Why do I need a Context Manager?
Context management involves a dynamic process of Information Technology that identifies specific data in an application to refer to related information in a disparate application. Context managers enable you to access and communicate a specific set of data in a precise and timely manner.
Context managers enable the selection of a subject from a single application as a reference point to identify the same subject in all other applications within a designated system. In this way they maximize efficiency in allowing the user to select the subject once in the first application without having to repetitively click on the same subject in related applications.
For example, within healthcare interoperability, a context manager allows a clinician to select a patient’s name in one application so the patient's information comes up automatically when the clinician accesses other applications. In this way, context awareness enables the clinician to access the patient’s scans, tests, diagnosis, and other records in context through the primary application.
Challenges without an efficient context manager
Consider the following situation at a hospital’s radiology department: The clinician reviews a series of x-ray images and makes an appropriate assessment of the patient’s health. However, the clinician is unaware of a medium-sized mass due to selecting an incorrect set of images from the three different data systems. Consequently, both the physician and the patient remain uninformed of the tumour. In a similar scenario, confusion over the various systems leads to a mix-up of two patients’ data. The error in either example could result in drastic and potentially fatal consequences. Just imagine the magnitude of context-related problems, which can arise within a larger enterprise deployment.
Does this problem make your stomach churn? Have you been trying to find a solution to streamline healthcare interoperability according to international standards? An efficient context management system is foundational to a smooth-running healthcare organisation, which poses a challenge when several disparate systems handle patient data.
IT architects need to find creative ways to synchronise various healthcare application systems, and to comply with the established HL7 and HL7 CCOW international standards. For a long-term solution, it would also be compatible with SMART on FHIR and FHIRcast. Unfortunately, it is all too common that serious gaps and glitches arise within the complexities of data exchange.
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