Title Improving the deployment of Army health care professionals : an evaluation of PROFIS / Melony E. Sorbero, Stuart S. Olmsted, Kristy Gonzalez Morganti, Rachel M. Burns, Ann C. Haas, Kimberlie Biever ; prepared for the United States Army, approved for public release, distribution unlimited.

Publication Info.	Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2013.
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Description	1 online resource (xxii, 99 pages) : some color illustrations.
Series	Report ; TR-1227-A
	RAND Corporation technical report series ; TR1227
	Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR1227.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-99).
Note	"The research described in this report was sponsored by the Army Office of the Surgeon General."
Summary	The Army Medical Department's Professional Filler System was developed in 1980 to support continuous overseas contingency operations while simultaneously balancing the Army's requirement to maintain a healthy force, deploy a medical force to support military operations, and manage/meet access-to-care demands for all military health system beneficiaries. PROFIS allows health care providers to practice in a military treatment facility when not deployed, which contributes to the maintenance of their medical and technical skills. The PROFIS Deployment System, developed in 2005, is an internal management system that is used to battle roster deploying units with the correct PROFIS personnel so that the U.S. Army Medical Command can plan proactively for deployments. Recently, there have been concerns over how PROFIS affects the medical readiness and availability of providers for training with the unit preparing to deploy. This report describes the functionality of the Army's PROFIS in the current operating environment and assesses potential modifications or improvements to the system. Using a literature review, interviews, a survey, and administrative data, this research sought to identify and understand the effect of PROFIS, and deployments more broadly, on providers and other military personnel. The study also assessed modifications and alternatives to the current PROFIS that might address the identified issues.
Contents	Introduction. -- Background. -- Data and methods. -- Effect of and concerns about PROFIS. -- Potential modifications to PROFIS. -- Conclusions and recommendaitons. -- Appeixes. -- References.
Subject	United States. Army -- Medical personnel.
	United States. Army -- Personnel management.
	United States. Army -- Operational readiness.
	United States. Army. (OCoLC)fst00533532
	Military planning -- United States.
	Armed Forces -- Medical personnel. (OCoLC)fst01351807
	Armed Forces -- Operational readiness. (OCoLC)fst01351844
	Armed Forces -- Personnel management. (OCoLC)fst00814620
	Military planning. (OCoLC)fst01021370
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author	Arroyo Center.
	RAND Health.
ISBN	9780833078049 (electronic bk.)
	0833078046 (electronic bk.)
	9780833081124 (electronic bk.)
	0833081128 (electronic bk.)

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