A product (other than tobacco) that is intended to supplement a diet that bears or contains one or more of these dietary ingredients: a vitamin; a mineral; an herb or other botanical; an amino acid; a dietary substance for use by humans to supplement the diet by increasing the total daily intake of that substance; or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent...

A sentinel event (SE) is a patient safety event (not primarily related to the natural course of the patient’s illness or underlying condition) that reaches a patient and results in any of the following:     

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The relocation of forces and materiel to desired operational areas. Deployment encompasses all activities from origin or home station through destination, specifically including intra-continental United States, inter-theater, and intra-theater movement legs, staging, and holding areas.

A deployment that is limited to outside the continental United States, over 30 days in duration, and in a location with medical support from only non-fixed (temporary) military medical treatment facilities.  It is a deployment in which the relocation of forces and materiel is to an operational area in which a contingency is or may be occurring.

The total of the pre-deployment activities described in section 1 of Enclosure 2 of DoDI 6490.07 and those listed in paragraph E4.A1.1 of DoDI 6490.03.

A situation requiring military operations in response to natural disasters, terrorists, subversives, or as otherwise directed by appropriate authority to protect US interests.

A physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, advanced practice nurse, independent duty corpsman, independent duty medical technician, or special forces medical sergeant.

A program designed to ease the transition of Service members from military service to the civilian workforce and community.

A patient-centered plan prepared by an RT, RSM, and family or designated caregiver with medical and non-medical goals for recovery, rehabilitation, and transition, as well as personal and professional goals, and the identified services and resources needed to achieve the goals.

Military travel orders that allow an RSM’s family to travel and stay with the RSM during treatment and recovery after suffering a wound, illness, or injury.

A process that may include: Leaving military service by way of discharge, separation, or retirement; Release from active duty (REFRAD) for RC members; Transfer from the military health care system to the VA health care system.

An RSM’s spouse, child (including stepchildren, adopted children, and illegitimate children), parent or person in loco parentis, or sibling on invitational travel orders or serving as a non-medical attendee while caring for the RSM for more than 45 days during a 1-year period.

A member of the military services who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy and is in an inpatient or outpatient status, who incurred or aggravated a serious illness or injury in the line of duty, and who may be assigned to a temporary disability retired or permanent disability retired list due to the Military Department’s disabi...

The program established by the Department of Defense and the VA to provide management and oversight of the resources needed to coordinate care and support to RSMs through recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration.

The Federal agency responsible for providing a wide range of programs and services to Service members and veterans as required by chapter 77 of title 38, U.S.C. (Reference (p)).  The VA includes, among other components, the Veterans Health Administration and the Veterans Benefits Administration.