Statistical disclosure control architectures for patient records in biomedical information systems

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-64

  Elliot, M ^a   Purdam, K ^a   Smith, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; E research; Grid computing; Medical data; Patient records; Risk assessment; Statistical disclosure

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GRID COMPUTING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

E-RESEARCH; MEDICAL DATA; PATIENT RECORDS; STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DISCLOSURE; GREAT BRITAIN; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 37849022850     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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