When typed using free-text, Amoxicillin and moAcXllicin appear the same to the computer -- both letter groupings are equally meaningless. In contrast, objects in SOAPware can include multiple letters and/or numbers that as a group have been identified and are recognizable to the computer. SOAPware displays the start and end points of a SMARText item (i.e. object) with an open bracket followed by a close bracket. Everything inside those brackets  is considered to be part of the item.

The image above is a free-text medication. While this entry is functional, it is not considered "meaningful data."

The image above shows the same information, but in a SMARText format that allows the information to easily be inserted into the chart, ePrescribed, and read by a computer.

With SMARText, a user will be able to:

• Quickly and easily associate information that needs to be grouped together (i.e. a SMARText item of the appropriate type).
• Do it all in one location (i.e. a SMARText item of the appropriate type).
• Save the item for reuse in the future  (save it in the SMARText library).