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Cortico Oscar Plug-In

Cortico Plugin SSO

Single Sign On with EMR Account

Last updated on 10 Nov, 2026

Cortico supports Single Sign-on (SSO) to its plugin in Oscar EMR. 

This currently makes use of the Kindred PHR SSO system.

User Setup

To set up individual users (clinic must be set up first, below)

  1. The user must have a Cortico account for that clinic, linked to an Oscar user ID (provider_no)

  2. User must install Cortico plugin

  3. When the user newly signs in to their EMR, Cortico is automatically signed in 

EMR setup

  1. The oscar_phr_sso setting must be enabled in the Cortico admin

  2. The Cortico DevOps team must set up a custom SSL Cert that works with Oscar.

  3. Add PHR_CONNECTOR_URL=https://clinicname-direct.cortico.ca/

  4. Create a PHR setup account. This account should be linked via membership to just one clinic, and must be a superuser.

  5. Go to administration->integration->PHR Configuration

  6. Sign in to Cortico using your PHR setup account.

  7. If successful, users are now automatically signed into the Cortico plugin when the access the EMR.

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