California State University, Northridge Strategies for Creating Integrated Patient Health Records A graduate project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Master of Science in Software Engineering By Debra Synott December 2015 The graduate project of Debra Synott is approved: ______________________________________________________ ______________ Adam Kaplan, Ph.D Date ______________________________________________________ ______________ Diane Schwartz, Ph.D. Date ______________________________________________________ ______________ G. Michael Barnes, Ph.D, Chair Date California State University, Northridge ii Acknowledgment The author wishes to express gratitude to her mother Mary Jane and daughters Rebecca and Michelle for their love and support, to Richard for his understanding and encouragement, to Professor G. Michael Barnes for his constant support and encouragement, to Professor Adam Kaplan for his many ideas and time, for Professor Diane Schwartz for her quick responses and willingness to be on the committee. Also, gratitude is given to Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Ani Nahapetian, for graduate degree support, and for all former professors who shared their passion of teaching and Computer Science. iii Table of Contents Signature Page……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ii Acknowledgment………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. iii List of Figures………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… vi Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… vii 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Problem ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Background ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 State of the Field ........................................................................................................................... 2 1.4.1 Literature ............................................................................................................................... 2 1.4.2 Similar work .......................................................................................................................... 3 1.4.3 Critical Analysis .................................................................................................................... 3 1.5 Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 4 2 Utilizing myHealth ................................................................................................................................ 5 2.1 myHealth Workspace .................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Detailed Document View .............................................................................................................. 7 2.3 Automatic Scaling to all Devices .................................................................................................. 8 2.4 Contacts, Medications, Allergies ................................................................................................ 11 3 myHealth: Design and Implementation ............................................................................................. 12 3.1 Design ......................................................................................................................................... 12 3.1.1 Architecture ......................................................................................................................... 12 3.1.2 Relational Database Design ................................................................................................ 13 3.1.3 Graphical User Interface (GUI) Design .............................................................................. 14 3.2 Requirements .............................................................................................................................. 16 3.3 Development Process .................................................................................................................. 19 3.4 Tools and Technology ................................................................................................................. 23 3.5 Implementation ........................................................................................................................... 24 3.5.1 Foundational Iteration ......................................................................................................... 24 3.5.2 Server and Database Iteration ............................................................................................. 28 3.5.3 Finishing Iteration ............................................................................................................... 28 3.6 Testing and Validation ................................................................................................................ 28 iv 3.7 Future Work ................................................................................................................................ 29 4 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 30 Bibliography ............................................................................................................................................... 31 Appendix A ................................................................................................................................................. 34 Appendix B ................................................................................................................................................. 37 Appendix C ................................................................................................................................................. 38 Appendix D ................................................................................................................................................. 42 v List of Figures Figure 2-1 myHealth home screen ............................................................................................................... 6 Figure 2-2 Detailed Document View ............................................................................................................ 7 Figure 2-3 Tablet View ................................................................................................................................. 8 Figure 2-4 Mini Tablet View (scrollable) .................................................................................................... 9 Figure 2-5 Cell Phone View (scrollable) ................................................................................................... 10 Figure 3-1 Preliminary Architecture Plan .................................................................................................. 13 Figure 3-2 Database UML Diagram .......................................................................................................... 14 Figure 3-3 myHealth color scheme ............................................................................................................ 15 Figure 3-4 Preliminary GUI sketch ............................................................................................................. 15 Figure 3-5 Proposed Features sorted by release ......................................................................................... 17 Figure 3-6 Use Case Diagram .................................................................................................................... 18 Figure 3-7 original Class Diagram ............................................................................................................. 18 Figure 3-8 Preliminary Work Breakdown Schedule, part 1 ....................................................................... 20 Figure 3-9 Preliminary Work Breakdown Schedule, part 2 ....................................................................... 21 Figure 3-10 WBS: Estimated vs. Actual .................................................................................................... 22 Figure 3-11 Bootstrap large view............................................................................................................... 26 Figure 3-12 Bootstrap medium view ......................................................................................................... 27 Figure 3-13 Bootstrap small view .............................................................................................................. 27 Figure 3-14 Bootstrap extra small view ..................................................................................................... 27 Figure 3-15 File / View map ...................................................................................................................... 28 Figure A-1 Sign Up Modal ........................................................................................................................ 34 Figure A-2 Import Drop