Common use of PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS Clause in Contracts

PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS. (a) The procedures and protocols to be used by the Information Encoder are intended to facilitate linkage by SmithKline ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of the Encoded Laboratory Data for a given individual person as received from Quest Diagnostics or its Affiliates with other anonymous or encoded medical or clinical healthcare information associated with the same individual person, to which information SmithKline ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or its Affiliates may otherwise have access. Such procedures and protocols shall be compatible with Quest Diagnostics' data formats as of the Effective Date and fields as specified in Appendix A. (b) Quest Diagnostics shall provide to the Information Encoder and SmithKline ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ copies of documentation relating to the data specifications, elements and fields and formats used by Quest Diagnostics and its Affiliates with respect to Data. Quest Diagnostics shall provide the Information Encoder and SmithKline ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ with access to use any standard data dictionary that Quest Diagnostics or any Affiliate of Quest Diagnostics maintains or uses with respect to the Laboratory Data and its documentation on file layouts in connection with the Laboratory Data. Quest Diagnostics will identify, maintain and make available a single point of contact to assist SmithKline ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ in resolving any questions regarding Data. (c) The linking of individual data files, creation of the Encoding Keys and the creation of the Master Encoding Key Database (as defined below) shall be performed by the Information Encoder in accordance with the processes and protocols provided to the Information Encoder by SmithKline ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or its Affiliates from time to time (the "PROTOCOLS"). Notwithstanding any other terms in this Agreement, in no event shall the Protocols be shared with Quest Diagnostics or its Affiliates. In no event shall SmithKline ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Quest Diagnostics or any of their respective Affiliates provide, without Authorization, any Laboratory Data other than Patient Identifiers, Patient Demographic Information, Encoding Keys, Encounter Numbers, Source Identifiers (as defined in Appendix F) and physician identification numbers to the Information Encoder.