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Military Health System Health Care Glossary serves as the official repository and consolidated reference (as a secondary source) for terms and definitions used within the MHS. Some terms may have multiple and varying definitions based on the context and primary source of authority. Note that certain definitions may be approved only for limited use in a single primary reference document, while others may have broad applicability in multiple contexts and issuances. To determine the most appropriate definition in a particular context, consult all relevant source documents. Any disparities between this Glossary and primary sources are unintentional, and the primary source shall control.
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Transmission in electronic form as prescribed by the Secretary of HHS between two or more parties to carry out financial or administrative activities relating to health care provided to a patient.
Patients (excluding active duty or Reserve Component Service members eligible to receive care) who are eligible to receive health care through TRICARE or were treated in an MHS facility.
With respect to a DOD covered entity, a party that creates, receives, maintains, or transmits PHI on behalf of the DOD covered entity for a function or activity regulated by this issuance; or a party that provides legal, actuarial, accounting, consulting, data aggregation, management, administrative, accreditation, or financial services to or for such DOD...
A breach as defined in Section 164.402 of the HIPAA Breach Rule. The text of that HHS definition states:
Breach means the acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of PHI in a manner not permitted under subpart E of this part [i.e. the HIPAA Privacy Rule] which compromises the security or privacy of the PHI. HHS breach excludes: Any unintentional acquisitio...
A written statement submitted to a DOD covered entity’s HIPAA privacy officer or to the HHS Office for Civil Rights alleging that the DOD covered entity has violated an individual's health information privacy rights or committed a violation of the HIPAA Privacy or Security Rule provisions.
Any MTF, including garrison clinics and such facilities in a military operational unit, ship, or aircraft, and any other person or organization outside of such facilities’ workforce who furnishes, bills, or is paid for health care in the normal course of business. This term includes occupational health clinics for civilian employees or contractor pe...
The notice(s) published by an agency in the Federal Register upon the establishment and/or modification of a system of records describing the existence and character of the system.
A PHR is an electronic application that people use to maintain and manage their health information in a secure and confidential environment. PHRs:
A group of records under the control of an agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifier assigned to the individual.
Individual eligible for health care services under Chapter 55 of Title 10, United States Code.
Data located in a PHR, including data originating and copied from DOD health records and data downloaded or transmitted from home or personal medical devices.
Exceptions as defined in DoDI 6025.18.
Health related data created, recorded, or gathered by patients, family members, or other caregivers to address a health concern or to monitor health.
A system that identifies, captures, inventories, validates, develops, and maintains baseline capability requirements of MHS equities. The system identifies gaps, approved solutions, and inventories. The system develops and guides MHS requirement documents through the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System process, including Serv...
The medical discipline that comprises the development or use of medical modeling and simulations. It involves the equipment, including hardware, and the software that implements a model or simulation or an adjunct tool. The hardware or software that is either used to provide part of a simulation environment (e.g., to manage the execution of th...
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