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	Race conditions	Delivery quarantee	Channels
Aidbox SubSubscriptions	Possible	At most once	Webhook
FHIR topic-based subscriptions	Not possible	At least once	Webhook
Aidbox topic-based subscriptions	Possible	At most once At least once	Kafka Webhook GCP Pub/Sub *additonal channels will be implemented by request