Open AccessClinical and Social Determinants to Improve Dod/Veteran Well Being: The Service Member Veteran Risk Profile
Author(s) -
Richard T. Hartman,
Mark E. Oxley
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
healthcare informatics: an international journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-3190
pISSN - 2319-2046
DOI - 10.5121/hiij.2021.10202
Subject(s) - veterans affairs , service member , service (business) , modalities , process (computing) , resource (disambiguation) , military service , business , psychology , military personnel , risk analysis (engineering) , medicine , public relations , operations management , engineering , computer science , political science , marketing , sociology , computer network , social science , law , operating system
This paper introduces the Service member Veteran Risk Profile (SVRP), a mathematical process/solution to quantitatively represent transitioning Service member (TSM) and/or Veteran quality of life risks by integrating clinical and social determinant data into an individual risk profile. The SVRP creates, for the first time, a mechanism for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to holistically represent the challenges of military members transitioning into civilian life that can lead to negative outcomes and proactively identify transitioning Service members and Veterans at risk. More importantly, the SVRP supports clinical and non-clinical modalities to reduce the negative impacts of transition and beyond for TSM and Veterans. Lastly, the SVRP can be displayed through user-friendly visualizations so DoD/VA policymakers and decision-makers can make more informed policy and resource decisions to improve TSM/Veteran overall quality of life.