Create “hospital database” using MS-Access. Make relevant assumption for designing the Database.

To create a "hospital database" using MS-Access, we'll make the following assumptions for designing the database:

1. Entities:

   • Patients: Information about patients including their ID, name, date of birth, gender, contact details, and medical history.
   • Doctors: Details of doctors including their ID, name, specialization, contact information, and schedule.
   • Appointments: Records of appointments between patients and doctors, including appointment ID, patient ID, doctor ID, appointment date, and time.
   • Medical Records: Information about medical procedures, diagnoses, medications, and treatments associated with each patient's visit.
   • Departments: Details of different medical departments within the hospital, such as cardiology, pediatrics, orthopedics, etc.

2. Relationships:

   • Patients can have multiple appointments with different doctors over time, establishing a one-to-many relationship between Patients and Appointments.
   • Doctors can be associated with multiple appointments and may belong to one or more departments, establishing a many-to-many relationship between Doctors and Appointments, and a many-to-many relationship between Doctors and Departments.
   • Each appointment is associated with one patient and one doctor, establishing one-to-many relationships between Appointments and Patients, and between Appointments and Doctors.
   • Each medical record is associated with one patient and contains details of medical procedures, diagnoses, medications, and treatments, establishing a one-to-many relationship between Patients and Medical Records.

3. Tables:

   • Patients Table: Fields include PatientID, Name, DateOfBirth, Gender, ContactNumber, MedicalHistory.
   • Doctors Table: Fields include DoctorID, Name, Specialization, ContactNumber, Schedule.
   • Appointments Table: Fields include AppointmentID, PatientID, DoctorID, AppointmentDate, AppointmentTime.
   • Medical Records Table: Fields include RecordID, PatientID, Procedure, Diagnosis, Medication, Treatment.
   • Departments Table: Fields include DepartmentID, DepartmentName.

4. Data Integrity:

   • Implement primary keys for each table to ensure uniqueness and establish relationships between tables.
   • Use foreign keys to maintain referential integrity between related tables.
   • Apply data validation rules to ensure data accuracy and consistency.

By following these assumptions and designing the database accordingly, we can effectively manage hospital-related data in MS-Access.