Discuss in 500 words, how much redaction is necessary to anonymize an electronic health record. Is it enough to redact the name? The name and address? Is a medical record like a finger print?

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The necessity of redaction in anonymizing an electronic health record

Redaction can be defined as a form of editing where sensitive data or information is removed or slightly changed before being released to the public or before being shared to other staff in an organization (Sánchez & Batet, 2016). Healthcare records have recently been at a high risk of exposure to unauthorized people, mainly due to the increased cases of ransomware attacks and cyberattacks. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that was enacted in 1996 in the United States is currently being highly enforced to ensure the safety of all medical information (Choudhri et al., 2003).

Redaction is one of the measures being used by healthcare practitioners responsible for handling patients’ records to ensure sensitive…

 

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