qpid

DESCRIPTION:

Interface to QPID, the Queriable Patient Inference Dossier system.

FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

  • Determine when the QPID system last updated a patient’s information

  • Request a reload/reindexing of the patient’s information, and find out when complete

  • Get a summary of search results

  • Get individual reports

SYNOPSIS:

qpid = Qpid.new(YAML.load_file('qpid.yml'))
qpid.timeout_interval = 50
qpid.query_interval = 4.5

mrn = "654321"
# Reload the QPID index for the data
qpid.reload(mrn)
# Do a search for items of type "Endoscopy" with title "Colonoscopy" done after Jan 1, 2008
results = qpid.search(mrn, Qpid.type(:NDO), 
  Qpid.title("Colonoscopy"), Qpid.fromdate(Date.new(2008,1,1)))

REQUIREMENTS:

  • httpclient (to go talk to the QPID server)

  • happymapper (to map XML to objects)

INSTALL:

  • sudo gem install qpid

LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright © 2009 Tarik Alkasab, MD, PhD

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