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CCR File - What is a .ccr file and how do I open it?
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What is a CCR file? A CCR file is a "Continuity of Care Record" (CCR) data file used in the healthcare industry to store and share a patient's medical information in a standardized format. It is saved in the XML standard, allowing compliant systems to import the information in the CCR records without losing key information, which reduces errors and duplication in patient records.
More Information The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) developed the CCR format to allow healthcare providers to transfer patient data efficiently and securely between systems, organizations, or care settings. The format helps ensure continuity of care by providing a consistent summary of a patient's health status, including diagnoses, medications, allergies, procedures, and other critical clinical information. Healthcare professionals, IT administrators, and medical software users are the primary users of CCR files. Doctors and nurses rely on CCR files indirectly through EHR systems, while IT staff use them to ensure patient data can move safely and accurately between systems.
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.CCR File Extension
2 file types use the .ccr file extension.
ASTM Continuity of Care Record
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What is a CCR file?
A CCR file is a "Continuity of Care Record" (CCR) data file used in the healthcare industry to store and share a patient's medical information in a standardized format. It is saved in the XML standard, allowing compliant systems to import the information in the CCR records without losing key information, which reduces errors and duplication in patient records.
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The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) developed the CCR format to allow healthcare providers to transfer patient data efficiently and securely between systems, organizations, or care settings. The format helps ensure continuity of care by providing a consistent summary of a patient's health status, including diagnoses, medications, allergies, procedures, and other critical clinical information.
Healthcare professionals, IT administrators, and medical software users are the primary users of CCR files. Doctors and nurses rely on CCR files indirectly through EHR systems, while IT staff use them to ensure patient data can move safely and accurately between systems.
How to open a CCR file
You can open CCR files with an EHR system or specialized medical record software that supports the CCR standard. One example of a program that supports CCR files is Records For Living HealthFrame Viewer.
Since the file is XML-based, you can also open it with a text editor for viewing or basic inspection. However, editing it manually is not recommended due to the complexity of the structured medical data.
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Records For Living HealthFrame Viewer
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Updated: January 8, 2026
Comic Chat Room Shortcut
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A CCR file may also be a shortcut used to open a chat room in Microsoft Comic Chat, a discontinued IRC application. Users can double-click a CCR file to open the associated chat room in Comic Chat.
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Microsoft Comic Chat is an online chat program in which users' avatars look like comic characters. It allows users to not just chat, but communicate using animated expressions and gestures.
Comic Chat users can save shortcuts to frequently-visited chat rooms, to make it easier for them to connect to those chat rooms in the future. These shortcuts are saved as CCR files.
How to open a CCR file
Microsoft Comic Chat (Windows) is still available as an unofficial, third-party download. Provided your CCR file points to a chat room that still exists, you can install Microsoft Comic Chat and then double-click your CCR file to access the chat room to which the file points.
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Updated: August 29, 2022