Question: Design two equivalent Entity - Relationship diagrams, one in Chen s notation and one in crow s foot notation, that model a hospital management system
Design two equivalent EntityRelationship diagrams, one in Chens notation and one in crows foot notation,
that model a hospital management system and consider the requirements listed below. That means that you
have to identify and determine suitable entity sets, relationship sets, attributes, keys of entity sets if not
specified and so on Further, add the cardinalities to the relationship sets and write down your assumptions
regarding the cardinalities if there could be a doubt.
The requirements are:
Each patient has a unique ID and is described by name, address, age, phone number, and date of birth.
Age is a derived attribute. A patients address includes street, city, state, and zip code.
At least one medical record is recorded for each patient.
Doctors have their specialties, date of birth, age, and address, and treat multiple patients. Age is a
derived attribute. Their unique identifier is their name. A doctors address includes street, city, state,
and zip code.
Nurses are also identified by their names, have specialties, and share personal details with doctors.
They provide care to various patients.
Medical records, which are distinctively identified by a record ID contain treatment details.
Appointments have a unique ID encompass date and time, and involve specific patients and doctors.
A patient can have multiple appointments.
While a doctor can attend multiple appointments, each appointment is managed by only one doctor.
Nurses and doctors belong to a hospital department.
Hospital departments have by a unique ID names, functions, and a department head.
Each prescription is linked to a specific medical record. Prescriptions are detailed with medication
and dosage and have a unique ID
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