After Operation Desert Storm, the Army Medical Department took a number of initiatives to improve soldier health, medical care during deployments and on the battlefield, and the training and tools that medical personnel have to deliver care. These efforts have built a more efficient, better integrated system of battlefield protection and combat casualty care.

A chronological listing of some initiatives follows.

1991 Innovations

• Serum Repository

1992 Innovations

• Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine Licensed

1993 Innovations

• Army Medical Re-Engineering Initiative Began

1994 Innovations

• Activation of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
• Activation of U.S. Army Medical Command
• Tricare® Begins
• Deployment Occupational & Enviromental Health Surveillance

1995 Innovations

• Forward Surgical Teams

1996 Innovations

• Ongoing Research & Use of Telemedicine

1997 Innovations

• UH-60L Medevac Helicopter

1998 Innovations

• Anthrax Vaccination Program
• Combat Stress Control

1999 Innovations

• Deployment Health Clinical Center Established
• Reserve 90-Day Rotation Policy Implemented
• Chem/Bio Satellite Course

2000 Innovations

• Chemical-Biological Protective Shelter Systems
• The Army's 91W Health Care Specialist
• AC to RC PROFIS Initiated
• SERPACWA Approved by FDA
• First Multi-Component AMEDD Hospital Activated

2001 Innovations

• Operation Solace Initiated
• National Vaccine Health Center Established
• Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program Initiated
• Special Medical Augmentation Response Team-Preventive Medicine
• Health Information Operations

2002 Innovations

• First CBRNE Course Conducted
• DOD/VA Clinical Practice Guideline
• Personal Information Carrier
• President Announces Smallpox Vaccination Program
• High-Tech Bandages

2003 Innovations

• PB Approved for IND Use
• Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) Deployed
• Stryker Medical Evacuation Vehicle
• PDAs Show Promise for High-Tech Medics
• Blood Container Allows Far-Forward Transfusions
• Basic Combat Training Injury Prevention
• The Post Deployment Health Assessment Tool (PDHAT)
• Mobilization Medical Services

2004 Innovations

• Improved Combat Eye Protection
• Vaccine Associated Myopericarditis Registry
• Tele-Behavioral Health Service
• Complete Medical Record in ER/Urgent Care Setting
• Department of Deployment Health (DoDH), Womack Army Medical Center
• Addition of Apheresis Platelet Collection Capability

2005 Innovations

• Provider Resiliency Training (PRT) Program
• Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization
• AMEDD Center and School Information Portals

2006 Innovations

• Ultimate Warrior
• Walter Reed Allergy-Immunology Department’s USACAEL Launches Allergen Extract Laboratory Management System (ELMS)
• Gynecology Disease Center
• WRAMC's Clinical and Research Activities for Individuals with Early Post Traumatic Exposure
• Battlefield Pain Control/Advanced Regional Anesthesia

2007 Innovations

• Spiritual Attitude Inventory
• Suicide Awareness/Prevention Training
• CORPS Program (Caregivers Optimizing Readiness through Prevention Strategies)
• BATTLEMIND Training Systems Program
• Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), UH-72A MEDEVAC
• DENCOM Technological Advances
• Provider Resiliency Training (PRT) Program
• Soldier and Family Assistance Center (SFAC)
• Army Physical Disability Evaluation System Training