IEEE Security & Privacy · 2008 · 54 citations · 4 references
Public HealthHealth InformaticsPublic Health InformaticsData MiningHealth Information PrivacyPublic Health SurveillanceData De-identificationHealth SurveillanceProtected Health InformationSecondary Use Of DataHealth MonitoringHeuristicsPersonal Information DisclosurePublic Health Data PrivacySecondary Use Of Health Data
Before releasing personal health information for secondary uses, such as research or public health monitoring, organizations must de-identify the data they've collected. Several common heuristics are useful for this purpose, but they also have limitations.
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