PHI Type
The
phi_type designates a PHI identifier.The identify_phi and redact_phi endpoints, along with the Analyze - Web App, now include labels that are broken down by:
- PHI Type (
phi_type) - the PHI identifier assigned to the text. - Category (
category) - the broader PHI category assigned to the text.
"annotations": [
{
"labels": {
"phi_type": {
"label": "[PATIENT]",
"score": 1.0
},
"category": {
"label": "[PERSON]"
}
},
"text": "John Doe",
"span": {
"start": 9,
"end": 17
}
},
List of PHI Types
The API currently identifies the following types of PHI:
| AGE BIOID CITY COUNTRY DATE DEVICE DOCTOR | FAX HEALTHPLAN HOSPITAL IDNUM LOCATION-OTHER MEDICALRECORD ORGANIZATION PATIENT | PHONE PROFESSION STATE STREET URL USERNAME ZIP |
Mappings
Current mappings between PHI types and each category are as follows:
| Category | PHI Type |
|---|---|
| CONTACT | EMAIL, FAX, PHONE, USERNAME |
| DATE | DATE |
| DEMOGRAPHICS | AGE, PROFESSION |
| IDENTIFIER | BIOID, DEVICE, HEALTHPLAN, IDNUM, MEDICAL RECORD |
| INSTITUTION | ORGANIZATION |
| LOCATION | CITY, COUNTRY, STATE, STREET, ZIP, LOCATION-OTHER |
| ORGANIZATION | ORGANIZATION |
| PERSON | DOCTOR, PATIENT |
| WEBADDRESS | URL |
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