title: Medical record confidentiality and data collection: current dilemmas.
abstract: Author discusses current data collection and data disclosure practices that threaten medical record confidentiality. She raises concerns about the reidentification of ostensibly deidentified patient information and discusses measures for protecting confidentiality in a research setting.
authors.affiliation: Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Woodward
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D030881:Disclosure; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012106:Research; D035842:Research Subjects; D012922:Social Change; D014481:United States