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Medical Management Guide, 2009, Version 3.0 - Tricare

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Page 190Appendix D - Resources<strong>Version</strong> <strong>3.0</strong><strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>National <strong>Guide</strong>line Clearinghouse (NGC)A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is sponsored by the AHRQ andprovides an easily accessible mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on CPGs and furtheringtheir dissemination, implementation, and use.Resources: http://www.guideline.gov/National Quality Forum (NQF)Promotes change through development and implementation of a national strategy for healthcare qualitymeasurement and reporting.Resources: http://www.qualityforum.org/National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC)A public archive for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets sponsored by the AHRQ. It wasdeveloped to promote widespread access to quality measures by the healthcare community.Resources: http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/National Transition of Care Coalition (NTOCC)A coalition formed in 2006 that brings together thought leaders, patient advocates, and healthcare providersfrom various care settings who are dedicated to improving the quality of care coordination and communicationwhen patients are transferred from one level of care to another.Resources: http://www.ntocc.orgNavy Safe HarborThe Navy facilitates enhanced assistance for seamen/women and their families through Navy Safe Harbor. ANavy wounded warrior is any seaman/woman with a combat or hostile-related injury or illness requiring longtermcare that will require a <strong>Medical</strong> Evaluation Board (MEB) or Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) to determinefitness for duty. A combat or hostile-related injury results from hazardous service or performance of duty underconditions simulating war or through an instrumentality of war.Resources: http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/SafeHarbor/VA: http://www.veteransforamerica.org/woundedwarrior/ DoD/MHS: http://mhs.osd.mil/WoundedWarrior.aspxPopulation Health and <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Division (PHMMD)(formerly MHS Optimization and Population Health Support Center [OPHSC])The PHMMD is the division within the TRICARE Office of the Chief <strong>Medical</strong> Officer (OCMO) that provides asingle point of access for reference materials, tools, Service links, MHS innovations, discussion forums, andaccredited Web-based learning modules that support and promote essential transformation, cultural change,and knowledge transfer.Resources: http://www.tricare.mil/ocmo/OCMO_PHMM.cfm

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