Patent ID: 7376677

Claim:
A method for creating a unique alias associated with an individual identified in at least a first health care database, wherein the first health care database contains at least one record comprising a plurality of identification fields and a health care field that comprises health care data associated with the individual, the method comprising: (a) selecting a first record within the first health care database, wherein the first record comprises a first plurality of identification fields and a first health care field that comprises health care data associated with the individual; (b) selecting a first subset of the first plurality of identification fields within the first record; (c) creating a first concatenated identifier using the selected first subset of identification fields; (d) defining a first unique alias by encrypting at least a part of the first concatenated identifier; and (e) transmitting the first unique alias and the first health care field to a data store that stores the first unique alias and the first health care field.