Miss. GC among 1st mil.med markets

KEESLER AFB, Miss. - The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is changing the way military hospitals and clinics are managed. On Jan. 30, facilities in four regions in the U.S. became the first military medical markets aligned by geographic location. The new markets include hospitals and clinics in the National Capital Region (Washington, D.C., southern Maryland, and northern Virginia), Jacksonville, Fla.; Mississippi Gulf Coast (Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula); and central North Carolina (Fayetteville). Each market will share patients, staff, budgets, and many other functions across facilities to optimize readiness and the delivery and coordination of health services. DHA will eventually establish 21 markets where DoD has large concentrations of facilities and patients. Markets will be centered on large medical centers, establishing centers of excellence for specialty care that meet the needs of beneficiaries across their regions. Under this system, market leaders will now be responsible for managing all health care delivery within their geographic region. (Source: Military Health Communications 02/03/20) https://www.keesler.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2073337/mississippi-coast-one-of-first-four-health-care-markets-dha-stands-up/