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A National Trauma Care System

A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury

Medical Quality Assurance (MQA) and Clinical Quality Management in the Military Health System (MHS) Instruction

This Department of Defense Instruction (Number 6025.13) establishes DoD policy on issues related to MQA programs and clinical quality management activities.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 6/29/2016
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Safety, Quality of Care, Clinical Quality Management, Patient Safety

Centering Pregnancy offers new approach to prenatal care

Centering Pregnancy meetings provide health assessment, education and support in a group setting facilitated by a clinician

Good Catch Recognition Award Process

This memorandum describes the annual Navy Medicine "Surgeon General Good Catch Annual Recognition Award". A "Good Catch" signifies a near miss, unsafe condition, or error(s) (environmental, IT, process, system design) that was identified early to prevent and/or minimize preventable harm to patients.

• Identification #: Ser ED/ AT0333985
• Date: 6/14/2016
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Safety

Walter Reed announces pilot program as part of Organ Summit

Kidney paired donation is a transplant option for candidates who have a living donor who is medically able, but cannot donate a kidney to their intended candidate because they are incompatible

Trusted Care – Patient Centeredness Vision

This memorandum from the Air Force Surgeon General describes the "Patient Centeredness Vision" which encompasses the six aims of health care: safe, effective, patient centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 5/19/2016
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Safety, Quality of Care

William Beaumont Army Medical Center first DoD hospital to use new stent graft

William Beaumont Army Medical Center became the first military treatment facility to use newly FDA approved “off-the-shelf” aortic branch device

Patient Centered Practice Hours

This memorandum encourages Air Force military treatment facilities to establish more patient-centered clinic hours.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 4/20/2016
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Satisfaction and Access, Access to Health Care

Management and Reporting of Clinical Adverse Actions and Professional Misconduct for Privileged Health Care Providers and Non-Privileged Clinical Support Staff

The purpose of this directive is to update and establish policy, assign responsibility, and prescribe procedures for the management and reporting of clinical adverse actions and professional misconduct for privileged health care providers and non-privileged clinical support staff for the Department of the Navy.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 4/15/2016
• Type: Directives
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Quality of Care, Patient Safety, Quality and Safety of Health Care, Clinical Quality Management

Joint Outpatient Experience Survey to standardize feedback from MHS beneficiaries

Later this year, the Military Health System will roll out a unified outpatient survey system – a single survey for all military treatment facilities across all services.

Belvoir Hospital “glues” its status as innovative facility with new varicose vein procedure

Fort Belvoir Community Hospital was the first military treatment facility to perform varicose vein correction using medical-grade glue

Time has come for enterprise medicine, top DoD health official says

The Defense Department's health care system is in need of an overhaul, and that must be a top national security requirement

Effect of smartphones on vision and health of service members

VA Optometrist talks about the impact using smartphones can have on our vision and long-term health