Patent ID: 8326651

Claim:
A handheld apparatus comprising: a user interface comprising a display and capable of receiving user input; a wireless network interface capable of coupling to a central medical information management system, a memory maintaining a medical information management application and a selected one of a plurality of practice locations; and a processor operable, when executing the medical information management application: to retrieve electronic information from the medical information management system, the electronic information comprising one or more of a plurality of patient treatment records for patients receiving care at one of a plurality of practice locations, and wherein each of the patient treatment records indicates one of a plurality of predefined phases of care; to provide a plurality of display modes comprising a case board display mode and a patient treatment display mode; wherein the case board display mode has a plurality of first display sub-modes wherein the case board display mode displays one of the first display sub-modes and visual indicators indicating the non-displayed ones of the first display sub-modes, and wherein each of the first display sub-modes corresponds to a respective one a plurality of predefined phases of care and displays patient tracking records having information from the patient treatment records that correspond to the respective one of the predefined phases of care; wherein the patient treatment display mode has a plurality of second display sub-modes, wherein the patient treatment display mode displays one of the second display sub-modes and visual indicators indicating the non-displayed ones of the second display sub-modes, and wherein a first one of the second display sub-modes displays a case chronology for the selected one of the patient tracking records and permits selection of one of a plurality of medical events in the case chronology for updating of a time record associated with the selected medical event; to receive user input selecting one of the display modes; to retrieve information from the medical information management system based on the selected display mode; and to enter the selected display mode using the information retrieved from the medical information management system.