Identifying events in a badge of a graphical user interface

A method executed by a client computing device, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a hub application executing on the client computing device, contextual data from a client electronic health record application (EHR) executing on the client computing device, wherein the contextual data is received based upon first data pertaining to a patient being displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the client EHR;
• responsive to receiving the contextual data, causing second data pertaining to the patient to be displayed in a GUI of the hub application on a display of the client computing device simultaneously with the GUI of the client EHR, wherein the GUI for the hub application comprises a selectable button that is representative of a supplement application, the supplement application configured to provide an operator of the computing device with events that supplement data presented to the operator of the computing device by the client EHR;
• receiving, from the supplement application, an indication that the supplement application is reporting an update, wherein the update is based upon the contextual data of the client EHR;
• and
• displaying a badge on the selectable button, wherein the badge indicates that the supplement application is reporting the update.

A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:

• receiving, at a hub application, contextual data from a client electronic health record application (EHR) executing on a client computing device, wherein the contextual data is received based upon data pertaining to a patient being displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the client EHR;
• responsive to receiving the contextual data, causing a GUI of the hub application to be displayed on a display simultaneously with the GUI of the client EHR, wherein the GUI for the hub application comprises a selectable button that is representative of a supplement application, the supplement application configured to provide an operator of the computing device with events based upon the contextual data of the client EHR being executed by the processor, wherein the contextual data comprises an identifier for a patient, and further wherein the GUI for the client EHR includes data about the patient;
• receiving, from the supplement application, an indication that the supplement application is reporting an update, wherein the update is based upon the contextual data of the client EHR;
• and
• displaying a badge on the selectable button, wherein the badge indicates that the supplement application is reporting the update.