Database Management System
Johnson’s Hospital System Case Study
Case Study 1
Hospital Management System
Aim: JHChospitalisamultispecialtyhospitalthatincludesanumberofdepartments,rooms,doctors, nurses , compounders , and other staff working in the hospital . Patients having different kinds of ailments come to the hospital and get checkup done from the concerned doctors . If required they are admitted in the hospital and discharged after treatment.
The aim of this case study is to design and develop a database for the hospital to maintain the records of various departments , rooms , and doctors in the hospital . It also maintains records of the regular patients , patients admitted in the hospital , the check up of patients done by the doctors , the patients that have been operated, and patients discharged from the hospital.
Description: In hospital, there are many departments like Orthopedic, Pathology, Emergency, Dental, Gynecology ,Anesthetics ,I.C.U.,Blood Bank,Operation Theater ,Laboratory ,M.R.I.,Neurology , Cardiology, Cancer Department, Corpse, etc. There is an OPD where patients come and get a card (that is ,entrycardofthepatient)forcheckupfromtheconcerneddoctor.Aftermakingentryinthecard,they go to the concerned doctor ’s room and the doctor checks up their ailments . According to the ailments , the doctor either prescribes medicine or admits the patient in the concerned department . The patient may choose either private or general room according to his/her need. But before getting admission in thehospital,thepatienthastofulfillcertainformalitiesofthehospitallikeroomcharges,etc.Afterthe treatment is completed , the doctor discharges the patient . Before discharging from the hospital , the patient again has to complete certain formalities of the hospital like balance charges , test charges , operation charges (if any), blood charges, doctors’ charges, etc.
Next we talk about the doctors of the hospital. There are two types of the doctors in the hospital, namely, regular doctors and call on doctors . Regular doctors are those doctors who come to the hospital daily . Calls on doctors are those doctors who are called by the hospital if the concerned doctor is not available.