A context-sensitive approach to anonymizing spatial surveillance data: Impact on outbreak detection

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 160-165

  Cassa, Christopher A ^a,b,c   Grannis, Shaun J ^d,e   Overhage, J Marc ^d,e   Mandl, Kenneth D ^a,c,f  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIVACY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33644669418     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1920     Document Type: Article

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