Quicksilver: a novel publish and subscribe clinical messaging platform

Area of Science:

• Health Informatics
• Clinical Communication Systems
• Primary Care Technology

Background:

• Effective clinical messaging is crucial for multidisciplinary primary care.
• Existing systems may lack efficiency or flexibility for complex care coordination.
• Academic primary care settings require robust communication tools.

Purpose of the Study:

• To introduce Quicksilver, a novel clinical messaging platform.
• To describe the features and architecture of Quicksilver.
• To evaluate its deployment in an academic primary care clinic.

Main Methods:

• Deployment of Quicksilver in a multidisciplinary academic primary care clinic.
• Utilizing a publication-subscription messaging paradigm.
• Leveraging the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) for communication.

Main Results:

• Quicksilver provides a novel platform for clinical messaging.
• The system employs dynamic role-based addressing for efficient message routing.
• XMPP enables both asynchronous and synchronous communication capabilities.

Conclusions:

• Quicksilver offers a flexible and efficient solution for clinical messaging.
• The publication-subscription model and XMPP integration enhance communication.
• The platform is suitable for deployment in academic primary care settings.