MIL T UWest National Laboratory are combining predictive analytics with UN Uns type of predictive analytics be used in an airport? At what other buildings and structures might this be used? CLOSING CASE STUDY TWO D on Support Is Good for Your Health T H o rk City Health and Hospitals Corporation ( r oved that, using information technology, it to give high-quality health care to low in uninsured, patients. T ny serves 1.3 million people, about 60 Derce whom are on Medicaid and 450,000 of who insured. HHC employs 39,000 people in a -ange of eities including 4 long-term care facilities, diagnostic and treatment centers, 11 acute-care hos- itals, and 80 neighborhood clinics. HHC is the biggest municipal hospital system in the country treating about ne-fifth of all general hospital admissions and more han a third of emergency room and hospital-based inic visits in New York City. The company prides itself on being a medical inno- ator by investing in advanced, integrated technology roughout its facilities. HHC has high standards and is ten cited as a model of excellent hospital care based widely accepted performance measures such as spital-acquired infection rates and mortality rates. A ndamental factor in HHC's success is its $100 million estment in its IT infrastructure. The primary feature this system is a diagnosis decision support system Med Isabel. Isabel has a database with tens of thousands of eases and thousands of drugs that can be accessed ng natural language-no keyboard involved. The abase also contains information from medical text ks, journals, and other sources. "his is how Isabel works: The health care profes- al enters the patient's symptoms and instantly gets ka list of possible illnesses. Along with each pos- diagnosis comes a list of tests to be performed and treatment options. Isabel also provides histories previous cases and recent advances in treatment. Th Isabel decision support system has computerized phy cian order entry, along with medication managemen and digital patient imaging. Part of the problem in providing health care is ti fragmentation of information. One patient may seen in different departments for different ailments. that those caring for the patient can get a clear, ce prehensive view of each patient, HHC uses electro medical records that are collated across department Isabel is not the only decision tool available to fessionals in HHC. In its home health care division, uses telemonitoring that allows personnel to t patients with chronic illnesses, like diabetes. Diat is a disease afflicting about 50,000 of HHC's pati and it requires careful monitoring. Not only that patients need help and support in managing their illness, and telemonitoring helps. Using telemonitoring, health care professional monitor blood sugar levels and blood pressure a as other health indicators. Telemonitoring is a v keeping track of the vital signs of people while ing them to remain in their own homes. On a basis, perhaps every day, a recorded voice tells a to take readings for blood pressure, pulse, oxyge and so on. The system also asks relevant question swelling or bleeding or wound condition. The answers using the phone's touchpad. Telemon a cost-effective way to tell when something before the problem requires an emergency or worse. When the data are collected and with all the other relevant inform MIL T UWest National Laboratory are combining predictive analytics with UN Uns type of predictive analytics be used in an airport? At what other buildings and structures might this be used? CLOSING CASE STUDY TWO D on Support Is Good for Your Health T H o rk City Health and Hospitals Corporation ( r oved that, using information technology, it to give high-quality health care to low in uninsured, patients. T ny serves 1.3 million people, about 60 Derce whom are on Medicaid and 450,000 of who insured. HHC employs 39,000 people in a -ange of eities including 4 long-term care facilities, diagnostic and treatment centers, 11 acute-care hos- itals, and 80 neighborhood clinics. HHC is the biggest municipal hospital system in the country treating about ne-fifth of all general hospital admissions and more han a third of emergency room and hospital-based inic visits in New York City. The company prides itself on being a medical inno- ator by investing in advanced, integrated technology roughout its facilities. HHC has high standards and is ten cited as a model of excellent hospital care based widely accepted performance measures such as spital-acquired infection rates and mortality rates. A ndamental factor in HHC's success is its $100 million estment in its IT infrastructure. The primary feature this system is a diagnosis decision support system Med Isabel. Isabel has a database with tens of thousands of eases and thousands of drugs that can be accessed ng natural language-no keyboard involved. The abase also contains information from medical text ks, journals, and other sources. "his is how Isabel works: The health care profes- al enters the patient's symptoms and instantly gets ka list of possible illnesses. Along with each pos- diagnosis comes a list of tests to be performed and treatment options. Isabel also provides histories previous cases and recent advances in treatment. Th Isabel decision support system has computerized phy cian order entry, along with medication managemen and digital patient imaging. Part of the problem in providing health care is ti fragmentation of information. One patient may seen in different departments for different ailments. that those caring for the patient can get a clear, ce prehensive view of each patient, HHC uses electro medical records that are collated across department Isabel is not the only decision tool available to fessionals in HHC. In its home health care division, uses telemonitoring that allows personnel to t patients with chronic illnesses, like diabetes. Diat is a disease afflicting about 50,000 of HHC's pati and it requires careful monitoring. Not only that patients need help and support in managing their illness, and telemonitoring helps. Using telemonitoring, health care professional monitor blood sugar levels and blood pressure a as other health indicators. Telemonitoring is a v keeping track of the vital signs of people while ing them to remain in their own homes. On a basis, perhaps every day, a recorded voice tells a to take readings for blood pressure, pulse, oxyge and so on. The system also asks relevant question swelling or bleeding or wound condition. The answers using the phone's touchpad. Telemon a cost-effective way to tell when something before the problem requires an emergency or worse. When the data are collected and with all the other relevant inform