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News and Events

November 24, 2011 Encrypted data speeds health surveys (Ottawa Citizen) Privacy Analytics has developed a quick way of doing health surveys by reducing the number of time-consuming steps.
November 23, 2011 Ontario nursing homes probed for bacteria (CBCNews) The study, which was conducted over the past month, saw an unusually high response rate for this type of work. That is because the homes were allowed to remain anonymous
April 19, 2011 CHEO Researchers Protect Privacy in Heritage Health Prize Contest (CHEO Research Institute) Privacy experts from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute ensured the anonymity of data for one of the largest-ever health data mining competitions (2,000 participants from 52 countries are competing to create the best algorithm to predict patient hospitalization).
February 15, 2011 New medical software shields, opens patient info (CBC) New technology developed by an Ottawa doctor will shield the privacy of patients by making their records anonymous while opening up their medical histories to researchers.
January 27, 2011 New tool for protecting the privacy of health research participants (CNW) In recognition of Data Privacy Day 2011, the Electronic Health Information Laboratory is making a new software tool freely available to the medical research community to protect personal privacy while helping to advance medical research.
October 12, 2010 OICR makes equity investment in health care information technology company (OICR) The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) today announced it has made an equity investment in Privacy Analytics Inc., an Ontario company that is developing a software platform to help organizations such as health centres disclose detailed disease and treatment data without compromising individual privacy.
November 25, 2008 Cool technology helps take the hurt out of cold tech scene (Ottawa Citizen) Hospitals are digging into patient admission data to spot the emergence of new diseases, clues for cures and to reduce waiting times. But privacy protection can be broken when data bases are cross-referenced.
November 16, 2008 Protecting your health records in cyberspace (CTV Ottawa) Our medical records, once stacked high inside a doctor's office, are being increasingly digitized. That means anxiety about privacy and potential security breaches.
July 28, 2008 Cyber crime costs companies more than half a million yearly (Ottawa Business Journal) Security breaches like the major Internet threat unveiled last week are costing publicly traded Canadian companies an average loss of more than $637,000, a study has revealed.
October 5, 2007 Health records exposed on recycled computers (Globe and Mail) Researchers extract personal health information from computers purchased from second-hand vendors.