1. An automated health care information system, comprising: a database storing an electronic patient record; a workstation having a user interface for displaying information stored in the electronic patient record, the display further including a display of a user interface tool for the user to select or invoke, either directly or indirectly, an intelligent token; the intelligent token comprising a character string that is associated with a set of medical logic instructions, the medical logical instructions coding for retrieval of multiple items of information stored in the electronic patient record for a given patient; wherein invoking of the intelligent token in the automated health care information systems triggers execution of the set of medical logic instructions and retrieval of the multiple items of information stored in the electronic patient record.