Bluebutton File Format Parser (c.) Alan Viars - Videntity Systems Inc. - 2011

Version 0.1.3

This library is dual licensed. It is realeased under the GPL licnese agreement and under a commercial license by Videntity systems Inc.

Installation

Use pip to install the parser. :: pip install python-bluebutton

Using the Parser

Here is a simple example. :: # Import the library >>> from bluebutton.parse import *

# Open and parse the bluebutton file. >>> parsed = simple_parse("va_sample_file.txt")

# Get the bloodpressure readings >>> build_bp_readings(parsed)

[{'Date': '08/02/2010', 'bp_sys': '141', 'bp_dia': '76', 'bp': 'bp=141/76', 'Time': ' 17:30'}, {'Date': '08/02/2010', 'bp_sys': '150', 'bp_dia': '76', 'bp': 'bp=150/76', 'Time': ' 17:20'}]

# Get the weight readings >>> build_wt_readings(parsed)

[{'Date': '06/02/2010', 'wt': 'wt=242l', 'Time': ' 17:20'}, {'Date': '05/02/2010', 'wt': 'wt=244l', 'Time': ' 17:20'}, {'Date': '04/02/2010', 'wt': 'wt=246l', 'Time': ' 17:20'}]

#Get demographics >>> build_simple_demographics_readings(parsed)

{'middle_initial': 'A', 'first_name': 'ONE', 'last_name': 'MHVVETERAN', 'gender': 'Male', 'num_age': 64, 'date_of_birth': '03/01/1948'}

#Convert demographics to JSON

print tojson(build_simple_demographics_readings(parsed))

{ "middle_initial": "A", "first_name": "ONE", "last_name": "MHVVETERAN", "gender": "Male", "num_age": 64, "date_of_birth": "03/01/1948" }

# Get the medications >>> build_mds_readings(parsed) ...