Protection of health information in data mining

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-222

  Li, Jingquan ^a   Shaw, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Data mining; HIPAA; Privacy; Privacy enhancing techniques

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION THEORY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREDICTION; PRIVACY; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 4444380558     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2004.004977     Document Type: Article

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