Chrome running web app outside of Cerner

[Evelyn]

Hi,

We have a Smart App which is Chromium based. Is it possible to launch from PowerChart, and opens chrome browser outside of PowerChart? If yes, how and where should we configure this?

Thanks,

[Aaron McGinn (Cerner)]

Current requirements for PowerChart FHIR apps are IE 10/11 depending on the use case [1]. I believe there is a plan to start testing an embedded chromium-based browser this year.

[1] https://fhir.cerner.com/smart/#browser-requirement

-Aaron (Cerner)

[Evelyn]

Hi Aaron,

Thank you for your reply and sharing the plan. But that's not what I was asking. I know currently only IE 10/11 are supported for the embedded app. My question is, can we click the button in PowerChart, and opens a new browser, launch our app in that browser, instead of embedded in PowerChart?

Thanks,

[Aaron McGinn (Cerner)]

An external launch is possible, but highly discouraged. Most likely this launch would open an external IE browser anyway, as that will typically be the default on the local (or virtual) machine. This also introduces security implications in that the chart in the browser would not switch patients when the user changes patients within PowerChart.

-Aaron (Cerner)

[Evelyn]

Hi Aaron,

Thank you for your reply. I understand that it's not recommended. I am wondering how to configure that in PowerChart if we still need to proceed with external launch.

Thanks,

[Aaron McGinn (Cerner)]

You would have to work with the client (or our program implementation team for internal Cerner testing domains) to configure the launch parameters.

-Aaron (Cerner)

[Evelyn]

Thank you for your help.