A Zero-Knowledge Protocol for Reconciling Patient Identities Across Institutions

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 344-346

  Berman, Jules J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; PRIVACY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542374034     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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