Often the need to understand past trends in diseases and injuries arise as deployed leaders address the theater medical support requirements.
One such recent example involved the need for Task Force MED-Afghanistan to query the number of Service members who experienced concussion injuries over the course of twelve months so that they could decide the best location to stage medical treatment equipment and personnel....
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The Defense Health Information Management System (DHIMS) has been providing the technology solutions for the Army’s electronic medical record (EMR) in partnership with MC4 for years.
As technology continuously evolves, DHIMS develops new software and applications that enable the continuity of care for the Soldier from the battlefield to a CONUS facility. From a recent conversation with the DHIMS program
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In collaboration with the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), the Military Acute Concussion Evaluation (MACE) card was updated in early 2012 to replace the original version from 2010, but until recently, there wasn’t a way to simply transfer the information on the card and input into the electronic medical record (EMR) system.
All providers are required to electronically document care in AHLTA-T, but we noticed
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Electronic medical records are usually stored in repositories – these repositories accumulate the electronic medical records that contribute to a lifelong, longitudinal medical record for Service members (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines).
The MC4 system includes various applications that allow deployed medical personnel to document the health care delivered to deployed Soldiers. AHLTA-Mobile and AHLTA-T are used to document
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