Ocean Glossary of Terms

Directory Listings
Directory Listings appear on the Ocean Healthmap and provide contact information, additional details, and health service offerings for a specialist, clinic, or other healthcare provider. They also indicate if that physician/program/provider is accepting eReferrals or eConsults. Directory Listings must be claimed by an Ocean Site in order to accept eReferrals or eConsults.
EMR User Account
An EMR User Account is an account that an individual uses to log in to their EMR
Health Service Offering (HSO)
These represent the specific health services offered by a provider, and are specified on their Directory Listing. These health services are searchable within the Ocean Healthmap.
Ocean Platform
The Ocean Platform is a secure, cloud-based digital healthcare technology platform that connects electronic health records, provincial resources, and other digital health solutions. The Ocean Platform includes two main product modules: the Patient Engagement Suite and the Ocean Provider Network. It also includes the Ocean-FHIR Integration Layer, the Ocean Forms Library, and the Ocean Forms Editor.
Ocean Site
An Ocean Site is a location that an Ocean User signs into in the Ocean Platform in order to view patient information, configure Ocean settings, and manage certain Ocean products for a particular clinic or health team. All team members should be invited to their Ocean Site and should have their own unique Ocean User login. An Ocean Site may be linked to an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to sync patient information.
Ocean Site Admin
An Ocean Site Admin is an Ocean User who has been granted administrative privileges on a site. These users have access to the Admin View in the Ocean Portal for that site, which allows them to edit a wide variety of important features for that Ocean site. It is recommended that clinics limit administrative access to a select number of trusted users.
Ocean User
An Ocean User is an individual Ocean account that is associated with a person using the Ocean Platform, and is connected to at least one Ocean Site. An Ocean User may be connected to multiple Ocean Sites that can all be accessed with their single Ocean User login. When connecting to an Ocean Site with an integrated EMR, the Ocean User will be linked with their EMR User Account. This enables single sign-on from the EMR.
Ocean User Account
Each Ocean User has an Ocean User Account. The User Account settings (eg. clinical contact information, delegate emails, etc.) will apply to all usage in Ocean, regardless of the Ocean Site they are working with.
Ocean Username
Each Ocean User has a unique Ocean Username associated with an email address. This is used to log in to your Ocean User Account.
Receiving Site
A Receiving Site is an Ocean Site with at least one Directory Listing that has been configured to receive eReferrals. Please note that Ocean Sites may be configured to be both a Sending Site and a Receiving Site.
Sending Site
A Sending Site is an Ocean Site with at least one Directory Listing that has been configured to send eReferrals. Please note that Ocean Sites may be configured to be both a Sending Site and a Receiving Site.
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