Patent Document ID: 20090076845
Application ID: 12209434
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computerized method for facilitating management of patient care, comprising: defining a set of events relating to a query, where each event in the set is applicable to a plurality of patient records; composing a logical expression including the events; specifying at least one calendar time period relating to at least one event, the calendar time period being a limiting condition on the logical expression; evaluating the logical expression for each of the patient records; identifying a set of patient records consistent with the logical expression; labeling said set of patient records as a cohort or an event collection; performing said query on patient data for the cohort or event collection to yield a query result; and generating a report including the result of the query, wherein said defining is performed via a first portion of a user interface affording a user access to data for defining the events, the calendar time period is specified via a second portion of the user interface, the label of the cohort or event collection is displayed on a third portion of the user interface, affording the user access to a definition of the cohort or event collection, an event collection includes all patient records consistent with the logical expression, and a cohort includes, for a given patient, only one patient record consistent with the logical expression.