With four campuses throughout the city, The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. The hospital engaged IBM to help it create a comprehensive care process management platform, with the goal of increasing patient flow, safety and quality of care. The platform is based on the integration of multiple IBM offerings and includes Business Process Management and Business Rules. Courtesy of IBM

Las Vegas, USA - May 01, 2012

IBM (NYSE:IBM) today unveiled a range of new business integration software capabilities designed to help organizations quickly begin incorporating the collaborative and intelligent capabilities of social media, mobile computing and cloud computing into their enterprise applications. (#IBMimpact)

At the IMPACT 2012 conference, IBM will host more than 7,800 attendees - including clients, business partners and industry experts representing more than 60 countries. During the show IBM will unveil new products and services while highlighting hundreds of client success stories. Courtesy of IBM

The cornerstone of enabling enterprises to embrace these critical technologies is the new version of IBM WebSphere Application Server.

The fastest application server on the market, WebSphere Application Server now provides clients with new flexibility for embedded deployments and is ready for cloud with built in virtualization.

Courtesy of IBM

This new offering provides the software platform that today powers more than 100,000 clients worldwide.

Courtesy of IBM

Complementing WebSphere Application Server is a range of new integration software offerings including:

• IBM Business Process Manager – Combines new capabilities around social, collaboration, governance and mobile to dramatically improve the way work is done.
This allows organizations to gain visibility in the ways they change, manage measure and improve the processes that run their business.

• IBM Operational Decision Management – Speeds and simplifies the way that organizations manage the business rules that control a wide range of decisions across business processes and applications.
The new "social media" style user interface provides an intuitive environment for collaboration and simplifies searching, viewing and making rule changes.

• IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live Web Application Programming Interface (API) Services – Allows companies to extend their services to support the emerging community of developers who are building new social, mobile and cloud applications.
This new purpose-built offering provides a comprehensive solution to deliver, socialize and manage business API assets.

The Ottawa Hospital Turns to IBM to Improve Patient Care

One client – The Ottawa Hospital has already begun testing how these new software and services from IBM can dramatically change their business model.

With four campuses throughout the city, The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. The hospital engaged IBM to help it create a comprehensive care process management platform, with the goal of increasing patient flow, safety and quality of care. The platform is based on the integration of multiple IBM offerings and includes Business Process Management and Business Rules. Courtesy of IBM

Working with IBM, they are building a new system that improves the quality of patient care and helps them to better manage the flow of patients throughout the hospital.

Recently, the hospital had seen a tremendous increase in patients, resulting in higher occupancy rates and ultimately, overcrowding.

Dr. Jack Kitts, President and CEO at The Ottawa Hospital. Courtesy of IBM

Additionally, the patients being admitted had complicated and acute symptoms, placing a greater strain on the need for coordinated healthcare delivery.

The IBM system provides extensive patient information and hospital resource availability to the clinical staff, via mobile device, at the point of care – speeding both admission and treatment.

Dale Potter, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at The Ottawa Hospital. Courtesy of IBM

“Physicians should be focused on patient care, not be tied up doing lower value activity, like calling for consults or trying to negotiate admission for a patient,” said Dale Potter, Senior Vice President & CIO at The Ottawa Hospital.
“The concept behind our new system from IBM is that we are able to help our staff have one consolidated view on important data and processes, getting the right information to physicians at the right time.”

Dr. Glen Geiger, Chief Medical Information Officer at The Ottawa Hospital. Courtesy of IBM

For example, the attending physician can send an electronic request to the patient’s physician for clarification on past diagnosis.

The patient’s doctor receives the consultation request immediately on their most accessible device – a tablet, smart phone or a computer.

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

They respond directly to the specific consult questions electronically, so the attending physician can correctly diagnose the patient.

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

The new system builds upon IBM’s expertise in the area of Business Process Management (BPM), Operational Decision Management and analytics, and is critical to helping the hospital rethink the manner in which it utilizes its IT infrastructure in order to cut across functional silos and better coordinate care.

A Decade of Leadership

IBM has been the overall marketshare leader in middleware software for eleven consecutive years.

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

In fact, IBM now commands 32.1 percent market share and has extended its lead to nearly double that of its closest competitor (Gartner, Inc., Market Share: All Software Markets, Worldwide, 2011, March 29, 2012).

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

Key to WebSphere's success within the middleware segment is IBM's continued investment in product performance, a commitment that has once again resulted in industry leading benchmarks.

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

In the first test of its recently announced WebSphere Application Server v8.5, IBM was named world leader in middleware performance as measured by SPECjEnterprise 2010 in EjOPS/processor core which measures efficiency of middleware software servers.

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

Based upon the latest industry standard benchmark results, IBM's middleware software is 16 percent faster than any other vendor's middleware software on equivalent hardware.

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

SPEC and SPECjEnterprise 2010 are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.

Results from www.spec.org  as of 04/29/2012 Oracle Sun Blade X6270 M2 - 452.285 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS/core (equivalent hardware to world record result),
Oracle Sun Fire X4170 M3 - 519.386 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS/core (Oracle's best SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS/core result so far).
IBM HS 22 Blade - 524.621 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS/core (world record SPECjEnterprise2010 EJOPS/core result).

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

These new capabilities are on display at this year’s IMPACT conference, which features more than 8,500 attendees and hundreds of client testimonials, presentations, workshops and product demos.

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

For more information, visit:
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/presskit/37590.wss  

For more information on how IBM is helping clients and partners make smarter, faster decisions and increase their business, visit:
http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet  

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

Contacts information

Faye Abloeser
IBM Media Relations
1 (908) 770-0762
abloeser@us.ibm.com  

Chris Rubsamen
IBM Media Relations
1 (914) 319-8156
rubsamen@us.ibm.com  


Source: IBM

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/37578.wss  

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

Video
The Ottawa Hospital Achieves Process Innovation with IBM Software

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNSQTJmGoE4  

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

Video
IBM PureSystems: A Simplified IT Experience

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RHuDZXYF_RA  


Video
Experts on Expertise : How PureSystems will impact the IT experience

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tWVcQapD2rw  


Video
Countering Drug Counterfeiters with Small Resources that Produce Big Results

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iUnlMLu9oLw  


Video
Combating Counterfeit Drugs in Africa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTRpxcD7Z1g&feature  

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

ASTROMAN Magazine – 2012.04.01

IBM Increases Presence in Poland with New Branch Offices

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1213  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2012.03.10

Made in IBM Labs: Holey Optochip First to Transfer One Trillion Bits of Information per Second Using the Power of Light

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1197  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2012.03.03

IBM Forms Watson Healthcare Advisory Board

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1191  

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

ASTROMAN Magazine – 2012.01.06

European Commission Awards IBM for Energy Efficient 27 IBM Data Centers

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1144  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.12.03

IBM to Produce Micron's Hybrid Memory Cube in Debut of First Commercial, 3D Chip-Making Capability

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1111  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.11.11

City of Rio de Janeiro and IBM Collaborate to Advance Emergency Response System

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1098  

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.11.01

IBM Watson Heads to Harvard, MIT to Explore Future of Technology in Business

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1092  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.10.15

IBM Joins European Consortium to Build a Smart Grid Using Renewable Energy

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1078  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.10.01

Japan's KEK Research Turns to IBM to Develop Powerful Central Computer System

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1066  

The Ottawa Hospital has 1,200 beds, 1,500 physicians and 12,000 employees. Courtesy of IBM

ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.09.12

WellPoint and IBM Announce Agreement to Put Watson to Work in Health Care

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1056  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.09.11

IBM Broadens Efforts to Prepare Small and Medium Businesses for Growth

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1055  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.09.08

3M and IBM to Develop New Types of Adhesives to Create 3D Semiconductors

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1053  

The Mobile Enterprise Courtesy of IBM

ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.08.21

IBM Unveils Cognitive Computing Chips

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1042  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.08.13

IBM Raises Bar, Records Highest Ever TPC-C Benchmark for x86 Servers

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1031  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.08.06

IBM Develops Full-text Digitization System for National Diet Library of Japan

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1027  

IBM Mobile CIO Study Courtesy of IBM

ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.07.17

IBM Expands Business in Japan with New Cloud Data Centers

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1020  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.07.09

IBM Scientists Demonstrate Computer Memory Breakthrough

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1014  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.06.17

IBM's Watson Computing System Honored as "Person of the Year"

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=998  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.06.12

IBM Scientists Build the First Wafer-Scale Graphene Integrated Circuit Smaller than a Pinhead

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=995  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.06.12

IBM and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collaborate to Preserve Works of Art

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=994  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.06.02

IBM Helps City of Fort Worth and Tarrant County Create a Smarter Public Safety System

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=985  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.05.15

ICM Selects IBM to Fuel National Science

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=973  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.05.08

IBM Commemorates NASA's 50th Anniversary of First U.S. Manned Space Flight

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=967  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.05.01

Yale School of Management and IBM Collaborate to Prepare Students for the Next Generation of Jobs

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=961  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.03.18

IBM już od 18 lat najbardziej innowacyjną firmą świata

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=919  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.02.20

IBM to Collaborate with Nuance to Apply IBM's "Watson" Analytics Technology to Healthcare

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=899  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.02.20

IBM "Watson" to Challenge Humans at Jeopardy!

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=898  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.01.22

Mayor Bloomberg Launches NYC Urban Technology Innovation Center

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=885  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.01.10

IBM and the Premier Healthcare Alliance to Integrate Nation's Healthcare Data

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=879  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2011.01.03

City Government and IBM Close Partnership to Make Rio de Janeiro a Smarter City

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=871  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2010.12.26

Made in IBM Labs: Scientific Discovery Moves Racetrack Memory Closer to Reality

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=866  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2010.12.25

IBM's "Watson" Computing System to Challenge All Time Greatest Jeopardy! Champions

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=864  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2010.10.10

IBM Launches First Smarter Planet Game

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=818  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2010.10.10

IBM Completes Acquisition of Unica Corporation

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=817  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2010.05.28

IBM Agrees to Acquire Sterling Commerce from AT&T

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=724  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2010.04.18

University of Ottawa and IBM Create New Analytics Research Center

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=702  


ASTROMAN Magazine – 2010.04.18

New IBM POWER7 Blades

http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=701