Using BPEL to define an executable CDS rule process.
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.
Heard
Kevin M
KM
BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Huang
Christine
C
Noirot
Laura A
LA
Reichley
Richard M
RM
Bailey
Thomas C
TC
D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software