20120216179 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE INSTANCES OF AN ENTERPRISE CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus to manage instances of an enterprise clinical information system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an instance tracker to obtain information related to a first instance of a clinical information system associated with a first healthcare entity of the clinical information system, wherein a plurality of instances of the clinical information system are installed in association with a plurality of healthcare entities of the clinical information system; an extractor to extract information related to a first application of the first instance of the clinical information system associated with the first entity and to extract information related to a second application of a second instance of the clinical information system associated with a second entity of the clinical information system; a dependency calculator to calculate dependency data of the first and second applications, wherein the dependency data indicates whether the first application is dependent on the second application; and an updater to, when the dependency data indicates that the second application is dependent on the first application, update the second application in response to an update to the first application. | 08-23-2012 |