Posted on Oct 26, 2016
Marines field new suicide awareness app
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The Marine Corps is taking another step forward in the ongoing struggle against suicide.
Marine Corps Systems Command announced last month it will begin fielding a new software application developed to proactively identify at-risk troops and recommend resources to commanders.
The app – the Integrated Clinical Management and Risk Mitigation System – runs factors such as a Marine’s deployment history, military discipline and personal issues through an algorithm to highlight those who might need help, said Marvin Wallace Jr., project manager for the ICM-RMS.
“It’s simply a tool to help a commander help Marines,” Wallace said. “It’s not a witch-hunt.”
Wallace expects the ICM-RMS to be fielded throughout the force by February 2018.
While that may seem like a long time for computer software, the ICM-RMS is actually on an expedited acquisition pipeline.
Following an extensive six-unit test in August, the Marine Corps designated the ICM-RMS as an urgent universal need.
“The normal acquisition process requires about 20 documents at various stages of development,” Wallace said. “With the [Urgent Need Statement], that’s been streamlined to three or four documents.”
The ICM-RMS was originally developed by 2nd Marine Division in 2011 as a means to consolidate and share information to allow for command intervention.
In reviewing cases of suicide at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, individuals almost always were seeing a piece of the risk picture, but that information wasn’t being shared, especially in real-time, said Lt. Cmdr. Yaron Rabinowitz, operational psychologist at the Marine Special Operations School and one of ICM-RMS original developers.
“We quickly recognized that in order for it to truly provide a commander with a holistic risk assessment, that we needed to add a few key capabilities,” he said.
“Number one that was we needed to provide a multidirectional flow of information between command, medical & mental health,” said Rabinowitz.
The ICM-RMS seeks to address that deficiency.
By not relying on cumbersome paperwork, the ICM-RMS connects information not just within the unit, but provides commanders with a snapshot of the mental health of the unit.
“I think most importantly is it allows for that data to transfer with a service member when he moves units,” Rabinowitz said.
Marine Corps Systems Command announced last month it will begin fielding a new software application developed to proactively identify at-risk troops and recommend resources to commanders.
The app – the Integrated Clinical Management and Risk Mitigation System – runs factors such as a Marine’s deployment history, military discipline and personal issues through an algorithm to highlight those who might need help, said Marvin Wallace Jr., project manager for the ICM-RMS.
“It’s simply a tool to help a commander help Marines,” Wallace said. “It’s not a witch-hunt.”
Wallace expects the ICM-RMS to be fielded throughout the force by February 2018.
While that may seem like a long time for computer software, the ICM-RMS is actually on an expedited acquisition pipeline.
Following an extensive six-unit test in August, the Marine Corps designated the ICM-RMS as an urgent universal need.
“The normal acquisition process requires about 20 documents at various stages of development,” Wallace said. “With the [Urgent Need Statement], that’s been streamlined to three or four documents.”
The ICM-RMS was originally developed by 2nd Marine Division in 2011 as a means to consolidate and share information to allow for command intervention.
In reviewing cases of suicide at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, individuals almost always were seeing a piece of the risk picture, but that information wasn’t being shared, especially in real-time, said Lt. Cmdr. Yaron Rabinowitz, operational psychologist at the Marine Special Operations School and one of ICM-RMS original developers.
“We quickly recognized that in order for it to truly provide a commander with a holistic risk assessment, that we needed to add a few key capabilities,” he said.
“Number one that was we needed to provide a multidirectional flow of information between command, medical & mental health,” said Rabinowitz.
The ICM-RMS seeks to address that deficiency.
By not relying on cumbersome paperwork, the ICM-RMS connects information not just within the unit, but provides commanders with a snapshot of the mental health of the unit.
“I think most importantly is it allows for that data to transfer with a service member when he moves units,” Rabinowitz said.
Marines field new suicide awareness app
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Computer software is all well and good, but it's not like the personal way of talking to the person in question, and asking them if there is anything they need to talk about.
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