Medical Data De-identification Solutions
Automatically make structured and unstructured data, documents, PDFs, and images anonymous. We comply with HIPAA, GDPR, or any specific needs you have.
Data De-identification & Anonymization Solutions
Data de-identification and anonymization remove identifiable details like names or social security numbers from data. Shaip’s proprietary APIs can accurately anonymize sensitive text data. We use HIPAA processes, including expert determination and safe harbor, to alter, hide, or remove sensitive information.
Personal Identifiable Information (PII)
PII Data De-identification or Anonymization removes details that could directly or indirectly reveal who the data is about. Simply put, PII includes information that can contact, find, or identify someone.
Some identifiers for HIPAA de-identification include:
| PII includes: name, email, home address, phone # | |
|---|---|
| If Standalone | If paired with another identifier |
| Social Security Number | Citizenship or Immigration status |
| Driver’s License or State ID | Mother’s Maiden name |
| Passport Number | Ethnic or religious affiliation |
| Alien Registration Number | Sexual orientation |
| Financial Account Number | Account Passwords |
| Biometric Identifiers | Last 4 digits of SSN |
| Telephone numbers | Date of birth |
| Email addresses | Criminal History |
| Full face pictures | - |
Protected Health Information (PHI)
PHI de-identification or anonymization removes identifiable details from medical records. This includes info created, used, or disclosed during medical services like diagnosis or treatment. PHI encompasses data that can contact, find, or identify someone.
Some HIPAA identifiers that can point to a person include:
- Medical images, records, health plan beneficiary, certificate, social security, and account numbers
- Past, present, or future health or condition of an individual
- Past, present, or future payment for the provision of healthcare to an individual
- Every date linked directly to a person, such as date of birth, discharge date, date of death, and administration
HIPAA Expert Determination
Healthcare organizations aim to innovate and expand while protecting health data privacy. The HIPAA Expert Determination method helps balance data benefits with privacy needs. Our services assist organizations, regardless of size, in complying with HIPAA standards. This reduces legal, financial, and reputational risks to improve healthcare services and outcomes.
APIs
Shaip APIs offer real-time, on-demand access to necessary records. We provide your team with quick and scalable access to anonymized, quality medical data for accurate AI project completion.
De-Identification API
Patient data plays a crucial role in crafting top-notch healthcare AI initiatives. Equally crucial is safeguarding this data to avert breaches. Shaip stands out for its expertise in making personal health and identifying information (PHI/PII) untraceable through data de-identification, masking, and anonymization.
Our methods include:
- Make sensitive data for PHI, PII, and PCI unidentifiable.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA and Safe Harbor guidelines.
- Remove all 18 identifiers according to these standards.
We include expert verification and thorough quality checks in de-identification. Our procedures adhere closely to Safe Harbor rules for managing PHI data.
Use Case
Goal: PII Data Masking from financial documents including W2, Bank statement, 1099, 1040 etc.
Challenge: De-identification of 18 predefined HIPAA identifiers in 10k+ financial documents.
Our Contribution: De-identified data from 10k+ financial documents on the client’s platform utilizing Onshore personnel.
End Result: The client developed an AI-driven information extraction model to pull crucial data from financial documents.
Goal: Remove the PHI information from clinical documents.
Challenge: De-identification of 30,000+ clinical documents that can be used for developing AI models.
Our Contribution: De-identified PHIs from clinical documents adhering to HIPAA and Safe Harbor Guidelines
End Result: Client leveraged well-annotated and gold-standard dataset to solve their use case.
Key Features of Data De-identification Services
Human Oversight & Quality Control
World-class data accuracy with comprehensive quality checks & expert involvement.
Advanced Anonymization Platform
Ensures data integrity through rigorous anonymization across global systems.
Extensive De-Identification Capability
Over 100 million data points are de-identified, supporting HIPAA compliance & reducing exposure risks.
Robust Data
Protection
Superior security measures to maintain data policies & integrity.
Scalable Anonymization Solutions
Capable of handling large datasets with precision, facilitated by expert oversight.
Reliable Service & Timely Delivery
High operational reliability with consistent & prompt delivery of comprehensive solutions.
De-identification Data in Action
PII/HI Redaction in action
Our Healthcare API anonymizes medical texts and masks PHI. It also de-identifies structured medical records and PII/PHI, all in compliance with HIPAA regulations.
De-identify structured medical records
De-identify Personal Identifiable Information (PII) Patient Health Information (PHI) from medical records, while complying with HIPAA regulations.
PII De-identification
Our PII deidentification capabilities include removal of sensitive information such as names, dates and age that may directly or indirectly connect an individual to their personal data.
PHI De-identification
Our PHI deidentification capabilities include removal of sensitive information such as MRN No., Date of Admission that may directly or indirectly connect an individual to their personal data. Its what patients deserve and HIPAA demands.
Insightful EMR Data Utilization
Doctors get crucial insights from EMRs and clinical reports. Our experts extract complex medical texts for disease registries, clinical trials, and audits.
Secure PDF De-identification
Our service anonymizes PDFs to comply with HIPAA and GDPR. We aim to protect sensitive information while maintaining privacy and legal standards.
PHI Entity Recognition API Benchmarking
To benchmark the Shaip API against the AWS API, precision, recall, and F-measure metrics were calculated, providing valuable insights into the performance of both systems.
| Key Metrics | Recall Metrics | Precision Metrics | F1 Score Metrics | |||
| Shaip | Amazon | Shaip | Amazon | Shaip | Amazon | |
| Overall | 99.30% | 85.79% | 99.09% | 90.21% | 99.19% | 88.51% |
| Telephone | 92.00% | 73.68% | 95.83% | 8.05% | 93.88% | 14.51% |
| Season | 100.00% | - | 66.67% | - | 80.00% | - |
| Room No. | 96.30% | - | 92.86% | - | 94.55% | - |
| Person Name | 99.51% | 89.10% | 99.19% | 91.42% | 99.35% | 90.25% |
| Organization | 64.71% | - | 78.57% | - | 70.97% | - |
| Location | 84.95% | 72.37% | 89.27% | 67.32% | 87.05% | 69.75% |
| Hospital | 93.70% | - | 94.07% | - | 93.89% | - |
| ID | 99.34% | 63.66% | 99.01% | 80.11% | 99.17% | 70.94% |
| Date | 99.95% | 86.33% | 99.92% | 93.55% | 99.93% | 89.79% |
| Age | 98.52% | 72.78% | 93.78% | 72.35% | 96.09% | 72.57% |
Comprehensive Compliance Coverage
Scale data de-identification across different regulatory jurisdictions including GDPR, HIPAA, and as per Safe Harbor de-identification that reduces risks of compromise of PII/PHI
Featured Clients
Empowering teams to build world-leading AI products.
Data de-identification, data masking, or data anonymization is the process of removal of all PHI/PII (personal health information / personally identifiable information) such as names and social security numbers that may directly or indirectly connect an individual to their data.
A de-identified patient data is health data in which a PHI (Personal Health Information) or PII (Personally Identifiable Information) is removed. Also known as PII masking, it involves the removal of details such as names, social security numbers and other personal details that may directly or indirectly connect an individual to their data, leading to the risk of re-identification.
PII refers to personally identifiable information, it is any data that can contact, locate, or identify a specific individual such as social security number (SSN), passport number, driver’s license number, taxpayer identification number, patient identification number, financial account number, credit card number, or Personal address information (street address, or email address. Personal telephone numbers).
PHI refers to personal health information in any form, including physical records (medical reports, lab test results, medical bills), electronic records (EHR), or spoken information (physician dictation).
There are two prominent data de-identification techniques. The first is the removal of direct identifiers and the second is the removal or alteration of other information that could potentially be used to re-identify or lead to an individual. At Shaip, we use precision data de-identification tools and standard operating procedures to ensure the process is as airtight and accurate as possible.