About: Arden syntax

Arden syntax is a markup language used for representing and sharing medical knowledge. This clinical and scientific knowledge language is used in an executable format by clinical decision support systems to generate alerts, interpretations, and to screen and manage messages to clinicians. This syntax is used to share medical knowledge within and across many health service institutions. Rule sets, called Medical Logic Modules (MLMs), comprise enough logic to make a single medical decision. Medical logic modules are written in Arden syntax, and are called by a program – an event monitor – when the condition they are written to help with occurs.