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U.S. Transportation Command Saves Lives With BI Technology
技术
- 分析与建模 - 实时分析
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成
适用行业
- 医疗保健和医院
- 国家安全与国防
适用功能
- 物流运输
- 质量保证
用例
- 实时定位系统 (RTLS)
- 远程资产管理
- 远程协作
服务
- 软件设计与工程服务
- 系统集成
挑战
US TRANSCOM was operating with two legacy systems that were not integrated. The transport and treatment of wounded and sick soldiers was often met with errors and delays. Missteps during Operation Desert Storm highlighted the need for improved coordination of medical care for injured soldiers. In some cases, soldiers wounded in that conflict were directed to the wrong hospital or ended up in facilities that didn’t provide the correct specialties and treatments. The patient-movement process needed to be much more efficient, which led to the implementation of TRAC2ES.
关于客户
United States Transportation Command (US TRANSCOM) under the Department of Defense (DoD) uses business intelligence (BI) technology from Information Builders to devise optimal patient-movement plans based on urgent medical needs, available facilities, in-transit visibility, and enterprisewide cost and performance analytics. It’s all part of TRAC2ES, a WebFOCUS-based system that helps sick or injured personnel reach the optimal destination via the most expeditious method of transport. TRAC2ES, an acronym for the TRANSCOM Regulating and Command and Control (C2) Evacuation System, supports patient movement from the battlefield, to definitive care, and, when necessary, to rehabilitative care in hospitals such as Walter Reed. The system also tracks and coordinates patient information throughout the U.S. military’s worldwide network of healthcare facilities.
解决方案
Under the direction of project managers from Booz Allen Hamilton, Information Builders Professional Services worked with the TRANSCOM team to develop a BI system that was easy to use and would easily integrate with existing IT products. Using Information Builders WebFOCUS BI technology accessing an Oracle database, the team developed a decision-support, reporting, and analysis tool to coordinate patient movement on a global basis. Information Builders WebFOCUS BI platform supplies standard, custom, and ad hoc reporting capabilities that are flexible enough for average users to manipulate and understand. A guided ad hoc reporting environment makes it easier for users to select report dimensions, calculations, measures, and other variables. End users can select a drill-down path via simple links in standard Web browser displays.
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