clinical:example-plugin

This is an example plugin for Node on FHIR. It will provides an example reference of how to create:

• an HTTP REST endpoint
• a database collection
• server side publication
• client side subscription
• a reactive user interface
• custom settings files

When implemented, you will be able to post data to the REST endpoint, and see the user interface automatically update to reflect the changes.

Clone the Example Plugin

# download the Meteor on FHIR Community Server
git clone http://github.com/clinical-meteor/node-on-fhir

cd node-on-fhir
cd packages

# install the example plugin
git clone http://github.com/clinical-meteor/example-plugin 

cd ..

# install dependencies
npm install


# run Node on FHIR Community Server using the example plugin
meteor run --settings packages/example-plugin/configs/settings.example.json --extra-packages clinical:example-plugin

# permanently add the example plugin to the project
meteor add clinical:example

Customize the Plugin

# Step 1 - Rename package folder
packages/example-plugin

# Step 2 - Update package name, description
packages/my-plugin/package.js

# Step 3 - Customize the HelloWorld Page
packages/my-plugin/client/HelloWorldPage.jsx

# Step 4 - Update your routes if you wish
packages/my-plugin/index.jsx

# Step 5 - Edit the settings file; add custom route, etc.
packages/my-plugin/configs/settings.example.jsx

Run Node on FHIR with your plugin

# add your package
meteor add foo:my-plugin
npm install

# run with a custom settings file
meteor run --settings packages/my-plugin/configs/settings.example.json

Example: Body Mass Index - Data Pipeline

The BodyMassIndex calculator relies on SMART on FHIR to fetch FHIR Patient and FHIR Observation resources. We then create a FHIR RiskAssessment for obesity. When fetching from an upstream FHIR Server, the overall data architecture and sequence diagram looks like the following.