Patent ID: 8566123

Claim:
An information apparatus for use with a networked database, comprising: (a) a computing device having a processor and a machine readable medium containing machine readable code for performing a computer implemented method and executable by the processor of the computing device, the processor being configured to perform the implemented method, (b) wherein the computing device is configured for network communications with the networked database for accessing data from and storing data in the networked database, and (c) wherein the computer implemented method comprises the steps of, (i) providing a user interface including, (A) one or more user interface areas configured to allow for creation of a structured note representing documentation, and (B) one or more user interface areas configured to allow for selection, during the creation of the structured note, of one or more categories for which data is stored in the networked database, (ii) receiving, via the user interface provided in said step (i), a selection of one or more of the categories, (iii) accessing data that has been previously stored in the networked database, that is associated with a patient for which a structured note representing documentation is being created, and that corresponds to the one or more categories of the selection of said step (ii), (iv) presenting, during the creation of the structured note via the user interface, the data accessed from the networked database in said step (iii), (v) receiving, via the user interface provided in step (i), input for creating the structured note, the structured note including information associated with the one or more categories of the selection of said step (ii), (vi) in response to user input, storing in the networked database the structured note as a part of documentation stored in a record for the patient, and (vii) in conjunction with the storing of the structured note in said step (vi), automatically storing in the networked database, as a part of the record for the patient, information from the structured note in a second area of the record, the second area being determined based on predetermined system administrator settings and the one or more categories of the selection of said step (ii).