Foundation for integrating employee health activities for active duty personnel in the Department of Defense / Gary Cecchine ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cecchine, Gary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Medical care--United States.

Medical policy--United States.

United States--Armed Forces--Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 82 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors describe current Department of Defense safety and occupational health programs and health information systems, as well as employee health programs outside of DoD to provide a foundation for considering a more integrated Department of Defense employee health program.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Contents; Tables; Figures; Summary; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; The DoD Work Environment; Purpose of the Study; How This Monograph Is Organized; CHAPTER TWO- Project Goal, Methods, and Definitions; Employee Health Care Encounters in DoD; What Are Occupational Health and Preventive Medicine in DoD?; Civilian Definition of an Integrated Employee Health System; Defining an Integrated Employee Health System for DoD; CHAPTER THREE- Safety and Occupational Health in the Department of Defense; Historical Perspective

Safety and Occupational and Other Employee Health Policy Safety and Occupational Health Organization; Summary and Conclusions; CHAPTER FOUR- DoD Information Technology Systems Related to Safety and Occupational Health; IT Requirements in an Integrated Employee Health System; Organization of Information Management and Information Technology Within the Military Health System; IT Systems for Health Care Data (in Garrison); IT Systems for Periodic Health Assessment Forms; IT Systems for Health Care Data During Deployment; IT Systems for Occupational and Environmental Exposures

IT Systems for Troop Location Summary and Conclusions; CHAPTER FIVE- Civilian Approaches to Integration; Cases and Methods; Motivation Behind Integration Efforts; Design: Bringing Health Promotion into the Work Site; Program Practice: Changing Practices Across Multiple Sites; Outcomes: Measuring the Effects on Health and Health Care Costs; Summary and Conclusions; CHAPTER SIX- Observations and Conclusions; Observation: Leadership Attention Is an Important Aspect of Civilian Integrated Employee Health Programs

Observation: Coordination Across Organizational Boundaries Is Essential to a More Integrated System Observation: Data Will Be Needed for Post-Deployment Health Studies; Observation: Multiple IT Systems Contain Individual Health Data; Conclusions; APPENDIX A- Time Line of Safety and Occupational Health Policies and Programs, 1970-2007; APPENDIX B- Semistructured Interviews with DoD Officials; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8330-4704-3

1-282-08164-0

9786612081644

OCLC:

309856488