Data privacy management systems and methods
First Claim
1. A system for pre-processing a healthcare data records file to ensure compliance with privacy regulations governing personally identifiable information in the data fields of the data records, the system comprising:
- a secure data processing environment for receiving and processing the data records file;
an application for auditing data fields in the data records to determine a need for encoding information in select data fields in the received data records to mask individual identity;
an encoding tool set disposed in the secure environment to generate encoding parameters for the selected data fields according to the determined need, wherein the encoding tool set comprises standard reference tables relating the individually identifiable information in the select data fields to select encoding parameters; and
an application for replacing the information in the selected data fields in the data records with the corresponding select encoding parameters.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for processing and managing health care data records in a manner, which ensures compliance with privacy regulations governing the presence of personally identifiable information throughout all data management processes of an organization. The systems and methods involve use of a secure preprocessing environment to audit health care data records received from suppliers, to verify compliance and to encode non-compliant data fields in the data records. Encoding parameters that allow longitudinal linkability of the data records by individual are selected to replace personally identifiable information in the non-compliant data fields.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for pre-processing a healthcare data records file to ensure compliance with privacy regulations governing personally identifiable information in the data fields of the data records, the system comprising:
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a secure data processing environment for receiving and processing the data records file;
an application for auditing data fields in the data records to determine a need for encoding information in select data fields in the received data records to mask individual identity;
an encoding tool set disposed in the secure environment to generate encoding parameters for the selected data fields according to the determined need, wherein the encoding tool set comprises standard reference tables relating the individually identifiable information in the select data fields to select encoding parameters; and
an application for replacing the information in the selected data fields in the data records with the corresponding select encoding parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for preprocessing a healthcare data records file to ensure compliance with privacy regulations governing personally identifiable information in the data fields of the data records, the system comprising:
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using a secure data processing environment for receiving and processing the data records file from a data supplier;
auditing data fields in the data records to determine a need for encoding information in select data fields in the received data records to mask individual identity;
using an encoding tool set disposed in the secure environment to generate encoding parameters for the selected data fields according to the determined need, wherein the encoding tool set comprises standard reference tables relating the individually identifiable information to select encoding parameter; and
replacing the information in the selected data fields in the data records with the corresponding select encoding parameters. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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