| | December 20158CIOReviewCerner Advances Big Data Analytic Capabilities Big Data CruncherHealth care can only advance as the technology that supports it continues to progress. Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, is at the forefront of advancing the industry's data analytic capabilities. Cerner develops electronic health records (EHR) and additional health information technology (IT) solutions designed to collect a patient's health history, including diagnoses, medications, lab results, allergies, radiology images and more, in one comprehensive digital record.There's a good chance that your health record, or a family member's, is stored in a Cerner Millennium® EHR system. With millions of patient records and billions of patient data points housed in Cerner's software, the company is continuously working to advance its data storage and analytic capabilities. To stay on the leading edge, Cerner needed to engage a multi-parallel processing database (MPP) that could handle the petabytes of operational measurement information that the company collects from provider sites around the world. To identify the solution that met Cerner's needs, it tested its response time measurement system (RTMS) tool with six different MPP supplier databases. A set of 19 criteria were evaluated from each MPP supplier, with performance, cost and concurrency as the top three factors. Cerner ultimately selected Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) Vertica to power both its operational monitoring platform, as well as clinical big data analytics platform, HealtheIntent. Dan Woicke, director of enterprise systems management with Cerner, explains the decision to select and implement HPE Vertica and the impact it will have on the operational front. Dan represents Cerner on HPE Vertica's customer advisory board, a group of customers including Facebook, AT&T, eBay and others that provide input and contribute to HP's roadmap. Enhanced and Advanced Health Care AnalyticsCerner collects Millennium software statistics and operational data, such as operating system and layered software workloads and performance statistics from Cerner health care provider clients around the world. We collect performance data on many actions that a clinician completes within the Cerner health IT By Dan Woicke, Director-Enterprise System Management, Cerner In myopinion
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