Date of Award

Fall 5-1-2004

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS)

First Advisor

Ronghua Shan

Second Advisor

Zehai Zhou

Third Advisor

Wyatt York

Abstract

The current existing database system that the MidWest Health Plan is using is a powerful tool that supports MHP's daily operation. However, it is not very efficient in data retrieving and does not support web access. Excessive tables and attributes within tables may necessary to define complex healthcare daily operational activities. However, for data queries and reports, only a fraction of the tables and attributes within tables may be used. Database normalization solves data maintenance anomalies and minimizes redundancies, while denormalization stores the logical database design in a weaker form in favor of faster execution of frequently occurring queries and transactions. This project frrst identifies performance problems in the existing system, it then re­defines some of the most frequently used tables in queries and reports as well as finds the delicate balancing point between the normalization and denormalization of the MHP database. It has shown that the newly designed database greatly improves performance of the system in both data analysis and reporting. A prototype web site for MHP, which is developed using ASP, is created to demonstrate the web access capability of the newly designed database.

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