Assessment of scalability and performance of the record linkage tool E-PIX® in managing multi-million patients in research projects at a large university hospital in Germany

Assessment of scalability and performance of the record linkage tool E-PIX® in managing multi-million patients in research projects at a large university hospital in Germany

Abstract Background The identity management is a central component in medical research. Patients are recruited from various sites, which requires an error tolerant record linkage method, to ensure that patients are registered only once. In large research projects or institutions, the identity manage...

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Main Authors: Christopher Hampf, Lars Geidel, Norman Zerbe, Martin Bialke, Dana Stahl, Arne Blumentritt, Thomas Bahls, Peter Hufnagl, Wolfgang Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
Subjects:
Record linkage
Duplicate detection
Data quality
Patient data
Identity management
Data privacy protection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12967-020-02257-4

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