Patent ID: 9355273
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06F,G16H,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A system for protecting and de-identifying healthcare data, the system comprising: one or more computers; a first set of non-transitory storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by one or more computers, and causes the one or more computers to perform the steps of: retrieving healthcare data and personally identifiable information of a person; storing in a second set of non-transitory storage devices, the retrieved healthcare data and personally identifiable information for the person; identifying a portion of the stored personally identifiable information from the storage device; extracting the identified portion of the personally identifiable information from the storage device; encrypting the extracted portion of the personally identifiable information; inputting, into a keyed hash function, the encrypted portion of the personally identifiable information; generating, by the keyed hash function, a first output; inputting the generated first output to a second hash function; generating, by the second hash function, a second output; generating an anonymous linking code using the second output; storing the anonymous linking code in association with the healthcare data for the person.