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Workflow engines are underused and underappreciated. Most companies configure or develop enterprise software so that it implicitly reflects their business processes and leave it at that — big mistake.

Modern microservices architectures are event-driven, reactive, and choreographed (as opposed to being centrally controlled via an orchestrator). That makes them loosely coupled and easy to change.

I have been tracking diffusion of workflow technology into healthcare for over two decades. Since 2011 I’ve annually searched every HIMSS conference exhibitor website for workflow-related material.