Abstract: The present invention is a system and method using information system technology which provides end-use customers and the sponsors of private labeled laboratory testing analysis programs the ability to utilize any laboratory or number of laboratories (commercial or internal), or on-site testing equipment concurrently and/or in succession and to receive all of the services and benefits of each individual source. In addition, the end-use customers, as well as the suppliers, benefit from the ability to combine all source data to from a comprehensive and uninterrupted analysis program over a long period of time, improvement of each individual sourced program through optional enforcement of specific data integrity parameters, creating a powerful data repository, and use internet technology to improve the ease of use of each and all sourced programs.

Abstract: A system for use in conjunction with a digital data processing system includes an applications program, a user interface and a hierarchy information management system. The applications program generates an information hierarchy including a plurality of hierarchy information items organized in a plurality of hierarchy levels. The user interface includes a display for displaying information to a user and an event initiator, such as, for example, a keyboard or a mouse for generating event information. The hierarchy information management system receives hierarchy information items at selected hierarchy levels from the applications program and transmits the received hierarchy information items to the display of the user interface for display, and responds to the event information by initiating selected operations in connection with the received hierarchy information.