Patent Issued for De-identifying medical history information for medical underwriting (USPTO 12100490).

A patent has been issued to Vigilytics LLC for a computer-implemented method and system for de-identifying medical history information. The method involves producing information that characterizes a group of individuals from private data, with the identity of the individuals being unattainable from the produced information. The system includes an encryption server and a data server for producing and providing the de-identified healthcare information. This technology aims to address the challenge of obtaining health history data for estimating insurance risk while complying with federal privacy laws. [Extracted from the article]