Patent ID: 7752178

Claim:
A method, comprising: retrieving identifying information from at least two software applications that are executed by a computing device, said identifying information identifying at least one individual about which the two software applications are currently causing display of medical information; comparing the identifying information to determine whether the two software applications are currently causing display of medical information about the same individual; generating a result indicative of said comparing; determining, via the computing device, a synchronization state, among a plurality of predetermined synchronization states, based on the result, the determined synchronization state identifies a synchronization state of each of the two software applications while the two software applications are currently causing display of the identifying information; associating the determined synchronization state with the result; and displaying the result, wherein a change in the display of the identifying information and corresponding medical information generated by one of the two software applications does not force a change in the display of the identifying information and corresponding medical information generated by the other software application, wherein the identifying information is not exchanged between the two software applications.