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Data
Shielding

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Anywhere in the healthcare ecosystem, EHR data is always HIPAA-compliant.

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Tokenize vs. Redact vs. Mask:
what are the differences & how are they applied?

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Tokenize data fields that can be reidentified upon return to data owner.

Tokenize

  • Patient Name 

  • Patient ID #

  • Medical Record #

  • Health Insurance #

Redact sensitive data that must be inaccessible to third parties. 

Redact

  • Phone Number

  • Email address

  • Street Address 

  • County

  • Social Security #

Mask sensitive data that preserves useful information & is partially de-identified.

Mask

  • Retain birth year but
    mask day & month

  • Zip Code: mask only
    last 2 digits

Let's see it at work on a healthcare data set.

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RETAIN FOR ANALYTICS

  • Gender

  • Height

  • Weight

  • Heart Rate

  • BP Systolic

  • BP Diastolic

  • Blood Sugar

  • Other Vitals

TOKENIZE

  • Patient Name 

  • Patient ID #

  • Medical Record #

  • Health Insurance #

REDACT

  • Social Security # 

  • City

  • County

  • State

MASK

  • Zip Code 

  • DOB

Here's a secure patient medical record on the move.

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DATA OWNER

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ANALYTICS

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DATA OWNER

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3PS ENGINE

TOKENIZE
TOKENIZE
TOKENIZE
TOKENIZE
REDACT
REDACT
REDACT
MASK
MASK
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3PS ENGINE

DETOKENIZE
DETOKENIZE
DETOKENIZE
DETOKENIZE
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Analytic

Insights

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Ready to take the next step to secure your data?

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