VaultDB: A Real-World Pilot of Secure Multi-Party Computation within a Clinical Research Network

Electronic health records represent a rich and growing source of clinical data for research. Privacy, regulatory, and institutional concerns limit the speed and ease of sharing this data. VaultDB is a framework for securely computing SQL queries over private data from two or more sources. It evaluat...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2022-07
Main Authors: Rogers, Jennie, Adetoro, Elizabeth, Bater, Johes, Canter, Talia, Fu, Dong, Hamilton, Andrew, Hassan, Amro, Martinez, Ashley, Michalski, Erick, Mitrovic, Vesna, Rachman, Fred, Shah, Raj, Sterling, Matt, VanDoren, Kyra, Walunas, Theresa L, Wang, Xiao, Kho, Abel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computation
Cryptography
Data retrieval
Electronic health records
Metropolitan areas
Privacy
Queries
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Summary:Electronic health records represent a rich and growing source of clinical data for research. Privacy, regulatory, and institutional concerns limit the speed and ease of sharing this data. VaultDB is a framework for securely computing SQL queries over private data from two or more sources. It evaluates queries using secure multiparty computation: cryptographic protocols that evaluate a function such that the only information revealed from running it is the query answer. We describe the development of a HIPAA-compliant version of VaultDB on the Chicago Area Patient Centered Outcomes Research Network (CAPriCORN). This multi-institutional clinical research network spans the electronic health records of nearly 13M patients over hundreds of clinics and hospitals in the Chicago metropolitan area. Our results from deploying at three health systems within this network show its efficiency and scalability for distributed clinical research analyses without moving patient records from their site of origin.
ISSN:2331-8422