Making a hash of data: What risks to privacy does the NHS's care.data scheme pose?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hagger Johnson, Gareth E ^a   Harron, Katie ^a   Goldstein, Harvey ^a   Parslow, Roger ^b   Dattani, Nirupa ^c   Borja, Mario Cortina ^a   Wijlaars, Linda ^a   Gilbert, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CARE;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84897519253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g2264     Document Type: Letter

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