The Mass-DAC Secure Document and Data Repository is the primary mode that hospitals and other Mass-DAC members may use to exchange identified or confidential data with Mass-DAC. This site is located behind the Harvard Medical School (HMS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) and uses secure socket layer which encrypts all data transmitted through the site. This method of transferring data has been approved by the Harvard Medical School IRB. The primary use of this site is to accept harvest data submissions from hospital data managers and to distribute the data quality reports from Mass-DAC.

This site is hosted by the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School and is restricted to approved members. Members must be approved by the Mass-DAC Project Manager, Ann Lovett, and the Data Manager, Matthew Cioffi, before an account for the secure site can be set up. A HMS eCommons account may take up to 24 hours to be generated before the Mass-DAC secure document repository account may be set up. Once the account has been created, the Mass-DAC Data Manger will send an e-mail to the new member with the username used on both the HMS VPN and the Mass-DAC secure document repository. The initial password for the Mass-DAC site will need to be updated by the new member upon first login.

Step 1: Login to the Harvard Medical School (HMS) secure virtual private network (VPN):
https://secure.med.harvard.edu/

Step 2:Once behind the HMS VPN either click on the MASSDAC link on the home page or connect directly to :
https://hcpweb.med.harvard.edu/massdac/

Use the links below to download a copy of the Mass-DAC Document Repository User Guide for data managers,
SecureRepositoryManual.doc, updated Oct 2007.

For a more general document on the repsoitory, you may prefer
SecureRepositoryManualBrief.doc, updated Oct 2007.