sqlite/import.py provides a quick and easy way to import MIMIC-IV into SQLite format. As far as I can see, there's no reason for this script to be dependent on sqlalchemy.
(I'd remove the pandas dependency too, but pandas is actually serving a purpose here by auto-detecting some of the column types.)
Granted, I haven't actually used sqlalchemy and I don't know if it provides any special benefits here. I also only tested this on the demo (https://physionet.org/content/mimic-iv-demo/1.0/). Let me know if you want me to do more extensive testing.
It's a minor thing, but it's nice to have one fewer dependency to worry about.
sqlite/import.pyprovides a quick and easy way to import MIMIC-IV into SQLite format. As far as I can see, there's no reason for this script to be dependent on sqlalchemy.(I'd remove the pandas dependency too, but pandas is actually serving a purpose here by auto-detecting some of the column types.)
Granted, I haven't actually used sqlalchemy and I don't know if it provides any special benefits here. I also only tested this on the demo (https://physionet.org/content/mimic-iv-demo/1.0/). Let me know if you want me to do more extensive testing.
It's a minor thing, but it's nice to have one fewer dependency to worry about.