Behavioral Risk Assessment Anonymization with anonym.plus

Healthcare Solution · Behavioral & Mental Health · HIPAA Safe Harbor (45 CFR §164.514(b))

Anonymizing a risk assessment is the removal of all 18 HIPAA Safe Harbor IDs (45 CFR §164.514(b)) from a safety review. anonym.plus does it on your device. The findings stay readable; the person is not named.

When this applies

A team studies risk patterns to improve protocols. The forms name clients, dates, and a named third party, all of which must come out first.

How anonym.plus handles it

1. Open the form in anonym.plus on your machine.
2. Local OCR reads any scanned page.
3. It flags names, dates, and any third party.
4. Review each flag and keep the safety findings.
5. Replace each ID with a label, or black it out.
6. Save the clean form. The source stays local.

What you need to provide

• The form (PDF, DOCX, TXT, or scan).
• An operator: Replace, Redact, or Mask.
• Optional: a name map for re-linking.

PHI entity types detected

Compliance achieved

• Removes all 18 ID classes for HIPAA Safe Harbor (45 CFR §164.514(b)).
• Runs offline, so no BAA is required.
• Forms are kept safe with AES-256-GCM.
• Covers GDPR Art. 9 health data for EU clients.

Limitations & cautions

A risk form often names a third party at the heart of the concern. The tool flags those names too. You still confirm no rare detail can re-identify either the client or that party.