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

• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiv, 82 pages) : color illustrations
• Disciplina: 355.3/450973
• Soggetto topico: Soldiers - Medical care - United States; Medical policy - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Armed Forces Medical care
• Altri autori: CecchineGary
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Foundation for integrating employee health activities for active duty personnel in the Department of Defense
• ISBN: 0-8330-4704-3; 1-282-08164-0; 9786612081644
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220158503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II