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Some Principles of Software Engineering and Design: Database Design

In my last article on Software Design Principles I talked about a methodology to use when designing a software project.  For this article I want to go a bit lower level, less "big picture", and [+]

Database Considerations for Health Care – Reliability

Reliability - When it comes to healthcare, the primary focus of any patient data is that the information is both available and accurate at all times. Some businesses can afford downtime, even for long periods, but [+]

Database Considerations for Health Care – Security

Security Even before the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed in 1996 the confidentiality of patient data had a high priority. Patient records were private and policies covering patient data restricted access to them to [+]

Database Considerations for Health Care – Versatility

Versatility The Versatility of a database is dependent on several factors; Scalability, Interoperability and Usability. Client/Server databases, normally, can be scaled, that is, you can design your system to allow for extreme growth in the number of users, and [+]

Database Considerations for Health Care – Longevity

Longevity Many people I work with do not like changing their routine, this is nothing new, but what makes the healthcare industry different is that there seems to be no pressure on the business itself to [+]

Database Considerations for Health Care – Performance

Performance Normally Performance would be the primary concern for most business applications that use databases.  After all application performance was one of the necessities that brought about the development of some databases.  There are some higher [+]

Database Considerations for Health Care – Maintainability

Maintainability Unless you have worked in an environment where Software Engineering accounts for a large portion of the Services or Sales, maintainability, in my opinion, does not get enough attention.  It may not be at the [+]
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