What Kind Of Data Will Be Provided To ATHN?

For patients who have provided written consent, ATHN will receive a “Limited Data Set” that will be generated by Lab Tracker using pre-defined and agreed upon business rules.  The Lab Tracker Patient Management System will have powerful capabilities built in which will automatically transform the patient data into a non-identifiable form and send the resulting “Limited Data Set” to ATHN.  Limited Data Set is a type of de-identified data defined under the HIPAA Privacy Rule for the purposes of research. It permits covered entities to share this kind of non-identifiable patient data to researchers.  By definition, a Limited Data Set cannot include patient name, street address, telephone number or guardian information that would help to identify the patient.