Provider Education Links
Deployment Health Clinical Center:
This site is part of the Department of Defense Deployment Health Clinical
Center's Post-Deployment Health website. This site is designed to assist
in the process of improving health care related to post-deployment concerns
for the entire military community. This page contains links to websites
with post-deployment health education including CME, on-line journals,
and patient education.
Veterans Health Initiative (VHI):
This site has been developed by Employee Education System to educate our clinicians
to understand common war-related health issues to better serve our veterans. VHI
is a comprehensive program to recognize the connection between certain health effects
and military service, to allow military medical history to be better documented,
to prepare health care providers to better serve their veteran patients. Some of the topics
are Agent Orange, Hearing/Visual Impairmrnt, PTSD, Radiation Injuries, Infectious Diseases,
Traumatic Brain Injury, Cold Injuries etc.
VHA - Environmental Agents Service:
This page links to continuing medical education from the Environmental
Agents service of the Veteran's Health Administration. Two pertinent
links are for education on post-deployment health evaluation and management
guideline and for medically unexplained symptoms: chronic pain and fatigue.
Gulf War Health:
This site was developed by the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Program
at the University of Michigan Health System who have specialized in
Gulf War Health and Illness. This section includes "care and management
of the patient" targeted to the practitioner.
Post
Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline:
This is part of the DoD Deployment Health Clinical Center's Post-Deployment
Health website. This site is designed to assist in the process of improving
health care related to post-deployment concerns for the entire military
community. They provide clinical support for the DoD/VA Post Deployment
Health Evaluation and Management Clinical Practice Guideline (PDH CPG).
The Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR):
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is a federal public health agency of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ATSDR serves the public by using the best science, taking
responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures
and diseases related to toxic substances.
Institute For
Healthcare Communication – annotated bibliography:
The Institute staff has compiled a number of bibliographies.