Healthcare organizations are under immense pressure to deliver better outcomes while reducing costs. In fact, healthcare data is projected to grow 36% in 2025, according to IDC. But many providers struggle with one of the most significant obstacles to innovation: managing and analyzing vast amounts of data from electronic health records (EHRs) and other disparate sources. 

Healthcare data is growing exponentially, including sensitive patient records. However, a lack of IT infrastructure standardization, disparate systems, and stringent compliance requirements make integrating and analyzing this data a challenging task. That’s where Fivetran and Databricks come in, providing an automated and secure approach to unlock critical insights and improve patient experiences and outcomes. 

Introducing Fivetran’s new EHR connector 

Designed specifically to address the complexities of accessing healthcare data, Fivetran automates data integration from popular EHR systems. The connector:

• Handles schema changes automatically: No need for constant manual adjustments when your source system updates.
• Enables real-time syncs: Data is refreshed every minute, ensuring healthcare providers can act on up-to-the-minute information.
• Maintains strict compliance: Built-in encryption and role-based access ensure HIPAA and other regulatory standards are met.

By eliminating the need for DIY pipelines, healthcare organizations can focus less on moving data and more on transforming it into actionable insights.

How the Databricks Intelligence Platform works for healthcare

The Databricks Data Intelligence Platform for Healthcare and Life Sciences offers a unified platform that empowers healthcare organizations with AI. Fivetran is essential for making all this valuable data accessible in Databricks.

As the global leader in data integration, Fivetran automates data movement from a variety of sources, including EHR platforms, into the Databricks Platform. Efficient data centralization paves the way for advanced analytics and AI applications.

By unifying EHR data with the rest of an organization's data using Fivetran and creating a single governed instance through Unity Catalog, Databricks enables healthcare professionals to access and analyze data in natural language. This approach not only democratizes data access but also facilitates the collaborative deployment of data models via Delta Sharing.

Why healthcare organizations choose Fivetran and Databricks

Fivetran and Databricks empower healthcare organizations to:

• Scale with ease: Automatically handle large datasets with real-time syncs and Delta Live Tables.
• Focus on insights, not infrastructure: Fully managed pipelines and structured streaming free up data teams to focus on high-impact work, like AI workloads.
• Ensure security and compliance: Ensure sensitive data is handled with care using encrypted pipelines, role-based access controls, and unified governance with Databricks Unity Catalog. 

Together, Fivetran and Databricks unlock critical use cases for healthcare organizations: 

• Unified patient data for personalized care: Healthcare organizations need a complete, real-time view of the patient journey to deliver personalized care. A unified data strategy helps break down silos across EHRs, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and operational systems, enabling better clinical decisions. Fivetran automates the extraction and centralization of patient data from disparate sources, ensuring it's analytics- and operations-ready. Databricks provides the processing power to analyze this data at scale, enabling AI-driven insights that improve treatment plans and patient outcomes.
• Predictive analytics for better patient outcomes: Predicting patient risks and trends allows providers to intervene earlier, improving outcomes and reducing costs. Reliable, real-time data is essential to train accurate predictive AI models. Fivetran ensures that high-quality, continuously updated data flows from multiple systems into a central analytics environment. Databricks then applies advanced analytics and AI to detect patterns, forecast patient deterioration, and optimize treatment pathways.
• Operational efficiency with smarter resource management: Optimizing staffing, supply chains, and hospital operations reduces inefficiencies and improves patient care. Data-driven decision-making enables hospitals to allocate resources effectively. Fivetran centralizes operational data from EHRs, ERPs, and CRMs, eliminating data fragmentation. Databricks powers real-time analytics to identify bottlenecks, predict resource needs, and streamline workflows—ensuring hospitals run efficiently.

To learn more about Fivetran and Databricks, stop by our booths at the HIMSS conference in Las Vegas, from March 3 - 6, or sign up for a demo. 

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