A Novel Privacy-Preserving Approach to Enable Remote Data Access and Analytics at Federally Qualified Health Centers: Stop-HCC-HCV Program in South Texas

  • Catherine K. Craven
  • , Raudel Bobadilla
  • , Edward Yao
  • , Caleb Castillo
  • , Julio Cerroblanco
  • , Bertha E. Flores
  • , Mamta Jain
  • , Alex Radunsky
  • , Mikulas Plesak
  • , Craig Gentry
  • , Riddhiman Das
  • , Gharib Gharibi

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Abstract

The STOP-HCC-HCV program to screen and treat hepatitis C, vaccinate for hepatitis B, and prevent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is implementing a novel approach that includes a novel cloud-based privacy-preserving platform, TripleBlind, to overcome electronic health record (EHR) native reporting limitations without removing data at four Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) in South Texas, USA. The program serves a primarily low-income, medically underserved Latino population, in which HCC occurs at higher rates than nationally. At the first two FQHCs, the approach yielded improved accuracy, showing that 28% and 308% more patients, respectively, were screened than was previously reported, with quarterly reporting time decreased from many hours over multiple days to under four minutes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMEDINFO 2025 - Healthcare Smart x Medicine Deep
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 20th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
EditorsMowafa S. Househ, Mowafa S. Househ, Zain Ul Abideen Tariq, Mahmood Al-Zubaidi, Uzair Shah, Elaine Huesing
PublisherIOS Press BV
Pages1215-1219
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781643686080
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 7 2025
Event20th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2025 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: Aug 9 2025Aug 13 2025

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume329
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Conference

Conference20th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2025
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityTaipei
Period8/9/258/13/25

Keywords

  • Data Science
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Medical Informatics
  • Medically Underserved Areas
  • Rural Health

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management

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