VA-IRAQ & AFGHAN POST-DEPLOY SCREEN (568022)    REMINDER DEFINITION (811.9)

Patients who served in combat in either Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq, 
part of the reminder term: VA-IRAQ/AFGHAN PERIOD OF SERVICE and is 
determined by a computed finding.
 
An additional reminder term VA-ACTIVE DUTY is also available to cause 
patients to be part of the cohort.  If a site wishes to screen active 
duty patients then the computed finding for VA-PATIENT TYPE should be 
added to the term with a condition of I V="ACTIVE DUTY".
 
Patients who have OEF/OIF service as recorded in the patient registration 
data are automatically part of the cohort and patients who did not serve
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkey) or in Operation Enduring Freedom
in OEF/OIF are not included in the denominator.
 
RESOLUTION: entry of a health factor for NO IRAQ/AFGHAN SERVICE which is
found in the reminder term IRAQ/AFGHAN SERVICE NO will resolve the 
reminder only if the patient does not have an entry of OEF/OIF service in 
the patient file.
If the Veteran is known to have OEF/OIF service, based on the 
registration data then the location of service is not required.
 
If the veteran served in Iraq or Afghanistan as recorded in the
(Afghanistan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, The
patient registration data (File 1), then the patient must be screened or
the registration data must be updated.
 
For all applicable patients who are not cognitively impaired: 
all the other items are required to resolve the reminder
and must be completed after the date of the most recent service 
separation:
  a) screen for PTSD, 
  b) screen for depression, 
  c) screen for alcohol use,
Philippines) should be screened for illnesses related to their service.  
  d) all 3 screening questions related to infectious diseases.
   (The 4th question for embedded fragments is new as of the summer of 
2008 and because of this, cannot be required at this time by the reminder 
logic).
 
The clinical maintenance will display information on which portions of 
the screen are not yet completed.
 
All of the individual elements of the screening tool are exported with
attached health factors and reminder terms.
Screening for PTSD, depression, problem alcohol use, infectious diseases,
 
PTSD, depression and alcohol screening must be recorded in the MH package 
and the dialog for this rmeinder requires use of the MH instruments for 
these screens.  Screens done prior to 10/1/08 using health factors will 
still resolve the reminder since those health factors are in the reminder 
terms that are part of the logic in this reminder.
 
The HFs for all of these screens should be entered in the site parameters
as ones that cannot be added outside of a reminder dialog.  Use the
parameter ORWPCE EXCLUDE HEALTH FACTORS to exclude these from the
and embedded fragments should be part of the initial evaluation of these
electronic encounter forms.  Entry of these health factors should ONLY 
occur during reminder dialog use.
 
Update October 2008 - patch PXRM*2*11
1. Health factors for PTSD screening, depression screening and alcohol 
screening are not allowed after 10/1/08 per the Office of Mental Health.
2. A HF for done elsewhere is included.
3. Combat vets need to be screened
4. The computed finding was rmeoved from the reminder term for VA-ACTIVE 
DUTY since only a few sites screen active duty patients and patch 11 
Veterans.
required an overwrite of this term.
5. Add embedded fragments question and remove other symptoms.
 
Update January 2009 - patch PXRM*2*12
1. Change combat vet screening requirement to OEF/OIF service based on 
recent data that these fields are more accurate.
2. Fix problem that active duty patients who did not serve in OEF/OIF 
have reminder continue to show as due.
3. Refusals of screening must be done after the most recent service 
separation.
 
COHORT: veterans with separation date after 9/11/01.  This finding is 

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  OEF/OIF Post-Deployment Screening was completed at another site.
  

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  1. PTSD Screening completed since service discharge
  

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  NOT FOUND TEXT:   

  1. PTSD Screen NEEDED
  

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  2. Depression Screening completed since service discharge
  

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  2. Depression Screening NEEDED
  

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  3. Alcohol Screening completed since service discharge
  

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  NOT FOUND TEXT:   

  3. Alcohol Screening NEEDED
  

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  4A. Screen for GI symptoms done or not required.
  

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  4A. Screen for GI symptoms NEEDED
  

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  4B. Screen for Fevers done or not required.
  

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  4B. Screen for Fevers NEEDED
  

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  4C. Screen for Skin Rash done or not required.
  

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  4C. Screen for Skin Rash NEEDED
  

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  4D. Screen for Embedded Fragments done or not required.
  

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  4D. Screen for Embedded Fragments NEEDED
  

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  The patient's most recent service separation date is more recent than
  their last screening - rescreening is needed after any new period of
  service.
  

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Patients who served in combat in either Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom) or 
in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) should be screened for 
illnesses related to their service.  Screening for PTSD, depression, 
problem alcohol use, infectious diseases, and chronic symptoms should be
part of the initial evaluation of these Veterans.