Evaluation of a Deidentification (De-Id) Software Engine to Share Pathology Reports and Clinical Documents for Research
- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 121 (2), 176-186
- https://doi.org/10.1309/e6k3-3gbp-e5c2-7fyu
Abstract
We evaluated a comprehensive deidentification engine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA, that uses a complex set of rules, dictionaries, pattern-matching algorithms, and the Unified Medical Language System to identify and replace identifying text in clinical reports while preserving medical information for sharing in research.Keywords
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