khaled el emam

(Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute) A research team led by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute, evaluated the use of technology in Canadian clinical trials, and found that a significant proportion (41 percent) have moved away from collecting and managing trial data using only paper records.

(Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute) As electronic health records become more widely deployed, increasing amounts of health information are being collected.

This data has many beneficial applications, such as research, public health, and health system planning. In a recent study, Dr.

(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.