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Any assessment of the quality of medical care carried out by a health care provider, including any such assessment of professional performance, any Patient Safety program comprehensive systematic analysis or report, or any other such ...
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The NPDB is a web-based repository of reports containing information on medical malpractice payments and certain adverse actions related to health care practitioners, providers, and suppliers. The NPDB is managed by the Department of Health ...
Any service member, civilian employee of the DOD, or contract employee authorized by the DOD to perform health care services.
The order of precedence among members of the military services.
A medical impairment, mental disease, or physical defect which is severe enough to interfere with the service member’s ability to adequately perform their duties, regardless of assignment or geographic location. A medical impairment, ...
A forum of VA and DOD senior leaders who work to remove barriers and challenges that impede collaborative efforts, assert and support mutually beneficial opportunities to improve business practices, ensure high quality cost-effective services ...
Full-time duty in the active military service of the United States, including active duty or full-time training duty in the Reserve Component. Also called AD. See also active duty for training; inactive duty training. (JP 4-05 ...
A U.S. Government attorney, representing the interests of the service member, who may be an assistant Staff Judge Advocate, General Schedule civilian employee, or contracted attorney paid for by the U.S. Government.
Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, either alone or when combined with other information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual.
The name (such as “Boatswain’s Mate”) prescribed for service members in an occupational field.
A determination by the physical evaluation board of a service member’s ability to reasonably perform the duties of his office, grade, rank, or rating.
The chronologic record of medical, dental, and mental health care received by service members during the course of their military career. It includes documentation of all outpatient appointments (i.e. without overnight admittance to a hospital ...
Fundamental deductions, consistent with medical facts, that are so reasonable and logical as to create a reasonable assumption that they are correct.
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