By Robert A. Petzel, MD, VA Under Secretary for Health
VHA provides excellent healthcare to six million veterans – some say the best care anywhere. Not only have we earned higher marks in patient satisfaction than the private sector, we also lead the nation in measures of quality.

By Victoria J. Davey, PhD, MPH
VA Chief Officer of Public Health
The Office of Public Health within the Veterans Health Administration serves as the authority on public health issues for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

By Jonathan Woodson, MD, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
The MHS enters 2012 and its second decade of combat operations with confidence in our ability to sustain and expand the excellence we have exhibited in military medicine.

By Rear Adm. Thomas McGinnis, RPh, chief, Pharmaceutical Operations Directorate,
TRICARE Management Activity
The DoD pharmacy program dispenses close to 2.8 million prescriptions each week at a cost of $6.7 billion in 2011, about 14% of the department’s total healthcare costs. The overall DoD health budget remains an issue of concern, as healthcare costs have greatly increased since 2001.

By Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
President Charles Rice, MD
University presidents are asked each year — by their boards, faculty, alumni and others — about their goals and priorities for the coming year. Answering these questions is rarely a simple proposition.