Table 4.

Set of NLP regular expressions embedded into the header_function.py for the internal reports.

	REDCap data label	BIOPSY DATE	ID NUMBER	SURNAME	NAME	DATE OF BIRTH	PLACE OF BIRTH	SEX	SSN	SPECIMEN TYPE
	REDCap data variable	nod_date_exam_req	nod_exam_num_req	pts_surname_demo	pts_name_demo	dob_demo	city_born_demo	sex_demo	ssn_demo	ln_specimen_dis
REPORT TEMPLATE for internal reports	Internal	“Accettazione” or ”Pervenuto” or “Richiesta” del” or “Ricevimento”	"N. Esame"	"Cognome"	"Nome"	"Data di nascita"	"Comune di Nascita"	"Sesso"	"Codice Fiscale"	"Materiale Inviato"
	NLP pattern	cettaz. +|ervenuto. +|ichiesta.*del. + [0–3][0–9]/[0–1][0–9]/2[0–9][0–9][0–9]	+ same. *[0–3][0–9-.-d]	COGNOME.*|COGNOME.*DATA|COGNOME.*CITT	\\bNOME.*|\\bNOME.*DATA|\\bNOME.*CITT	. + asci. + [0–3][0–9]/[0–1][0–9]/[1, 2][0–9][0–9][0–9]	. + omu. + asci. + \w +	. + ess.{1,3}m	[A-Z]{6}[0–9][0–9][A-Z][0–9]{2}[A-Z][0–9]{3}[A-Z]	ate. + al. + via. + \n. +

NLP: Natural Language Processing; ID: Identification; NA, Not Available, SSN, Social Security Number.