Building public trust in uses of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act de-identified data

• Published in: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 29 - 34
• Main Author: McGraw, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Group 01.01.2013
• Subjects: Computer Security; Confidentiality - legislation & jurisprudence; Focus on Patient Privacy; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; Humans; Information Dissemination - legislation & jurisprudence; Information Storage and Retrieval - legislation & jurisprudence; Information Storage and Retrieval - methods; Medical Records Systems, Computerized - legislation & jurisprudence; Public Policy; Trust; United States; United States

The aim of this paper is to summarize concerns with the de-identification standard and methodologies established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, and report some potential policies to address those concerns that were discussed at a recent workshop at...