Method and system for creating and utilizing a metadata apparatus for management applications

A system for organizing a plurality of defined words and phrases and a plurality of definitions into a multi-level collection of sets for use by outside computer software programs, comprising:

• a first collection of sets that share a first set common theme, wherein the first collection of sets are located on a server or an external device, and wherein the first set common theme describes an element in or related to a health care industry, including a complex item, wherein said first set common theme is a Product Category and includes a Complex Item category, a People category, a Task category, a Facility category, a Material category, an Education category, a Reference category and a Research category, wherein a complex item of the Complex Item category is the human body and the Complex Item category is a Patient category, and;
• a second collection of sets that share a second set common theme, wherein the second collection of sets are located on the server or the external device, wherein the second set common theme describes a management function that uses one or more sets in the Product Category, one or more sets in more than one Product Category, or one or more sets in a Product Category as yet undefined, wherein said first collection of sets and said second collection of sets are Products, wherein each Product is an Organization or Company Product, a Quality Control product, a Credentials or Medical License Hospital Privilege (MLHP) product, a Performance product, a Reimbursement product and a chronological Health Record product.