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Comment by ghaff

7 days ago

It’s been known since at least the 90s that it’s really hard to fully anonymize patient records. You can’t be certain but you can infer probabilities from very little information.

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ghaff  7 days ago

For anyone who disagrees with this statement there’s been a lot of research done in the area.

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