Patient Information System
We will design - you develop it
This project is different from the other projects we have listed in this site. We want you
to do the project yourself this time. We will provide you the architecture and design of the project.
You have to follow the guidelines and do the development yourself. We believe this is the
best training we can provide you.
Patient Information System (PIS) - Introduction
This software can be used to keep track of the patients registering in a hospital or clinic. Also, this
system
supports accessing the previous visit histories of any patient, search for patients by name and other
properties etc.
Patient Information System - Requirements
PIS will support registering patients.
Users of this software can search for patients by name, admission date, discharge date etc
Users can view the previous visit histories of any patient
System can maintain the list of doctors in the hospital
PIS can maintain the list of beds/rooms available in the hospital
Patients are categorised into "In Patients" and "Out Patients"
Designing the Patient Information System
The first step is to identify the different entities in the system. The following entities are identified
in our PIS :
Patient - a patient is the person who visit the hospital for treatment/consultation
Doctor - a doctor will be assigned to each patient.
Bed - if patient type is "In Patient", a bed will be assigned to the user.
Visit - a patient can visit the hospital any number of times.
Database design
You can choose SQL Server or MS Access as the database for this project.
Let us design a table corresponding to each entity so that we can save those entities.
Table Name : Patient
When a new patient arrives in a hospital and register, we will add a record to this table. A patient
will have only one record in this table.
Fields :
Field Name Type
Id Auto Number
Name varchar (50)
Address varchar (255)
DateOfBirth DateTime
Phone varchar (20)
EmergencyContact varchar (255)
DateOfRegistration DateTime
Table Name : Doctor
This is a master table, where we maintain the list of all available
doctors in the hospital.
Fields :
Field Name Type
Id Auto Number
Name varchar (50)
Address varchar (255)
Phone varchar (20)
Table Name : Bed
This is a master table where maintain the list of all beds (rooms) in the hospital. Before we start
assigning a bed to a patient, we must have created all available beds in the hospital.
Fields :
Field Name Type
Id Auto Number
BedName varchar (50)
RatePerDay Number
BedType varchar (50)
Table Name : Visit
This is a detail table where we create a record for each visit of each patient.
Fields :
Field Name Type Remarks
Id Auto Number
PatientType Number 0 - In patient, 1 - Out Patient
For each visit, a doctor will be assigned to the
DoctorId Number
patient.
If the patient type is "In Patient", a bed will be
BedId Number
assigned to the user.
The date on which the patient visited the
DateofVisit DateTime
hospital
Date on which patient is discharged from the
DateofDischarge DateTime hospital. If the patient type is "Out Patient",
DateofDischarge will be same as DateofVisit
Symptoms varchar (1000) The symptoms of the patient
Disease varchar (1000) Disease identified by the doctor.
Treatment varchar (1000) Treatment suggested by the doctor.
Symptoms, Disease and Treatment are sensitive information. In most of the cases, this information
will not be saved into Patient Information System. You can remove those fields if you don't them to be
part of the system.
User Interface design
We need the following screens:
Screen Details
This screen uses a data grid to display the list of
registered patients. User can enter the partial name of
Patient List a patient to filter the list of patients by name. Also, it
should be possible to filter patients by
DateofRegistration.
Patient Registration This screen allows to add/edit patient registration
This screen uses a data grid to display the list of
Patient Visits patient visits. This screen can be filtered by patient
name, date of visit, date of discharge etc.
Patient Visit This screen allows to add/edit patient visits
This screen displays the list of all available doctors,
Doctors List
using a datagrid
Edit Doctor Add/Edit doctors
This screen uses a datagrid to display the list of all
Bed List
available beds in the hospital.
Edit Bed Add/Edit bed information
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