General Internal Medical Services (GIMS) as part of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) mission is to provide high Quality health care for all who are privileged to serve, “while setting the standard in readiness, education and health care research” (WRNMMC, 2016). GIMS primary focus is provide routine and preventive care, inpatient care, and acute care for all service members and retiree. They also provide consultative services for patients with complex medical conditions.
As the largest outpatient clinic in the whole of Department of Defense with over 250 medical staff and responsible for acute and routine healthcare for over 30,000 Active Duty Service Members, the corporate level goal is to lead “Military Medicine in delivering …show more content…
Recent cuts in defense spending especially the sequestrations of 2013 significantly affected GIMS ability to procure state of the art medical equipment to provide comprehensive and holistic care to patients. Another weakness is the inability to reduce patient wait time below 10 minutes. This is largely due to increasing number of military personnel in the National Capital Region preferring GIMS as their primary care clinic. Finally insufficient parking space for patient on Walter Reed Campus is also a major weakness of GIMS. The shortage of parking could sometimes be frustrating for patients. Most time patients are late for their appointment because it takes them a long time to find parking.
One of the major opportunities for GIMS from the SWOT analysis is that its patients can benefits significantly from the road and transit improvement projects in Bethesda embarked upon by the state government. In 2015, Governor Hogan also announced the expansion of the Purple Line that will connect Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George’s County. This project will ease commuting for GIMS patients coming to Bethesda from Prince George County and other part of Montgomery …show more content…
John Hopkins for a while has consistently made attempt to draw dissatisfied GIMS patients especially after signing a contract with Department of Defense. In other to solidify its relationship with Department of Defense John Hopkins have established a Military and Veterans Health Institute that will cater for service members healthcare need especially in the National Capital Region. This development poses a serious threat to GIMS especially in fulfilling its long term goal of being the leading healthcare provider for service members and their dependents in the National Capital Region. Another primary competitor in the region is Fort Belvoir Community Hospital. Since the completion of Fort Belvoir Community Hospital on a 1.2 million square feet location in Virginia in 2011, the facility has been competing not only for Department of Defense fund for Military Treatment Facility in the National Capital Region but also for patronage of service members in the area. The facility boast of a 120 state-of-the-art inpatient rooms located in a seven-story tower and has also adopted the acclaimed and efficient Patient Centered Medical Home model pioneered by GIMS (Fort Belvoir Community Hospital,
As the largest outpatient clinic in the whole of Department of Defense with over 250 medical staff and responsible for acute and routine healthcare for over 30,000 Active Duty Service Members, the corporate level goal is to lead “Military Medicine in delivering …show more content…
Recent cuts in defense spending especially the sequestrations of 2013 significantly affected GIMS ability to procure state of the art medical equipment to provide comprehensive and holistic care to patients. Another weakness is the inability to reduce patient wait time below 10 minutes. This is largely due to increasing number of military personnel in the National Capital Region preferring GIMS as their primary care clinic. Finally insufficient parking space for patient on Walter Reed Campus is also a major weakness of GIMS. The shortage of parking could sometimes be frustrating for patients. Most time patients are late for their appointment because it takes them a long time to find parking.
One of the major opportunities for GIMS from the SWOT analysis is that its patients can benefits significantly from the road and transit improvement projects in Bethesda embarked upon by the state government. In 2015, Governor Hogan also announced the expansion of the Purple Line that will connect Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George’s County. This project will ease commuting for GIMS patients coming to Bethesda from Prince George County and other part of Montgomery …show more content…
John Hopkins for a while has consistently made attempt to draw dissatisfied GIMS patients especially after signing a contract with Department of Defense. In other to solidify its relationship with Department of Defense John Hopkins have established a Military and Veterans Health Institute that will cater for service members healthcare need especially in the National Capital Region. This development poses a serious threat to GIMS especially in fulfilling its long term goal of being the leading healthcare provider for service members and their dependents in the National Capital Region. Another primary competitor in the region is Fort Belvoir Community Hospital. Since the completion of Fort Belvoir Community Hospital on a 1.2 million square feet location in Virginia in 2011, the facility has been competing not only for Department of Defense fund for Military Treatment Facility in the National Capital Region but also for patronage of service members in the area. The facility boast of a 120 state-of-the-art inpatient rooms located in a seven-story tower and has also adopted the acclaimed and efficient Patient Centered Medical Home model pioneered by GIMS (Fort Belvoir Community Hospital,