Home » Clients » Air Force » Air Force AF/SGR

Air Force - AF/Surgeon General

Goal:  Support Air Force Asst. Surgeon General as chief consultant in telemedicine and deployed medical informatics including:

• Oversight of 35 Congressional medical programs valued at more than $155M
• Develop and Manage Air Force budget/planning for medical research projects 
• Support TMIP-J software integration program 
• Provide security management for SGR

Overview:  The Air Force Surgeon General’s Modernization Directorate was created to provide oversight, direction, policy and resources to leverage technology, science and industry to transform and modernize medical capabilities and address critical long-term challenges in support of the Air Force medical and line operations. 

Program Management Support:  Extensive experience supporting program management of AF/SGR projects has enabled MELE program managers to develop best practices incorporating principles from DoD Directives and Standards, the Performance Institute (PI), the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).  Best practices are applied to: requirements development, proposal reviews, contract management, strategic planning, Return On Investment (ROI), Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA), Business Case Analysis (BCA), quality control & monitoring, business process improvement, project management plans, budget reviews, deliverable reviews, advisory & consultative services, transition plans, sustainment plans, operational testing, and medical information systems.  Current AF/SGR Telemedicine projects include:

Telemedicine Forensic Dental Identification Telepathology Teleradiology Retinopathy screening Teleaudiology Digitized Health Records

Diabetes Primary Prevention Self-management Education EMR / Patient Portal Chronic Care Model Outreach Clinics Inpatient Initiatives

Medical Research  Autism LED Wound Healing Pseudofolliculitis Barbae Bariatric Gastric Bypass Surgery Gene Therapy Crush Injury

In addition to project management and oversight of these projects, MELE consultative efforts cover a broad range of medical research areas from disease surveillance to personalized medicine. Our team has specialized knowledge in healthcare management, project management, cost analysis, budget analysis and IT.  Examples include:

• Disease Surveillance
• Military Trauma Training
• Health Outcome Surveillance
• Deployable Environmental & Biological Surveillance
• Directed Energy Threat Surveillance
• Telemedicine
• Automated Identification & Data Collection

Theater Medical Information Program (TMIP): TMIP software is a set of medical information systems used on military bases to support requirements tailored and integrated to provide automated information management support in a theater environment and deployed on Service-provided computer hardware and communications infrastructure. TMIP supports the Military Health System mission and provides medical services and support to the armed forces during military operations. TMIP applications have been deployed in 28 locations in Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar in support of combat operations. Seven major applications cover Medical Command and Control, Medical Logistics, Blood Management, Outpatient Care, Limited Inpatient Care, Aeronautical Evacuation and Patient Tracking.