Building Application-Related Patient Identifiers: What Solution for a European Country?
We propose a method utilizing a derived social security number with the same reliability as the social security number. We show the anonymity techniques classically based on unidirectional hash functions (such as the secure hash algorithm (SHA-2) function that can guarantee the security, quality, an...
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| author | Catherine Quantin François-André Allaert Paul Avillach Maniane Fassa Benoît Riandey Gilles Trouessin Olivier Cohen |
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| description | We propose a method utilizing a derived social security number with the same reliability as the social security number. We show the anonymity techniques classically based on unidirectional hash functions (such as the secure hash algorithm (SHA-2) function that can guarantee the security, quality, and reliability of information if these techniques are applied to the Social Security Number). Hashing produces a strictly anonymous code that is always the same for a given individual, and thus enables patient data to be linked. Different solutions are developed and proposed in this article. Hashing the social security number will make it possible to link the information in the personal medical file to other national health information sources with the aim of completing or validating the personal medical record or conducting epidemiological and clinical research. This data linkage would meet the anonymous data requirements of the European directive on data protection. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f3baee4a0aa5406890687ab50fd4fe482025-02-03T00:59:18ZengWileyInternational Journal of Telemedicine and Applications1687-64151687-64232008-01-01200810.1155/2008/678302678302Building Application-Related Patient Identifiers: What Solution for a European Country?Catherine Quantin0François-André Allaert1Paul Avillach2Maniane Fassa3Benoît Riandey4Gilles Trouessin5Olivier Cohen6Service de Biostatistique et Informatique Médicale, CHU de Dijon, INSERM EMI 0106, 21079 Dijon Cedex, FranceDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mc Gill University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, CanadaLaboratoire d'Epidémiologie, Statistique et Informatique Médicales (LESIM), Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146 rue Léo-Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, FranceService de Biostatistique et Informatique Médicale, CHU de Dijon, INSERM EMI 0106, 21079 Dijon Cedex, FranceInstitut National d'Etudes Démographiques (INED), 133 Boulevard Davout 75980 Paris Cedex 20, FranceOPPIDA Sud, Batiment F 78 allée Jean Jaurès, 31000 Toulouse, FranceHC Forum, Les Jardins de Maupertuis, 7 Chemin de la Dhuy, 38240 Meylan, FranceWe propose a method utilizing a derived social security number with the same reliability as the social security number. We show the anonymity techniques classically based on unidirectional hash functions (such as the secure hash algorithm (SHA-2) function that can guarantee the security, quality, and reliability of information if these techniques are applied to the Social Security Number). Hashing produces a strictly anonymous code that is always the same for a given individual, and thus enables patient data to be linked. Different solutions are developed and proposed in this article. Hashing the social security number will make it possible to link the information in the personal medical file to other national health information sources with the aim of completing or validating the personal medical record or conducting epidemiological and clinical research. This data linkage would meet the anonymous data requirements of the European directive on data protection.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/678302 |
| spellingShingle | Catherine Quantin François-André Allaert Paul Avillach Maniane Fassa Benoît Riandey Gilles Trouessin Olivier Cohen Building Application-Related Patient Identifiers: What Solution for a European Country? International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications |
| title | Building Application-Related Patient Identifiers: What Solution for a European Country? |
| title_full | Building Application-Related Patient Identifiers: What Solution for a European Country? |
| title_fullStr | Building Application-Related Patient Identifiers: What Solution for a European Country? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building Application-Related Patient Identifiers: What Solution for a European Country? |
| title_short | Building Application-Related Patient Identifiers: What Solution for a European Country? |
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