Assessment of effectiveness of de-identification of clinical narrative
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Assessment of effectiveness of techniques for the de-identification of clinical narrative
IRAS ID
227354
Contact name
Robert Challen
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Exeter
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
The purpose of this study is to identify and test the effectiveness of different algorithms for de-identifying narrative clinical records. Effective de-identification of clinical records would facilitate the reuse of information in the narrative content of electronic medical records, for clinical research of all types. Understanding how effective such systems are in the context of NHS patient records is needed before we can progress quality improvement research.
REC name
South West - Cornwall & Plymouth Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/SW/0215
Date of REC Opinion
24 Oct 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion