Published on 11 Nov 2007
Validated on 01 May 2009
Customer:
Trillium Health Centre
Industry:
Healthcare
Deployment country:
Canada
Solution:
Business-to-Consumer, Information Integration, Information On Demand, Innovation that matters, Security, Transforming Business, Wireless
Overview
Located in Ontario, Canada, Trillium has the largest free-standing day-surgery facility in North America, and a cardiac program that was one of the first in North America to perform beating-heart surgeries.
Business need:
Trillium had a vision -- that all patients would have one integrated patient profile enabled by a seamless flow of information from hospitals and doctors’ offices to specialists and healthcare agencies—that would be instantly accessed, with appropriate security and privacy safeguards.
Solution:
To achieve their goal, Trillium formed THINK, a 7-year, $100 million strategic initiative to transform healthcare delivery. This transformation will fully integrate patient data across multiple points of care; allow patients to add input to and manage their health record; provide a fully integrated planning and scheduling process across the continuum of care, increasing productivity and streamlining processes.
Benefits:
• Enhances the overall quality and safety of patient care and improves patient health outcomes
• Provides patients, clinicians and staff with a fully integrated knowledge and learning system available 24x7
Case Study
Trillium Health Centre transforms healthcare delivery with just-in-time access to patient data.
Overview
Trillium Health Centre
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
www.trilliumhealthcentre.org
Industry
• Healthcare
Services
• IBM Global Technology Services
• IBM Mobility and Wireless Services: Network Consulting
When fully implemented, THINK, Trillium’s strategic initiative, will enable all the members of the community health process to organically transform healthcare into truly patient-centric solutions.
Challenge
Located in Ontario, Canada, Trillium has the largest free-standing day-surgery facility in North America, and a cardiac program that was one of the first in North America to perform beating-heart surgeries. As an innovative healthcare leader, Trillium had a vision -- that all patients would have one integrated patient profile enabled by a seamless flow of information from hospitals and doctors’ offices to specialists and healthcare agencies—that would be instantly accessed, with appropriate security and privacy safeguards.
Solution
To achieve their goal, Trillium formed THINK, a 7-year, $100 million strategic initiative to transform healthcare delivery. This transformation will fully integrate patient data across multiple points of care; allow patients to add input to and manage their health record; provide a fully integrated planning and scheduling process across the continuum of care, increasing productivity and streamlining processes. At Trillium’s request, IBM, as team lead, will oversee eight of the world’s leading healthcare-related technology companies collaborating on this project in order to harness their knowledge and experience.
Benefits
• Enhances the overall quality and safety of patient care and improves patient health outcomes
• Provides patients, clinicians and staff with a fully integrated knowledge and learning system available 24x7
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Components
IBM products and services that were used in this case study.
Service:
GTS ITS Business Continuity & Resiliency: Information Protection
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