So then just printing reports that don't show personal info would do, no? bill
Bob Speth wrote: > No. Billing information has data that can be used for epidemiology studies, > tracking contagious diseases and the like where you want information on > population groups and geographic areas. Any individual identification > information needs to be scrubbed so as not to invade privacy. > > Bob Speth, Office Manager > Nancy L Orchard MD > Yuba City CA 95991 > 530.674.4560 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Stacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:42 AM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: OT: HIPAA debriefing and resources > > > Bill Downall wrote: > > > > > 3) For testing, training, and demonstration purposes, there will have to > > > be a way to "de-identify" all records in a database. We have a utility > > > that goes through all identifiable tables (like "insureds") in a copy of > > > the production database and generates new and bogus (or XXX'd out ) > > > names, addresses, phones, social security, email addresses, next of > > > kins (nexts of kin?), beneficiaries, employers, etc. > > > > Is this a way of "scrubbing" the drive clean of their info? When would > this > > ever be used, except when going out of business??? > > > > bill
