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Questioning of a Service member who has been confirmed by DoD to have laboratory evidence of HIV infection for purposes of medical treatment or counseling or for epidemiologic or statistical purposes.
Source of Definition
The virus(es) associated with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (commonly referred to as “AIDS”).
A court-martial, non-judicial punishment, involuntary separation for other than medical reasons, administrative or punitive reduction in grade, denial of promotion, an unfavorable entry in a personnel record (other than an accurate entry ...
A reactive and confirmed serologic result, and/or, reactive or quantitative nucleic acid result for HIV infection according to a Food and Drug Administration-approved test.
A group that provides senior leadership for collaboration and resource sharing between VA and DoD.
A clinical case manager uses a collaborative process under the population health continuum to assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate options and services to meet an individual’s health needs through communication and ...
Provides utilization management (UM) activities and functions by using military treatment facilities (MTF) specific quality improvement processes to identify areas for review from data, suspected problem areas, and input from departments or ...
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An integrated managed care model that promotes utilization management UM, clinical case management (CM), and disease management (DM) programs as a hybrid approach to managing patient care. It includes a shift to evidenced-based outcome ...
Individual assigned by the military treatment facilities (MTF) or joint commander to establish and oversee medical management (MM) program activities (case management [CM], disease management [DM], and utilization management [UM]) ...
A methodology that addresses the issue of managing the use of resources while also measuring the quality of the care delivered. UM is an organization-wide, interdisciplinary approach to balancing cost, quality, and risk concerns in the ...
Care coordination uses a broader social service model that considers a patient’s psycho-social context (e.g., housing needs, income, and social supports). It is a process used to assist individuals in gaining access to medical, social, ...
A collaborative process under the population health continuum that assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates options and services to meet an individual’s healthcare needs through communication and available ...
The DoD Service Specific Wounded Warrior Program RCC serves as the recovering Service members’ (RSM) non-medical point of contact on the multidisciplinary recovery team (RT) to help the RSM define and meet their individual goals for ...
The Veterans Affairs (VA) liaison for healthcare (registered nurses [RN] or social workers [SW]) facilitates the transfer of ill or injured active duty, National Guard or Reserve Service members from the military treatment facilities (MTF) to ...
An organized effort aimed at achieving desired health outcomes in populations with prevalent, often chronic, diseases from which healthcare delivery is subject to considerable variation. Disease management (DM) programs use evidenced-based ...
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