De-Identification

20% lower risk of VTE observed in large retrospective study of diabetes patients

A report by the Federal Trade Commission found that platforms including Facebook, YouTube, X, and Reddit are conducting "vast surveillance" of users and non-users alike.

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The increase in emergency department visits related to asthma syndrome was especially pronounced among working-age adults.

Purdue University researchers have developed techniques to harness big data from connected vehicles to monitor congestion caused by crashes, weather and construction. As part of their work, they analyzed over 503 billion records in December 2022 to monitor the national impact of a large winter storm.

This cohort study evaluates the association of caffeine consumption during pregnancy and paraxanthine measures with child growth.

Government says telecommunications giant 'left the window open' for unsophisticated attack that could lead to European-style privacy laws

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The collaboration, which will see the health systems working with deidentified data for algorithm development and validation, will focus on patient outcomes and aim toward "personalized, predictive and proactive medicine."

Social media users posted ideas about how to protect people's reproductive privacy when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, including entering "junk" data into apps designed ...

Becton, Dickinson and Company will gain access to de-identified real-world evidence from Mayo Clinic Platform_Discover, using AI for insights into medical device safety and security in order to streamline its regulatory submissions.

Oral health is a public health issue that significantly affects people's overall health. A ground-breaking study of root canal longevity using electronic dental record data from 46,000 root canal patients treated in community dental practices found geographic and procedure disparities, providing real-world insight that can be used to inform dental practice.

Shanquan Chen and colleagues investigate the association between lithium use and the incidence of dementia and its subtypes.

Clonal hematopoiesis seen in 10% of firefighters, medical personnel on the scene after WTC attack

The MDH hack exposes how vulnerabilities in public data supply chains have the potential to impact the information available to decision-makers in times of national and international crises and normal operations.

Brain metastases become more prevalent with each line of therapy in metastatic breast cancer and are more common in patients with certain cancer subtypes, new research shows.

Initial findings from a three-year analysis from athenahealth suggest the idea that providers' use of digital patient outreach tools increase documentation burdens is a misconception.

Study adds leg and ankle fractures, intracranial hemorrhage to evidence on falls, hip fracture

World Medical Association releases 'Declaration of Helsinki' principles for medical research

A retrospective analysis found an 8.8% cumulative risk for sarcoma following radiation therapy in carriers of TP53 pathogenic variant at 15 years.