Facilitating computerized interactions with EMRs

A method performed by a client computing device, wherein at least one processor of the client computing device executes a client application, the method comprising:

• receiving context data, using a computerized context interception process, relating to data being displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI), of a client electronic health record application (EHR) executing on the client computing device, wherein the context data comprises an identifier associated with a patient to whom the data being displayed on the GUI of the client EHR pertains;
• transmitting a query to a server application, wherein the query comprises the identifier associated with the patient, and further wherein the server application, responsive to receiving the query, performs a search over clinical data based upon the identifier to generate search results, the search results comprising clinical data pertaining to the patient with whom the identifier is associated, wherein the server application, based upon the query, excludes from the search results clinical data that is sourced from a server EHR in network communication with the client EHR;
• subsequent to transmitting the query to the server application, receiving the search results from the server application;
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• causing at least a portion of the search results to be displayed in a GUI of the client application.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a server application that, when executed by a processor of a server computing device, causes the processor to perform acts comprising:

• receiving a query from a client application executing on a client computing device, the query based upon context data relating to data being displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a client electronic health record application (EHR) executing on the client computing device, the context data being received using a computerized context interception process, and comprising an identifier of a patient to whom the data being displayed on the GUI of the client EHR pertains, wherein the query includes the identifier;
• transmitting a second query to a health-information exchange application (HIE), the second query configured to cause the HIE to execute a search over clinical data based upon the identifier in order to generate search results, the search results comprising a portion of the clinical data that pertains to the patient, the clinical data comprising data sourced from a source other than a server EHR in network communication with the client EHR;
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• responsive to receiving the search results from the HIE, transmitting the search results to the client application such that the client application causes the search results to be displayed in a GUI of the client application.