[HAPI-devel] Feature request to aid in de-identification

[Sanidas, N. S. <Nic...@jh...>]

Hello all,

I am currently rolling my own capability to de-identify ADT records.
Typically, for bio-surveillance applications, only a small subset of ADT
A04/A08 segment fields/components are required for analysis.

What would be handy is for a capability to set a list of segment
field/component masks (sort of like one does for PreParser.getFields())
that could be uses to create a pass thru filter of what fields should
make in thru during a message transformation process. If the mask syntax
could support a way to extract an entire field (including all of its
components/subcomponents) that would be nice as well.

I am currently hacking thru a solution using PreParser and Terser with a
generic message. The pass thru fields/components are in a properties
file.

I am interested to see if anybody else might find this type of feature
valuable. With HIPAA and the sensitivity of medical records, it seems
like a quick and easy pass thru transformation might be a nice feature
to add to HAPI.

And to the HAPI development team, excellent job and your labors are
highly appreciated!

Nick