Architecting the future telebehavioral health system of care in the United States Army
Charged by the Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, the authors were members of a study to develop innovative recommendations for transforming the military enterprise to better manage post-traumatic stress and related conditions in support of service members and their families. The authors firs...
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| author | Ippolito, Andrea K. |
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| description | Charged by the Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, the authors were members of a
study to develop innovative recommendations for transforming the military enterprise to
better manage post-traumatic stress and related conditions in support of service members
and their families. The authors first began their study by performing a stakeholder analysis
to understand the unmet needs of stakeholders across the enterprise. By assessing
stakeholder values across the life cycle, we found that there was a strong need to improve
the continuity of care and accessibility of services for service members and their families,
in particular for the Reserve Component and National Guard population.
Therefore, the authors investigated the role of technology to serve as a force
extender to improve access and timeliness of care to psychological health care services.
Specifically, they utilized a systems approach to evaluate the current state of telehealth
within the Military Health System. By utilizing the enterprise lenses of strategy, policy,
organization, services, processes, infrastructure, and knowledge to analyze the current
state of telebehavioral health, they proposed a future state architecture for telehealth
delivery. They highlight seven enterprise requirements for developing this future state
architecture:
1. MEDCOM shall establish a core funding stream as a line item to support TH service line.
2. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall develop standard TBH metrics for deployment
across the enterprise
3. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall identify eligible populations across the
enterprise that could benefit from the expanded access that TBH services provide.
4. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall develop an enterprise solution that supports
seamless flow of operational information and the electronic health record.
5. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall revisit specific policies that are presenting
barriers to telehealth growth and sustainability.
6. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall encourage learning and best practice sharing
across the Army TH enterprise.
7. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall collaborate with other Army governance
organizations to develop a mobile health strategy and pilot projects for the Army
enterprise. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1025962019-04-12T16:21:03Z Architecting the future telebehavioral health system of care in the United States Army Ippolito, Andrea K. Charged by the Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, the authors were members of a study to develop innovative recommendations for transforming the military enterprise to better manage post-traumatic stress and related conditions in support of service members and their families. The authors first began their study by performing a stakeholder analysis to understand the unmet needs of stakeholders across the enterprise. By assessing stakeholder values across the life cycle, we found that there was a strong need to improve the continuity of care and accessibility of services for service members and their families, in particular for the Reserve Component and National Guard population. Therefore, the authors investigated the role of technology to serve as a force extender to improve access and timeliness of care to psychological health care services. Specifically, they utilized a systems approach to evaluate the current state of telehealth within the Military Health System. By utilizing the enterprise lenses of strategy, policy, organization, services, processes, infrastructure, and knowledge to analyze the current state of telebehavioral health, they proposed a future state architecture for telehealth delivery. They highlight seven enterprise requirements for developing this future state architecture: 1. MEDCOM shall establish a core funding stream as a line item to support TH service line. 2. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall develop standard TBH metrics for deployment across the enterprise 3. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall identify eligible populations across the enterprise that could benefit from the expanded access that TBH services provide. 4. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall develop an enterprise solution that supports seamless flow of operational information and the electronic health record. 5. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall revisit specific policies that are presenting barriers to telehealth growth and sustainability. 6. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall encourage learning and best practice sharing across the Army TH enterprise. 7. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall collaborate with other Army governance organizations to develop a mobile health strategy and pilot projects for the Army enterprise. 2016-05-23T14:00:31Z 2016-05-23T14:00:31Z 2016-05-23 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102596 en_US application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Ippolito, Andrea K. Architecting the future telebehavioral health system of care in the United States Army |
| title | Architecting the future telebehavioral health system of care in the United States Army |
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| title_short | Architecting the future telebehavioral health system of care in the United States Army |
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