Abstract: A user interface system for presenting medical information related to a patient episode includes an acquisition processor for acquiring data related to a patient episode in response to received data identifying the particular episode. The patient episode related data includes data from a time period during the episode, and from at least one of: data from a time period before the episode, and data from a time period after the episode. A display processor provides data representing a single display image presenting a timeline together with user selectable items of surgical operation related data acquired by the acquisition processor for a patient during a user selected time period. A command processor initiates presentation of the single display image in response to a user command.