• Policies and Directives
• PDH Guideline
• Implementation Guidelines
• Implementation Toolbox and Tools
• Guideline Metrics
• Education and Training
• Related Links

POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES

DoD / Joint Forces

• HA Policy 02-007, Policy Memorandum – Implementation of the Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline, 29 Apr 02
• ASD Memo, Implementation of Department of Defense/Veteran Affairs Post-Deployment Health Evaluation and Management Clinical Practice Guideline, 7 Dec 01, including:
  • ASD Memo, Implementation of Post-Deployment Health Practice Guideline, 20 Dec 00
  • ASD Memo, Policy – Establishment of DoD Centers for Deployment Health, 30 Sep 99

Army

• MEDCOM Memo, Intensive Implementation of the Department of Defense/Veteran Affairs (DOD/VA) Post-Deployment Health Evaluation and Management Clinical Practice Guideline (PDH-CPG), 20 May 03

Air Force

• HQUSAF/SG Memo, Implementation of the Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline and Realignment of the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program (CCEP), 24 Jun 02

Navy/Marines

• BUMED Memo, Implementation of the Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline, 14 Feb 03

PDH GUIDELINE

• Post-Deployment Health Evaluation and Management, Information About the PDH-CPG
• Clinical Practice Guideline for Post-Deployment Health Evaluation and Management, Version 1.2, Sep 00 and Update Dec 01
• PDH Clinical Practice Guideline
  • Interactive Guideline
  • PDH-CPG Algorithms
  • Downloadable Guideline

IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES

• VA/DoD Manual for Facility Clinical Practice Guideline Champions, 1 Jun 03
• Rand Report, Implementing the Post-Deployment Health Practice Guideline, Lessons from the Field Demonstration, 2002
• Rand Manual, Putting Practice Guidelines to Work in the Department of Defense Medical System, 2001
• Implementation Team Designation Form
• Implementation Team Action Plan Worksheets
• Implementation Briefings
  • DoD Clinic Process Re-engineering, 11 Apr 01
  • DoD Battalion Aid Station (BAS) Process Re-engineering
  • The Role of Ancillary Medical Personnel

IMPLEMENTATION TOOLBOX AND TOOLS

• PDH Desk Reference Toolbox
  • Toolbox Fact Sheet
  • Toolbox PowerPoint Presentation
• PDH Screening Question (Military Unique Vital Sign) Tools
  • PDH Clinic Visit - Provider Reference Pocket Card
  • Instructions for Embedding PDH Screening Question into CHCS Automated SF 600
  • Wording for SF 600 Screening Stamp
• DD Form 2844, Post Deployment Medical Assessment
  • DD Form 2844 Primer – Provider Reference Pocket Card
  • DD Form 2844 (PDF Format)
  • DD Form 2844 (Online PDF Format)
• PDH Coding Guidelines and Tools
  • Coding
    • PDH Coding - Provider Reference Pocket Card
    • Professional Services and Outpatient Coding Guidelines, Unified Biostatistical Utility, 22 Dec 03
    • Addition of Post-Deployment Codes to Clinic Super-Bills
  • ADM – Ambulatory Data Module
    • User’s Guide: Ambulatory Data Module (ADM) Version 3.0
  • Deployment Appointment Detail Code
  • Deployment Health Coding and Documentation Presentation (Deployment Health Clinical Training Series, Jan 04)
    • Training Document
    • Slide Presentation
    • Video
• Clinical Risk Communication
  • Risk Communication – Provider Reference Pocket Card
  • Clinical Risk Communication Presentation (Deployment Health Clinical Training Series, Jan 04)
    • Training Document
    • Slide Presentation
    • Video

GUIDELINE METRICS

• PDH-CPG Metrics – Provider Reference Pocket Card
• Post-Deployment Health Quality Targets
• Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline Peer Review and Audit Tool
• Recommendations for Monitoring Metrics, PDH Guideline Expert Panel, 6 Jul 01
• TMA National Quality Management Program, Post-Deployment Health Care Special Study, Aug 03
  • Study Report
  • Study Fact Sheet
  • Study Procedures, May 02

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• PDH-CPG Training Briefs and The Epic of Gilgamesh
• Deployment Health Clinical Training Series, 27 Jan 04
• PDH Satellite Broadcast, 30 Jan 02
  • Satellite Broadcast Archived Webcast
    (On the Swank home page, select "Homeland Security Courses" and the broadcast is listed under "Readiness Training/CE/CME Courses".)
  • Backgrounder on Satellite Broadcast
  • Program Objectives
  • Broadcast Syllabus (PowerPoint Slides)
• Post Deployment Healthcare Conference, Air Force Academy, Sep 02

RELATED LINKS

• U.S. Army MEDCOM Quality Management Office
• Veterans Health Administration Office of Quality and Performance, Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Navy Environmental Health Center, Post-Deployment Heatllh Clinical Practice Guideline
• Directory of Deployment Health and Medically Unrelated Symptoms Websites