Table 2 Named entities selected for this task and their associated Protected Health Information categories
From: De-identifying Spanish medical texts - named entity recognition applied to radiology reports
NEs | Description | PHIs |
|---|---|---|
CAB | Section headers | - |
NAME | Names and surnames (patient and others) | Names |
DIR | Full addresses, including streets, numbers and zip codes | Geographic data |
LOC | Cities, inside and outside addresses | Geographic data |
NUM | Numbers or alphanumeric strings that might identify someone, including digital signatures, patient numbers, medical numbers, medical license numbers and others | medical record numbers, social security numbers, account numbers, any unique identifying number or code |
FECHA | Dates | Dates |
INST | Hospitals, healthcare centres or other institutions that might point to someone’s location | - |