Patent ID: 7155447

Claim:
An automated method comprising: providing a hierarchically-organized database comprising a plurality of nodes; displaying: a first series of items that correspond to a first group of the plurality of nodes as comprise a portion of the hierarchically-organized database; at least one user-selectable additional item that corresponds to a specific one of the plurality of nodes that does not comprise a part of the first group of the plurality of nodes; upon detecting selection of the at least one user-selectable additional item, displaying a second series of items that correspond to a second group of the plurality of nodes, which second series is at least partially different than the first series; detecting a medical examination data entry interaction with at least a specific one of the first and second series of selectable items and entering corresponding medical examination data into storage via the hierarchically-organized database in response to such interaction to provide entered data; and generating an automated medical report by transferring the entered data into a report generation process.