ISSUE 182 : Jul/Aug - 2010 - Australian Defence Force Journal

Medical responses to current complex operations need to be individualised as each occurs in adifferent geopolitical setting. The nature of the medical challenges varies with the nature andintensity of the fighting, weapons used, and existing health infrastructure and transportationfacilities. 13 The use of contracted health support, as either a hybrid or sequential uniformed/contracted model of health care delivery, is an attractive option to extend Australia’s strategichealth care reach and to providing flexible, responsive and focused solutions to effects-basedoperations.Susan Neuhaus is Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide (Royal AdelaideHospital). She is a surgeon who has served in both the Australian Regular Army and the ArmyReserve as a medical officer. Her operational deployments include Cambodia, Bougainville andAfghanistan. She is a graduate of the Australian Command and Staff College (Reserve) and hasserved as Commanding Officer, 3rd Health Support Battalion. She was promoted to Colonel in2009 and is currently on the Inactive Reserve.Glenn Keys is CEO Aspen Medical. He is a graduate of the Royal Military College and Universityof New South Wales and has served in RAEME, primarily in support of Army Aviation. In 1993, heco-founded Aspen Medical, which is now one of the largest providers of contract support to theADF, as well as a provider of Indigenous health services, health care to the resource sector andsupport to a number of State and Territory health services. Aspen also operates in the MiddleEast, US and UK.24