Database Construction and Management in Health Information System

At the end of the course, the students should be able to: 1. describe file management systems, information retrieval systems and database management system; 2. explain types of database system structure, system analysis for database; requirements analysis and requirements specification; 3. discuss system design for database: conceptual and physical database design; 4. identify query languages, database management issues such as data integrity, data security, backup and recovery as well as database administration; and 5. practically demonstrate the application of DBMS. Contents Contents Introduction to the database approach: file management systems, information retrieval systems and database management system. Types of database system structure. System analysis for database; requirements analysis and requirements specification. System design for database: conceptual and physical database design. Query languages, database management issues: data integrity, data security, backup and recovery and database administration.