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Virtually Connecting Corpsmen, Providers, and Patients to Increase Readiness M. G. Obringer et al. Virtually Connecting Corpsmen, Providers, and Patients to Increase Readiness Michael G. Obringer, Damon C. Duquaine, Michael J. McShea, Sheila R. Dyas, Sara R. Gravelyn, Matthew P. Sawicki, Rachel A. Lancaster, Valerie J. Riege, Curtis L. Null, and Jenny M. Tsao ABSTRACT Engineers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) collaborated closely with the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to conduct essential research, analysis, design, integration, and testing and evaluation of a new care delivery model for active-duty service mem- bers. APL engineers established relationships with their colleagues at all levels of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. These relationships proved to be critical in the engineers’ understanding of stakeholder requirements, while a tailored systems engineering approach created a learning model to meet the needs of the population. Through systems and industrial engineering, APL was able to implement a proof of concept that demonstrated a scalable, long-term connected health solution for Navy Medicine. INTRODUCTION In 2016, the Navy surgeon general’s strategic plan cal providers would provide a critical capability lack- indicated a need to increase the convenience of and ing in today’s health care domain. On a similar note, access to health care to focus on readiness and opera- the team discussed that current Navy hospital corps- tional requirements. To address this need, a team from men (HMs) have the skills for a career in health care the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) and have served in the most tumultuous environments, and APL met in response to an article written by the highlighting their resilience in providing high-quality, dean of the School of Medicine at the Uniformed Ser- patient-centered care. The team used that evidence and vices University of the Health Sciences to better under- began analyzing the needs of the population as well as stand the concerns about the future of primary care in current policy to better formulate a recommendation for America. The research highlighted a shortage of the BUMED leadership. medical professionals needed to provide adequate care In the spring of 2017, the Navy surgeon general, Vice for patients, specifically those in rural environments.1 Admiral Forrest Faison, made the implementation of a An even greater concern was that state and local gov- Connected Corpsmen in the Community (CCC) proof ernments were not leveraging former military medical of concept a high-priority initiative for Navy Medicine. professionals to meet that need. Their ability to serve The initiative emphasized ensuring a medically ready in various environments and treat a wide variety of force and a ready medical force through patient-centered patient populations as an extension to licensed medi- care in an environment based outside military treatment 480 Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest, Volume 34, Number 4 (2019), www.jhuapl.edu/techdigest Virtually Connecting Corpsmen, Providers, and Patients to Increase Readiness facilities and connected to a hub of virtual care. Enlisted (i.e., which conditions could be treated by HMs). Chosen medical staff have long served as first responders in war- conditions had to be relevant to deployed medical prac- time and provide primary care on ships and in remote tice while supporting the needs of the local patient pop- locations. Between deployments, these skilled providers ulation. International Classification of Diseases codes 9 often do not use these capabilities to their fullest capac- and 10 were used as unique identifiers for high-volume, ity, putting their training and skills at risk of degradation low-acuity conditions to query historical Navy Medi- and diminishment and threatening readiness. This ini- cine appointment utilization data from the Military tiative provided a way for HMs to use their skills to the Health System Mart (M2) database. A weekly working fullest extent of their abilities, including having them group brought together BUMED leadership, military treat patients outside of hospitals and clinics. treatment facility leadership, HMs, the BUMED Public A proof of concept for this surgeon general initia- Affairs Office, and subject-matter experts in training tive was executed from September 2017 through Octo- development from Navy Medicine Education, Training, ber 2018. It was designed in collaboration with HMs, and Logistics Command. The working group meetings independent duty corpsmen (IDCs), medical officers, were held at Defense Health Headquarters and included and licensed independent practitioners (LIPs), with a teleconference option for those who could not attend input from regional commands and BUMED leader- in person. Meetings were supported by APL engineers. ship and with support from APL health systems engi- The group reviewed the potential conditions to be con- neers and analysts. HMs provide treatment for sailors sidered in scope for CCC treatment and decided on a and marines, assist physicians and dentists with surger- phased approach that would create a low-risk environ- ies, and transport the sick and injured to safe quarters. ment for the first phase. The group considered an initial They can specialize in radiology, search and rescue, or list of 13 conditions before selecting triage and treat- preventative medicine.2 IDCs are specialized HMs often ment of sprains, strains, joint pain, minor cuts, blisters, serving in environments where no medical officer is and wounds and removal of staples and sutures. assigned. “IDCs fulfill a variety of critical duties in sup- Using the same M2 data, the team conducted a popu- port of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps mission. They lation and needs assessment to determine locations for serve as clinical or specialty technicians in more than the first CCC sites. Several factors were considered in 38 occupational specialties, including key administrative this process, including: 3 roles at military treatment facilities around the world.” • Overall number of clinic encounters Use of Data to Inform Decision-Making for • Number of encounters eligible for treatment (as Organizations identified above) Rigorous training and close living quarters put many • Proportion of eligible encounters compared with active-duty service members at greater risk of muscu- overall encounters loskeletal injuries and infectious disease. Furthermore, aggressive schedules in austere environments make • Active-duty service member population at potential access to traditional clinic-based health care a chal- sites lenge. With a choice between missing training or forgo- Using Tableau, M2 data were aggregated to create ing care, an active-duty service member may choose the a heat map of military installations by encounter type latter and exacerbate their condition, potentially render- and volume (Fig. 1). The map provided information on ing them medically unfit for service. To increase conve- patient and condition volumes by location and allowed nience and access, the CCC concept would be placed on leadership to identify several potential proof-of-concept bases but outside of military treatment facilities to reduce sites. Using the results of the analysis, BUMED leader- the burden of travel, and it would be offered at times ship selected two sites to test the concept; the first was that ensured that patients could be seen without missing Pensacola, Florida, and this site was followed by Camp critical training. Additionally, the scope of the CCC’s Pendleton, California. practice would reflect the needs of the populations of the sites served by CCC and would provide opportuni- Tracking Chief Complaints—Identifying Opportunities ties for HMs to treat conditions they would encounter for Expanding Care while deployed to support a ready medical force. After implementation and to establish a baseline, the APL health systems engineers continuously monitored Population Assessment—Identifying the CCC’s Scope of incoming data on patients’ chief complaints to determine Practice and Locations which conditions were most prevalent at Camp Pend- Aligned with the core goal of enabling HMs to treat leton during these first 6 months of the effort (Fig. 2). conditions they would encounter while deployed, key Chief complaints outside the developed algorithms were stakeholders had to determine CCC’s scope of practice deemed out of scope for treatment by the HMs. Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest, Volume 34, Number 4 (2019), www.jhuapl.edu/techdigest 481 M. G. Obringer et al. North Montana Washington Dakota Minnesota New Brunswick Vermont South Wisconsin Maine Oregon Dakota Idaho Wyoming Michigan New York New Hampshire Iowa Nebraska Massachusetts Indiana Pennsylvania Rhode Island Nevada United States Illinois Ohio Connecticut Utah Colorado Kansas Missouri West New Jersey Virginia Delaware Kentucky California Virginia Maryland Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee North Carolina Arizona New South Mexico Alabama Carolina Mississippi Georgia Texas Baja Sonora Louisiana California Chihuahua Coahuila Florida Baja California Nuevo *Encounters/visits Sur Sinaloa León 1 132,578 Tamaulipas Mexico Nayarit Yucatán Jalisco Cuba Michoacán Veracruz Campeche Figure 1. Heat map of eligible and overall active-duty service member patient encounters at military installations in the continental United States. The first CCC location in Pensacola was located at the mation to the working group, the group determined that Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC), which it would be appropriate
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