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Experts get creative in protecting patient IDs in audit trails

A body that advises the state of Massachusetts about health information exchanges has devised an unusual approach to maintaining the privacy of patient information while allowing the use of audit trails.

Regional patient ID pilot could be stalking horse for national rollout

The idea of a national patient identifier has gone nowhere, but a regional health information organization in the Los Angeles area has begun testing a regional patient identification system with