Automatic Transmission and Capture of Medical Data from a MUMPS System to a RSTS System

摘要

The daily automatic transfer of medical information is being done from a MUMPS-based system to a RSTS-based system. The MUMPS system is used for medical group practice management, whereas the RSTS system is used for research purposes. Medically significant information that is collected as part of the billing function is transferred from one system to the other. This is done automatically; the procedures that accomplish the transfer are built from lowcost, commercially available software. These procedures have been found to be intolerant of error and have a high failure rate.