Patent ID: 8055514

Claim:
A computer readable medium comprising a user-centric application software routine which is executable on a system for storage and retrieval of medical information, and enables a user to navigate through and access data domains of said system, when said routine is executed on said system performs the acts of: (a) storing, for a first class and a second class of users of said system, plurality of user task-based database navigation subroutines which, when executed by said users, is configured to display, on a workstation of said users, one or more database information screens through which said users may navigate through and gain access to one or more selected database domains of said system; and (b) in response to a first user of said first class logging on to said system, displaying, on the workstation a first image-containing information elements associated with first tasks that may be carried out by the first class of the users; (c) in response to a second user of said second class logging on to said system, displaying, on the workstation a second image-containing information elements associated with second tasks that may be carried out by the second class of the users, the first image-containing information elements being different from the second image-containing information elements; wherein the first image-containing information elements have a first workflow to be followed by said first user, and wherein the second image-containing information elements have a second workflow to be followed by said second user in navigating through said one or more database domains, access to which is associated with executing a given task, the first workflow being different from the second workflow.