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  • Title: Oregon eyes a hybrid reporting plan using names, codes.
    Journal: AIDS Policy Law; 1999 Dec 24; 14(22):11. PubMed ID: 11366644.
    Abstract:
    The Oregon Department of Human Services has decided to try tracking HIV cases with a hybrid use of names and coded identifiers. Public health workers will convert each name to a code and then the names will be purged from their databases once all necessary data are collected and the cases are connected to medical and prevention services. Since the epidemic began, the state Health Division has tracked 4,500 cases of AIDS by names without a breach of confidentiality. The next step is for the Public Health Advisory Board to review the new system. If the proposal is accepted, it will be many months before the system is up and running.
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