DMP Module Overview

# Disease Management Protocol (DMP) Development Process Overview

The DMP Development Process of IHTA provides DMP facilitators and subject matter experts (SME) (see DMP Participants) with a user-friendly, Web-based tool to assist with the creation, approval, storage, dissemination, and annual review of standardized DMPs used in Home Telehealth (HT) programs within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

DMPs are questionnaires (clinical content) delivered to Veterans in their homes via HT technology that assess symptoms, health factors, educational needs, and self-management skills. Information is obtained related to the symptoms, knowledge, and health behaviors of Veterans and/or caregivers, including biometric data, such as vital signs.

The main goal of this module is to improve collaboration and consensus during DMP development, ultimately expediting the time needed to create, approve, and nationally release standardized VHA DMPs. Users can develop questions/statements, responses, alerts, educational content, and vendor instructions for all VHA-written DMPs. Additionally, users can add and modify standardized DMP content to a central library for use in all DMPs developed in the module.

Before getting started, review the following help topics to obtain a brief overview of the window layout, navigating the Explorer pane, and buttons in the DMP module:

- DMP Window Layout

- Navigating the Explorer Pane

- DMP Buttons

NOTE: Access to the functionality within each module is restricted by the roles assigned to you during the registration approval process; therefore, you may not have access to all of the functionality described in this help file. Each help topic (where applicable) indicates the roles that have access to the functionality described in the specific help topic.