diff --git a/app/models/patient.rb b/app/models/patient.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9476fd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/patient.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class Patient < ActiveRecord::Base
+  belongs_to :user
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20111122142443_create_patients.rb b/db/migrate/20111122142443_create_patients.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..928a04d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20111122142443_create_patients.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class CreatePatients < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :patients do |t|
+      t.references :user
+      t.string :name
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+    add_index :patients, :user_id
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 25e892d..21838ea 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20111122142342) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20111122142443) do
 
   create_table "organizations", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "name"
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@
     t.datetime "updated_at"
   end
 
+  create_table "patients", :force => true do |t|
+    t.integer  "user_id"
+    t.string   "name"
+    t.datetime "created_at"
+    t.datetime "updated_at"
+  end
+
+  add_index "patients", ["user_id"], :name => "index_patients_on_user_id"
+
   create_table "users", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "organization_id"
     t.string   "name"