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It's not really fine. I work on a Healthcare system in the nordics. Who you billed, who visited what doctor, who your primary care provider is, all the people
by tapland 2y ago
It's not really fine. I work on a Healthcare system in the nordics.
Who you billed, who visited what doctor, who your primary care provider is, all the people a doctors office has as patients, refers to the SSN.
You don't want to lose that connection or to have to update everything for any change.
You store a unique identifier for the person in the system, and you can then pull the actual personal identification number when needed.
You do not keep individual private lists of people changing genders.
- tapland 2y ago> You do not keep individual private lists of people changing genders. On this note: Some organization in Sweden actually does store changes like suggested in the top comment. Both the tax agency and police were interested in knowing who did, and who had access, since it's the cause of recent mass doxxing events.
- nikita2206 2y agoBut there’s no natural key for a person, not even the SSN. This article also starts off by showing an example where no natural key exists (Restaurants) and acknowledges it.
- wesselbindt 2y agoSolution: use a synthetic one