DOD medical and dental programs, personnel, facilities, and other assets operating pursuant to Chapter 55 of Title 10, by which the DOD provides: Health care services and support to the military services during the range of military operations. Health care services and support to members of the military services, their family members, and others entitled ...

A patient safety event that resulted in harm to the patient. The event may occur by the omission or commission of medical care.

Any patient safety event resulting in death, permanent harm, or severe temporary harm, as per the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Harm Scale; or meeting The Joint Commission’s sentinel event or the National Quality Forum’s serious reportable event definitions. DOD REs require a comprehensive systematic analysis and follow-up correct...

The granting of permission and responsibility of a health care provider to provide specified or delineated health care within the scope of the provider’s license, certification, or registration.

The process of obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of both privileged and non-privileged providers to provide safe patient care services. This assessment serves as the basis for decisions regarding delineation of clinical privileges, as well as appointments and reappointments to the medical staff. The required information should in...

Process of review that allows health care organizations to demonstrate their ability to meet regulatory requirements and standards established by a recognized accrediting organization.

Consistent with Section 1102 of Title 10, U.S.C., any peer review activity carried out before, on, or after November 14, 1986 by, or for, the DOD to assess the quality of medical care, including activities conducted by individuals, military medical or dental treatment facility committees, or other review bodies responsible for quality assurance, credenti...

A program for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met. Clinical quality assurance’s main purpose is to verify that clinical quality control is being maintained.

Monitoring clinical services for stability, detecting emerging process problems (special causes), and taking steps to address them. Clinical quality control is about ensuring that a process remains stable (“in control”) over time, that its performance remains within the upper and lower control limits. It is usually performed by those closest t...

Any PS event that both reaches the patient (i.e., adverse events and no-harm events) and has an HRM assessment that determines that the event is likely to present a possible financial loss to the Federal Government. All DOD RE are PCEs. All events that trigger a PCE will also be referred to the PS manager to ensure capture in the joint PS reporting system...

Permission granted by the privileging authority to provide medical and other patient care services. Clinical privileges define the scope and limits of practice for privileged providers and are based on the capability of the health care facility, licensure, relevant training and experience, current competence, health status, judgment, and peer and departme...

The degree to which health care services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge. Care that is evidence-based and provided in a technically and culturally competent manner with good communication and shared decision making.

Consistent with 10 U.S.C. 1073c and DOD Directive 5136.13, any fixed facility of the Department of Defense that is outside of a deployed environment and used primarily for health care, including dental care; and any other location used for purposes of providing health care services as designated by the Secretary of Defense or Undersecretary of Defense for...

The proceedings, records, minutes, and reports that emanate from quality assurance program activities and are produced or compiled by the DOD as part of MQA as defined in Section 1102 of Title 10, U.S.C. The proceedings, records, minutes, and reports that emanate from quality assurance program activities and are produced or compiled by the DOD as par...

Telemedicine, also known as telehealth or virtual health, is the use of telecommunications and information technologies to provide health assessment, treatment, diagnosis, intervention, consultation, clinical supervision, education, and information across distances. This term includes:

• Distant site. The distant site is where the health care prov...