Das Szenario
A longitudinal heart disease study needs to record patient demographics, follow-up visits, clinical measurements, diagnoses, medications, risk factors, and cardiac events over time.
Was diese Zeichnung zeigt
Die dahinterstehenden Entscheidungen verstehen.
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Modeled Patient as central entity with one-to-many relationships to longitudinal records
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Used composite VisitProvider table to link visits with providers
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Separated clinical measurements, diagnoses, medications, risk factors, and outcomes as distinct fact tables
Appropriate for building a research database that tracks patient-level clinical data across multiple time points.