United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-06-22 monographic deposited born digital 42 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-831 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-831 P0b002ee18039014c f:d07831 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-831 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-831 GAO-07-831 Data collection Health care programs Health care services Internal controls Medical information systems Medical records Military personnel Program evaluation Quality assurance Reporting requirements Program implementation Other Written Product A71226

Overseas deployments expose servicemembers to a number of potential risks to their health and well-being. However, since the mid-1990s, GAO has highlighted shortcomings with respect to the Department of Defense's (DOD) ability to assess the medical condition of servicemembers both before and after their deployments. Following GAO's May 1997 report, Congress enacted legislation (10 U.S.C. 1074f) that required the Secretary of Defense to establish a medical tracking system for assessing the medical condition of servicemembers before and after deployments. GAO was asked to determine (1) whether DOD has established a medical tracking system to comply with requirements of 10 U.S.C. 1074f pertaining to pre- and postdeployment medical examinations, and (2) the extent to which DOD has effectively implemented a deployment health quality assurance program as part of its medical tracking system. In conducting this review, GAO analyzed pertinent documents and interviewed DOD officials. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-831/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-831.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-831/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-831.pdf GAO-07-831 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-831 Other Written Product GAO-07-831; Defense Health Care: Comprehensive Oversight Framework Needed to Help Ensure Effective Implementation of a Deployment Health Quality Assurance Program; Data collection Health care programs Health care services Internal controls Medical information systems Medical records Military personnel Program evaluation Quality assurance Reporting requirements Program implementation Title 10 Section 1074f 10 U.S.C. 1074f Public Law 105-85 Public Law 108-375 Public Law 109-364