tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post4583204761728250320..comments2024-03-28T17:49:03.998+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: I Hope Some Serious Experts Have Examined These Plans Carefully. It Is Important They Do!Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-9452021366684657192016-08-20T09:34:19.661+10:002016-08-20T09:34:19.661+10:00Oops, yes - "re-identify".
Agreed - man...Oops, yes - "re-identify".<br /><br />Agreed - many of our clients using business intelligence and data analytics are looking at customer behaviour. One key factor is segmentation which is based, one way or another, on demographics. But demographic information is exactly the part that make it easiest to re-identify and so they are often kept out of anonymised data-sets.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-37291152199363691952016-08-19T16:45:55.765+10:002016-08-19T16:45:55.765+10:00Peter, you said "There are some very clever t...<br />Peter, you said "There are some very clever techniques to de-identify data if you have an expert involved." did you mean re-identify?<br /><br />Some of the downsides of de-identification e,g it can stuff up research<br /><br />NCVHS Hearing: De-identification and HIPAA<br />May 24, 2016<br />Improving HIPAA De-identification Public Policy<br />Daniel C. Barth-Jones, M.P.H., Ph.D.Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-50840519264518086262016-08-19T10:52:25.425+10:002016-08-19T10:52:25.425+10:00There are some very clever techniques to de-identi...There are some very clever techniques to de-identify data if you have an expert involved. I recall hearing several years ago that it is possible to identify nearly 50% of people just through knowing the *postcode* where they work and the postcode where they live. Of course this relies on a secondary source of information to match the record against, so is only useful if you are looking for a Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-60974602536776314882016-08-17T17:12:41.814+10:002016-08-17T17:12:41.814+10:00IMHO, there is a big difference between data de-id...IMHO, there is a big difference between data de-identification alone and de-identification and obfuscation together.<br /><br />The mega dataset released by ABS has had de-identification and obfuscation applied.<br /><br />De-identification is a case of removing personal identifying data from an individual record and leaving the rest intact.<br /><br />Obfuscation changes the data, or adjusted, Bernard Robertson-Dunnhttp://www.problemsfirst.com/blognoreply@blogger.com