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Mental Health: Iraq & Afghanistan Post-Deployment Screen - Reminder to Perform Screening Rule

Description

The intent of the “Iraq & Afghanistan Post-Deployment Screen Reminder Rule” is to facilitate identification of patients requiring screening post-deployment to Iraq & Afghanistan for mental health, social, and physical problems arising from their deployment. Actions may include activating a related documentation template or order set.

Creation Date
Version
1.0
Unique Identifier
dfe5ad8d-0fd5-5582-95f7-4b55b37e1c2e
Status
Experimental
True

Artifact Creation and Usage

Contributors
Rani Hoff, PhD, MPH, Director, Northeast Program Evaluation Center Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (10NC5) VA Central Office (VACO) Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
Katy Lysell, MD, National Mental Health Director for Informatics Honolulu, HI 96819
Andrew Pomerantz, , National Mental Health Director, Integrated Care
John McCarthy, , Director, Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center (SMITREC) & National PC-MHI Evaluation
 
Please contact Mr. Apurva Desai Apurva.desai@va.gov for additional information.
License
IP Attestation The author asserts that this artifact has been developed in compliance with the intellectual property rights attributed to the source material.
Copyrights

Copyright © 2018 Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs. All rights reserved. Contributions from external parties are property of respective copyright holders.

Implementation Details
Technical Files
ECA Rule5.21 KB
Repository Information
Approval Date
Publication Date
Last Review Date
Knowledge Level

Structured code that is interpretable by a computer (includes data elements, value sets, logic)

Purpose and Usage
Usage

 

Target User
Primary Care Provider
Target User
Mental Health Provider
Patient Age Group
Adult
Clinical Focus
Routine
Workflow Setting
Outpatient
Workflow Task
Post-deployment screening
Cautions

THE CLINICAL CONTENT IN THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT DIRECTLY SUITABLE FOR CLINICAL USE AS PRESENTED SINCE IT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED IN A CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT. IT HAS NEVER BEEN PILOTED, NEVER 100% REPRESENTS THE INTENT OF THE CLINICAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, AND MAY CAUSE HARM IF APPLIED AS-IS. THIS WORK IS MADE AVAILABLE WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, AND WITHOUT CLAIMS, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Supporting Evidence
Source Description
Derived From
Mental Health: Iraq & Afghanistan Post-Deployment Screen Reminder Clinical Content White Paper
Associated Resource
Mental Health: Iraq & Afghanistan Post-Deployment Screen - Reminder to Perform Screening Rule Conceptual Structure Document
Associated Resource
Mental Health: Iraq & Afghanistan Post-Deployment Screen - Reminder to Perform Screening Rule KNART Validation Report
References

See attached resource files for additional details. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Informatics and Information Governance, Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Content and Health Level 7 (HL7)-Compliant Knowledge Artifacts (KNARTs) Eye Care Clinical Content White Paper, VA118-16-D-1008, Task Order VA-118-16-F-1008-0007, June, 2018.

Bush K, Kivlahan DR, McDonell MB, Fihn SD, Bradley KA, et al. The AUDIT alcohol consumption questions (AUDIT-C): an effective brief screening test for problem drinking. Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project (ACQUIP). Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Arch Intern Med. 1998 Sep 14;158(16):1789-95
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9738608
Committee on the Assessment of the Readjustment Needs of Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families; Board on the Health of Select Populations; Institute of Medicine. Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan: Assessment of Readjustment Needs of Veterans, Service Members, and Their Families. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); Mar 2013
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK206857
Department of Defense (DoD) Deployment Health Clinical Center. DoD/VA Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline (PDH-CPG) Fact Sheet. Website. Published November 2012
https://www.qmo.amedd.army.mil/redep/PDH-CPG_fact_sheet_15NOV12.pdf
Department of Veterans Affairs. Screening and Evaluation Protocol for Veterans with Embedded Fragments Who Served in Iraq and/or Afghanistan Post-September 11, 2001. Veterans Health Administration. Washington DC 20420. VHA Directive 1303.01. Transmittal Sheet. Published April 2017
https://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=5372
Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense. VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Concussion-Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Version 2.0 – 2016. VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines Website. Published February 2016.
https://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/Rehab/mtbi/mTBICPGFullCPG50821816.pdf
Department of Veterans Affairs. VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Substance Use Disorders. Version 3.0 – 2015. VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines Website. Published December 2015
https://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/MH/sud/VADoDSUDCPGRevised22216.pdf
Artifact Representation
Testing Experience
Pilot Experience

None