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

• TeilnehmendeR: Cecchine, Gary.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 82 pages) :; color illustrations
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of 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