New study looks at re-identification risks

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Tue, 10/13/2009 - 22:00

(Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute) A recent study led by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute, found that the information in hospital prescription records can quite easily re-identify patients.

In his study, titled "Evaluating the Risk of Re-identification of Patients from Hospital Prescription Records, he demonstrates the importance of ensuring the proper de-identification of patient records.

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