A user interface for a medical informatics system displays medical information including information regarding medical examinations. A patient history timeline and a relevant exams timeline, which include a plurality of elements, are displayed such that an element represents a medical examination. A position of an element on the timeline indicates an acquisition time for a medical examination relative to other medical examinations on the timeline. An element displays information about a corresponding medical examination, including: a date, to indicate acquisition of the medical examination; information to indicate whether images are available for the corresponding medical examination; and information to indicate whether a report is available for the corresponding medical examination. A user may extract additional information about an exam through use, of a cursor control device, including: information to indicate a location of images for a medical examination; general information about the medical examination; and a plurality of menu items to permit a user to select functions for the medical examination.