With nearly a quarter of a century of service to the U.S. Army, the Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) product office — part of Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) — is considered an old-timer in the acquisition world. Around five years ago, following deep-dive discussions among Army senior leaders, the decision was made to retire the program.

PEO EIS racked up an eye-popping three wins in the 2020 Government Innovation Awards, presented by FCW, GCN, Washington Technology and Defense Systems.

FORT DETRICK, Md. – Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) is responding to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at multiple locations across the country and overseas with equipment and direct technical and training support to dozens of Army units deployed to aid COVID-19 efforts. MC4 teams consist of healthcare information technology (IT) subject matter experts (SMEs), system administrators, and a variety of training personnel specializing in on-site support. The teams conduct software and hardware maintenance and system refreshes, updates and training.

In November 2019, the Army deployed its Health Assessment Lite Operations (HALO) software to medical forces in Afghanistan. HALO is a digitized version of the Standard Form (SF) 600 used by DoD medical personnel to document patient treatment for wounded, injured or sick patients. It was developed by the Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4), the Army acquisition program with primary responsibility for providing Army operational health IT capabilities for deployed medical forces.