DHA
DoD Implements Phase 2 of Medical Treatment Facilities Transfer
Here’s a link to this article:
DoD Implements Phase 2 of Medical Treatment Facilities Transfer
Health Care Transition Looks to Improve Processes for Wartime Missions, Beneficiaries
Here’s a link to this DoD article about the changes we’re all in the middle of:
Health Care Transition Looks to Improve Processes for Wartime Missions, Beneficiaries
Prepared Statements from Recent Congressional Testimony
Here are all the prepared statements from the recent Congressional testimony about the FY20 budget if you want to read them. Both are pretty quick reads.
Senate Appropriations Committee
Military.com – Services Turn Focus to Warfighters as DHA Takes Over Military Hospitals
Here’s a link to this Military.com article that discusses the recent congressional testimony by the various SGs and DHA:
Services Turn Focus to Warfighters as DHA Takes Over Military Hospitals
DoD Restructures Management of Medical Treatment Facilities
Here’s a link to the article:
US News & World Report: Pentagon Plans Massive Reorganization of Military Medicine
Here’s a link to this recent and controversial article:
Transformation Underway Across the Military Health System
This is a really good article by the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs that summarizes all the changes we are experiencing. If you feel like you could benefit from a good summary of what is going on, read this article:
Change in URL to DoD Opioid Prescriber Safety Training Program
BACKGROUND: All prescribing providers caring for TRICARE beneficiaries in military treatment facilities (MTFs) are required to complete the initial opioid prescriber safety training program (OPST) upon starting work in the MTF and every 3 years (or as otherwise directed) afterwards. This on line training had been located at https://opstp.cds.pesgce.com/hub.php as published in Defense Health Agency Procedural Instruction, Number 6025.04, dated, 8 June 2018. The web address was changed in November 2018 to:
https://dhaj7.adobeconnect.com/opioidtraining18/event/registration.html
Although a message was distributed at that time, the DHA Chief Medical Officer has learned that some MTFs may be referring to the DHAPI in search of this training module. The DHAPI will be updated with the correct web address. However, DHA requests you make widest dissemination of the new web address so that prescribing providers are not impeded in their effort to certify in this required training.
KEY MESSAGES:
- The web address for the DoD Opioid Prescriber Safety Training Program published in the Defense Health Agency Procedural Instruction, Number 6025.04, dated, 8 June 2018 has changed. The new url is:
https://dhaj7.adobeconnect.com/opioidtraining18/event/registration.html
- All prescribing providers caring for TRICARE beneficiaries in MTFs are required to complete initial OPST upon starting work in the MTF and every 3 years (or as otherwise directed) afterwards.
- The web address to OPST changed after DHAPI 6025.04 was published. A message was distributed alerting users to the new web address in November 2018, however the DHA Chief Medical Officer has learned that the new web address may not have reached across the entire MHS.
- An update to DHAPI 6025.04 is pending. Until then, please make widest dissemination possible of the new web address for the DoD Opioid Prescriber Safety Training Program.
Powerpoints from Last Week’s Specialty Leader Business Meeting
Last week was the Specialty Leader Business Meeting, which is always held in conjunction with the GME Selection Board. If you want to see the following Powerpoint decks, they are available on the Medical Corps Sharepoint Site (pick your e-mail CAC certificate or it won’t open for you):
- DHA Organizational Update
- Finding Joy in Work
- GME Interdependency Brief
- GME Overview
- Military Unique Curriculum
- PERS Pearls
I would post them, but the one about DHA is labelled “for internal use only” and there are too many authors of the other ones to get permission to post them on the blog. Because of all the change going on, I wanted to call attention to their availability.
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