Patent ID: 8069418

Claim:
A user interface display system supporting entry of medical information concerning administration of treatment to a patient, comprising a processor including: a display generator for generating a display image that enables a user to configure a visual format of a medical information display image by selecting a location of a plurality of predetermined data item values in a medical information display image to be used in supporting entry of information concerning administration of medication to a patient and including, (a) data entry elements supporting user selection of said plurality of predetermined data item values associated with an individual patient parameter, (b) a user-selected particular data item of said plurality of data items for use as a trigger data item for initiating population of at least one of a data field and an informational data field with an exemplary set of at least one of data field values and informational values associated the with selected trigger data item previously stored in a storage medium, and (c) a preview display window that displays a preview of the medical display image in the user-configured layout and includes said populated data fields in the user-configured a visual format substantially the same as the visual format said populated data fields are to have in said medical information display image, the preview window enabling a user to selectively view a modification of at least one of said selected plurality of predetermined data item values associated with an individual patient parameter and said trigger data item of the user-configured visual format without exiting the preview display window within the display image.