Databases is a term used to describe a collection of information that is relatable and connected to the objects being assessed. They have become a very important part of our daily lives in this twenty first century and it can be logical or physical. There are different databases for different fields and the type of information collected is unique to each area. This information could be collected in different forms of entries like spreadsheets, files, indexes and tables (Alexander, Hoy, & Frith, 2019). The implementation of databases is done by understanding how it works with the structure, design, management, application and storage of data.
In healthcare, Databases are used to store large quantity of Data, such as for record keeping of patient information like demographics, diagnosis, treatment plans, patient care plans, medications, and progressions of care and to respond to answers to complex questions. These databases are easy to recover Data from them and are easily optimized and updated for faster access and has made it easy for HCP to exchange information (Alexander, Hoy, & Frith, 2019).
The patient population selected for this database is heart failure. Heart failure is the syndrome that characterizes increased heart pressures or decreased cardiac output when there is a dysfunction of the systolic and diastolic functions of the heart which produces symptoms of constant shortness of breath, Bilat lower extremity edema, fatigue, and the possibility of need for constant use of oxygen (Kınıcı, & Gürdoğan, 2022).
Some of the elements needed for chronic heart failure will be demographics which will include the age-number, gender-text, vital signs-numeric, intake and output-numeric, weight gain or loss-numeric, medications-text, frequency of shortness of breath-text and numeric, time of day-time, when short of breath occurs most-text and numeric (Newman, 2019).
The frequency of sob could be text because you are noting that there is frequency of sob and then also noting how many times it occurs. Likewise, when the shortness of breath occurs most can be text as well as at what time it occurs most often.
References:
Alexander, S., Hoy, H., & Frith, K. (2019). Applied clinical informatics for nurses (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Kınıcı, E., & Gürdoğan, E. P. (2022). Hopelessness, Health Behaviors, and Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure. Journal of Education & Research in Nursing / Hemsirelikte Egitim ve Arastirma Dergisi, 19(1), 49–55. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.5152/jern.2022.79745
Newman, D. (2019). Healthcare database concepts – Databases in healthcare. Healthcare IT Skills, Health Information Technology Career Advice, Healthcare IT Certifications, Project Management, Job Tips. https://healthcareitskills.com/databases-in-healthcare-database-concepts/
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