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Title

Beyond Safe Harbor: Risk of Exposing Location in De-Identified Clinical Data

Authors

Alfred J. Anzalone, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Carol Reynolds Geary, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
James C. McClay, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow

Files

Conference

Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK) 2021 Conference

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

7-20-2021

Abstract or Description

The use of de-identified EHR data for clinical and translational research has increased significantly since the HIPAA Privacy Rule De-Identification standards went into effect -Inclusion of SDOH measures in de-identified research is increasing as well, which presents an inherent risk of re-identifying PHI (primarily location units smaller than the state) -Data warehouse architecture and institutional policies need to recognize the risk associated with providing multiple location-based indices -Research interests are secondary to privacy concerns throughout biomedical research, but particularly in de-identified research, which is intended to promote more secure access to EHR data while allowing for expedient access (fewer institutional barriers to entry)

Disciplines

Bioinformatics

Recommended Citation

Anzalone, Alfred J.; Geary, Carol Reynolds; and McClay, James C., "Beyond Safe Harbor: Risk of Exposing Location in De-Identified Clinical Data" (2021). Posters and Presentations: Neurological Sciences. 1.
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/com_neuro_pres/1