Patent ID: 8224774

Claim:
A method, comprising: generating one or more object-oriented classes using a processor of a computing system based, at least in part, on a form specification representing a previously existing hardcopy form; storing the one or more object-oriented classes in a memory of the computing system accessible by a first provider organization; storing one or more form entries in a first provider database in the memory of the computing platform; displaying an electronic form with an approximate appearance of the previously existing hardcopy form based, at least in part, on the one or more object-oriented classes, the one or more object-oriented classes to specify one or more characteristics of the electronic form, wherein the electronic form is populated at least in part with the one or more form entries stored in the first provider database and at least in part with data from a centralized database accessible by the first provider organization and further accessible by one or more additional provider organizations, wherein the one or more object-oriented classes comprise logic associated with one or more respective fields of the electronic form to perform one or more operations on the one or more entries at least in part in response to displaying, the electronic form; and securing the one or more object-oriented classes and the one or more form entries of the first provider database stored in the memory of the computing system against access from the one or more additional provider organizations.