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.
['Kevin M. Heard', 'Christine Huang', 'Laura A. Noirot', 'Richard M. Reichley', 'Thomas C. Bailey']
Using BPEL to define an executable CDS rule process.