The Database Interface

This section supplies a list of the data fields a .NET database interface needs to support. For for samples, please refer to the Noah 4 Business System Development page on himsa.com.

The database interface is necessary for the Noah 4 system to communicate with a Business System vendor’s database. A description of the objects used by Noah when interfacing to its own database is supplied. Developers can use this as a reference when designing their own database interface.

Required Data Fields

The tables below only list information relevant to the Noah 4 Managed Database Interface. The issue of inter-table relations has not been considered. The information listed in these tables should only be considered as an absolute minimum set of fields; it is possible, of course, to choose to have as many fields in the database as are deemed necessary.

NOTE: Some of the methods could potentially corrupt the relational integrity of the database. It is the implementers’ responsibility to prevent this.

Patient Table
Field	Type	Description
ID	Int32	Unique (within the database) Patient identifier
PatientGUID	Guid	Global unique patient identifier
ActivePatient	Short	1=true, 0 = false
PatientNo	String(20)	Dispenser’s Patient identification
CreateDate	DateTime	Date of record creation
FirstName	String(30)	Patient’s First Name
LastName	String(30)	Patient’s Last Name
MiddleName	String(30)	Patient’s Middle Name
Gender	Short (enum)	Patient’s Gender {0=Unknown,1=Male,2=Female}
BirthDate	DateTime	Patient’s Birth date
Salutation	String(30)	Salutation
Title	String(30)	Title
Address1	String(30)	Address line 1
Address2	String(30)	Address line 2
Address3	String(30)	Address line 3
Province	String(30)	Province or State
Zip	String(20)	Zip Code
City	String(30)	City
Country	String(30)	Country

HomePhone	String(30)	Home phone
WorkPhone	String(30)	Work phone
MobilePhone	String(30)	Mobile phone
EMail	String(50)	Email
SSNumber	String(20)	Social security number
Physician	String(30)	Main Physician
Referral	String(30)	Physician being referred to
Insurance1	String(30)	Insurance information
Insurance2	String(30)	Insurance information
Other1	String(30)	Other 1
Other2	String(30)	Other 2

NOTE : The setup tables below, for both user and patient, store setup data as BLOB files. The setup data consist of user, or patient, preferences. For example, NOAHaud stores profile settings as User Setup data. Thus, if a user moves to a different workstation in a network, the user’s specific profile-settings are automatically transferred to that workstation.

Patient Setup Table
Field	Type	Description
PatientID	Int32	ID of associated patient (> patient table)
ModuleID	Int32	ID of module that added this setup
SetupData	BLOB	Maximum BLOB size can be retrieved through BusinessAPI, GetNoahProperties , MaxSetupBlobSize

User Table
Field	Type	Description
UserID	Int32	Unique identifier for user
CreateDate	DateTime	Date of record creation
UserInitials	String(3)	Three letter initials used for logon
UserName	String(30)	Full user name

Action Table
Field Name	Type	Description
ID	Int32	Unique identifier for action (NOTE: An Action object holds information about an action performed during a patient’s visit. In addition to the actual action data, an Action object contains information about what kind of action it is, what user created it, a description of the action and a reference to an Actions collection of referenced actions. A reference, which is of type long, holds an ActionID of the action it is referencing. ActionReferences link, for example, audiograms to selections/fittings.)
SessionID	Int32	ID of session in which the action belongs (> session)
UserID	Int32	ID of user who created the action (> user table)*
CreateDate	DateTime	Date of creation
LastModifiedDate	DateTime	Date of last modification
Description	String(64)	Description of the action
ModuleID	Int32	ID of module that created the action
DeviceType	Short	Module specific code for external equipment
DataTypeCode	Short	Code describing the action
DataFmtStd	Short	Code describing the format of the PublicData field
DataFmtExt	Short	Code describing the format of the private part of the PublicData field
Removed	BOOL	Action marked as removed
Hidden	BOOL	Action marked as hidden
PublicBlob	BLOB	Maximum BLOB size can be retrieved through BusinessAPI, GetNoahProperties , MaxBigBlobSize
PrivateBlob	BLOB	Maximum BLOB size can be retrieved through BusinessAPI, GetNoahProperties , MaxSmallBlobSize
ActionGroup	DateTime	Value used for Action grouping.

*Action records must not be deleted if the referenced user is deleted.

Session Table
Field Name	Type	Description
ID	Int32	Unique identifier for session
PatientID	Int32	ID of patient the session belongs to (> patient table)
CreateDate	DateTime	Date of creation (when first action was added)

FastView Table
Field Name	Type	Description
ActionID	Int32	The ID of the action this FastView is related to
LastModifiedDate	Int32	Date of last modification
CreateDate	DateTime	Date of creation
Data	BLOB	Maximum BLOB size can be retrieved through BusinessAPI, GetNoahProperties , MaxFastViewBlobSize
Format	Int32	Pdf = 1, Rtf = 2, Jpg = 3
Version	Int32	Version

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