Patent ID: 7447644

Claim:
In a system for scheduling a set of tasks to be performed by at least one individual to support healthcare delivery, a method for providing a user interface for processing an event representing a change in circumstances potentially affecting healthcare delivered to a patient, comprising the steps of: in response to user command, initiating generation of at least one display image enabling a user in, identifying an event and an associated parameter; identifying a global parameter; designating a predetermined first process is associated with said event by associating identifiers with said event and said associated parameter, said predetermined process comprising a set of tasks to be performed by at least one individual to support healthcare delivery; designating a plurality of predetermined concurrently operable processes, including said first process, are associated with said global parameter for concurrently automatically sharing a value of said global parameter; and indicating a value of said associated parameter is to be provided to said first process in response to occurrence of said event; enabling access by said predetermined concurrently operable processes and sharing of said global parameter value; providing said associated parameter to said first process using a map in at least one repository associating event identifiers and parameter identifiers; and using said global parameter while executing said predetermined concurrently operable processes.