Utility-preserving anonymization for health data publishing

Abstract Background Publishing raw electronic health records (EHRs) may be considered as a breach of the privacy of individuals because they usually contain sensitive information. A common practice for the privacy-preserving data publishing is to anonymize the data before publishing, and thus satisf...

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Main Authors: Hyukki Lee, Soohyung Kim, Jong Wook Kim, Yon Dohn Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-017-0499-0