MEDCOM Regulation 40-49: Medical Services Surgical Counts

This regulation provides guidelines for accountability of items used during operative and other invasive procedures (inclusive of minimally invasive procedures) to ensure they are not retained in a patient. This regulation addresses which items will, at a minimum, be counted, as well as when, how, and by whom the surgical count will be performed.

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• Date: 1/21/2015
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: Patient Safety, Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety

TRICARE Patients Must Attest to Health Care Coverage

All U.S. citizens, including service members, retirees and their families, must report health care coverage on their 2014 taxes

Military Hospitals Recognized During AMSUS Quality and Patient Safety Awards

Awards recognize innovation and commitment to the development of systems and processes that are tightly organized around the needs of the patient.

Military Health Innovation Awards Recognize Grassroots-level Initiatives, Impact on Health

Medical facilities in California and Washington state are recognized for their innovations and unique approaches to improving the health of service members, their families and retirees.

Saving Bucks Without Cutting Care is Serious Business for Military Health System

DHA means business when saving money and providing quality care.

Continuing Health Education Tasking Update

Continuing Health Education Tasking Update presented to the Defense Health Board

Medical Ethics Subcommittee Update on Dual Loyalties of Medical Providers Tasking

Medical Ethics Subcommittee Update on Dual Loyalties of Medical Providers Tasking presented to the Defense Health Board

Military Partnering with Civilian Hospitals to Reduce Medical Errors

Military medicine officials are partnering with nine civilian hospitals to reduce injuries during patient handoffs

Air Force Instruction 44-176: Access to Care Continuum

This publication implements AFPD 44-1, Medical Operations. It provides guidance and procedures for Access to Care (ATC) operations within the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS). It establishes the roles, responsibilities, definitions and requirements for implementing, sustaining and managing ATC for AFMS Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/30/2014
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Access to Health Care, Patient Satisfaction and Access

Military Health System Expands Partnership with American College of Surgeons

Military and civilian surgeons to share information and expertise across a wide range of issues including medical education, research, and evidence-based practices.

Army OTSG/MEDCOM Policy Memo 14-085: Prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)

This policy memo provides standardized definitions, standardized guidelines for insertion and maintenance fo urinary catheters, and standardized processes for data collection and reporting of CAUTIs.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/23/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Safety

Army OTSG/MEDCOM Policy Memo 14-083: Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

This policy memorandum directs Commanders to incorporate health care delivered to patients placed on ventilators at the patient's bedside whose measures that have been shown to prevent or reduce VAP as described in the current scientific literature.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/17/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Safety

ASD HA Memorandum 14-022 Policy Memorandum to Establish 2015 Premium Rates for the TRICARE Young Adult Program

TRICARE Young Adult (TYA) premium rates are established annually on a calendar year (CY) basis in accordance with Title 10, United States Code, Section 111Ob and Title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 199.26. TYA monthly premiums for CY 2015 shall be the rates listed in this document.

• Identification #: 14-022
• Date: 9/17/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: TRICARE Health Program, Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety

Dual Loyalties of Medical Providers

Briefing at the August 11, 2014 Defense Health Board meeting on Dual Loyalties of Medical Providers

Army MEDCOM Regulation 40-57: Trial of Labor for Patients Attempting Vaginal Birth After Previous Cesarean Delivery

This regulation provides standardized guidance to promote maximum effectiveness and safety to the maternal-fetal unit during trial of labor (TOL) for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) section delivery and to provide an optimal environment and psychosocial support to the patient.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 6/16/2014
• Type: Directives
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Quality of Care