A multi-institution evaluation of clinical profile anonymization

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 23, Issue e1, 2016, Pages e131-e137

  Heatherly, Raymond ^a   Rasmussen, Luke V ^b   Peissig, Peggy L ^c   Pacheco, Jennifer A ^b   Harris, Paul ^d   Denny, Joshua C ^a,e   Malin, Bradley A ^a,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anonymization; Clinical codes; Generalization; Privacy; Secondary use

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANONYMIZATION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIVACY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANONYMIZATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES;

EID: 84964933190     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv154     Document Type: Article

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