Implementation of informatics for integrating biology and the bedside (i2b2) platform as Docker containers

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Kavishwar B WagholikarShawn Murphy

Abstract

Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside (i2b2) is an open source clinical data analytics platform used at over 200 healthcare institutions for querying patient data. The i2b2 platform has several components with numerous dependencies and configuration parameters, which renders the task of installing or upgrading i2b2 a challenging one. Even with the availability of extensive documentation and tutorials, new users often require several weeks to correctly install a functional i2b2 platform. The goal of this work is to simplify the installation and upgrade process for i2b2. Specifically, we have containerized the core components of the platform, and evaluated the containers for ease of installation. We developed three Docker container images: WildFly, database, and web, to encapsulate the three major deployment components of i2b2. These containers isolate the core functionalities of the i2b2 platform, and work in unison to provide its functionalities. Our evaluations indicate that i2b2 containers function successfully on the Linux platform. Our results demonstrate that the containerized components work out-of-the-box, with minimal configuration. Containerization offers the potential to package the i2b2 platform compone...Continue Reading

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VMWare Workstation Player
Docker Engine
pg
Dockerfile
web
PostgreSQL
Linux
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