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03-09-06, 11:26 AM
New medical system being integrated into Corps
2nd Marine Logistics Group
Story by Lance Cpl. Joel Abshier
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (March 8, 2006) -- Many Marines have had the unfortunate situation of having their medical or dental records lost which ultimately results in more shots, checkups and the hassle of redoing everything before a deployment.
Fortunately for servicemembers within 2nd Marine Logistics Group, there is a new process called the Medical Readiness Reporting System being taught to corpsmen to monitor, update and report all medical data to a localized system here March 6 - 8.
“The bottom line is you will all make an impact using this program,” Petty Officer 1st Class Lee Sauceda, MRRS instructor, explained to a class full of corpsmen. “After you all learn this program you will eventually teach it to other corpsmen back at your unit.”
Corpsmen within 2nd MLG attended the classes and will pass their knowledge on to, not only other corpsmen, but Marines as well. Ultimately Marines are responsible for ensuring the information is up to-date when given to the corpsmen to input into the MRRS.
Once the section, or units respective corpsman, obtain the medical information on the Marines he works with, he will then place it into the system for further use down the road.
“[In 2005] the medical officer of the Marine Corps authorized the use of MRRS for medical readiness reporting for the [entire] Marine Corps,” said Navy Lt. Carl W. Doud, preventive medicine officer with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd MLG. “The system will aid in accurate reporting of [medical] readiness for Marines and make data accessible to all those in the chain of command all the way up to the commanding general and Headquarters Marine Corps.”
The old data system, Shipboard Medical System, was not a user friendly program and did not have the capability to transfer its information to other online databases, according to Doud.
“With MRRS, anyone with a login can access files from any computer that is connected to the Internet,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Rodrigo A. Hernandez, a corpsman with 2nd Transportation Support Battalion, 2nd MLG. “If we ever lose a record we can simply pull it up on the screen and figure out what [the servicemember] needs done.”
The 2nd MLG is changing their systems prior to any other unit within II Marine Expeditionary Force, according to Doud. The entire II MEF will follow in May.
“MRRS will provide access to all Marine medical data via a web-based, real-time system with a centralized database and graphical user interface,” Doud said. “It will be a useful tool to measure, monitor and improve overall deployment readiness.”
Although the system is still new to 2nd MLG, it is already in the process of becoming the default program of use, according to Sauceda. “Eventually this system will touch every Marine in the Corps,”
Ellie
2nd Marine Logistics Group
Story by Lance Cpl. Joel Abshier
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (March 8, 2006) -- Many Marines have had the unfortunate situation of having their medical or dental records lost which ultimately results in more shots, checkups and the hassle of redoing everything before a deployment.
Fortunately for servicemembers within 2nd Marine Logistics Group, there is a new process called the Medical Readiness Reporting System being taught to corpsmen to monitor, update and report all medical data to a localized system here March 6 - 8.
“The bottom line is you will all make an impact using this program,” Petty Officer 1st Class Lee Sauceda, MRRS instructor, explained to a class full of corpsmen. “After you all learn this program you will eventually teach it to other corpsmen back at your unit.”
Corpsmen within 2nd MLG attended the classes and will pass their knowledge on to, not only other corpsmen, but Marines as well. Ultimately Marines are responsible for ensuring the information is up to-date when given to the corpsmen to input into the MRRS.
Once the section, or units respective corpsman, obtain the medical information on the Marines he works with, he will then place it into the system for further use down the road.
“[In 2005] the medical officer of the Marine Corps authorized the use of MRRS for medical readiness reporting for the [entire] Marine Corps,” said Navy Lt. Carl W. Doud, preventive medicine officer with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd MLG. “The system will aid in accurate reporting of [medical] readiness for Marines and make data accessible to all those in the chain of command all the way up to the commanding general and Headquarters Marine Corps.”
The old data system, Shipboard Medical System, was not a user friendly program and did not have the capability to transfer its information to other online databases, according to Doud.
“With MRRS, anyone with a login can access files from any computer that is connected to the Internet,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Rodrigo A. Hernandez, a corpsman with 2nd Transportation Support Battalion, 2nd MLG. “If we ever lose a record we can simply pull it up on the screen and figure out what [the servicemember] needs done.”
The 2nd MLG is changing their systems prior to any other unit within II Marine Expeditionary Force, according to Doud. The entire II MEF will follow in May.
“MRRS will provide access to all Marine medical data via a web-based, real-time system with a centralized database and graphical user interface,” Doud said. “It will be a useful tool to measure, monitor and improve overall deployment readiness.”
Although the system is still new to 2nd MLG, it is already in the process of becoming the default program of use, according to Sauceda. “Eventually this system will touch every Marine in the Corps,”
Ellie