This case study looks at how one hospital used real-time data streaming from health monitors to detect infections sooner. This was especially effective in the neonatal intensive care unit. Watch a video or read the complete case study at ibm.co/bighealth Art & animation by Angela Tuminello

1. Big Data in
Healthcare
University of Ontario Institute of Technology:
Real-time Health Monitoring and Intervention

2. There is boundless data in healthcare about
every patient, condition, procedure and drug
across multiple providers and organizations.
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3. The ability to access, manage,
connect and understand this data to
create actionable insights is critical to
improving care and outcomes.
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4. Case Study
University of Ontario
Institute of Technology
Real-time Health Monitoring and Intervention

5. Nosocomial (hospital-acquired)
infection can be fatal to fragile
patients like premature infants.
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6. 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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7. 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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8. So this information, which could stop an
infection from becoming life-threatening,
goes unnoticed.
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9. 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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10. 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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11. Using specially-designed algorithms
to perform real-time analytics,
Project Artemis can spot certain
anomalies as soon as they appear.
Solution Components
IBM InfoSphere™ Streams • IBM DB2®
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12. 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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13. 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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14. This and many other healthcare
organizations are pioneering the
big possibilities that big data brings.
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15. 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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16. Take the first steps toward change.
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