Facilitating user input via head-mounted display device and arm-mounted peripheral device

A method for performing user data entry, comprising:

• (a) authenticating a first user to enter data using an apparatus for performing data entry by the first user, the apparatus comprising, a head-mountable electronic display device configured to be attached to a user's head and comprising a display for viewing by the user information displayed thereon, wherein the head-mountable electronic display device is configured to receive user input by the user for interfacing with a user interface displayed to the user on the display of the head-mountable electronic display device, such that data entry is accomplished by the user regarding an object of observation, intervention, or interaction by the user, and wherein the head-mountable electronic display device is configured to transmit data entered by the user to a computer system over a computer network for recording in a data record;
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• (b) after a successful authentication of the first user to enter data using the apparatus, facilitating user data entry by the first user by:
• (i) displaying, on the display of the head-mountable electronic display device, a user interface including script, the displayed script including a user-selectable placeholder representative of data to be entered regarding an object of observation, intervention, or interaction by the user;
• (ii) receiving a cue from the user indicating selection of the displayed user-selectable placeholder, and based thereon, receiving subsequently thereto user input representing data for which the user-selectable placeholder is representative;
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• (iii) transmitting the received data represented by the user input to the computer system over a computer network for recording in the data record.