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Subscriptions

Subscriptions enable real-time notifications and updates between servers and clients. This mechanism allows to respond dynamically to changes in patient data or resource states.

By leveraging the subscriptions, developers can specify notification criteria, define delivery channels, and monitor specific events or changes in healthcare data. This push-based approach minimizes the need for constant polling, optimizing resource utilization and improving the timeliness of information dissemination.

Aidbox provides several implementations of subscriptions. For enhanced capabilities and ongoing support, please use Aidbox topic-based subscriptions. This newer implementation offers improved performance, flexibility, and will continue to be developed to meet future needs.

Implementation Delivery guarantee Channels Status
FHIR Topic-Based Subscriptions At least once REST-hook Maintained
Aidbox topic-based subscriptions
  • At most once
  • At least once
*additional channels will be implemented by request Maintained
Aidbox SubSubscriptions At most once Webhook Deprecated
FHIR topic-based subscriptions (Zen) At least once Webhook Deprecated

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