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Table 4 Heuristics to identify names, with entirely fictitious examples, as they would appear in the source record and CRIS output
| Algorithm to identify names | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <beginning > <name term > <optional_name_delimiters > <optional_s > <end > | ||||||
| Source record | <beginning> | < name term> | < optional_name_delimiters> | < optional_s> | <end> | CRIS de-identified output |
| …replaced. Mark will also be able… | .(space) | Mark | None | None | (space) | …replaced. ZZZZZ will also be able… |
| …knowing Mark’s diagnosis… | (space) | Mark | ‘ | S | (space) | …knowing ZZZZZ diagnosis… |
| …7)Mark is compliant… | ) | Mark | None | None | (space) | …7)ZZZZZ is compliant… |
| …OMark is compliant… | No beginning identified | None | None | None | None | …OMark is compliant… |
| …was awarded 9 mark out of 30 in… | (space) | mark | None | None | (space) | …was awarded 9 ZZZZZ out of 30 in… |
| …Nurse informed Mark. Earlier… | (space) | Mark | None | None | . | …Nurse informed ZZZZZ. Earlier… |
| …Marik will be attending… | (space) | None identified due to misspelling | None | None | None | …Marik will be attending… |
| …O’Mark is at the… | O’ | Mark | None | None | (space) | …ZZZZZ is at the… |
| …his father, John, was also present… | , (space) | John | , | None | (space) | …his father, QQQQQ, was also present… |
