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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Main Authors: Mitiku Tezeta F, Klein-Geltink Julie, Tu Karen, Mihai Chiriac, Martin Joel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/10/35