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Abstract

A method of intelligently guiding a registrar through a patient registration within a health information system. The method utilizes an inverted tree-type decision structure in which a question path is dependent on and determined by the responses to prior questions. A registrar is guided through the decision structure by responding to a series of questions. Within the decision structure, one or more actions are performed, which may include the return of an identifier to an initiating field in the health information system. An administrator may customize the questions, responses, and screen presentations of the decision structure through a Windows.RTM.-based graphical user interface. When multiple identifiers are returned in a registration session, the identifiers are automatically sequenced according to a predetermined hierarchy.

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