Compliance
Tokenization
Replacing identifiers with reversible tokens so records can be linked but not identified.
Tokenization replaces direct identifiers (name, MRN) with a token derived from a one-way function. Unlike full de-identification, tokenization is reversible by parties holding the key — useful for matching records across systems without exposing PHI to the matcher.
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