NOVA Workflow: A Workflow Management Tool Targeting Health Services Delivery

We present the NOVA Workflow tool-suite, a prototype for a process, information and communication management tool to guide and inform real world workflows with special attention to the needs of health services delivery. NOVA Workflow is an innovative workflow management system which integrates formal verification into the software development process. For workflow modeling the tool uses the time Compensable Workflow Modeling Language (CWMLT) which produces reliable and structured workflow models and enhances error handling. The graphical editor of the tool gives a common platform for modeling, verifying and developing software. The SOA based architecture of the workflow engine ensures compliance with industry standards. The tool includes an automated translator to a model checking tool, a monitor to facilitate run-time compliance of (health care) policy, and a user friendly browser to give clinicians a convenient way to view a patient’s information without losing the context. We propose an application of the browser to process diagnosis.