34. The record management system of claim 30 wherein the computing device further generates a digitally signed message digest when the electronic document is created to provide for detection of unauthorized alteration of the electronic document.
30. An electronic medical record management system for generating an electronic medical document based on a specific context from among a plurality of contexts within which an event may be documented, the system comprising a server coupled to one or more workstations, wherein a computing device of the server or one of the one or more workstations: provides one or more headings and a selection of available subheadings corresponding to each of the one or more headings; receives input signals from one or more authors to enter content for association with one or more of the selection of available subheadings corresponding to at least one of the one or more headings; converts each of the one or more available subheadings for which an input signal to enter content has been received into a corresponding one of one or more selected subheadings to be associated with a position within a structural hierarchy; receives input signals from the one or more authors to associate one or more of a plurality of contexts with the entered content and/or selected subheadings and corresponding headings; defines outlines for presenting the content to the one or more authors in an electronic medical document; and generates the electronic medical document including the content and the associated selected subheadings and headings that are associated with a specific context from among the plurality of contexts.