Military Health System (MHS) 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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Aggregate profile of bacterial pathogen antimicrobial drug susceptibilities; profiles can be local, regional, national, etc.
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Integration of public health and veterinary disease, food, and environmental surveillance through appropriate data sharing, enhancement, expansion and coordination of existing surveillance systems, and creation of a regional laboratory network ...
A unique 10-digit identifier assigned to each person who has a record in the Defense Eligibility and Enrollment Record System (DEERS) database, including all military personnel, family members, employees, most contractors. The Department ...
A function of the MHS that provides the ability to organize and provide life-cycle management of specialized medical products and logistics services required to support health readiness requirements across the range of military operations. ...
Medical materiel items that have been standardized for MHS use through the Defense Medical Materiel Standardization Program (DMMSP) or other accepted joint clinically driven standardization process, including the joint deployment formulary ...
Medical materiel items that have been recommended for MHS use by an accepted joint process, for example, the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care, but not yet adopted as standardized items in the Defense Medical Materiel Standardization ...
The Combatant Commander’s ability to integrate, synchronize and sustain Ready Medical Forces and Medically Ready Forces to execute his or her assigned mission.
For inventory management, a distinct item for sale or issue; sometimes referred to as a ‘line item’.
A data structure and value domain set that is readily available to provide common domains of data values to different databases.
Enterprise service activity consolidated under DHA management and provided to the Military Departments as a service in order to reduce unnecessary redundancies, improve performance, decrease costs, and enable the MHS to operate more ...
The ability to deliver effects when appropriate, at a desired time, or within a stated timeframe.
The process by which the Department of Defense achieves the closest practicable cooperation among the Services and Department of Defense agencies for the most efficient use of research, development, and production resources, and agrees to ...
The use of electronic data interchange standards to exchange transactions with commercial supplier networks. The DLA medical prime vendor program and the electronic catalog use eCommerce.
The coalition of medical logistics organizations and activities of the Military Departments and the Defense Agencies that provides focus, collaboration, teamwork, and a shared sense of purpose and vision for meeting the needs of military ...
The ability to respond to changing conditions and environments by adjusting to apply appropriate mass and weight of effort.
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