title: Secure de-identification and re-identification.
abstract: Today's healthcare organizations have both an ethical and legal responsibility for protecting patient privacy. However, the HIPAA privacy rule allows for the release of de-identified patient data for certain purposes. Secure encryption technology can be used to encrypt patient identified data so only the owners of the original data can re-identify the patient. It further allows consistent de-identification over episodic collection events.
authors.affiliation: Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, PA, USA.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Landi
authors.forename: R Bharat
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality