Method for removing personal data from a medical record includes receiving a first digital medical record associated with a first patient, the first digital medical record including personal data and medical data; generating a first fingerprint by applying a cryptographic function to at least a portion of the personal data; transferring the first fingerprint to one or more computing devices; identifying a first alias associated with the first fingerprint, wherein identifying the first alias includes at least one of determining that the first fingerprint was previously stored along with the first alias, and generating the first alias and storing the first fingerprint and the first alias; transferring the first alias to the workstation of the first user; and generating a first clean digital medical record based on the first alias and the first digital medical record.