I would perhaps look at something like the MITRE Identification Scrubber Toolkit: <http://mist-deid.sourceforge.net/> Mark -- Mark A. Matienzo <[log in to unmask]> 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 >