Towards an XML-based user interface for electronic health record

We propose an approach to the user interface (UI) development process based on the exclusive use of extensible markup language (XML) technologies. This approach produces UI applications suitable for use in business domains requiring high level of customization and high level of portability like in the health domain. The approach discussed has been successfully used for the development of a large (in terms of complexity) client application in the financial domain. We are transferring the proposed approach to the health domain, having already developed an electronic health record (EHR) viewer application.