The battlefield is changing. With the rise of Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO), traditional medical care models on the battlefield are stretched to their limits. Vast distances, limited resources, and rapidly evolving situations demand a new approach to operational medicine.

Introducing the Medical Common Operating Picture (COP)

This is a system that has been used by operational units for decades, but is only now being developed by the JOMIS PMO to bring military medicine into the Joint/Tactical Operations Center. By creating a shared understanding of medical assets, personnel, and patient data across a theater, a medical COP can optimize resource allocation, enhance situational awareness, streamline medical evacuation, and extend the human factor of medical care by offloading decision making in critical periods of care.

This editorial work explores the potential of the medical COP to transform medical care in modern warfare. Don’t miss out on this critical analysis of the future of military medicine.