Question: Case Study 3.30 Data Warehouse ad Modeling In your role as an IT specialist at your hospital, you have been approached by the chair of

Case Study 3.30 Data Warehouse ad Modeling

In your role as an IT specialist at your hospital, you have been approached by the chair of the pediatric department to assist in the creation of a database for collection of information on a variety of childhood communicable diseases and vaccination status. You propose using a data warehouse, which would pull information from the hospitals clinical repository. The chairperson is unfamiliar with these terms and asks for clarification.

  1. Explain the concept of a data warehouse and differentiate it from a clinical repository.
  1. The chairperson states he is familiar with flat file databases and inquires about their use for

this project. You state that a relational database may be the better choice. Support your position regarding a relational database being a better choice than a flat file database.

Resources

Amatayakul, M. A. 2020. Health Information Technologies. Chapter 11 in Health Information Technology: An Applied Approach, 6th ed. N. B. Sayles and L. Gordon, eds. Chicago: AHIMA

Bowe, H. and Williamson, L. 2020 Healthcare Information. Chapter 12 in Health Information Technology: An Applied Approach, 6th ed. N. B. Sayles and L. Gordon, eds. Chicago: AHIMA

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