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modems and transceivers on medevac vehicles—and implementing the AFC tenets of innovation and agility—further reduced cost and time to field.
CONCLUSION Today, the MEDHUB prototype is in a prolonged developmental test with the 44th Medical Brigade and Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. During the 24-month study, which is in preparation for MEDHUB fielding in 2021, health care providers are using the system to provide more complete medical documentation of care for drop- zone casualties, and to alert and prepare Womack Army Medical Center for such casualties. Tis continued testing ensures that the best possible product is fielded to the Soldier.
“Te MEDHUB team is passionate and truly committed to the warfighter,” said Col. Ryan Bailey, former USAMMDA commander. “Teir commitment demon- strates that, working closely with industry, collaborating with other program execu- tive offices, along with the user community, you can quickly develop and test a system, make fixes and keep pressing to deliver a capability that will ultimately make a difference.”
TEAM EFFORT
Participants at a MEDHUB test in March included: in front row from left, Alexandra Cholewczynski, Emily Krohn and the author, USAMMDA; Jan Cooke, Sierra Nevada Corp.; Mike Moore (U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Aviation & Missile Center (CCDC-AVM)); and, in back row, Cory Anderson, CCDC-AVM; Duston Thompson, Sierra Nevada; and JT McNeil, Spencer Brooks, Capt. Gerrod Gomez and Torrence Moore, USAMMDA. PEO Soldier, PEO Aviation and PEO C3T also contributed. (Photo by Ashley Force, USAMMDA Public Affairs)
Te rapid development of the MEDHUB system can be credited to the product team’s consistent, inventive and agile development and test strategy—which certainly can be modified and applied throughout DOD for product develop- ment. Tis acquisition approach will help the MEDHUB program reach milestone C within three years, and it exemplifies how the USAMRDC is following the AFC lead in quickly and effectively deliv- ering novel capability to the Soldier.
“Te MEDHUB team has been extremely innovative in finding solutions and devel- opment pathways to reduce time and still deliver a quality solution that can be used to assist our medics and clinicians in having the data they need to save more lives,” said Rosarius.
With USAMRDC’s support over the past three years, and especially with the encour- agement of Rosarius, the MEDHUB team has successfully navigated acquisition pathways to produce a critical and neces- sary communication system that may be used by both military and civilian medical personnel. In creating this lifesaving prod- uct, the MEDHUB team clearly reflects AFC key principles in its willingness to
learn from failure, listen to the user and rebound toward success.
For more information on the MEDHUB program and other projects being devel- oped by the USAMMDA, go to the organization’s website at https://
www.usammda.army.mil/.
JAY WANG is a product manager for the USAMMDA’s Warfighter Health, Performance and Evacuation Project Management Office at Fort Detrick, Maryland. He holds a master’s degree in program management from the Naval Postgraduate School, a master’s degree in organic chemistry from UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. A member of the Army Acquisition Corps, he is Level III certified in program management and a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. In 2014, he received the Superior Civilian Service Award for his work at the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense for innovatively managing and analyzing a complex acquisition program.
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