Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics
- Analytics & Modeling - Data-as-a-Service
Applicable Industries
- Healthcare & Hospitals
Use Cases
- Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
- Track & Trace of Assets
Services
- Data Science Services
About The Customer
Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center, also known as Southeastern Med, is an acute healthcare center and community hospital. Each year, it serves more than 4,000 inpatients and 100,000 outpatients in the Cambridge, Ohio area. The center heavily relies on technology to keep up with the growing needs of its patients. As a healthcare provider, Southeastern Med is constantly seeking ways to improve its services, enhance patient care, and optimize its operations. The center's commitment to leveraging technology for better healthcare delivery is evident in its adoption of advanced data analytics solutions.
The Challenge
Southeastern Med, a community hospital serving over 4,000 inpatients and 100,000 outpatients annually in the Cambridge, Ohio area, was facing a significant challenge. The hospital's existing healthcare-specific business intelligence solution was unable to provide the level of reporting capabilities required to extract actionable insights from a wide variety of data sources. As the demand for more information and new types of reports increased, the IT department found it increasingly difficult to keep up. The hospital needed a platform that could integrate real-time information with static historical data from diverse sources. Additionally, they needed a way to make their vast data stores more meaningful and actionable, as their current reporting was not aiding in the discovery of insights needed to seize opportunities and mitigate risks promptly.
The Solution
To address these challenges, Southeastern Med turned to Altair's advanced Data Analytics technology. This solution allowed the hospital to access, prepare, and analyze both unstructured and structured data from virtually any information source. The technology provided an interactive, intuitive visual analysis environment that enabled users to quickly access and prepare any data from any source to identify patterns and outliers, get answers on the fly, and gain new insights in real time. Information previously locked in PDFs could now be accessed and analyzed, contributing to a more comprehensive view of operational and health information. The Altair solution also enabled the creation of rich visualizations in minutes, revealing unexpected outliers and trends that provided greater visibility into treatment administration. Furthermore, Altair dashboards were used to gauge physician performance, enabling hospital administrators to create scorecards and visualize costs and success rates associated with individual providers.
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