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1-10. COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS, AND INTELLIGENCE (C4I)
a. Command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) is the responsibility of medical organizations at all levels of command. Normally C4I is handled by a medical command, medical brigade, or a medical group. The type of medical C4I headquarters employed in an operational area is dependent on the size of the deployed force.
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The medical C4I headquarters is designed to implement Level ll through Level IV combat health support operations across the operational continuum. Combat health support C4I headquarters employ the principle of "first in--last out." The appropriate medical C4I headquarters must arrive as lead elements with a deploying force to orchestrate the arrival of medical units into an operational area and they are among the last to leave.
c. The medical C4I headquarters has sophisticated automation hardware and software as well as assured communications. Based on intelligence analysis, medical C4I staff articulates priorities, synchronize operations, and ensure uninterrupted medical support to the medical units. Automation, communications, and command and control procedures must allow for interface among Army systems, among all levels of command, among other services, and (when feasible) among supported allied forces. Automated data processing systems aid in patient accountability, tracking the movement of patients/casualties across the battlefield, regulating patients into and out of theater hospitals, and management of health service logistics systems.
