Wartime Medical Skills
Specific abilities required by medical personnel that are essential to the success of the medical mission during deployed operations.
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Specific abilities required by medical personnel that are essential to the success of the medical mission during deployed operations.
Service personnel who are authorized to perform health care functions. This includes members of the Active and Reserve Components.
Authorized medical services, personnel strengths, and military treatment facility infrastructure of the direct care system are limited to those needed to maintain the critical wartime medical readiness skills and core competencies of health care providers within the DOD and ensure the medical readiness of Service members.
Persons authorized to receive care in accordance with Chapter 55 of Title 10, United States Code, who are not currently a member of the Military Services (any component). This includes family members of active duty military personnel, persons who have retired from the Military Services, and family members of persons who have retired from the Militar...
Medical and dental personnel who are authorized to provide health care services in military treatment facility or contract clinics by way of a personal services contract pursuant to Section 1091 of Title 10, United States Code or a non-personal services contract.
A set of questions to assist military treatment facilities in identifying and correcting financial and clinical workload data problems. The DQMC Workgroup updates this list of questions annually, concurrently with the Commander’s DQ Statement.
A subset of questions from the Data Quality Management Control (DQMC) Review List that the military treatment facility commander or director approves and submits to the DHA DQMC Program Manager. The DQMC Workgroup updates this statement annually.
The commander or director of an MTF established for the purpose of furnishing medical or dental care to eligible individuals.
A permanent, severely disabling illness, disorder, or injury incurred or aggravated in the line of duty that compromises the ability to perform ADL to such a degree that a service member requires personal or mechanical assistance to leave home or bed, or requires constant supervision to avoid physical harm to self or others.
The DOD health care program that provides health care coverage for medical services, medications, and dental care for military families, retirees and their families, and survivors.
Military or civilian personnel (including working under contractual or similar arrangement) who have received advanced education or training beyond the technical level in a recognized health care discipline and who are licensed, certified, or registered by a State, government agency, or professional organization to provide specific health services in that...
A DOD- or VA-licensed physician with medical expertise in the determination of medical disability by nature of their medical training or completion of training specifically with the intent and requirements of SCAADL evaluation and certification.
An inquiry to determine whether an injury or illness was incurred when the Service member was in a military duty status. If the Service member was not in a military duty status, whether it was aggravated by military duty; or whether it was incurred or aggravated due to the Service member’s intentional misconduct or willful negligence.
A patient who is not admitted into a hospital. Outpatient care includes care in emergency rooms, same day surgery centers, and ambulatory procedure clinics for patients who are not subsequently hospitalized overnight during the episode of care.
A person designated by the Service member, or court-appointed guardian or other individual designated in accordance with DOD Manual 6025.18 to make SCAADL decisions on behalf of the Service member.
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