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Policies Data governance policies and procedures to inform data-related activities were developed by the NACHC Clinical Affairs team in partnership with other NACHC teams and external partners. These policies and procedures can be applied to any activities where data of any kind is received, collected, or generated, referred to as 'informatics work' hereinafter. 

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    1. NACHC project lead completes the NACHC DUA Checklist to determine if a DUA is needed. This should occur as part of the project's initiation.
    2. The checklist is reviewed with data partner at an early project meeting to confirm the need for a DUA and level of identification of a dataset
    3. Once completed, the DUA checklist is stored in the project Confluence page. 
    4. If the DUA checklist identified a need for a DUA, the checklist is shared with the NACHC contract officer to begin the creation of a project-specific DUA.

Section 3: Requests

NACHC receives many requests for data that has already been shared with them for an existing project or a request for data related to a new project. Additionally, NACHC receives requests for information partnership meaning a desire from one organization to work with a health center and a desire for NACHC to support that partnership. 

All requests for data or information partnerships that include data sharing are evaluated by the data governance council which meets monthly. Requests ​must be well defined meaning that they include a clear description of what data is desired, how the data will be used, the type of use (e.g., research, surveillance, quality improvement or other) and how the request aligns with the NACHC vision and benefits health centers. Incomplete requests that do not include this information cannot be evaluated and will be returned to the requester. Requesters will be notified ​of an approval or denial within one week of the data governance council meeting. ​

NACHC is not a data owner but a steward of data from other contributing organizations​. Thus ​a request ​approval from ​NACHC's data governance council is the first in a series of required approvals. Approved request will be shared with the originating data contributor ​and if approved by the data contributor, a data use agreement to define the parameters of the data exchange must be executed before any data can be shared. 
Nachc ​is a facilitator of information partnerships​ rather than a broker of data​. Nachc recommends building an information partnership with the goal of collaboratively developing a data sharing project that is beneficial to all parties involved. 

Section 4: Other Governance Topics 

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