Requests for Information and Serum and the Protection of Human Subjects in the Performance of Surveillance, Public Health Practice, and Research (AFHSC IPM 2011-05) 

15 JUN 2011. Establishes procedures and policies for health surveillance data requests and epidemiologic analysis, including access to the Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS) and the Department of Defense Serum Repository (DoDSR) and guidance in the conduct of investigations and studies that constitute surveillance, public health practice, or research.

AFHSC Surveillance Case Definitions for Data Analysis and Surveillance Health Reports

Provides standard surveillance case definitions used by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) for routine surveillance and reporting. These case definitions have been designed for use with administrative healthcare data contained in the Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS).

Tri-Service Reportable Events Guidelines and Case Definitions, June 2009 

JUN 2009. Provides standard clinical case definitions used by the DoD to guide military public health officers, health-care providers, and laboratories in identifying and reporting specific diseases and injuries. The AFHSC maintains and publishes these guidelines with input from the three services and the DoD Joint Preventive Medicine Policy Group.

Deployment Health Assessment Forms

AFHSC is the central repository for deployment health assessment forms. These forms are collected using customized applications that have been developed by the individual Services and forwarded to AFHSC.