Bill, Yes, and by file because a researcher would want to be able to load a data base (RBase, if he really wants to be snazzy) for inquiries. Such as how many people who live in the area next to Hanford, Washington are suffering from cancer that might be linked to nuclear radiation? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Stacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:26 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: OT: HIPAA debriefing and resources
> So then just printing reports that don't show personal info would do, no? > > bill > > Bob Speth wrote: > > > No. Billing information has data that can be used for epidemiology studies, > > tracking contagious diseases and the like where you want information on > > population groups and geographic areas. Any individual identification > > information needs to be scrubbed so as not to invade privacy. > > > > Bob Speth, Office Manager > > Nancy L Orchard MD > > Yuba City CA 95991 > > 530.674.4560 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William Stacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:42 AM > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: OT: HIPAA debriefing and resources > > > > > Bill Downall wrote: > > > > > > > 3) For testing, training, and demonstration purposes, there will have to > > > > be a way to "de-identify" all records in a database. We have a utility > > > > that goes through all identifiable tables (like "insureds") in a copy of > > > > the production database and generates new and bogus (or XXX'd out ) > > > > names, addresses, phones, social security, email addresses, next of > > > > kins (nexts of kin?), beneficiaries, employers, etc. > > > > > > Is this a way of "scrubbing" the drive clean of their info? When would > > this > > > ever be used, except when going out of business??? > > > > > > bill >
