Pseudonymization of patient identifiers for translational research

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Aamot, Harald ^a   Kohl, Christian Dominik ^b   Richter, Daniela ^a   Knaup Gregori, Petra ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anonyms and pseudonyms; Biobanking; Data privacy; De pseudonymisation; De pseudonymization; Individual research results; Pseudonym; Pseudonymisation; Pseudonymization; Re identification; Record linkage; Translational research

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL GENETICS; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIVACY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANONYMS AND PSEUDONYMS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PRIVACY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

EID: 84881173502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-75     Document Type: Article

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