Patent ID: 8204771

Claim:
A computer-implemented method in a computing system environment for updating a task list from an action item documentation view, the method comprising: receiving, as a first computing process, an indication that a task view indicator has been selected from the action item documentation view, wherein the task view indicator is a selectable indicator associated with a specific time instance and positioned on a display device such that the task view indicator is adjacent to an indicator of the specific time instance associated therewith, wherein the task view indicator is displayed only when one or more tasks associated with the specific time instance remain uncompleted, wherein the one or more tasks is an indication of a healthcare order to be performed, and wherein the one or more tasks includes one or more action items for which one or more patient data elements are documented, and wherein an action item is an item for which a value is documented and a patient data element is the value; in response to receiving the indication that the task view indicator associated with the specific time instance has been selected, displaying, as a second computing process, a focused task list with a focus on one or more uncompleted tasks that correspond with the specific time instance associated with the task view indicator selected, the focused task list being displayed only in response to the selection of the task view indicator and the focused task list only displaying uncompleted tasks associated with the specific time instance of the selected task view indicator; receiving an indication that a particular one of the one or more tasks has been selected for documentation; determining whether the particular one of the one or more tasks that has been selected for documentation is to be documented from the action item documentation view; and determining whether the one or more action items of the particular one of the one or more tasks meets all criteria for completion, and wherein the first and second computing processes are executed utilizing one or more computing devices.