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  • August 28, 2009 at 3:29 pm #51155
    Xiaochun Tong
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      Has anyone done any work in de-indentifying Protected Health Information for the purpose of reporting data to public health agencies with minimal privacy risk?

      We appreciate any advice or insights on this topic. Thanks in advance.

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      • August 28, 2009 at 4:17 pm #68970
        Jim Kosloskey
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          I am not a lawyer, but I seem to recall that if you have a ‘Trusted Partner’ agreement (I think that is what it is called) with the partner, sending Protected information programmatically does not put you in violation.

          I believe Public Health agencies are all government agencies and I also think all Government Agencies have a blanket ‘Trusted Partner’ status.

          email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

        • September 18, 2009 at 4:51 pm #68971
          Troy Morton
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            You do (by law) have to encrypt the data if it is sent outside your internal network (through the firewall).

          • September 18, 2009 at 9:40 pm #68972
            David Barr
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              Troy Morton wrote:

              Using SFTP, HTTPS, VPN, Password protected ZIP file(s) are all sufficient to meet the requirements.

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