Leveraging text skeleton for de-identification of electronic medical records.

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making
Published Date: Mar 22, 2018

Abstract

BACKGROUND: De-identification is the first step to use these records for data processing or further medical investigations in electronic medical records. Consequently, a reliable automated de-identification system would be of high value.

Authors

  • Yue-Shu Zhao
    The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Kangfu Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450072, China.
  • Kun-Li Zhang
    School of Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China. ieklzhang@zzu.edu.cn.
  • Hong-Chao Ma
    School of Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China. ma-hc@foxmail.com.
  • Kun Li
    State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.

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