Table 2.

Glossary

API	Application Programming Interface, a set of functions in our case allowing access to the predictive model
CT	Control Tower, a web browser application that displays information about patients, including output from the predictive model
docker	A docker container is a software package that includes an executable program as well as all dependencies necessary to run it
DP	Control Tower data pipeline, the central actor in our informatics architecture. Reads and writes messages to the ESB via IBM Streams, applies application logic via ODM, calls the predictive model via the Model Broker (MB)
ESB	Enterprise Service Bus, the institution-wide pipeline for communication between applications
GUI	Graphical user interface
HL7	Messaging standard for EHRs
JSON	JavaScript Object Notation, a human-readable text file format
ODM	Operational Decision Manager, an IBM product that applies logic or rules
MB	Model Broker, Data preprocessing and ingestion application. Feeds data to and from model
UDP	Unified Data Platform, our institution’s primary data resource
URL	Universal resource locator, or web address
web service	A piece of software made available over the internet