Patent ID: 7275220

Claim:
An electronic healthcare system, comprising: a graphical user-interface; at least one electronic computer communicating with the graphical user interface to provide: (a) at least one electronic healthcare database including medical records; (b) a set of different software applications usable in any order by a single user on the electronic computer, the software applications allowing a user to access records of the electronic healthcare database for different patients; (c) a provider program running on the at least one electronic computer to: (i) receive input from a user through the graphical user-interface identifying a first software application to be initialized and opened; (ii) upon receipt of the user input, analyze other software applications currently open by the user to determine if any patient's records are being accessed by a currently open second software application; (iii) if any patient's records are not being accessed, allowing an identification of a first patient through the graphical user-interface and initializing and opening the first software application to access records related to the identified first patient; (iv) if any patient's records are being accessed, automatically opening and initializing the first software application to also access records of the patient accessed by the second software application.