| Abstract |
In 2001, the Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support System (DMLSS) Release 3.0 was deployed to Moncrief Army Community Hospital, the Armys test site. The goal of this project was to examine whether the deployment was done in an effective manner. Through a literature review, examination of organizational documents, and interviews with personnel at the United States Army Medical Information System Support Agency (USAMISSA) in San Antonio, Texas, the DMLSS Program Office in Falls Church, Virginia, the Joint Medical Logistics Functional Development Center (JMLFDC) in Fort Dietrick, Maryland, and Moncrief Army Community Hospital (MACH) in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, I was able to show that the deployment process for Release 3.0 was well conducted. The MACH logistical staff was mentally prepared for the change in computer systems. The staff received briefings from MACH leadership, senior Medical Command representatives, and JMLFDC staff prior to the actual deployment. Since the staff understood the system and its capabilities, the implementation of was DMLSS rapid and thorough. The training did have areas that could have been improved. There were problems during the classroom week with class scheduling and training computer capabilities, but the on-the-job training conducted by the deployment staff paid great dividends and enabled MACH to fully utilize DMLSS when the old systems were turned off. Implementation of DMLSS was well planned and executed but needed some refinement. The site visit made by that the JMLFDC staff enabled the system s hardware requirements to be identified and equipment to be ordered. The majority of the data conversion of old files was accurate but some adjusting of the new database had to be done during the deployment. Although MACH was the Army s test site for the deployment, the DMLSS system was up and running at the end of the three week deployment. Wdeployments even better. |
