Guide to the De-Identification of Personal Health Information

By Khaled El Emam

Book Overview

Offering compelling practical and legal reasons why de-identification should be one of the main approaches to protecting patients' privacy, this book outlines a proven, risk-based methodology for the de-identification of sensitive health information. The book contextualizes this risk-based methodology and provides a general overview of its steps. The author supplies a detailed case for why de-identification is important as well as best practices to help readers pinpoint when it is necessary to apply de-identification in the disclosure of personal health information.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1466579064
• ISBN13: 9781466579064
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Auerbach Publications
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 10.1"