title: Virtual file system on NoSQL for processing high volumes of HL7 messages.
abstract: The Standardized Structured Medical Information Exchange (SS-MIX) is intended to be the standard repository for HL7 messages that depend on a local file system. However, its scalability is limited. We implemented a virtual file system using NoSQL to incorporate modern computing technology into SS-MIX and allow the system to integrate local patient IDs from different healthcare systems into a universal system. We discuss its implementation using the database MongoDB and describe its performance in a case study.
authors.affiliation: Dept. Medical Informatics of Medical School of Ehime University.
authors.forename: Eizen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.affiliation: Dept. Medical Informatics of Medical School of Ehime University.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishihara
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000592:standards; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards*; D057208:Health Level Seven / Q000592:standards*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000592:standards*; D010355:Patient Identification Systems / Q000592:standards*; D014584:User-Computer Interface