It was May 21, 2001, when Dr. Torres an associate dentist opens his own dental clinic with Mrs. Miranda as his personal assistant. As the process of the clinic goes, from ‘walk-in’ patients they also have appointments.
Today, they are now accepting (H.M.O-patient with company accreditation). Complexity of records turns out as the problem of their clinic, as well as keeping records properly and secure.
The existing system deals with problems that needed to be carried out from the management such as the difficulty in accessing data, problems in updating records, data redundancy and the integrity problem with regards on the stored data and its security. Statement of the Problem Proper record managing is a big work upon having a file-based system. First thing to consider is the data accuracy which is the main goal of managing records then the security, but as it goes problems arises such as: 1. What is the status of the current system in terms of: 2.1. Data collection and retrieval? 2.2. Accessing of specific record? 2.3. Updating of patient’s information? 2.4. The security of their patient’s files? 2.5. Income monitoring? System Design Paradigm Input Process Output
Dental Records
And Income
Monitoring
System
System
Analysis and
Design Life
Cycle
-Patient Information -Reports -Billing Statement
-Acquired Services
Figure1. System Design Paradigm
This illustration shows the basic procedure undertaken in this study. System Analysis and Design Life Cycle has an important role in the development of the new system to track records of patients. The Dental Record and Income Monitoring System will be developed for the monitoring and managing records of patient’s information