Development and evaluation of an open source software tool for deidentification of pathology reports

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Electronic medical records, including pathology reports, are often used for research purposes. Currently, there are few programs freely available to remove identifiers while leaving the remainder of the pathology report text intact....

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Main Authors: Mahaadevan Rajeshwarri, Beckwith Bruce A, Balis Ulysses J, Kuo Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-03-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/6/12