EFM PROGRAM: Specialized care

available for family member with needs


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and to maintain
continuity of care
at Naval Hospital
Jacksonville.
 Logan is followed
by Dr. Michael
Maher in the
Family Practice
Department at
Naval Hospital
Jax. He also
receives more spe-
cialized care at
TRICARE net-
work facilities such
as UF& Shands
Medical Center,
Wolfson Children's
Hospital ,
and Nemours
Children's Hospital
in Jacksonville.
 Shannon is very
grateful for the
care he's received.
"We could have
chosen to taken our
children to civilian
sector facilities for
primary care but
we prefer military
healthcare. When I
meet other families
in the civilian hos-
pitals dealing alone
with the complexity
of the medical sys-
tem I feel so fortu-
nate to have such a
great program such
as EFM," she said.
 She says Dr.


Maher has been


great. "He's just amazing. Logan takes
several medications a day, and we need
lots of referrals. He just takes care of it


Exceptional Family Member
Program qualifies members
 in six categories

Families who feel their child would
 qualify for the Exceptional Family
 Member (EFM) Program should
contact the Exceptional Family Member
Program Coordinator at their local
military hospital. Galya Taborn is the
EFMP coordinator at Naval Hospital
Jacksonville. She can be reached at (904)
542-7348). She can explain all the ben-
efits and requirements of the program
which offers personalized assistance
from referral management to pharmacy
assistance to free in-home, respite care
which allows the caregivers to take sore-
ly needed breaks from the pressure of
their 24/7 responsibilities.
 Individual cases are reviewed by a
screening committee of doctors at Naval
Medical Centers in Portsmouth, Va., San
Diego and Yokosuka, Japan. The com-
mittee evaluates and qualifies family
members for the EFM program. Different
aspects of what they find determine
which category the EFM is placed in.
These categories are:
 Category I for monitoring purposes
only
 Category II pinpoint to specific geo-
graphic locations
 Category III no overseas assignments
 Category IV major medical areas in
CONUS
 Category V homesteading
 Category VI temporary enrollment -
update required in 6-12 months


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that we have good resources," Shannon
said.
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and I don't have
to make a trip up
here every time
for it. Because
of that continu-
ity of care I don't
have to explain it,
I don't have to go
through six people
to get things done.
They understand
it because they
are all aware of it
and they know we
are EFM. It just
makes it go. The
doctor knows us,
he knows our fam-
ily. We've been
here five yeas
now, so it's a very
simple situation.
I've never had a
situation where
I ran out of refer-
rals. I haven't had
a situation where
I couldn't get his
medication. None
of those things,
when you think
about the sever-
ity of what he has,
that's just been a
God-send!"
 "The EFM
Program to me has
just helped my hus-
band continue to
serve, helped him
to have peace of
mind knowing that
our son is taken


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Eight volunteers from the NAS Jax Security Department met at the Police Memorial
Building in downtown Jacksonville recently to participate in the Special Olympic Law
Enforcement Torch Relay Run. The run was open to all military and law-enforcement
personnel and helped raise more than $7,000 to help send Special Olympians to state
and national games. Participating in the event were DCC Paul Robertson, PC1 Natasha
Robertson, YN1 Sha'ron Jenkins, PS1 Carla Douglass, IT1 Lisa Johnson, OS1 Terica
Gilliam, Jacksoknville Sheriff John Rutherford, SH1 Jonathan Ficklin and MA1 Barion
Haywood.