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MUMPS – Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System

M&IS

Messaging and Interface Services

Mail Order Pharmacy

The remotely located pharmacies that are high-volume processors for medications that are to be mailed to Patients.

Maintenance Dose

The dose needed to maintain the concentration within the therapeutic window when given repeatedly at a constant interval.

Manufacturer

Specifies the vendor or company that produces the product.

Manufacturer Domain

Holds the list of manufacturers specific to NDC Items.

MAP

Medical Advisory Panel

MAR

Medical Administration Record

MARS

MUMPS Automated Reporting System

MAS

Medical Administration Service (now Health Administration Service)

Master Vault

A location designated to store controlled substances and which is set up as the main dispensing site for controlled substances.

MD

Doctor of Medicine

Medical Advisory Panel (MAP)

A committee that is part of the management and medical decision-making structure of the VA Pharmacy Business Management. The committee consists of eleven Physicians in practice at VA medical centers and one DoD Physician.

Medication Checker

An authorized person who performs the validation check on filled medication prior to dispensing (e.g., Licensed Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician).

Medication Deliverer

An authorized person or device that delivers medication(s) to a Patient or Caregiver at point-of-care (e.g., a pneumatic tool, mail carrier, Pharmacy Technician, Nurse).

Medication Filler

An authorized person that dispenses medications, mixes IVs, etc. Note that the filler may be a Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, or an automated filling device.

Medication Instruction Domain

Holds the abbreviations that are often used when entering the prescription sig.  Each entry in this domain holds an expansion of the abbreviation which is used to complete the sig as it is printed on the prescription label.

Medication Receiver

A person who receives medication(s) from a Patient upon admission (e.g., Nurse).

Medication Returner

A person who returns a Patient’s medications to the Patient when the Patient is discharged from the hospital.

Medication Route

The method in which the product is to be administered (e.g., oral, injection).

Medication Use Evaluation (MUE)

An order entry process that is similar to a templated order entry that incorporates a series of screens whereby the Orderer proceeds to answer some system-generated questions. The uniqueness of this process is that the system provides a series of pop-up boxes relating to the importance of the questions and why it is important for the Providers to answer the questions. Of even greater importance, the system will actually provide references and a synopsis of referred article(s). In this manner, the Provider is treated as an interested professional with a high level of interest for providing the best care for his or her Patient.

Message

A collection of data in a standardized format that can be sent to or received at a given destination.

Message Beans

A reusable software component that is designed to handle incoming messages based on Java Message Service technology.

Milestone

A significant event that occurs at a single specific point in time, usually denoting initiation or completion. Milestones are also used to communicate decisions made or received.

Missed Dose

A dose scheduled to be administered to a patient, but not administered to the patient at the scheduled time.

Missed Medication

A scheduled medication that is not administered to the Patient, usually because the Patient is unavailable or the Patient refuses the medication.

Missing Dose

A scheduled medication (e.g., unit dose) that is unavailable at the time of the scheduled administration.

Mitigation

A method or procedures which may: (1) avoid an impact altogether by not taking a certain action or parts of an action; (2) minimize impacts by limiting the degree or magnitude of the action and its implementation.

Model-View-Controller

A software architecture that separates an application’s data model (the model), user interface (the view), and control logic (the controller) into three distinct components so that modifications to one component can be made with minimal impact to the others.

Modification Request

A request generated from PEPS when a PEPS Local Manager makes a request to change a non-editable data field on a PEPS item. The PEPS National Manager reviews the Modification Request and either approves or rejects the request.

Module

A software term for a specialized unit within a component that carries out a specific function that may depend upon other modules within the same component.

MOM

Message Oriented Middleware

MOP

Mail Order Pharmacy

MPD

Minimal Patient Dataset

MPI

Master Patient Index (or Master Person Index)

MS

Microsoft

MSH

Message Header

MTF

Medical Treatment Facilities

MUE

Medication Use Evaluation

Multicast

A message that is sent out by a host to several devices on the network. They are generally sent at specified intervals to avoid cluttering the network and, in the case of Local Area Transports (LAT), contain the name of the host sending them as well as information about which LAT services that host provides.

Multidimensional Data Model

A visual representation that uses data from multiple dimensions (examples are Products, and Time) to display information.

MUMPS

Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System

MUMPS Language (M Code)

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) computer language used by VA FileMan and throughout VistA.

Mutator

A Java method that changes the state of an object. Mutators typically do not return a result, but mutators can both change the state of an object and return a result. Mutators are often called “setters,” and their names often start with “set.”

MVC

Model-View-Controller

MyHealtheVet

A Web-based application where Veterans, family, and clinicians may come together to optimize Veterans’ healthcare. Web technology combines essential health record information enhanced by online health resources to enable and encourage Patient/Clinician collaboration. Clinicians can communicate and collaborate with Veterans much more easily. The online environment will map closely to existing clinical business practices, while extending the way in which care is delivered and managed.



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