Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
About aurora
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Private, nonprofit integrated healthcare provider
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31 counties, 90 communities
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15 hospitals
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185 clinic sites
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1,516 employed physicians
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Largest homecare organization in eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois
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More than 70 pharmacies
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30,000 caregivers
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1.2 million individual patients treated annually
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91,000 inpatient discharges
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2 million hospital and outpatient visits
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4 million ambulatory care visits
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$4.3 billion in annual revenue
As we can see from this use case, the out-of-the-box thinking provided Aurora Health Care the abil-
ity to create a platform to harness the benefits from Big Data analytics. This type of approaches to solve
platform related limitations is where Big Data processing will continue to create impacts and benefits.
Case study 4: University of Ontario, institute of technology: leveraging
key data to provide proactive patient care
This case study is from a healthcare segment where the organization decided to use Streams technol-
ogy to solve a data problem.
Summary
The University of Ontario wanted to create a platform to monitor patients around the clock based
on the medical devices that were used to treat the patients. This meant processing real-time signals
from the devices and detecting subtle changes on-the-fly, and respond before a critical event or
adverse event strikes. A first-of-its-kind, stream-computing platform was developed to capture and
analyze real-time data from medical monitors, alerting hospital staff to potential health problems
before patients manifest clinical signs of infection or other issues.
What makes it smart is that early warning gives caregivers the ability to proactively deal with
potential complications, such as detecting infections in premature infants up to 24 hours before they
exhibit symptoms.
As you read the case study pay attention to the business-use case pieces, which is what your orga-
nizations will need to articulate clearly.
Overview
The rapid advance of medical monitoring technology has done wonders to improve patient outcomes.
Today, patients are routinely connected to equipment that continuously monitors vital signs such as
blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature. The equipment issues an alert when any vital sign goes
