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Volume 346:1674 May 23, 2002 Number 21
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Medical Privacy and Medical Research

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To the Editor: The review by Annas of the new federal regulations for medical privacy and medical research (Jan. 17 issue)1 made it clear that there must be a mechanism to protect the privacy of patients. However, there has been a major effort over the years to collect information regarding patient care and outcomes in areas such as the neonatal intensive care nursery in order to conduct periodic evaluations of outcomes and morbidity as a means of assessing the delivery of health care. Although "de-identification" — the removal of all identifiers — provides the ultimate safeguard, it renders impossible any . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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