eprintid: 319
rev_number: 12
eprint_status: archive
userid: 7
dir: disk0/00/00/03/19
datestamp: 2011-05-31 15:59:50
lastmod: 2015-05-29 19:56:25
status_changed: 2011-05-31 15:59:50
type: report
metadata_visibility: show
item_issues_count: 0
creators_name: Marcin, Przybyko
creators_name: Orest, Dorosh
creators_name: Joanna, Giemza
creators_name: Tomasz, Gorski
creators_name: Anna, Kortyka
creators_name: Dorota, Kowalska
creators_name: Tomasz, Krasnicki
creators_name: John, Ockendon
creators_name: Pawel, Szlendak
creators_name: Michal, Warchol
creators_name: Vladimir, Zubkov
corp_creators: Pawel Gaza
corp_creators: Marcin Wegrzyniak
title: Mathematical techniques for the protection of patient's privacy in medical databases
ispublished: pub
subjects: telecom
studygroups: esgi77
companyname: Centre of Health Information Systems (CSIOZ)
full_text_status: public
abstract: In modern society, keeping the balance between privacy and public access to information is becoming a widespread problem more and more often. Valid data is crucial for many kinds of research, but the public good should not be achieved at the expense of individuals.

While creating a central database of patients, the CSIOZ wishes to provide statistical information for selected institutions. However, there are some plans to extend the access by providing the statistics to researchers or even to citizens. This might pose a significant risk of disclosure of some private, sensitive information about
individuals. This report proposes some methods to prevent data leaks.

One category of suggestions is based on the idea of modifying statistics, so that they would maintain importance for statisticians and at the same time guarantee the protection of patient's privacy.

Another group of proposed mechanisms, though sometimes difficult to implement, enables one to obtain precise statistics, while restricting such queries which might reveal sensitive information.
date: 2011
funders: OCCAM
citation:   Marcin, Przybyko and Orest, Dorosh and Joanna, Giemza and Tomasz, Gorski and Anna, Kortyka and Dorota, Kowalska and Tomasz, Krasnicki and John, Ockendon and Pawel, Szlendak and Michal, Warchol and Vladimir, Zubkov  (2011) Mathematical techniques for the protection of patient's privacy in medical databases.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/319/1/ESGI77_HEALTH_report.pdf