consider pausing the policy while it further examines its effects on individual health and considers developing a new health-focused policy that includes requirements designed to reflect the diversity of the force.
Mar 25, 2022
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Supporting the Mental Health Needs of National Guard and Reserve Members
Over one million U.S. military service members are members of the National Guard or reserves. These troops are being tested like never before, but they do not receive the same physical and mental health care coverage provided to their active-duty counterparts. It may be time to explore policy solutions to ensure that these service members have access to high-quality mental health care.
Sep 22, 2021
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All Veterans with Invisible Wounds Should Receive High-Quality Care That Meets These Standards
Millions of post-9/11 U.S. military veterans experience life-changing invisible wounds, including posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic issues resulting from traumatic brain injuries. While effective treatments are available, many veterans lack access to high-quality care. And what high-quality care means, exactly, has been elusive.
Oct 30, 2020
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Pandemics and the U.S. Military: Lessons from 1918
Military leaders today face a more benign security environment than their predecessors did during the 1918 Spanish flu. The U.S. military is engaged in operations abroad, but it's not fighting a great-power war. The Pentagon has every reason to focus on stemming the COVID-19 pandemic even if it has to absorb some downgrade in readiness.
Apr 1, 2020
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State of the Union 2020: Insights from RAND
The final State of the Union address of President Trump's four-year term may be viewed through the lens of the unprecedented circumstances surrounding the evening. But the speech touched on a range of policy challenges that will remain, regardless of how politics play out in 2020.
Feb 5, 2020
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Review of Behavioral Health Technician Training, Policies, and Practice Identifies New Opportunities
Behavioral health technicians are trained to be an essential part of the mental health clinical team, serving as provider extenders who work alongside and support licensed mental health providers. What are the factors that affect these roles? And how can the Military Health System most effectively incorporate them into mental health care settings?
Oct 15, 2019
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Lives on the Line: The A2AD Challenge to Combat Casualty Care
Countries such as Russia and China continue to develop and expand the ability to integrate long-range strike, anti-ship, anti-air, space and cyber abilities. Provision of medical support could be a worthy priority for NATO planners when considering deterrence of and defense against near-peer or peer adversaries.
Jul 31, 2018
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Comparing Suicide Rates: Making an Apples to Apples Comparison
As the national suicide rate continues to rise, an increasing number of stakeholders are looking within their own communities and asking: “Do we have a suicide problem?” It's a difficult question to answer.
Apr 2, 2018
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Military Caregivers Share the Costs of War
Millions of veterans and service members receive care from family and friends who need support as well. Military caregivers sacrifice their time, their jobs, and even their health to provide a service worth billions of dollars to the United States.
Oct 30, 2017
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The Lack of Clarity Over Medical Support for Light Footprint Operations and How It Could Be Solved
Early identification and planning for medical support for EU-led military operations are vital to saving lives, treating injuries and keeping personnel healthy. Common standards would ensure high-quality and consistent medical support regardless of which country is providing it.
Sep 19, 2017

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Ukraine's Kursk offensive was a tactical masterstroke that changed the geometry of the battlefield by extending Russian lines and obliging them to rethink their force allocation assumptions. This changes the military calculus.

Ann Marie Dailey

Policy Researcher

Source: The National Interest

While it may not be obvious to patients, AI is already integrated into daily health care systems, from predicting which patients are likely to develop infections to forecasting missed appointments. Other uses are not fully developed: while ChatGPT has demonstrated success on a number of medical board exams, hospitals are not outsourcing actual medical care to computers yet.

Shira H. Fischer

Physician Policy Researcher

Source: rand.org

The Veterans Left Behind: Eligibility for VA Benefits and Other Than Honorable Discharges

U.S. Military Basing and Access in the Indo-Pacific

Ukraine's 'Masterstroke' Kursk Offensive Is About Geometry, not Geography

Disinformation May Thrive as Transparency Deteriorates Across Social Media

Climate Change and Critical Infrastructure: Assessing the Risks and Identifying Mitigation Strategies

The Policy Currents Podcast

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

Improving Access to Early Childhood Education

Military Health and Health Care

Understanding the Long-Term Impacts of Combat: Genital Injury in UK Male Military Veterans

Robots, Drones, and AI, Oh My: Navigating the New Frontier of Military Medicine

The Russian Military's Looming Personnel Crises of Retention and Veteran Mental Heath

RAND Turns 75: A Look Through the Decades At World-Changing Research

Dog Tag Bakery: A Fresh Start for Veterans

Addressing the Shortage of Behavioral Health Clinicians: Lessons from the Military Health System

Inequitable Marine Corps Body Composition Policies and Their Impact on the Health of the Force

Supporting the Mental Health Needs of National Guard and Reserve Members

All Veterans with Invisible Wounds Should Receive High-Quality Care That Meets These Standards

Pandemics and the U.S. Military: Lessons from 1918

State of the Union 2020: Insights from RAND

Review of Behavioral Health Technician Training, Policies, and Practice Identifies New Opportunities

Lives on the Line: The A2AD Challenge to Combat Casualty Care

Comparing Suicide Rates: Making an Apples to Apples Comparison

Military Caregivers Share the Costs of War

The Lack of Clarity Over Medical Support for Light Footprint Operations and How It Could Be Solved

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