PHARMACEUTICAL PREPAREDNESS AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF MILITARY HOSPITALS DURING WARTIME: A GLOBAL REVIEW
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29121/ShodhPrabandhan.v2.i2.2025.58Keywords:
Military Hospitals, Pharmaceutical Preparedness, Strategic Management, Wartime Medicine, Medical Logistics, Supply Chain Resilience, AI in Military Medicine, Predictive Medical Technology, Emergency Medical ResponseAbstract
In contemporary warfare, military hospitals are central portals for trauma care, disease management, and logistical command in extraordinary and unpredictable circumstances. This is a review of the trajectory, modalities and prospects of pharmaceutical preparedness and strategic hospital management in conflict zones. Basing on historical fact as well as on case studies from the US, Ukraine, China, India and the Middle East, with the data from a few dozen ongoing armed conflicts, military health systems need struggle to achieve those requirements of the multiple contractor environment, associated with supply chains, storages, and emergency procurements and medical logistics in the Pentagon. Some of the key issues identified include drug-shortages, ethical dilemmas in rationing, lack of uniform standard of international guidelines, and cyber security considerations to pharmaceutical information. Among emerging innovations identified and discussed in the review are the AI-supported prediction of needs of blood supply and plasma, blockchain-supported tracking of medication supply, modular systems for field hospitals, support for military-civil cooperation, and systems for telepresence in the field.
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