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The military medical community within NATO and
its multinational challenges
Col Wynand Korterink (NLD-A) COMEDS Liaison Officer
NATO HQ, Brussels, Belgium
+32-2-707 9862 [email protected]
Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services in NATO
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What is NATO
What is COMEDS
What are the challenges
The global village
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What is NATO
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Civil Emergency
Planning
Military Committee
Research and Technology
Agency ACT
COMEDS
IMSACO
HFM
NAC
Reserve officersCIOMR
Public health
NATO Standardisation
Agency
med medmed
Medical Standardization
Medical Standardization
Expert Panels
COMEDS Organization 01-01- 2010
BIOMEDAC
MedN
DS
FWSVS
MMHMedCISEM
MT MMMP SGPME
Medical
CBRN
Medical
CBRN
Structures Operations
Procedures
Structures Operations
Procedures
Mil. Health
Care
Mil. Health
Care
COMEDS
MILITARY COMMITTEE
Working Groups
Military Medical Steering Group
Force Health
Protection
Force Health
Protection
MedInt
NATO EAPC/UNCLASSIFIEDhttp://nsa.nato.inthttp://nsa.nato.int
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NATO Operations Overview
NATO Support to the African Union
ISAF
Support to EU
Op Althea
KFOR
Balkans Defense Reform
Operation ACTIVE
ENDEAVOR
Air Policing
NATO Training Mission -
Iraq
Operation OCEAN SHIELD
Operational overview
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Chinese ship Peace of Arc (?) Chinese hospital ship Peace Arc
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CHALLENGES -1
• Compatibility of equipment
• Interoperability of medical support structures
(material as well as medical personnel)
• Acceptability of procedures and quality and
standards of medical care available,
• Credentialing and certification
• Doctrine
• Communication (language, culture)
• Information exchange
• Medical Intelligence
Info Exchange Issues
• Security– Current NATO standards– Network Enabled Capabilities will influence future
requirements• Confidentiality of patient info
– Differing national standards• De-identification of data
– Track med info using minimal personal info– Reporting by one nation, retrieving by another
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CHALLENGES -2• Increasing effectiveness: integration of medical assets
• Optimisation of the use of medical resources
through coordination, combined purchasing
• Mitigation of Medical Shortfalls
• Shift from whole national treatment facilities to combined
capabilities in a Multinational treatment facility,
and capabilities based modular approach
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CHALLENGES -3
• Recruitment and retention of medical personnel
Medical Multinationality and Interaction with Ios and NGOs
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Col Wynand Korterink COMEDS Liaison Officer
NATO HQ, Brussels, Belgium
+32-2-707 9862 [email protected]
Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services in NATO