Digital pathology records database management

A method of maintaining databases of biomedical images, comprising:

• aggregating, by one or more processors, a plurality of digital pathology records from a plurality of data sources onto a database, each of the plurality of digital pathology records generated by a data source of the plurality of data sources in accordance with a format used by the data source, each of the plurality of digital pathology records identifying a biomedical image of a sample and data identifying a subject from which the sample is obtained;
• receiving, by the one or more processors from a client device, a query identifying a selection criterion for retrieving digital pathology records from the database;
• accessing, by the one or more processors, the database to identify a subset of digital pathology records from the plurality of digital pathology records using the selection criterion identified by the query;
• for each digital pathology record of the subset:
• identifying, by the one or more processors, a data source of the plurality of data source that generated the digital pathology record;
• selecting, by the one or more processors, from a plurality of de-identification policies, a de-identification policy to apply to the digital pathology record based on the data source;
• modifying, by the one or more processors, the data identifying the subject from the digital pathology record in accordance with the selected de-identification policy and the format used by the data source to obtain a de-identified digital pathology record;
• and
• providing, by the one or more processors to the client device, the de-identified digital pathology record in response to modifying the data identified the subject.