De-identification Methods for Open Health Data: The Case of the Heritage Health Prize Claims Dataset

• Main Authors: El Emam, Khaled (Author), Arbuckle, Luk (Author), Koru, Gunes (Author), Eze, Benjamin (Author), Gaudette, Lisa (Author), Neri, Emilio (Author), Rose, Sean (Author), Howard, Jeremy (Author), Gluck, Jonathan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThere are many benefits to open datasets. However, privacy concerns have hampered the widespread creation of open health data. There is a dearth of documented methods and case studies for the creation of public-use health data. We describe a new methodology for creating a longitudinal publ...