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Clinical Rules Engine

Category: Healthcare Standards: HIPAA · Clinical safety standards

Execute clinical decision rules (8+ rules for safety and quality)

What this node does

  • Renal dosing
  • Critical labs
  • Bleeding risk
  • Duplicate therapy
  • QT prolongation

How to use

  1. In the Hydra Builder, open or create a workflow
  2. In the node palette on the left, find Clinical Rules Engine under the Healthcare category (or use the search bar)
  3. Drag the node onto the canvas
  4. Double-click the node to open its configuration dialog
  5. Fill in the required parameters (see Configuration below)
  6. Connect the Patient Data input port from an upstream node
  7. Optionally connect the Active Rules port if needed
  8. Connect the Triggered Rules and Clinical Alerts output to the next node downstream

Inputs

PortTypeRequiredDescription
Patient DatajsonJSON data object
Active RulesarrayOptionalA list of items

Outputs

PortTypeDescription
Triggered RulesarrayA list of items
Clinical AlertsarrayA list of items

Configuration

Open the configuration dialog by double-clicking the Clinical Rules Engine node on the canvas.

ParameterWhat to enter
enabledRulesConfigure enabledRules in the node settings
alertSeverityConfigure alertSeverity in the node settings
includeRecommendationsConfigure includeRecommendations in the node settings

When to use this node

  • Medication safety
  • Lab monitoring
  • Clinical alerts
  • Quality checks

Need help configuring this node?

Go to Settings → Connectors to set up the connection this node depends on, then reference the connector ID in the node configuration dialog.