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CCOW
In the context of health informatics, CCOW (pr /seacow/) or Clinical Context Object Workgroup is a Health Level Seven International standard protocol designed to enable disparate applications to synchronize in real time, and at the user-interface level. It is vendor independent and allows applications to present information at the desktop and portal level in a unified way. CCOW is the primary standard protocol in healthcare to facilitate a process called "context management". Context management is the process of using particular "subjects" of interest (e.g., user, patient, clinical encounter, charge item, etc.) to virtually link disparate applications so that the end-user sees them operate in a unified, cohesive way. Context management can be utilized for both CCOW and non-CCOW compliant applications. The CCOW standard exists to facilitate a more robust, and near "plug-and-play" interoperability across disparate applications. Context management is often combined with single sign-on applications in the healthcare environment, but the two are discrete functions. Single sign-on is the process that enables the secure access of disparate applications by a user through use of a single authenticated identifier and password.…
Article summary
In the context of health informatics, CCOW (pr /seacow/) or Clinical Context Object Workgroup is a Health Level Seven International standard protocol designed to enable disparate applications to synchronize in real time, and at the user-interface level. It is vendor independent and allows applications to present information at the desktop and portal level in a unified way. CCOW is the primary standard protocol in healthcare to facilitate a process called "context management". Context management is the process of using particular "subjects" of interest (e.g., user, patient, clinical encounter, charge item, etc.) to virtually link disparate applications so that the end-user sees them operate in a unified, cohesive way. Context management can be utilized for both CCOW and non-CCOW compliant applications. The CCOW standard exists to facilitate a more robust, and near "plug-and-play" interoperability across disparate applications. Context management is often combined with single sign-on applications in the healthcare environment, but the two are discrete functions. Single sign-on is the process that enables the secure access of disparate applications by a user through use of a single authenticated identifier and password.…
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