MUMPS (Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System), also known as M, is a programming language and integrated database system developed beginning in 1966 by Neil Pappalardo and colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital, designed originally for hospital laboratory and clinical information systems. MUMPS combines a procedural programming language directly with a hierarchical, sparse-array database as a built-in language feature rather than a separate system, an unusual design well suited to medical records applications; it remains in wide production use today, including the US Department of Veterans Affairs' VistA system and Epic Systems' electronic health record platform.
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First Released SignificanceMUMPS-based systems such as Epic provide health information services for over 78% of US patients. 2 Connections
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1. Wikidata: MUMPS
- Wikidata Q1882071, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q1882071 P571 (inception)
- Influenced By: Fortran
- Influenced By: JOSS
View the Source2. MUMPS - Wikipedia
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MUMPS-based information systems, such as Epic Systems, provide health information services for over 78% of patients across the U.S.
- In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead paragraph
View the SourceProgramming Language Database (PLDB): MUMPS - PLDB
Programming Language Database (PLDB)In Group: Business and Data Processing Languages, Page textQuote, In Group: Business and Data Processing Languages, Page text
general-purpose computer programming language that provides ACID
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