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Keeping Medical Data Private

Keeping Medical Data Private. By Srivatsan Venkatesan. Background. When doing medical studies, the patients are anonymous The data used by the research group contains ICD codes ICD codes are set of codes that represent medical issues diagnosed by doctors. Summary.

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Keeping Medical Data Private

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  1. Keeping Medical Data Private By SrivatsanVenkatesan

  2. Background • When doing medical studies, the patients are anonymous • The data used by the research group contains ICD codes • ICD codes are set of codes that represent medical issues diagnosed by doctors

  3. Summary • Set of ICD codes can be traced backwards to identify the person • The research group was able to trace back medical issues of former masschusets governor William Weld and his family

  4. Ethical issue • If the ICD codes fall in the wrong hands it can be a breach of privacy • It can be used to black mail • Source of medical spam

  5. Solution • Not worry about the breach of privacy, hope nobody evil gets the data

  6. Solution • Not provide data to medical studies by the patient

  7. Solution • Implement algorithms as shown in the article to secure the ICD codes, so that an evil doer will not be able to do anything harmful even if he/she obtains the ICD codes.

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