"Running Head: Healthcare Database System1Healthcare Database SystemName:College:Professor:Course:Date: Healthcare Database System 2Healthcare Database SystemA database is the collective storage of data related to one another in a manner that could beaccessed and retrieved easily after processing (to obtain information) using processing facilities.Thus, a healthcare database system is a system that is comprised of services useful in collecting,organizing, storing and processing the healthcare data.The data processing helps to provide new information about the data that would not have beenobtained from the raw data or the original data that has not been processed. The database systemis, therefore, crucial to the healthcare sector in getting health information from given data, whichcould be used to devise an appropriate treatment.Uses of databases across the health care industryDatabases are the primary tools that are employed in the healthcare industry to run severaltransactional systems which are increasing in the healthcare industry. Due to the availability ofdifferent transactions in the healthcare industry, they are run by relevant databases that wouldprocess the various data and give desired information. Thus, there are the various categories ofthe databases to enhance functionality in the corresponding field of healthcare. "