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U.S. Transportation Command Saves Lives With BI Technology

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Remote Asset Management Remote Collaboration
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	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. Read More
About Customer	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. Read More
Solution	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. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

National Security & Defense

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Remote Asset Management

Remote Collaboration

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

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.

About Customer

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.

Solution

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.

Impact #1	The system provides information about patients’ urgent medical needs, available facilities, in-transit visibility, and enterprise-wide cost and performance analytics.
Impact #2	The system has transformed the organization’s distribution network with an extensive information-technology backbone.
Impact #3	Evacuation and care activities are more efficient, minimizing suffering, improving care, and saving lives.

Impact #1

The system provides information about patients’ urgent medical needs, available facilities, in-transit visibility, and enterprise-wide cost and performance analytics.

Impact #2

The system has transformed the organization’s distribution network with an extensive information-technology backbone.

Impact #3

Evacuation and care activities are more efficient, minimizing suffering, improving care, and saving lives.

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U.S. Transportation Command Saves Lives With BI Technology

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