De-identification of primary care electronic medical records free-text data in Ontario, Canada
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Electronic medical records (EMRs) represent a potentially rich source of health information for research but the free-text in EMRs often contains identifying information. While de-identification tools have been developed for free-tex...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-06-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/10/35 |