Difference between revisions of "De-Identified Patient Data"
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| − | De-identified patient data: Removal of important identifiers (Birth date, gender, address, age, etc) from the patient data before it is used for research or other purposes | + | De-identified patient data: |
| + | Removal of important identifiers (Birth date, gender, address, age, etc) from the patient data before it is used for research or other purposes. | ||
| + | Information is de-identified when it is not possible to 'reasonable ascertain' the identity of a person from that data. This depends on the context. | ||
| + | The definition of Irreversible de-identification of data is context driven. The capacity of reidentify deindetified data may depend critically on particular resources ( Intellectual, Information Technology, Access to multiple data sets) | ||
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| + | 1. Australian Government. Office of the Privacy Commissioner. | ||
Revision as of 05:10, 23 November 2009
De-identified patient data: Removal of important identifiers (Birth date, gender, address, age, etc) from the patient data before it is used for research or other purposes. Information is de-identified when it is not possible to 'reasonable ascertain' the identity of a person from that data. This depends on the context. The definition of Irreversible de-identification of data is context driven. The capacity of reidentify deindetified data may depend critically on particular resources ( Intellectual, Information Technology, Access to multiple data sets)
1. Australian Government. Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
