Background Natural language processing applied to clinical text or aimed at a clinical
outcome has been thriving in recent years. This paper offers the first broad overview of …

Objective: To perform a review of recent research in clinical data reuse or secondary use,
and envision future advances in this field. Methods: The review is based on a large literature …

Hercules Dalianis Secondary Use of Electronic Patient Records Page 1 Hercules Dalianis
Clinical Text Mining Secondary Use of Electronic Patient Records Page 2 Clinical Text …

Automatic de-identification is a cost-effective and straightforward way of removing large
amounts of personally identifiable information from large and sensitive corpora. However …

Abstract Background Electronic health records (EHRs) are a valuable resource for data-
driven medical research. However, the presence of protected health information (PHI) …

Background: De-identification and anonymization are strategies that are used to remove
patient identifiers in electronic health record data. The use of these strategies in multicenter …

Objectives: We present a review of recent advances in clinical Natural Language Processing
(NLP), with a focus on semantic analysis and key subtasks that support such analysis …

For research purposes, protected health information is often redacted from unstructured
electronic health records to preserve patient privacy and confidentiality. The OpenDeID …

The increasing reliance on electronic health record (EHR) in areas such as medical
research should be addressed by using ample safeguards for patient privacy. These records …

The enormous amounts of data that are generated in the healthcare process and stored in
electronic health record (EHR) systems are an underutilized resource that, with the use of …