Guidance Documents

Guide for DoD Researchers on Using MHS Data, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OSAD(HA)), Defense Health Agency, Human Research Protection, Draft August, 2012

Training Materials

Defense Health Agency's Human Research Protection Program, Data Sharing Agreement Program, and the DHA Privacy Board, Human Protections Administrators’ Conference, Fort Detrick, Maryland, August 29, 2012 (31 slides)

Related Links

• National Institutes of Health, HIPAA Privacy Rule Information for Researchers
• Office for Civil Rights, Health Information Privacy
• DHA Data Sharing Agreements
• DHA Human Research Protection Program

Special Topics

• “Protecting Personal Health Information in Research: Understanding the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” NIH Publication Number 03-5388, April 2003
• “Privacy Boards and the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” NIH Publication Number 03-5448, September 2003
• “Institutional Review Boards and the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” NIH Publication Number 03-5428, August 2003
• “HIPAA Authorization for Research,” NIH Publication Number 04-5529, April 2004
• “Clinical Research and the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” NIH Publication Number 04-5495, February 2004
• “Research Repositories, Databases and the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” NIH Publication Number 04-5489, January 2004
• “Health Services Research and the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” NIH Publication Number 05-5308, May 2005
• “Letting Your Personal Health Information Be Used and Shared for Research,” NIH Publication Number 05-5613, January 2005