Centre for Military and Veterans

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From Enlistment to Entitlement

• Forecasted Projects
• DVA Minimum Data Set (MDS) essential
  requirement for interoperability between Def
  medical service records and DVA database to
  determine entitlement
• Compensation Claims Management DVA manages Def
  compensation system. Data is required from civil
  as well as Mil sources to preclude spurious
  claims
• DiVA Concept Management Def interface with Vet
  Affairs is a sub-group assoc with AU/NZ/CAN/UK/US
  Vet Depts Senior International Forum of Ministers
  Secretaries. CMVH will facilitate the next DiVA
  meeting in Seattle, WA in Sep 06
• ADF Joint Project 2060 (enhancing the ADF
  deployable health capability to provide health
  service support for deployed forces) CMVH
  informing the JP2060 Project in the field of
  e-health (particularly deplyable health
  informatics and telemedicine)
• Health Portal Concept Management the delivery
  of active and passive information packages to
  the Veteran and Military health consumer
• Defence Health Mapping Concept Chart and
  promulgate current developments in medical
  command control, health informatics, health
  logistics and telemedicine systems being
  independently undertaken by single Commands
  services in order to avoid duplication.
• E-Pharmacy Concept Develop strategies using
  technology and the internet to provide the health
  consumer with a trusted system of
  pharmaceutical delivery also providing cost and
  time savings to DVA and the Dept of Defence.

• The e-Health Pillar
• The CMVH's e-health charter is to investigate and
  assist in improving health care delivery for
  veterans and military personnel through the
  application of technology in an integrated
  e-health environment.  Areas of focus include
• Electronic Health Records
• Teleheath
• Connectivity and Integration of Systems (Defence
  DVA)
• Health Knowledge Networks
• Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)
• Health Surveillance Systems
• Operational Health Support Systems

The Centre for Military and Veterans' Health
(CMVH) is an exciting new venture, established in
2004 and funded through Australian Department of
Defence, Health Services and the Australian
Federal Governments Department of Veterans'
Affairs. The Centre is a University of
Queensland led consortium involving The
University of Queensland, The University of
Adelaide and Charles Darwin University. The CMVH
has been established to develop an international
profile in the area of Defence health research
and education.

• Our Key Stakeholders are
• Australian Defence Force (ADF)
• Fed Govt, Dept of Veterans Affairs (DVA)

• e-Health definition
• now over 51 unique published definitions
• Eysenbach (2001) e-health is an emerging field
  in the intersection of medical informatics,
  public health and business, referring to health
  services and information delivered or enhanced
  through the Internet and related technologies. In
  a broader sense, the term characterizes not only
  a technical development, but also a
  state-of-mind, a way of thinking, an attitude,
  and a commitment for networked, global thinking,
  to improve health care locally, regionally, and
  worldwide by using information and communication
  technology

• The CMVH consortium
• Australian Dept of Defence
• Australian Dept of Veterans Affairs
• University of Queensland
• University of Adelaide
• Charles Darwin University

Telemedicine The deployment of telemedicine in
the ADF is in its infancy. Informal telemedicine
consultations in the form of unsecure e-mail has
been the norm for a number of years. This is the
e-equivalent of the corridor consultation. The
ADF will soon deploy their first CR systems. This
will have the capability to provide TR in the
deployed environment. CMVH will be working with
the Health Capability Directorate of the Defence
Health Service Division to develop secure
deployable synchronous and asynchronous
telemedicine platforms that interface with the
deployed health information system (HIS) and the
deployed electronic health record (EHR) and also
those of our allies and coalition partners.
Influencing Factors Need for interoperability ADF
aDVA DVA aCivil ADF aCivil ADF aAustralias
Allies (Joint Combined) DVA subcontracts vets
healthcare to outside providers, but pays those
providers via Medicare Australia Mandated use of
SNOMED CT Development of standards by the
National E-Health Transitional Authority
(NeHTA) Compliance with additional national /
international standards Requirement for
integration with Network Centric Warfare to
become Network Centric Warriors Healthcare
Centre for Military and Veterans Health Mayne
Medical School Building Herston Rd Herston
QLD 4006 Telephone [phone] Facsimile
07 3346 4878 Email CMVH.enquiries_at_uq.edu.au
Website www.uq.edu.au/cmvh