title: Using BPEL to define an executable CDS rule process.
abstract: Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL) is an XML-based language used to define business process and workflow logic. While its original purpose was to provide a method of linking several disparate business applications, we have found that BPEL provides several features and advantages that lend it to incorporation in a clinical decision support (CDS) rule engine.
authors.affiliation: BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Heard
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Noirot
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Reichley
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software