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Glossary

TermMeaning
AccountOne wawa customer: a clinic or a clinic group. Integrations, API clients and webhook endpoints belong to one account.
ClinicA physical location within an account. Many integrations can be assigned per clinic.
ServerOne configured connection from wawa to an external system, for example a DICOM server, an EmbryoScope instrument or an RI Witness web service. Some screens call it a station. An account can have several; one can be the default.
Test ConnectionThe action on a server that checks wawa can reach the system and sign in. It must pass before go-live.
Managed integrationA connection to a clinical or business system that wawa configures and operates with you, as opposed to your own code calling the API.
Integration targetA system in your clinic that wawa connects to, identified by a private IP and port or a public URL.
Private integrationA managed integration that reaches its targets over a Site-to-Site VPN.
Egress IPsThe fixed addresses wawa connects to your public targets from. See Egress IPs.
wawa patient IDThe patient's identity-management ID in wawa. Integrations use it to match records in other systems.
DICOMwebThe HTTP-based DICOM standard (QIDO-RS to query, WADO-RS to retrieve) wawa uses to read imaging.
Structured Report (SR)The DICOM object ultrasound machines use to carry measurements. wawa imports measurements from SR.
AE TitleThe DICOM name of a device. Scanners query worklists for their AE Title.
Worklist groupA scan room or group in wawa whose AE Title worklist entries are addressed to.
Canonical Data Model (CDM)wawa's stable, versioned representation of clinical and operational records, used by the API and webhooks.
API clientA machine credential created under Settings → Connect for the REST API.