improving care with real-time health monitoring and intervention
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There is boundless data in healthcare about every patient, condition, drug and procedure used in treatments. The ability to access, manage, connect and understand this data to produce actionable insights is critical to improving care and outcomes. This case study looks at how one hospital used real-time data, streaming from health monitors, to detect infections sooner.TRANSCRIPT
Big Data in Healthcare
University of Ontario Institute of Technology:Real-time Health Monitoring and Intervention
There is boundless data in healthcare about every patient, condition, procedure and drug across multiple providers and organizations.
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The ability to access, manage, connect and understand this data to create actionable insights is critical to
improving care and outcomes.
Case Study
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Real-time Health Monitoring and Intervention
Nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infection can be fatal to fragile patients like premature infants.
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Monitors record data indicating subtle changes in the vital signs of
infected infants 12 to 24 hours before any outward symptoms appear.
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These changes are not significant enough to trigger an alert, and the flow
of data is too rapid and abundant for the human mind to process in time.
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So this information, which could stop an infection from becoming life-threatening,
goes unnoticed.
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The University of Ontario Institute of Technology teamed with IBM Research and the Toronto Sick Kids hospital to develop a
highly flexible platform, Project Artemis, aimed at helping physicians make better, faster
decisions in patient care.
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Project Artemis’ first test was to determine how to
detect nosocomial infection sooner, taking advantage of the streaming physiological
data from monitors.
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Solution ComponentsIBM InfoSphere™ Streams • IBM DB2®
Using specially-designed algorithms to perform real-time analytics,
Project Artemis can spot certain anomalies as soon as they appear.
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As a result, physicians can provide critical treatment to
infants up to 24 hours before the infection gets worse—
making a life-saving difference.
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Different organizations are now utilizing Project Artemis’ early-warning capabilities for other conditions that can be detected through subtle changes in data streams, such as brain ischemia and cardiac care.
Learn more about Project Artemis in the full case study.http://ibm.co/bighealth
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This and many other healthcare organizations are pioneering the
big possibilities that big data brings.
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The IBM big data platform extends the value of your existing technology by tapping into all traditional and non-traditional sources of data and effectively managing, integrating, governing and performing analytics on this
torrent of complexity and data growth.
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Take the first steps toward change.
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