Restatement III of the Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (DURSA) Version Date: September 30, 2014Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (Dursa) • December 27th, 2022
In 2008, as part of the Nationwide Health Information Network Phase II Trial Implementations, a multi-disciplinary team was assembled to develop a comprehensive agreement that would create a legal framework using existing law for the electronic exchange of health data. This agreement, called the Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement or DURSA, was first executed by a number of Federal agencies and non-Federal organizations (the “Participants”) beginning in November 2009.
Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (DURSA)Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (Dursa) • February 10th, 2010
As part of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Trial Implementations, a team was assembled as part of the NHIN Cooperative to develop a comprehensive agreement that would govern the exchange of health data through the NHIN. This document reflects that work and presents the deliverable for the 2009 – 2010 contract year – an executable limited production Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement or DURSA. We have prepared Overview to facilitate the reader’s understanding of the draft DURSA, and to place the DURSA into an appropriate context.
Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (DURSA)Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (Dursa) • February 26th, 2009
As part of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Trial Implementations, a workgroup was assembled as part of the NHIN Cooperative to develop a comprehensive agreement that would govern the exchange of health data through the NHIN. This report presents the workgroup’s final deliverable for the 2007 – 2008 contract year – a draft Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement or DURSA. We have prepared FAQs to facilitate the reader’s understanding of the draft DURSA, and to place the DURSA into an appropriate context.
July 9, 2020Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (Dursa) • November 6th, 2020
The Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (DURSA) is a comprehensive legal agreement used to establish trust for information exchanged among Participants in the eHealth Exchange. This agreement is based upon a set of policy assumptions that bridge varying state and federal laws and regulations, as well as differing local policies.
Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (DURSA)Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (Dursa) • May 2nd, 2013
The DURSA is a comprehensive legal agreement used to establish trust for information exchanged among Participants in the eHealth Exchange. This agreement is based upon a set of policy assumptions that bridge varying state and federal laws and regulations, as well as differing local policies. The agreement, while articulated as a contract, underscores a framework for broad-based information exchange among a set of trusted entities who either wish to query and retrieve data or push data to others in the network.
Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (DURSA)Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (Dursa) • February 2nd, 2022
The DURSA is a multi-party agreement, a single agreement that establishes the rules of engagement and obligations to which all Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Participants agree and that all NHIN Participants sign as a condition of joining the community. All NHIN Participants must sign the DURSA to exchange health information with each other via the NHIN. The DURSA is based upon an existing body of law (Federal, state, local) and the current policy framework. The agreement, while articulated as a contract, underscores a framework for broad based information exchange among a set of trusted entities.
Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (DURSA)Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (Dursa) • June 18th, 2013
• Care Connectivity Consortium – Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, Geisinger, Group Health Cooperative, Intermountain Healthcare
DATA USE AND RECIPROCAL SUPPORT AGREEMENT (DURSA) BRIEFING Nationwide Health Information Network Discussion Topics NHIN DURSA Overview Key Provisions Next Steps NATIONWIDE HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK (NHIN) NHIN ContextData Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement (Dursa) • May 5th, 2020
Integral part of the national health information technology agenda Supports and helps execute goals of HITECH Key element of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure Exchange is a component of meaningful use Current NHIN model is in limited production, with utilization ramping up through Federal contracts and grants Information exchange models will continue to evolve
