Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage
Cross-source consensus on Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage from 1 sources and 5 claims.
1 sources · 5 claims
How it works
Risks & contraindications
Background
Highlighted claims
- Direct identifiers in routine data are replaced with salted cryptographic hashes before linkage. — Trans-sectoral patient pathways in urgent and emergency care (TRANSPARENT study): protocol for a prospective, mixed-methods study in Germany
- Fields needed for approximate matching are encoded using Bloom filters to enable privacy-preserving record linkage. — Trans-sectoral patient pathways in urgent and emergency care (TRANSPARENT study): protocol for a prospective, mixed-methods study in Germany
- The linked and deidentified research dataset is analysed exclusively inside the AKTIN Trusted Data Analytics Centre, a protected research environment. — Trans-sectoral patient pathways in urgent and emergency care (TRANSPARENT study): protocol for a prospective, mixed-methods study in Germany
- Routine care data are processed without individual consent under the German Health Care Utilisation Act, which serves as a GDPR opening clause for public-interest health research. — Trans-sectoral patient pathways in urgent and emergency care (TRANSPARENT study): protocol for a prospective, mixed-methods study in Germany
- A consent-based approach would likely exclude patients with complex and resource-intensive pathways, biasing the dataset and weakening insight into coordination gaps affecting vulnerable groups. — Trans-sectoral patient pathways in urgent and emergency care (TRANSPARENT study): protocol for a prospective, mixed-methods study in Germany