Army Injury Surveillance Definitions
See our slide set that explains of the general causes and potentially associated activities, hazards, and interventions of most commonly identified injury types at installations.
As described below – there are many tools that provide statistics regarding your local installation injury problem. See our factsheets for Installation-Specific Army Soldier Injury Summaries and Civilian Injury Summaries.
APHC Periodic Publications and Surveillance Reports
APHC publishes several periodicals and surveillance reports on a regular schedule. See current publications, available past issues, and subscribe/unsubscribe options.
Army Strategic Management System (SMS) 
The SMS is a management tool used by Army leadership to track strategic goals using key performance metrics from all functional levels of the Army (medical and non-medical). Metrics are monitored with upper and lower thresholds shown as color indicators (e.g. green, amber, and red). As one of the Army Medicine Campaign metrics, quarterly injury rates and calculated statistical control limits are provided by installation, regional health command, and Army major command.
To get to the installation injury metrics in SMS, go to Dashboards; User Workspace; OTSG/MEDCOM; OTSG/MEDCOM HQ; DSC, Public Health; Public Health; Clinical Public Health and Epidemiology (CPHE); Active Duty Injuries by Installation, MEDCOM Region, and MACOM (Quarterly). https://www.sms.army.mil/cms
(Restricted access, CAC required)
Health of the Force - Online
Health of the Force - Online is an additional tool for monitoring leading health indicators by installation. This application provides a 360-degree view of health and readiness indicators for active duty Soldiers derived from current Army medical data. It includes annual installation injury summaries assessing injury trends over time, variations in rates by age and gender, and leading causes of injury. https://carepoint.health.mil/sites/HOF/Pages/Home.aspx
