Patent ID: 8893120

Claim:
A system comprising: one or more processors; and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to: create a virtualized medical application container, including to: create an image of a clean version of a client operating system; install a medical application on the image, wherein the medical application is selected from a plurality of medical applications developed for heterogeneous operating environments; initialize the medical application on the image; receive an indication of a request for metered use of the medical application; request permission for metered use of the medical application, wherein the metered use includes at least one of a single use, a defined number of uses, unlimited use, or timed use; execute at least a portion of the medical application; and control execution of the medical application to comply with at least one patient data privacy issue related to at least one of medical informatics standards and medical data subject to medical informatics regulations.