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Military Health System Health Care Glossary serves as the official repository and consolidated reference (as a secondary source) for terms and definitions used within the MHS. Some terms may have multiple and varying definitions based on the context and primary source of authority. Note that certain definitions may be approved only for limited use in a single primary reference document, while others may have broad applicability in multiple contexts and issuances. To determine the most appropriate definition in a particular context, consult all relevant source documents. Any disparities between this Glossary and primary sources are unintentional, and the primary source shall control.
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The transfer or rotation of forces and materiel to support another commander’s operational requirements, or to return personnel, equipment, and materiel to the home and/or demobilization stations for reintegration and/or out-processing.
An overarching term encompassing more descriptive terms (such as area of responsibility and joint operations area) for geographic areas in which military operations are conducted.
Overarching term that includes both food safety and food defense.
A military operation that is either designated by the Secretary of Defense as a contingency operation or becomes a contingency operation as a matter of law (Title 10, United States Code, Section 101[a][13]).
The geographical area associated with a combatant command within which a geographic combatant commander has authority to plan and conduct operations.
The process of assessment of individual exposures to various substances by measuring the parent compound or its metabolites in biological media (e.g., in biologic tissues and fluids, blood, urine, hair, and breath) from exposed individuals.
The movement of forces into and out of an operational area.
Unclassified and publically-releasable OEH monitoring summaries (e.g., noise, thermal stress, airborne pollutants, soil and water contaminants, incidents, and infectious diseases) that identify location specific OEH hazards and population based health risks. POEMS provide estimated exposures, assessment of whether estimated exposures are acceptable ...
Health-related activities and measures that are undertaken to assess and minimize health risks associated with deployment. Activities encompass the regular collection, analysis, interpretation, recording, archiving, and distribution of health-related data used for monitoring the health of individuals or a deployed population, and for intervening in ...
The electronic medical record system used by the DOD; specifically, the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application or its successor.
The electronic or hard copy medical record system used by the DOD to capture all veterinary medical and dental health care documentation. The electronic system is the VSSM or its successor.
Injury or degradation of functional capability sustained by personnel, caused by disease and non-battle injury or by enemy action.
Anticipating, predicting, identifying, preventing, and controlling illnesses, injuries, communicable diseases (including vector-, food- and water-borne diseases), and diseases due to exposure to occupational and environmental health hazards. It includes disciplines such as epidemiology, clinical preventive medicine, occupational medicine, industrial...
A combination of policies, procedures, and practices that when collectively employed in an operational environment reduces the traumatic injury and disease risks posed by feral animals (free-roaming animals, usually a domestic species with no apparent owner).
The regular or repeated collection, analysis, archiving, interpretation, and dissemination of occupational and environmental health-related data for monitoring the health of, or potential health hazard impact on, a population and individual personnel, and for intervening in a timely manner to prevent, treat, or control the occurrence of disease or injury ...
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