De-identification and security checks for releasing MIMIC notes

[Mkang1204]

Dear MIMIC Team,

I hope this message finds you well. I am currently working on a project that involves releasing clinical notes from our center, and I’m reaching out to learn more about your approach to de-identification and security checks. Specifically, I’m interested in understanding the steps you take to ensure that all HIPAA identifiers are thoroughly removed from the notes.

Could you please share details on:

• The de-identification tools or methods you use for removing HIPAA-protected information from the notes.
• Any security checks or validation processes implemented to confirm the completeness of de-identification.

Your insights would be super helpful for us to ensure compliance and maintain the highest standards of data privacy in our work.

Thank you again for sharing the mimic datasets and for all the support!

[cloverbunny]

@tompollard @alistairewj thank you guys for all you do for MIMIC! Wondering if you have guidance and details on this? We are trying to publish notes and looking to the MIMIC corpus as the golden example! Happy to hop on a zoom if easier!