Definitions for "CCOW"
See Clinical Context Object Workgroup.
Clinical Context Object Workgroup. An ANSI-certified standard, published by the HL7 group. It aims to facilitate the visual integration of applications at their point of use (e.g. a radiologist's workstation). It complements the HL7 standard's focus on workflow and integration of data between systems by focussing on the presentation of data to the end-user, such that the shared data appears to have come from a single system. See Health Level 7 (HL7).
ANSI certified technology neutral specification for the Health Level Seven Context Management Architecture (CMA). This architecture enables multiple applications to be automatically coordinated and synchronized in clinically meaningful ways at the point of use. The architecture specified in this document establishes the basis for bringing interoperability among healthcare applications to point-of-use devices, such as a personal computer that serves as a clinical desktop