Compliance considerations in the geo-enrichment of an EHR data warehouse with social and environmental determinants of health

Autor: Maryam Abdallah, Neil Bahroos, Praveen Angyan, Beau MacDonald, Camilla Catignas, Daniella Garofalo, Amy Chuang, Hakob Abajian, John Wilson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, Vol 8 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2059-8661
DOI: 10.1017/cts.2024.521
Popis: Social and environmental determinants of health (SEDoH) are crucial for achieving a holistic understanding of patient health. In fact, geographic factors may have more influence on health outcomes than patients’ genetics. Integrating SEDoH into the electronic health record (EHR), however, poses notable technical and compliance-related challenges. We evaluated barriers to the integration of SEDoH in the EHR and developed a privacy-preserving strategy to mitigate risk of protected health information exposure. Using coded identifiers for patient addresses, the strategy evaluates an alternative approach to ensure efficient, secure geocoding of data while preserving privacy throughout the data enrichment processes from numerous SEDoH data sources.
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