Photo By Petty Officer 2nd Class Natalie Byers | SAN DIEGO (Sept. 27, 2017) Capt. Jose Acosta, U.S. 3rd Fleet surgeon, gives a brief...... read more read more
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SAN DIEGO – Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet (C3F) hosted nearly 60 medical personnel from various staffs, ships and contracting agencies for a Fleet Health Integration Panel (FHIP) at Fleet headquarters on Naval Base Point Loma, Sept. 26-28.
The FHIP is led by U.S. Fleet Forces and U.S. Pacific Fleet to achieve standardized practices and to present a unified view of fleet health services. Throughout the panel, facilitators stressed the importance of providing standardized health care for all Sailors, Marines, and their families.
“Our primary mission as Navy medicine personnel will always be medical readiness throughout the fleet, not just on ships but across all operational capabilities we can put forward,” said Capt. Paul Kane, U.S. Fleet Forces surgeon. “Our other mission is what we call our health care benefits mission where we not only take care of the Sailors and Marines that are out there but their families as well.”
Kane said in order to ensure that Sailors and Marines are receiving proper medical care that Navy medicine must be unified.
“Keeping Sailors medically ready is one thing, but keeping us as a medical component ready to take care of Sailors and Marines is a whole different thing,” said Kane. “A ready medical force and a medically ready force is how the surgeon general describes the readiness that Navy medicine needs.”
The importance of being unified as one Navy medicine is one of the main points of discussion throughout the panel.
“We are and we need to be one Navy medicine,” said Capt. Kris Belland, Pacific Fleet surgeon. “Whether it’s in the fleet or in hospitals across the world, we all need to be unified and operating in the same way. FHIP is our way of standardizing all Navy medicine.”
Belland has been involved with FHIP for 12 years and said he is impressed with how much the FHIP has accomplished in uniting Navy medicine.
“What we’ve accomplished with the FHIP conferences is amazing,” said Belland. “There’s room for improvement, but it has helped us as Navy medicine speak with one voice.”
Key topics discussed by the panel include the future of Navy medicine and the focus of future FHIPs. The panel convenes twice a year, once on the East Coast and once on the West Coast. The panel also meets at least once a year virtually.
U.S. 3rd Fleet leads naval forces in the Pacific and provides the realistic, relevant training necessary for an effective global Navy, and constantly coordinates with U.S. 7th Fleet to plan and execute missions that promote ongoing peace, security, and stability throughout the Pacific theater of operations.
For more news from Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, visit www.navy.mil/local/c3f/.
| Date Taken: | 09.27.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 09.28.2017 14:44 |
| Story ID: | 249883 |
| Location: | SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US |
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