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Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society
(OOSS)
Measures For Success Confidentiality Procedures
OOSS is fully committed to maintaining the confidentiality of people involved in member and industry studies. To this end the Society has instituted policies to maintain the confidentiality and privacy of study participants and the individual personal and facility information they provide. To further assure the confidentiality of study subjects, the Society has developed a comprehensive set of policies to protect the confidentiality of information provided by participants.
Who has access to the information from OOSS studies?
Only OOSS staff and survey technology vendors directly involved with the studies have access to study information. All staff and vendors that have access to the data are required to sign a confidentiality agreement.
What is a confidentiality agreement?
All staff and vendors involved with the collection and analysis of data are made aware of their individual responsibility to protect the privacy of individuals involved with the study. Employees sign the agreement to maintain the privacy of those involved in the study.
What policies are in place for assuring the secure storage and transit of data? (the Data Protection Plan)
At all times, electronic data (information stored on computer drives or disks) remain in password-protected files. Respondent contact information and survey data are stored in computer files. To further protect the identity of the respondent, each participating person will be assigned a unique case identification number, which will be used whenever possible instead of the person’s name and associated organization.
What happens if someone no longer wants to be part of a study?
If a person asks to be removed from an OOSS study or never be contacted again, then they are marked as refused and their name and contact information are removed from the study’s database.
What will happen to the completed questionnaires?
If you prefer to submit your information by the use of a hard-copy questionnaire instead of electronically, the information will first be entered into a computer; the and the paper copy will be destroyed by shredding. The electronic data will remain in password-protected computer files.
What if I’m interested in what you™re studying and want to “opt-in”?
At anytime you may express your interest. Simply contact kjackson@ooss.org. You have the ability to opt-out at anytime. We will not share your identifying information with any other organization.
Aggregate statistical and narrative summaries of the data and analyses (frequency tabulations, means, medians, standard deviations, and other statistical measures and qualitative narratives relying on grouped data) are not considered confidential or restricted. Such information may be freely published by the Investigator and may be used for ongoing research programs.
What if I have additional questions?
Contact the person below who is responsible for the conduct of all OOSS Measures for Success studies.
Kent Jackson, PhD
Vice President, Member Development and Research
Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society
Email: kjackson@ooss.org
P: 303.910.7314
