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Medical Management Guide, 2009, Version 3.0 - Tricare

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<strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>Version</strong> <strong>3.0</strong> Appendix C - DefinitionsPage 167Resources:TRICARE Operations Manual 6010.51-M, Appendix A, Acronyms and Definitions (Aug. 1, 2002): http://www.tricare.mil/to02/APPA.PDF.See AppendixC-Def2Disease <strong>Management</strong> (DM)• A system of coordinated healthcare interventions and communications for populations with conditions inwhich patient self-care efforts are significant.• An organized effort to achieve desired health outcomes in populations with prevalent, often chronicdiseases, for which care practices may be subject to considerable variation.An organized effort to achieve desired health outcomes in populations with prevalent, often chronic diseases,for which care practices may be subject to considerable variation. DM programs manage populations and useinterventions that are evidence-based. The term “condition management” is also used to include non-diseasestates, such as pregnancy.Resources:Disease <strong>Management</strong> Association of America (DMAA): The Care Continuum Alliance: http://www.dmaa.org/dm_definition.asp.DoDI 6025.20, <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Management</strong> (MM) Programs in the Direct Care System (DCS) and Remote Areas:http://www.tricare.mil/ocmo/download/mhs_phi_guide.pdf.Kongstvedt, P.R. Essentials of Managed Health Care, 5th ed. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2007.DoD Population Health Improvement Plan and <strong>Guide</strong>, p. 43. December 2001: http://www.tricare.mil/ocmo/download/mhs_phi_guide.pdf.Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)See also Military OneSourceThe Military Services use the term Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) to refer to two differentfunctions: a personnel function and a family support function. The EFMP family support function is notmandatory. DoD policy allows, but does not require, the Services to offer family support services to EFMswithin their family support systems.In the Army and Marine Corps, EFM support staff are called EFMP Managers (Army) or EFMP Coordinators(Marine Corps).In the Navy, the EFMP staff that support the personnel function may also provide family support services, butthe Navy does not staff their family centers with EFMP Coordinators. In the Air Force, special needs staff arelocated in the Military Treatment Facility (MTF) only.Resources:DoDI 1342.22, Family Centers, Dec. 30, 1992: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/134222p.pdf.

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