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

[Guevara, A. <Ale...@uh...>]

Sanidas, Nicholas S. wrote:

> I am currently rolling my own capability to de-identify ADT records.=20
> Typically, for bio-surveillance applications, only a small subset of =
ADT=20
> A04/A08 segment fields/components are required for analysis.
>=20
> What would be handy is for a capability to set a list of segment=20
> field/component masks (sort of like one does for =
PreParser.getFields())=20
> that could be uses to create a pass thru filter of what fields should=20
> make in thru during a message transformation process. If the mask =
syntax=20
> could support a way to extract an entire field (including all of its=20
> components/subcomponents) that would be nice as well.
>=20
> I am currently hacking thru a solution using PreParser and Terser with =
a=20
> generic message. The pass thru fields/components are in a properties =
file.
>=20
> 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=20
> like a quick and easy pass thru transformation might be a nice feature =

> to add to HAPI.

Another approach will be to enhance the HAPI parsed messages to support =
the
visitor patter. Making a HAPI message "visit-able" will make the task of
applying an algorithm to a message an easy one.

See http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip98.html

Alexei