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MIPS (n., government program) Stands for Merit-based Incentive Payment System. You can read more about this and other Meaningful Use/Medicaid programs hereMacPractice used to comply with MIPS, but in recent years we no longer certify.
Missed (n., Schedule) A status that indicates that a patient had a scheduled appointment, that time has passed, and the patient never showed. Appointments flagged as missed for future dates will be removed from the calendar so new appointments can be created in its place. Missed appointments in the past may either be displayed on the calendar with an "X" or not at all, depending on preference settings. Compare to Canceled.
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Mobility (MOB) Mobility is a Tooth Notation Point in the Dental Tab's Perio Node that records the level of tooth movement within a pocket. You can read more about Notation Points here.
Mode (n.) A state that determines the computer's behavior. For example, in MacPractice, being in One or Many mode may affect what information is displayed on the screen and whether new actions are associated to a currently selected patient. See also One and Many.
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Preferences (n.) A list of personalized settings for an application. Preferences in MacPractice can either be local, set per individual OS user, or global, affecting the whole database. You can access MacPractice Preferences from the MacPractice Menu. See also Plist.
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