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Integrated Medical Model Overview

Myers, J.·Boley, L.·Foy, M.·Goodenow, D.·Griffin, D.·Keenan, A.·Kerstman, E.·Melton, S.·McGuire, K.·Saile, L.·Shah, R.·Garcia, Y.·Sirmons. B.·Walton, M.·Reyes, D.
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The Integrated Medical Model (IMM) Project represents one aspect of NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) to quantitatively assess medical risks to astronauts for existing operational missions as well as missions associated with future exploration and commercial space flight ventures. The IMM takes a probabilistic approach to assessing the likelihood and specific outcomes of one hundred medical conditions within the envelope of accepted space flight standards of care over a selectable range of mission capabilities. A specially developed Integrated Medical Evidence Database (iMED) maintains evidence-based, organizational knowledge across a variety of data sources. Since becoming operational in 2011, version 3.0 of the IMM, the supporting iMED, and the expertise of the IMM project team have contributed to a wide range of decision and informational processes for the space medical and human research community. This presentation provides an overview of the IMM conceptual architecture and range of application through examples of actual space flight community questions posed to the IMM project.

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Myers, J., Boley, L., Foy, M., Goodenow, D., Griffin, D., Keenan, A., Kerstman, E., Melton, S., McGuire, K., Saile, L., Shah, R., Garcia, Y., Sirmons. B., Walton, M., Reyes, D.. 2015-01-13. Integrated Medical Model Overview. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150002713

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