Proposal for a Microcomputer-Based Physical Qualifications Monitoring System for the Branch Clinic, Bancroft Hall, Annapolis, Maryland

摘要

This thesis proposes a microcomputer-based Physical Qualification Monitoring System (PQMS) to augment existing manual procedures at the Branch Clinic of the U.S. Naval Academy. The system is designed to help the Branch Clinic answer inquiries on the physical status of midshipmen and in preparing precommissioning physical examinations. Developed as a prototype, this system uses a relational database, and would provide the clinic staff with their first significant experience with current information systems technology. The proposed PQMS could serve as the basis for a more fully developed microcomputer-based system or as a preliminary requirements specification for a mainframe-based system. The thesis first describes the organizational context and overviews the problem. Next, general characteristics of the PQMS proposal are examined, including design objectives methodology. The system outputs are then discussed, followed by the data structures and processing modules. The summary presents the proposed hardware/software configuration of the system, highlights what PQMS is and is not, and offers some possible extensions to underlying concepts. Keywords: d Base III; Relational data base; Physical fitness; Health care facilities; and Naval academy.