Patent ID: 8024200

Claim:
A user interface embodied on at least one computer-readable storage medium, the user interface comprising at least one display region for presenting: a graphical representation simultaneously displaying two or more options for an administration schedule associated with a clinical order, each option including a set of display objects presented in a context to indicate administration dates of a substance-based orderable under each respective option, administration times of the substance-based orderable, the amount of time the substance-based orderable is supposed to be present within the body of a patient, and a maximum duration of exposing a patient to the substance-based orderable based on the amount of time the substance-based orderable is supposed to be present within the body of the patient, wherein the clinical order has a first administration schedule associated therewith, and wherein the two or more options comprise corrective alternative scheduling for medication administration under the clinical order when the medication has been improperly given so as to stop a propagation of errors, each option being associated with a policy comprising one of: maintaining the remaining number of doses of the substance-based orderable to be administered under the first administration schedule associated with the clinical order; maintaining the remaining number of doses of the substance-based orderable to be administered under the first administration schedule associated with the clinical order while modifying a stop date and time for administration of the substance-based orderable that is as close as possible to a first stop date and time under the first administration schedule associated with the clinical order; and modifying a stop date and time for administration of the substance-based orderable that represents temporal proximity with a first stop date and time under the first administration schedule associated with the clinical order.