CRATE: Clinical Records Anonymisation and Text Extraction

Created by Rudolf Cardinal. Currently developed by Rudolf Cardinal and Martin Burchell. See contributors.

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CRATE is an open-source software system that:

  • anonymises or de-identifies arbitrary relational databases;

  • maps patient identifiers to research identifiers (pseudonyms);

  • connects relational databases to external tools for Natural Language Processing (NLP);

  • provides a web front end for research and administrative functions;

  • supports a means by which patients may consent to be contacted about research;

  • provides advanced ways to link records for the same person across de-identified database.

Note

To install CRATE, see Installation

Note

If you’re a clinician or a researcher using a CRATE web site to explore a research database, see the Overview for clinicians and researchers.

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