Patent ID: 6941313

Claim:
In a system comprising at least two software applications, a context manager which facilitates a sharing of a context among the at least two software applications in accordance with the Clinical Context Object Workgroup (CCOW) standard, a centralized database accessible to the context manager, and an auditor which provides an interface to enable the extraction of information from the centralized database relating to attempts to access patient data by the at least two software applications, a method comprising acts of: (A) storing, in the centralized database, information relating to attempts to access patient data by the at least two software applications; and (B) extracting, by the auditor, at least some of the information stored in the centralized database relating to attempts to access patient data by the at least two software applications, the at least some of the information being suitable for making an assessment as to compliance with at least one provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).