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Abstract

One embodiment is a method for use in a system comprising a plurality of software applications relating to healthcare and a context manager to facilitate sharing of a context between at least two of them, the context comprising a plurality of subjects including a patient subject and a user subject. The software applications comprise a first application and a target application, wherein the target application has no natively programmed capability to share the context. The method comprises providing a manipulator program that provides the target application with the capability to share the context. Another embodiment is a method for use in a system comprising a target computer having a user interface hosting environment and a target application executing thereon. The method comprises providing a manipulator program that hooks into the user interface hosting environment to provide inputs to the target application substantially simultaneously with inputs provided from a user. A further embodiment is a method of providing a manipulator program that is external to the target application and hooks into at least one application interface for the target application that is not natively programmed to be an interface to an independent external program, wherein the manipulator program is programmed to, after a user has logged into the target application, communicate with the target application via the application interface to provide the target application with a capability to perform at least one function not natively programmed.

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