Patent ID: 8606599

Claim:
An apparatus for providing a user access to clinical tasks, comprising: a processor; a controller component executed by the processor and operative to register a plurality of clinical applications and to receive data from the user, the data including data regarding a first clinical task to be executed for the user; and an authenticator component executed by the processor and operative to identify the user; wherein the processor is programmed to: retrieve first records associating users and their identifying information; determine, using the authenticator component based on the retrieved first records, that the user is identified; retrieve second records associating clinical tasks and registered clinical applications; further determine, using the controller component based on the retrieved second records and the first clinical task, a first registered clinical application from the plurality of clinical applications and associated with the first clinical task; further determine that the first registered clinical application is accessible by the user; and execute the first clinical task using the first registered clinical application.