While the new tools will greatly assist diagnostics, it is the medical leadership that faces the greatest challenge of resistance to changing procedures. The use of computers will lead to a new division of labor which will likely encounter resistance. He showed how the couplers can assist corpsmen or doctors by quickly narrowing the diagnosis of medical problems. He stated that even the worst coupler is better than the best physician. The power of the coupler is that it is based on very broad knowledge.
Any errors can be quickly and permanently fixed.
Dr. Weed continued to demonstrate several scenarios to show how the couplers assist doctors in various environments. He added that the Military Health System will have one of the most advanced systems of knowledge tools in the world when CHCS II, Increment 2 is implemented. He encouraged the members present to exercise their role in leadership to ensure the tools are properly used. An executive session was not held. The meeting adjourned at 1530.