Protecting Confidentiality in Cancer Registry Data With Geographic Identifiers

Protecting Confidentiality in Canadian Research Data Centres

Protecting patient confidentiality in hospitals.

As new methods of electronic data storage and distribution appear in hospitals, new challenges in protecting confidentiality have emerged. At the same time, demands for 'seamless' care and the desire to share information between clinicians are motivating hospitals to relax barriers to the transfer of patient information. Increasing numbers of users at multiple sites compound the difficulty of e...

Table Servers: Protecting Confidentiality in Tabular Data Releases

Introduction. Federal statistical agencies must balance concern over confidentiality of data with their obligation to report information to the public [5]. Advances in information technology threaten confidentiality, but also new technologies can protect confidentiality while meeting user needs in innovative ways. Here we describe table servers being developed by the National Institute of Stati...

Ensuring confidentiality and safety of cancer registry data in Kumasi, Ghana

Introduction Cancer registration involves collecting information on patients with cancer. Population-based cancer registries in particular are useful in estimating the disease burden and to inform the institution of prevention and control measures. Collecting personal information on patients with cancer requires strict adherence to principles of confidentiality to ensure the safety of the colle...

Table Servers : Protecting Confidentiality in Tabular

Introduction. Federal statistical agencies must balance concern over confidentiality of data with their obligation to report information to the public [5]. Advances in information technology threaten confidentiality , but also new technologies can protect confidentiality while meeting user needs in innovative ways. Here we describe table servers being developed by the National Institute of Stat...