Workflow Patterns
RPMS workflows represent decades of hard-won operational knowledge from resource-constrained, high-stakes healthcare settings. These patterns are worth understanding — not the MUMPS implementation, but the operational logic underneath.
Clinical
4Pre-Visit Preparation
Diabetes Clinic scenario — scheduling through patient arrival
Encounter-at-Arrival
Walk-in / urgent care workflow
Cohort Query at Point of Care
Q-Man / population health query — finding patients who share a condition
External Clinical Decision Support
Public health integration — connecting to CDC at point of care
Administrative
3Concurrent Multi-Clerk Registration
Patient Registration (AG) — multiple departments, one record
Credential Tracking with Expiration Alerts
Medical Staff Credentials — workforce compliance as a domain operation
Administrative Request Routing
Administrative Resource Management System (ARMS) — travel and resource requests