1. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method of providing cloud rules and an alerting framework, the method comprising: receiving one or more rules associated with one or more healthcare information systems, the one or more rules each designating an initiating and at least one target application; associating one or more actions to the at least one target application; and monitoring the initiating application for a trigger associated with the one or more rules.