About the gPAS

Large research networks, the conduct of clinical epidemiological studies, and also the establishment of registries and cohorts, require data processing that complies with data protection requirements. According to Art. 32 (1a) EU GDPR, the use of pseudonyms helps to ensure an adequate level of data protection for data processing.

We have developed the gPAS® for this purpose. It facilitates the generation and management of pseudonyms. A domain concept enables the structured management of pseudonyms per data source, application context (e.g. collection, release) or location. The characters (alphabet) and algorithms used can be freely defined. The linking of domains enables the creation of hierarchies and the generation of pseudonyms of any level (pseudonymization of pseudonyms). The intuitive user interface provides support for typical tasks - even when processing large amounts of data via list processing. The dashboard provides a quick overview of figures for already generated pseudonyms and configured domains. Users can get started quickly and easily with the user manual provided, which guides them step by step through the functionalities and required configurations.

Additional Information

License: AGPLv3
Copyright: 2013 - 2024 Independent Trusted Third Party of the University Medicine Greifswald
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Concept and implementation: Lars Geidel
Web-Client: Arne Blumentritt, Martin Bialke, Frank-Michael Moser
Docker: Ronny Schuldt
TTP-FHIR Gateway for gPAS: M. Bialke, P. Penndorf, L. Geidel, S. Lang

User Manual

The current version of the user manual (German) for the gPAS® is available at https://ths-greifswald.de/gpas/handbuch

API

All functionalities of gPAS® are provided for external use via SOAP-interface, which is available from http://IP-ADDRESS:8080/gpas/gpasService?wsdl. Further information and sample-requests are part of the user manual. The complete API description is available from https://ths-greifswald.de/gpas/doc.

Note

The gPAS was developed by the University Medicine Greifswald (Institute for Community Medicine) and published in 2013 as part of the MOSAIC Project (funded by the DFG HO 1937/2-1).
Selected functionalities of the gPAS® were developed as part of the following research projects:

  • MIRACUM (funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research 01ZZ1801M)

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