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A comment on Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results. Parent comment

Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by SilasX on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @10:39PM (#11727578)
Fair enough, but I'm not sure that will be good enough for much longer. With bigger and better datasets it should be increasingly easy to de-anonymize someone based on just knowing something like that.
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by rhizome on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @10:44PM (#11727599)
Something like what, that a specific doctor has treated someone with a specific condition? I'm not sure that's enough metadata.
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by Dr_tldr on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @11:19PM (#11727716)
I can confirm that's not and could never be a HIPAA violation. The information that Doctor X once ordered a blood test for John or Jane Doe with Result Z is totally fine. There's no non-HIPAA violating metadata that could make that information useful.
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