TL;DR: By writing down the rationale behind the design of the syntax of the Arden Syntax, the authors hope to aid users of the language, implementors of the Language, and future designers of new languages.
TL;DR: A detailed tutorial on how to write Arden Syntax knowledge base rules, which are stored as simple ASCII files that can be written on any text editor, is provided.
TL;DR: A production-ready development environment, compiler, rule engine and application server for Arden Syntax, which is currently working on incorporating the HL7 standard GELLO, which provides a standardized interface and query language for accessing data in health information systems.
TL;DR: In this paper, a system and method for graphic creation of a medical logical module in the Arden syntax file format allows a user to define a medical decision process in terms of flowcharts and outlines.
Abstract: The system and method for graphic creation of a medical logical module in the Arden syntax file format allows a user to define a medical decision process in terms of flowcharts and outlines. The system and method provide for creation of a medical logical module for a computer in the Arden syntax file format. A graphic representation of a medical decision logic tree of a connected series of a plurality of nodes in a medical decision process is encoded, with each node having a logical path from the node, and each connected series of nodes containing at least one intermediate node and a concluding node. For each node, a conditional statement is encoded for each path from the node; a definition of a path for each intermediate node is encoded; and an outcome for each concluding node is encoded.
TL;DR: The issues and implementation of a clinical event monitor are described, using as an example the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center clinical event Monitor, which is based on the Arden Syntax for Medical Logic Modules.