Thanks for the compliment! I try to be brief and to the point with my HIStalk postings by clearly defining a concept that will improve understanding by readers.

TPD’s description is much better. WOA is different than SOA because it integrates at the application/resource layer with the existing web front-end, rather than at the “service” layer (i.e., data or business logic). REST can be used for both, SOAP cannot. Web portals have been doing WOA for over a decade now without it having a term, in fact most of the ads you see use the same basic concept that a user can’t tell the difference about where something came from, and probably doesn’t actually care. The clinical web portal we just put in uses both SOA and WOA pretty effectively in our best-of-breed clinical environment.

[From Mr. HIStalk] Actually, according to a link sent from a reader, FTC has delayed implementation of the rule for six months.

Is this facility still outsourced to ACS (formerly Superior Consultant)?