DAYTON, Ohio —
Enterprise data warehousing, the process of integrating data from many sources into a single, centralized database repository for quick access by knowledge workers, has provided business and patient care benefits of breakthrough value in the healthcare industry, proving its power to help resolve the national healthcare crisis. This was one of many dramatic findings in a new white paper just released by Winter Corporation, an independent consulting firm. The paper was sponsored by Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), the global leader in enterprise data warehousing and an emerging presence in the healthcare and pharmaceutical intelligence industries.
"With a
healthcare data warehouse, it is possible to have a comprehensive, integrated health record for each individual, including data on history, symptoms, tests, diagnoses, treatments, medications and outcomes," the report states. "And with a healthcare data warehouse, it is also practical to view and analyze data from multiple perspectives: by healthcare provider; by disease; by medical practice; by insurance practices; by utilization; by cost; and by other factors."
The report cites dramatic results and case studies from a number of high-profile healthcare organizations, including two large government agencies at the federal and state levels. Organizations leveraging enterprise data warehousing for healthcare analytical intelligence report hundreds of millions of dollars in cost reductions annually while elevating the quality of consumer patient care. They attribute the efficiencies and heightened effectiveness of their respective outcomes to significant improvements in cross-enterprise visibility to detailed information, the ability to ask and answer complex queries in near-real time, and the robust scalability of the
enterprise data warehouse (EDW).
The report is focused on reporting the wide varieties of value realized at many levels with an EDW approach. This approach collects, integrates, and analyzes massive volumes of granular, detailed data from hundreds of isolated data sources in near-real time to identify healthcare best practices, best medical treatments, trends, patterns and improvement opportunities. These benefits and instances will be one of the topics discussed in a Tuesday session at the annual Teradata PARTNERS User Group Conference in Las Vegas, Oct. 7-11, 2007. For a complete list of all Teradata customers leading sessions and presenting at the conference please visit
www.teradata.com/teradata-partners.
"In nearly a decade of professional experience working for and with large scientific and healthcare organizations I have seen enormous opportunities to improve the quality of patient care, speed conversion of biomedical research to bedside treatments, and save money through the use of more effectively integrated information," said Dr. Gary Christoph, chief informatics officer, Teradata Government Systems. "The results documented in this report are just the tip of the iceberg — as enterprise data warehousing emerges as a game-changing, breakthrough approach to improving the performance, quality and positive consumer impact of advanced healthcare information management."
"Data warehousing has had a revolutionary impact on numerous industries, including retailing, financial services, the telco industry and transportation," said Richard Winter, president and founder of Winter Corporation. "In recent years, data warehousing has begun to positively affect healthcare and its delivery to the citizenry. The potential is clearly present for data warehousing to play a major part in addressing our national healthcare crisis."
To view the white paper, which provides fascinating details on the use of enterprise data warehousing in healthcare, visit: [
http://www.teradata.com/t/page/173382index.html].
About Winter Corporation
Winter Corporation is an independent consulting firm that helps customers maximize the value of their large-scale database solutions, data warehouses and operational systems. The company provides research, consulting and education services that help users and vendors define their database solutions, architect and engineer their implementations, and manage their scalability issues. Winter Corporation focuses on database technology near, at and beyond the frontiers of database scalability.
For information on Winter Corporation, contact Winter Corporation by e-mail at
info1@wintercorp.com, or the Internet at
www.wintercorp.com, or call (781) 642-0300.
About Teradata Division
Teradata (
www.teradata.com), a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), is the global technology leader in enterprise data warehousing, analytic applications and data warehousing services. Organizations around the world rely on the power of Teradata's award-winning solutions to get a single, integrated view of their business to enhance decision-making, customer relationships and profitability. As a growing business, Teradata is always looking for outstanding talent. To learn more about Teradata career opportunities, visit
www.teradata.com/careers.
About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leading global technology company helping businesses build stronger relationships with their customers. NCR's Teradata® data warehouses, ATMs, retail systems, self-service solutions and IT services provide Relationship Technology™ that maximizes the value of customer interactions and helps organizations create a stronger competitive position. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR (
www.ncr.com) employs approximately 29,650 people worldwide.
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