I would perhaps look at something like the MITRE Identification Scrubber
Toolkit: <http://mist-deid.sourceforge.net/>

Mark

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Director of Technology, Digital Public Library of America


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Kyle Banerjee <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> HIPPA compliant data cannot include personally identifiable information, a
> category which includes address. The "safe harbor" approach where
> geographic subdivisions smaller than states cannot be used frequently
> renders data useless.
>
> The "expert determination" method is always an option and precompiling can
> work in certain cases, but I was wondering what other methods people have
> successfully employed? Thanks,
>
> kyle
>