Success storyHCA Healthcare uses innovative data platform to save lives This video can't play due to privacy settings To change your settings, select the "Cookie Preferences" link in the footer and opt in to "Advertising Cookies." Overview HCA Healthcare, one of the largest healthcare service providers in the United States, uses data and technology to support modern healthcare. A cross-functional team of clinicians, data scientists, and technology professionals at HCA Healthcare used Red Hat solutions to create a real-time predictive analytics product system to more accurately and rapidly detect sepsis, a potentially life-threatening condition. 2019 Red Hat Innovation Award Winner The products we run affect people’s lives deeply, and we need partners who are there to work with us 24x7. Our relationship with Red Hat is critical to ensuring service quality in the clinical environment. Industry Healthcare Region NA Headquarters Nashville, TN Size 273,000+ employees in 1,800 care sites Download case study Challenge Use data Insights to save lives HCA Healthcare wanted to use its data to find new, innovative solutions to healthcare challenges. HCA Healthcare’s leadership identified sepsis rates as a key challenge that data could help solve. Sepsis, a condition where the body’s immune system has an overwhelming response to infection, is responsible for 270,000 deaths per year in the U.S. alone.1 The group sought to use predictive data analysis to establish a standardized, digital approach to sepsis detection. HCA Healthcare at Red Hat Summit 2019 Watch video Solution Build a scalable foundation for innovative patient care HCA Healthcare created the Sepsis Prediction and Optimization of Therapy (SPOT) platform to collect and analyze clinical data and signal caregivers in real time to initiate early sepsis care. HCA Healthcare used Red Hat open source software to create a scalable, container-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) foundation for SPOT. The group also used Red Hat automation, management, and analytics software to support real-time data collection, analysis, and proactive notification processes. Software and services Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform Red Hat Insights Red Hat Enterprise Linux® Red Hat Satellite Webinar: Saving lives using open sourceTune in as HCA Healthcare’s Dan Chisari explains how hospitals are using Red Hat® technologies to faster and more accurately spot sepsis in patients Watch on demand Business outcome Improved patient care with data analysis With its new platform, HCA Healthcare is able to detect and identify sepsis up to 20 hours earlier than traditional screening methods–helping to save lives. In addition, HCA Healthcare has used its new technology capabilities, like real-time machine learning algorithms, to establish a learning health system that decreases the risk and cost of innovation. Dr. Edmund Jackson on HCA’s strategy Dr. Edmund JacksonChief Data Scientist, HCA Healthcare As part of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign,2 HCA Healthcare has saved approximately 8,000 lives from sepsis. ShareDownload full case study Related storiesEmirates NBD builds cloud platform for innovative bankingRead moreDeutsche Bank streamlines development platform, democratizes ITRead moreIntermountain Healthcare automates IT, delivers innovative patient services fasterRead more Open source fuels innovation. This fact is exemplified best by Red Hat’s customers, who are using open source technologies to change the game. We’re proud to call them “innovators in the open” and share their stories. Read their stories
Webinar: Saving lives using open sourceTune in as HCA Healthcare’s Dan Chisari explains how hospitals are using Red Hat® technologies to faster and more accurately spot sepsis in patients Watch on demand