If by security you mean, protection of data, this would depend entirely on the architecture in which CTakes is situated. CTakes itself does not send anything beyond its perimeter except the UMLS login credentials. So if it were running entirely within a HIPAA compliant environment then yes.
But if you mean by safe & secure that the identified concepts such as meds, diagnoses, procedures are guaranteed to be so correct that clinical advice could be based solely on its output, the answer is no. I've been down this same road. Sean, would you agree? Peter Abramowitsch Sr. Innovations Technologist, Healthcare Hearst Health Innovation Lab From: <Casimir>, Patrick <patrick.casi...@moffitt.org<mailto:patrick.casi...@moffitt.org>> Reply-To: "dev@ctakes.apache.org<mailto:dev@ctakes.apache.org>" <dev@ctakes.apache.org<mailto:dev@ctakes.apache.org>> Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 8:21 PM To: "'dev@ctakes.apache.org<mailto:'dev@ctakes.apache.org>'" <dev@ctakes.apache.org<mailto:dev@ctakes.apache.org>> Subject: Using cTakes for Identified Patient Information I am inquiring about the safety and security of using cTakes for text mining of clinical texts that contain PHI. As an open source, is it safe to use cTakes within a hospital system that must comply to HIPPA regulations? Thanks [MOFFITT_2c_RGB for signature] Patrick Casimir, PhD Applied Health Informaticist/Data Scientist Moffitt Cancer Center 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612 | tel: 813-7454673 | fax: 813-7458332 |email: patrick.casi...@moffitt.org<mailto:patrick.casi...@moffitt.org> Please consider the environment before printing this email. This transmission may be confidential or protected from disclosure and is only for review and use by the intended recipient. Access by anyone else is unauthorized. Any unauthorized reader is hereby notified that any review, use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this information, or any act or omission taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately. Thank you.
