[news.eclipse.technology.ohf] Re: Install the ohf bridge locally or use

["Corey Spears" <cspears@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

My company plans on using the online OHF Portal without installing the 
Bridge locally for the MESA tests as well as the connectathon.  I have 
several questions regarding this.

1. Will the OHF Portal be available for use during the connectathon and the 
HIMSS Demo.  If so, what are the risks in doing so?  Is there anything we 
have to set up to with IHE to do this (declaring a partnership, alerting IHE 
that our system is using the OHF server, etc.)

2. Are there any others that are using the Bridge to test with the MESA 
tools?  If so how can one set this up?

3. How does the OHF handle affinity domains? Should this automatically come 
with using the OHF, or will the client have to manage communicating multiple 
domains? Is an affinity domain synonymous with a RHIO?

4. What is the scope of the patient identifier we get after we do a patient 
search?  Is that the identifier that can be used for that particular 
affinity domain?



Thank you,
Corey Spears


"Eishay Smith" <eishays@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:eialpq$dmt$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> We've getting an increasing amount of OHF users who would like to use the 
> bridge for the Connectathon 2007.
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/IHE_Connectathon_2007
>
> My advice is that at least until the connectathon you should use the 
> bridge online version located at:
> http://ibmod235.dal-ebis.ihost.com:8090/bridge/services/ohf-bridge?wsdl
>
> This is the same version that the OHF IHE Portal is using:
> http://ibmod235.dal-ebis.ihost.com:8080/
>
> The reasoning is that we still don't have the binaries available for 
> download so it might be a bit of a challenge to install the bridge from 
> scratch.
> In addition, we are updating the bridge daily (announcing only grand 
> updates) with new bug fix and IHE functionality. Using the online version 
> will relieve you from checking the CVS every day for new versions.
>
> For those who do use the on line version, please send questions through 
> the newsgroup. For first time users we will be happy to have a short phone 
> call introduction and we'll make sure you can do at least one successful 
> transaction before letting you continue by your own.
>
> --eishay (eishays<at>us<.>ibm<.>com)