Saturday, December 22, 2018

Anonymous patient data may not be as private as previously thought

Anonymous patient data may not be as private as previously thought

December 22, 2018 Anonymous patient data may not be as private as previously thought , 0 Comments

By Yahoo, Dec. 21, 2018

(Reuters Health) - - For years, researchers have been studying medical conditions using huge swaths of patient data with identifying information removed to protect people's privacy. But a new study suggests hackers may be able to match "de-identified" health information to patient identities.

 In a test case described in JAMA Network Open, researchers used artificial intelligence to link health data with a medical record number. While the data in the test case was fairly innocuous - just the output of movement trackers like Fitbit - it suggests that de-identified data may not be so anonymous after all.
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