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. 2014 Nov 14;2014:719–728.

Table 4:

Classification of secondary PxI and examples identified during manual review

Class Information Domain Example
Health related secondary information Diagnosis Her mother and daughter both have symptoms of multiple sclerosis.
Patient started on antibiotic post exposure prophylaxis for pertusis (daughter tested positive)
Non-health secondary information with an identifier (secondary PII) Name I had a frank 2 hour discussion with Ms Doe and her husband and her daughter Alice.
She was accompanied in our meeting by her husband and her daughter Alice
location His daughter lives in Richmond.
phone Mrs. Doe daughter Alice Carol Smith (123-123-1234) contacted research nurse Alice Jones, R.N., and requested that I call her.
I attempted to reach Mrs. Smith (cell 123-123-1234) this morning to convey our condolences on Mr. Smith passing earlier this morning.
age He is married and has a 9-year-old daughter.
combination Mr. Doe young adult daughters (ages 18 and 23) as well as his sister and sister-in-law are anticipated to arrive this evening from Cleveland around 8:30pm.
SH: … Happily married. One son lives in Annandaleactive duty Army. Daughter in Pennsylvania. 3 grandkids.
Mrs. Doe was accompanied by her daughters Alice and Carol who drove her from Pennsylvania for the procedure.
Non-health secondary information without a secondary identifier n/a Pt did ROM exercises in bed with her daughter.
We discussed in detail with patient, spouse and daughter the progression of disease based on radiographic findings and worsening symptoms
The daughter-in-law will be returning with Ms Smith between 10am – 12pm tomorrow for dressing change, supplies, and d/c instructions. (data note: Smith is the primary patient)
She stated that his daughters did arrive to the hospital but the sons had not made it.