You may find the patient de-identifcation features of this project interesting: http://www.mii.ucla.edu/index.php/MainSite:NLPHome -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: openhealth@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [openhealth] Suppressing Sensitive Info From Free Text Nandalal, I believe you are exactly right. In the case of this interesting problem the key issue is to identify the appropriate middleware services to safely expose legacy patient data. This is a different problem from the opportunity to create structured and coded data as new systems with rich onboard permissions and are brought on line. With best regards, [wr] - - - - - - - - On Mar 3, 2007, at 2:02 AM, Nandalal Gunaratne wrote: > Thanks Ross! > > Due to your question i have come to know the present > state of text mining and NLP. These will give you your > solution I guess. > > http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm? > id=1089824&dl=acm&coll=&CFID=15151515&CFTOKEN=6184618 > > nandalal > --- Will Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Dear 80n, >> >> This is, in fact, the use case in discussion. >> >> Assume the patient has agreed to suppress "detail x" >> from circulation >> beyond his/her physician's eyes in the local free >> text based records >> system. What are the best FOSS tools to publish to >> the general >> circulation records environment a correctly edited >> version of a text >> file? >> >> With best regards, >> >> [wr] >> >> - - - - - - - - >> >> On Mar 2, 2007, at 4:08 PM, 80n wrote: >> >>> Will >>> The only acceptable answer would be Maury's option >> 3. The patient >>> decides. >>> Anything else would be be inappropriate. >>> >>> And not just HIV status. The patient, and only >> the patient, should >>> have the >>> right to determine who has access to anything that >> the patient might >>> consider sensitive. And only the patient can >> determine what is or >>> is not >>> sensitive. >>> >>> 80n >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3/2/07, Will Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm looking for a tool to suppress sensitive >> information (e.g., HIV >>>> status, etc.) from free text clinical notes prior >> to allowing the >>>> notes to be published from a protected, >> physician-only area into >>>> general circulation patient records for the >> clinic. What existing >>>> FOSS solutions are available? >>>> >>>> With best regards, >>>> >>>> [wr] >>>> >>>> - - - - - - - - >>>> >>>> will ross >>>> chief information officer >>>> mendocino health records exchange >>>> 216 west perkins street, suite 206 >>>> ukiah, california 95482 usa >>>> 707.462.6369 [office] >>>> 707.462.5015 [fax] >>>> www.mendocinohre.org >>>> >>>> - - - - - - - - >>>> >>>> "Getting people to adopt common standards is >> impeded by patents." >>>> Sir Tim Berners-Lee, BCS, 2006 >>>> >>>> - - - - - - - - >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been >> removed] >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >> -------------------- >>> ~--> >>> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email >> design. >>> >> > http://us.click.yahoo.com/hOt0.A/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/W4wwlB/TM >>> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> ~-> >>> >>> >>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> [wr] >> >> - - - - - - - - >> >> will ross >> chief information officer >> mendocino health records exchange >> 216 west perkins street, suite 206 >> ukiah, california 95482 usa >> 707.462.6369 [office] >> 707.462.5015 [fax] >> www.mendocinohre.org >> >> - - - - - - - - >> >> "Getting people to adopt common standards is impeded >> by patents." >> Sir Tim Berners-Lee, BCS, 2006 >> >> - - - - - - - - >> >> >> > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > ______________ > The fish are biting. > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -------------------- > ~--> > Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email > design. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/kOt0.A/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/W4wwlB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [wr] - - - - - - - - will ross chief information officer mendocino health records exchange 216 west perkins street, suite 206 ukiah, california 95482 usa 707.462.6369 [office] 707.462.5015 [fax] www.mendocinohre.org - - - - - - - - "Getting people to adopt common standards is impeded by patents." Sir Tim Berners-Lee, BCS, 2006 - - - - - - - - ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.
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