1. A user interface system for presenting patient medical problem information to a user, comprising: a first search processor for automatically searching a knowledge base of information associating a plurality of different medical problems with corresponding attributes to find an attribute indicating a particular characteristic of a particular medical problem, in response to occurrence of an event; and a display processor for initiating generation of data representing a display image, said display image including, a first image area for including data indicating candidate medical problems and associated attributes and a second image area for including data representing assigned medical problems of a particular patient and enabling a user to select a medical problem for transfer from said first image area to said second image area.