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- initialism Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programing System; a programming language (and database) developed originally to be specifically for
hierarchically arranged records, such as medical records.
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The model for reforming at least the software used by Medicare is the VA, which uses a free, open-source package written in the MUMPS language that runs mainly on Unix servers but can run on Linux and probably will as servers are replaced.
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The VA uses a free, open-source system they call Vista, written in the MUMPS language, that runs on Unix and Linux servers.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Policy Arguments Generally, and in Torts Cases in Particular: 2009
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The last time I had a serious cold, it turned into the Martian Death Flu (NOW WITH ADDED MUMPS!).
idiot-milk Diary Entry idiot-milk 2006
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“Well, what in the nation do they call it the MUMPS for?”
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"Well, what in the nation do they call it the MUMPS for?"
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 26 to 30 Mark Twain 1872
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"Well, what in the nation do they call it the MUMPS for?"
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1872
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Predating relational databases, MUMPS contains a hierarchical database based on a B*-tree data structure.
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Furthermore, it is written in MUMPS (standardized by ANSI as simply M), a language that dates from the time of LISP and COBOL.
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Indeed, the best-known vendors of proprietary health care software, including Epic and InterSystems, use MUMPS.
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It is strangely hypocritical to hear VistA's use of MUMPS criticized by proprietary vendors when so any of them are equally dependent on that language.
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