Those forensic disciplines supporting the DoD’s medical missions. They include but are not limited to, forensic pathology, forensic anthropology, forensic odontology, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sciences, forensic toxicology, and mortality surveillance.

A person, usually the primary next of kin (PNOK), who is authorized to direct disposition of human remains. For disposing of human remains, under the authority of Reference (l), the Secretary of the Military Department concerned is deemed to have such standing if no other such person is available. Service members will shall identify a PADD on their DD For...

A systematic process of gathering, recording, and preserving evidence and information for purposes of positive identification of the deceased, documentation of trauma and preexisting conditions, and investigative correlations to include an interpretation of injury patterns. The goal of a forensic pathology investigation is to determine a cause and manner ...

Includes active duty service, all service as a member of the Selected Reserve, the Individual Ready Reserve, the Standby Reserve, the Retired Reserve, or the Retired Regular Permanent.

The DOD health care program that provides health care coverage for medical services, medications, and dental care for military families, retirees and their families, and survivors.

An official with statutory or operational authority and responsibility for the development, implementation, maintenance, oversight, and reporting of security requirements for electronic protected health information (PHI) in accordance with DOD Instruction 6025.18 and parts 160, 162, and 164 of Reference Privacy Rule defined in Title 45, Code of ...

The chronologic record of medical, dental, and mental health care received by Service members during the course of their military career. It includes documentation of all outpatient appointments (i.e. without overnight admittance to a hospital, clinic, or treatment facility), as well as summaries of any inpatient care (Discharge Summaries) and care receiv...

A patient who is admitted to a hospital or clinic for treatment that requires at least one overnight stay.

A patient who is not admitted into a hospital. Outpatient care includes care in emergency rooms, same day surgery centers, and ambulatory procedure clinics for patients who are not subsequently hospitalized overnight during the episode of care.

Individually identifiable health information that is transmitted or maintained by electronic or any other form or medium. PHI excludes individually identifiable health information in employment records held by a DOD covered entity in its role as employer. Information which has been de-identified in accordance with Paragraph 4.5.a is not PHI. PHI is a subs...

A military facility established for the purpose of furnishing medical and dental care to eligible individuals.

Includes all medical and dental care documentation, including mental health care documentation, that has been recorded for that individual. Information may be recorded and maintained in paper or electronic media. Three principal component records maintained within the Department of Defense (DOD) health care system, each of which is a specific subset of th...

Information used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, such as name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother’s maiden name, biometric records, home phone numbers, other demographic, personnel, medical, and financial information.  PII includes any information that is linked or linkable to a specified individual,...

Formerly the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange. A community of organizations and health systems who share information under a common trust framework and a common set of rules. Participants include federal agencies, states, and health information organizations and health systems, which represent hundreds of hospitals, thousands of providers, a...

A person eligible to receive care in a military treatment facility.