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Privacy, security, and the public health researcher in the era of electronic health record research

Privacy, security, and the public health researcher in the era of electronic health record research

Privacy, security, and the public health researcher in the era of electronic health record research

Authors of this article:

Neal D Goldstein1 ;   Anand D Sarwate2
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    Health data derived from electronic health records are increasingly utilized in large-scale population health analyses. Going hand in hand with this increase in data is an increasing number of data breaches. Ensuring privacy and security of these data is a shared responsibility between the public health researcher, collaborators, and their institutions. In this article, we review the requirements of data privacy and security and discuss epidemiologic implications of emerging technologies from the computer science community that can be used for health data. In order to ensure that our needs as researchers are captured in these technologies, we must engage in the dialogue surrounding the development of these tools.