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Database Standardization, Linkage, and the Protection of Privacy

1997; American College of Physicians; Volume: 127; Issue: 8_Part_2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7326/0003-4819-127-8_part_2-199710151-00052

1539-3704

Emmanuel Lazaridis,

Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials

The Databases15 October 1997Database Standardization, Linkage, and the Protection of PrivacyEmmanuel N. Lazaridis, PhDEmmanuel N. Lazaridis, PhDThe Regenstrief Institute for Health Care; Indiana University Medical Center; Indianapolis, IN 46202Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-127-8_Part_2-199710151-00052 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail In writing this summary, I was tempted to call on one of the mantras of the current generation: “reduce, reuse, recycle.” The authors of the preceding three articles all seek to reduce the need for expensive and time-consuming clinical trials that may be difficult or impossible to conduct by reusing data already available in existing databases and by recycling it into products not envisioned when the data were originally collected. The views expressed in the paper by Gostin suggest that perhaps this mantra should be expanded from three Rs to four in the context of health care data: “reduce, reuse, ...References 1. Lazaridis EN, Carey MA. Security concerns for statisticians in a networked world. The American Statistician; [In press]. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Emmanuel N. Lazaridis, PhDAffiliations: The Regenstrief Institute for Health Care; Indiana University Medical Center; Indianapolis, IN 46202Note: This article is one of a series of articles comprising an Annals of Internal Medicine supplement entitled “Measuring Quality, Outcomes, and Cost of Care Using Large Databases: The Sixth Regenstrief Conference.” To see a complete list of the articles included in this supplement, please view its Table of Contents. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPerfil epidemiológico de pacientes adultos com tuberculose e AIDS no estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil: relacionamento dos bancos de dados de tuberculose e AIDSPharmacoepidemiologic research in Australia: challenges and opportunities for monitoring patients with rheumatic diseasesDatabases: A tool for quality management of diabetic pregnanciesPrivacy, Public Safety, and Medical ResearchA practical method of linking data from Medicare claims and a comprehensive electronic medical records systemMulticenter Patient Records Research: Security Policies and ToolsResources Used by PanelistsPrivacy versus safety: who is safe? 15 October 1997Volume 127, Issue 8_Part_2Page: 696KeywordsComputersDatabasesElectronic medical recordsHealth careHealth information technologyHealth services researchHealth surveysInformation storage and retrievalMedicarePatients ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 15 October 1997 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1997 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...