A Medical Database for Westmont Summer Camp

Agenda

• Westmont Camp• Matt’s Position• Problems with the Camp• How will our Database Help• A look at our Database

What is this Camp About?

• Westmont Summer Camp is a sleep away camp located in Pennsylvania.

• It emphasizes on individual achievement and personal growth and development.

• During the Summer, Campers spend 8 weeks participating in outdoor activities.

• The campers are between the ages of 6 and 16 years old.

• There are about 400 to 500 campers who attend this camp.

Matthew’s position in this camp

• He was in charge of a cabin of about 10 kids.

• He was in charge of ensuring a fun and enjoyable time at the camp.

• He was responsible for taking campers with or who developed medical issues to the medical office.

What is Problem at this Camp?

A big problem was how to handle their medical data…

• All the medical records and data were in a paper-based form.

• The data was not organized at all.

• The camp managed the data manually.

How does this Problem Affect their Business?

• It decreases work-efficiency by finding the specific data in bunch of paper-based data.

• It decreases the accuracy of data because of legibility issues

• It creates garbage and wastes time when updating system.

How will our database help?

• It will help to keep the medical information more organized.

• The information will be timely.• Information will be more accessible.• It will be much easier to update medical file

system.• Overall, it will increase the efficiency and

accuracy.• It will improve the work environment.