Integration and synergy of medical knowledge bases upon workflow management technology

The paper introduced to the integration and synergy of knowledge bases upon workflow management technology.With existing medical knowledge bases as starting point, this method first developed knowledge services for each knowledge base, then orchestrated these services using workflow management technology, and finally achieved coordinated decision support applications.Such support system has found clinical uses in tertiary hospitals in China with proven outcomes. Key words: Clinical decision support system; Workflow management; Knowledge base; Integration; Synergy