title: Quicksilver: a novel publish and subscribe clinical messaging platform.
abstract: The authors introduce and describe the features of Quicksilver, a novel clinical messaging platform deployed in a multidisciplinary academic primary care clinic. The system follows a publication-subscription messaging paradigm employing dynamic role-based addressing. Quicksilver leverages the open-source XMPP, a powerful and extensible protocol for efficient asynchronous and synchronous communication commonly used in instant messaging applications.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Computer Science, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.forename: Henry C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chueh
mesh_terms: D000555:Ambulatory Care Information Systems; D034742:Electronic Mail; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012984:Software