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Assignment #2: Business Case Medical Clinic
I have designed a daa !ase "o# he $edi%al Clini% &'# $aa( !y using $i%#oso" )isio
2010* +he so"wa#e allowed me o %#eae he eniy,#elaionship diag#am (E-')* I
ideni"ied "ollowing eniies. /aien, 0ppoinmen, 'o%o#, )isi, 1ill* 0ll "ive o" hem
%onain insan%es* -elaionships a#e #ep#esened !y lines !eween eniies* +he
#elaionship lines a#e la!eled o de"ine he #elaionship* In addiion, ea%h eniy %onains
one o# mo#e o" /2 (p#ima#y keys)* 3ome o" hem also %onain F2 ("o#eign keys)*
In my model, I wish o indi%ae ha ea%h paien %an ake &4e#o o# mo#e( appoinmens
wih one o# many do%o#s* +he same "o# do%o#s, ea%h do%o# %an a%%ep &4e#o o# mo#e(
appoinmens* 5oweve#, ea%h appoinmen is made wih only one do%o# and one paien*
Ea%h appoinmen yields a visi* Ea%h do%o# %an !ill many visis* Ea%h visi %#eaes one
!ill* $any !ills %an !e paid !y a paien*
/lease noe ha he daa di%iona#y o" my %omplee model was %#eaed !y using
$i%#oso" E6%el* $o#eove#, wo 7ue#ies a#e asked, whe#e ea%h implies he use o" h#ee
a!les*
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DBMSs ('aa 1ase $anagemen 3ysems) %ome in many di""e#en shapes, si4es and
"lavo#s, howeve#, he#e a#e wo !asi% %aego#ies. Ene#p#ise and /e#sonal (1u#ns, 2012)*
0n enterprise DBMS is designed "o# s%ala!iliy and high pe#"o#man%e* I mus !e %apa!le
o" suppo#ing ve#y la#ge daa!ases, a la#ge num!e# o" %on%u##en use#s, and muliple ypes
o" appli%aions* +he ene#p#ise '1$3 will #un on a la#ge,s%ale ma%hine, ypi%ally a
main"#ame o# a high,end 8ni6, 9inu6, o# :indows ma%hine* Fu#he#mo#e, an ene#p#ise
'1$3 o""e#s all o" he &!ells and whisles( availa!le "#om he '1$3 vendo# ($ullins,
2011)* Personal DBMSs a#e inended o !e used as lea#ning ools o# in low demand
siuaions, su%h as. pe#sonal p#o;e%s (1u#ns, 2012)*
$edi%al Clini% &'# $aa( #e7ui#es using he &ene#p#ise( %aego#y o" daa!ase* 3in%e any
medium o la#ge medi%al %lini% will have many use#s a he same ime, i is a mus o
p#ovide he %ompany wih he !es soluion* 0lhough, he daa!ase %#eaed !y using
)isio is no %omple6, i sais"ies he needs o" he %lini%* <n he ohe# hand, he#e a#e many
small %ompanies ha #y o %u some e6penses and %hoose he &pe#sonal( %aego#y o"
daa!ase* 3u%h soluion is no #e%ommended !e%ause i migh a""e% he ove#all
pe#"o#man%e o" he %ompany* 0%%o#ding o $ullins (2011), a pe#sonal '1$3 p#odu% is
suied only "o# small s%ale p#o;e%s and should no !e used o deploy muli,use#
appli%aions*
Spreadsheets su%h as $i%#oso" E6%el %an !e used o keep #a%k o" his daa= howeve#,
he#e a#e nume#ous disadvanages o" doing so* 'aa so#age %an !e a #ou!lesome when
using sp#eadshee* 0 sp#eadshee has se#ious d#aw!a%ks when used "o# daa so#age, is
%um!e#some o #e#ieve daa "#om any !u he mos simplisi% 7ue#ies, o""e#s lile o# no
daa validaion and lile o# no p#oe%ion agains daa %o##upion "#om well,meaning !u
poo#ly #ained use#s (I ge i>, 2012)* ?eve#heless, many %ompanies use !oh he
sp#eadshees and daa!ases o keep #a%k o" he daa* In ou# %ase, he use o" a sp#eadshee
%an !e ve#y help"ul i" we wan o %#un%h num!e#s and pe#"o#m auomai% %al%ulaions, o
#a%k a simple lis o" daa, o easily %#eae %ha#s and g#aphs o" his daa, o %#eae @:ha,
i"@ s%ena#ios* <n he ohe# hand, he daa!ase would !e ne%essa#y o mainain #e%o#ds "o#
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ongoing use, o gene#ae #epo#s !ased on he in"o#maion, and o implemen %hanges o"
he in"o#maion*
Diagram prepared by using Visio
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Data dictionary
Entities Instances Data Type Format Req'd PK
or
FK
FK Referenced
table
PATIENT Patient_ID INTEGER 99999999
9
Y PK,F
K
APPOINTMENT,
VISIT, BILL
Last_Name VARCHAR!
"#
$$$$$$$$$
$
Fi%st_Name VARCHAR!
"#
$$$$$$$$$
$
A&&%ess VARCHAR!"
'#
$$$$$$$$$
$
Cit( VARCHAR!"
'#
$$$$$$$$$
$
P)*ne_N+m,
e%
VARCHAR!-
#
99999999
9
APPOINTME
NT
A..*intment
_ID
INTEGER 99999999
9
Y PK,F
K
VISIT, BILL
Date INTEGER ((((/mm/
&& ))0mm
1ns2)e&+3e& VARCHAR!"
'#
$$$$$$$$$
$
(
DOCTOR D*2t*%_ID INTEGER 99999999
9
Y PK,F
K
APPOINTMENT,
VISIT, BILL
Fi%st_Name VARCHAR!"
'#
$$$$$$$$$
$
Last_Name VARCHAR!"
'#
$$$$$$$$$
$
M*,i3e_P)*n
e
VARCHAR!-
#
99999999
9
VISIT Visit_ID INTEGER 99999999
9
Y PK,F
K
BILL
Dia4n*sis VARCHAR!"
'#
$$$$$$$$$
$
T%eatment VARCHAR!"
'#
$$$$$$$$$
$
Me&i2a3_Hist
*%(
VARCHAR!"
'#
$$$$$$$$$
$
BILL Am*+nt_O5e
&_ID
N1MBER!6,# 9999799 Y PK
Insta33ments N1MBER!6,# 9999799

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