Evaluation of freely available data profiling tools for health data research application: a functional evaluation review.

Ben Gordon¹, Clara Fennessy¹, Susheel Varma¹, Jake Barrett¹, Enez McCondochie², Trevor Heritage², Oenone Duroe², Richard Jeffery², Vishnu Rajamani², Kieran Earlam³, Victor Banda⁴, Neil Sebire⁵

¹Central Team, Health Data Research UK, London, UK.

²Inspirata Ltd, Tampa, Florida, USA.

³Cystic Fibrosis Trust, London, UK.

⁴Neonatal Data Analysis Unit, Imperial College London Neonatal Medicine Research Group, London, UK.

⁵Central Team, Health Data Research UK, London, UK neil.sebire@hdruk.ac.uk.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To objectively evaluate freely available data profiling software tools using healthcare data. DESIGN: Data profiling tools were evaluated for their capabilities using publicly available information and data sheets. From initial assessment, several underwent further detailed evaluation for application on healthcare data using a synthetic dataset of 1000 patients and associated data usi…

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