Recordation and organization of problem solving data

A method of recording and associating data objects relating to an object of care so that the data objects are associated in a manner that allows a user to determine a logical relationship between a plurality of data objects by viewing connections indicative of associations between the plurality of data objects, said method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of observations regarding said object of care from a user controlled input device,
• receiving a plurality of categories of care regarding said object of care from said user controlled input device,
• receiving a plurality of actions regarding said object of care from said user controlled input device;
• receiving a plurality of entries from said user controlled input device indicating one or more specific observations that are to be associated with each specific category of care;
• receiving a plurality of entries from said user controlled input device indicating one or more specific actions that are to be associated with each specific category of care;
• storing data corresponding to said specific observations and said specific actions that are to be associated to each specific category of care;
• concurrently displaying on an output device the plurality of observations, the plurality of categories of care, the plurality of actions, and a plurality of associations corresponding to said stored data, wherein said associations are visible as solid lines.

A system for recording and organizing information regarding an object of care comprising:

• an observation data set including a plurality of observations, said plurality of observations comprising a first subset of said plurality of observations and a second subset of said plurality of observations;
• an action data set including a plurality of actions, said plurality of actions comprising a first subset of said plurality of actions and a second subset of said plurality of actions;
• a first category of care connected to said first subset of said plurality of observations and connected to said first subset of said plurality of actions;
• a second category of care connected to said second subset of said plurality of observations and connected to said second subset of said plurality of actions, and
• a user interface concurrently displaying said observation data set, said first and second categories of care, and said action data set.

A system for recording and organizing information regarding an object of care comprising:

• an observation data set including a plurality N observations, said plurality of observations comprising
• a first subset of said plurality of observations, wherein said first subset includes a quantity from 1 to N of said plurality N observations;
• and a second subset of said plurality of observations, wherein said second subset includes a quantity from 1 to N of said plurality N observations;
• an action data set including a plurality M of actions, said plurality M of actions comprising
• a first subset of said plurality M of actions, wherein said first subset includes a quantity from 1 to M of said plurality M actions;
• and
• a second subset of said plurality M of actions, wherein said first subset includes a quantity from 1 to M of said plurality M actions;
• a first category of care connected to said first subset of said plurality N of observations and connected to said first subset of said plurality M of actions;
• a second category of care connected to said second subset of said plurality N of observations and connected to said second subset of said plurality M of actions;
• and
• a user interface concurrently displaying said observation data set, said first and second categories of care, and said action data set.

A system for connecting data objects in a user interface, comprising:

• a user interface concurrently displaying a plurality of observations, a plurality of categories of care, and a plurality of actions associated with an object of care;
• a plurality of text phrases concurrently displayed in the user interface, the text phrases being divided by a plurality of text dividers, wherein each of said plurality of text phrases may be individually selected by a user, wherein when any portion of a particular text phrase is selected, the entire particular text phrase is selected;
• and
• a connection object;
• wherein any of said plurality of text phrases may be iteratively selected and connected to said connection object, wherein each of said plurality of text phrases that are iteratively selected and connected to said connection object are automatically displayed in a bounded area of the user interface, wherein said plurality of text phrases that are not iteratively selected and connected to said connection object are concurrently displayed in the user interface outside of the bounded area.

A computer readable medium including software for executing the method of connecting specific text objects with a connection object, said method comprising:

• concurrently displaying on an output device a plurality of observations, a category of care, a plurality of actions, and one or more associations depicting associations between selected of the actions and the category of care;
• receiving a plurality N of text phrases from a user controlled input device;
• storing said plurality N of text phrases;
• displaying in a bounded area of a user interface said plurality N of text phrases separated by a plurality N−1 text dividers, wherein portions of two or more of the text phrases are displayed on a single line within the bounded area;
• iteratively performing the following:
• receiving a selection of a specific text phrase from said user controlled input device;
• receiving a selection of a connection object from said user controlled input device, said connection object being concurrently displayed outside of the bounded area in the user interface;
• displaying a line between said selected specific text phrase within the bounded area and said selected connection object outside of the bounded area.