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Information Systems in Medical Care

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Course Unit Code460-2032/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
FAS01Ing. Radoslav Fasuga, Ph.D.
Summary
In this course receive student knowledge about information system design, with requested terms and problems and also with their practical usage in process of analysis, design and implementation. Student will know how to use SQL practically for selecting information form databases. Theoretically receives information about transaction processing and distributed database systems.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
After course finish student know:
- Basic terms from area of database and information systems,
- know to determine basic IS,
- cooperate on data, functional, and dynamic analysis IS,
- know basic SQL language commands, and is capable to search requested information from database,
- can work with concrete information system from area of Medical care.
Course Contents
1. Evidence task, basic terms, database, and information system.
2. Data analyses, Conceptual schema, ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram), transaction ERD pro RDM (Relational Data Model)
3. Data analysis in relational database, functional dependencies, normal forms
4. Information searching (retrieval) in RDM, relational languages, relational algebra
5. SQL(Structured Query Language) – commands for data structure definition, commands for data manipulation INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE, basic SELECT
6. SQL – full select SELECT, advanced syntax, multi-table query, aggregation functions
7. SQL – SELECT, sub-query, VIEW, GRANT, REVOKE.
8. Information system desing life-cycle, functional analysis, context diagram, DFD (Data Flow Diagram), elementary functions
9. Mini-specification for elementary functions, structural language
10. Dynamic analysis, state diagram, entity state
11. Database consistence, transaction, log, database recovery, multi-user access
12. Physical data organization, Sequential files, indexes, B-tree
13. Design, Implementation, traffic
14. Medical care documentation, Medical care informatics, Dividing of Medical care information systems
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
C.J. Date: An Introduction to Database Systems. Addison Wesley, 8th Edition, 2003.
Šarmanová, J.: Informační systémy ve zdravotnictví. Skriptum VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2007.
Recommended Reading:
H. Garcia-Molina, J.D. Ullman, J.D. Widom. Database Systems: The Complete Book. Prentice Hall, 2001.
J. Pokorný, I. Halaška: Databázové systémy. 2. vyd. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2003. 148 s. ISBN 80-01-02789-9.
J. Pokorný: Dotazovací jazyky. Karolinum, 2002. 255 s. ISBN 80-246-0497-3.
J. Pokorný: Databázové systémy a jejich použití v informačních systémech. Academia Praha, 1992
H. Garcia-Molina, J.D. Ullman, J.D. Widom. Database Systems: The Complete Book. Prentice Hall, 2001.
C.J. Date: An Introduction to Database Systems. Addison Wesley, 8th Edition, 2003.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit45 (45)20
                Test 1 – Design conceptual data model for given themeWritten test10 5
                Test 2 – Create set of queries in SQL for given themeLaboratory work15 5
                Test 3 – Functional and Dynamical analysis with simply transaction analysis for given themeWritten test10 5
                Test 4 – Work with Medical Care information systemLaboratory work10 5
        ExaminationExamination55 (55)28
                Written examinationWritten examination55 28