NOVEMBER IS WARRIOR CARE MONTH!!
As part of Warrior Care month, the Military Health System launched a short, anonymous questionnaire for wounded, ill or injured service members to provide input about the care they received and what can be improved.
There is a separate questionnaire for families, both available directly at
http://health.mil/Pages/Page.aspx?ID=18
or through the MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM (MHS) homepage, www.health.mil.
So far, they have received a great deal of response from Soldiers and are now pushing the other services and family members to weigh in. The deadline is Nov. 28.
ALSO: The MHS is hosting a web town hall meeting where experts will answer questions from service members and their families about the Defense Department’s medical care programs for its wounded, ill and injured troops. Everyone is welcome to participate.
When: Nov. 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. EST
Where: http://www.health.mil/WarriorCareWebhall
Questions: Submit to mhswebcontent@tma.osd.mil
During the event, medical experts, supporting organizations and service members who have been touched by warrior care will be dialoging about health care solutions.
Labels: supporting the troops, wounded warriors
posted by Some Soldier's Mom @ 8:25 AM
2 Comments
2 Comments:
I would like to see what you wrote in the family questionnaire Carla, care to share? My son has now been DX with Severe PTSD after 3X in Iraq as a Blackhawk Pilot.
nothing that I haven't posted on my blog before: inadequate access for emergency counseling; inadequate facilities for intreatment ON military installations; slow-to-change attitudes of NCOs and chain of command to PTSD treatments; inadequate no. of mental health providers in the Tricare system; slow and laborious referrals to specialists and for follow up care by Army PA's and case managers for latent and slow-healing injuries and illnesses (although this has been changing pretty fast after the WRAMC "scandal" and the institution of WTUs...); poor communications with non-resident/non-spousal NOK (next of kin).
I will be extremely interested in the survey results.
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