Systems and methods for creating a form for receiving data relating to a health care incident

A computer system for health care incident tracking comprising:

• an administrator application configured to execute instructions to provide:
• a user interface component configured to receive a request to create a form and to receive a request to create a user-defined field object;
• a persistent store configured to store health care incident data;
• at least one processor configured to execute instructions to provide:
• an interface module configured to receive a request to create a user-defined field object;
• and
• a metabase coupled to the persistent store, wherein the metabase is configured to:
• provide a dictionary of field objects in the persistent store, wherein an instance of a field object is a form field, wherein a field object defines attributes, and wherein at least one attribute is a presentation attribute for a form field within a form;
• determine that the user-defined field object is not in the dictionary of field objects;
• generate the user-defined field object by defining attributes for the user-defined field object, wherein at least one attribute is a display attribute for a form field within a form;
• add the user-defined field object to the dictionary of field objects;
• and
• link the user-defined field object to a data location in the persistent store;
• and
• a form engine configured to generate the form, wherein the form comprises an ordered collection of form fields, wherein at least one form field is configured to receive data relating to a health care incident, and wherein at least one form field is an instance of the user-defined field object and is displayed according to the at least one presentation attribute.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium upon which a plurality of instructions are stored, the instructions, when executed by a processor, for instructing the processor to create a form for receiving data relating to a health care incident by,

• providing a dictionary of field objects in a metabase, wherein a field object defines attributes, and wherein an instance of a field object is a form field;
• receiving a request to create a user-defined field object;
• determining that the user-defined field object is not in the dictionary of field objects in the metabase;
• generating the user-defined field object by defining attributes for the user-defined field object, wherein at least one attribute is a presentation attribute for a form field within a form;
• adding the user-defined field object to the dictionary of field objects in the metabase;
• linking the user-defined field object to a data location in a persistent store;
• and
• generating the form, wherein the form comprises an ordered collection of form fields, wherein at least one form field is configured to receive data relating to a health care incident, and wherein at least one form field is an instance of the user-defined field object and is displayed according to the at least one presentation attribute.