User interface for a medical informatics system that incorporates an examination timeline

A computer system comprising:

• an output display for displaying medical information for a medical informatics system;
• and
• a processor, coupled to said output display, for displaying, on said output display, information regarding medical examinations available within said medical informatics system, for displaying a timeline comprising a plurality of elements, wherein an element represents a medical examination and presents information about at least one concurrently displayed image of anatomy of a patient of the medical examination, and a position of an element on said timeline indicating an acquisition time for a medical examination relative to other medical examinations on said timeline, and for displaying images of anatomy of the patient, including the at least concurrently displayed image of anatomy of the patient, corresponding to at least two of the medical examinations.

A method for displaying medical information comprising:

• concurrently displaying a first timeline and a second different timeline, the first timeline displaying a history of medical examinations of a patient, including information about a concurrently displayed image of a region of anatomy of the patient, wherein the image has diagnostic value;
• and the second timeline displaying a subset of the first timeline.