Secure Linking of Data from Population-Based Cancer Registries with Healthcare Data to Evaluate Screening Programs
Sebastian Bartholomäus,Yannik Siegert,Hans Werner Hense,Oliver Heidinger · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2020 · Heft S 2 · S. S131 bis S138
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Abstract Background The evaluation of population-based screening programs, like the German Mammography Screening Program (MSP), requires collection and linking data from population-based cancer registries and other sources of the healthcare system on a case-specific level. To link such sensitive data, we developed a method that is compliant with German data protection regulations and does not require written individual consent. Methods Our method combines a probabilistic record linkage on encrypted identifying data with ‘blinded anonymisation’. It ensures that all data either are encrypted or have a defined and…
