Design and implementation of a privacy preserving electronic health record linkage tool in Chicago
Kho AN, Cashy JP, Jackson KL, Pah AR, Goel S, Boehnke J, Humphries JE, Kominers SD, Hota BN, Sims SA, Malin BA, French DD, Walunas TL, Meltzer DO, Kaleba EO, Jones RC, Galanter WL. Design and implementation of a privacy preserving electronic health record linkage tool in Chicago. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2015, 22: 1072-1080. PMID: 26104741, PMCID: PMC5009931, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSoftware applicationsSHA-512 algorithmRe-identification riskSocial security numberData cleaningSoftware algorithmsEHR dataMultiple healthcare systemsElectronic health record dataPatient identifiersLinkage toolHealth Insurance PortabilitySecurity numberCode combinationsSecure linkageHealth record dataAlgorithmSoftwareIdentifiersInsurance PortabilityIndividual recordsHealth informationBrokersDisease examplesHonest broker