DaVita Inc. and Google Cloud announced that the organizations have collaborated to create a new clinical operating system that sets a foundation for streamlined kidney care for more than 200,000 DaVita patients.
Built on Google Cloud infrastructure and utilizing AI and analytics tools co-developed by the two companies, DaVita’s Center Without WallsTM(CWOW) is now live across the organization’s 2,700+ dialysis centers nationwide. With the deployment, DaVita has moved from a decentralized clinical documentation system to a unified platform that leverages data from more than 30 million dialysis treatments per year to generate insights designed to help improve clinical outcomes.
“CWOW gives our caregivers access to the right data, at the right time, so we can improve workflows and help our team spend more time with patients and less time interacting with a computer,” said Dr. Mark Kaplan, Vice President of Medical Affairs for DaVita Inc. “CWOW is custom-built for kidney care, and the Google Cloud infrastructure allows us to connect with our physician and hospital partners to establish a consistent flow of information from day one of a patient’s kidney care journey.”
While every patient’s journey is unique, the National Kidney Foundation has divided chronic kidney disease (CKD) into five stages, with stage 5 indicating kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). At this advanced stage, the kidneys have lost nearly all of their ability to do their job effectively, and eventually dialysis or a kidney transplant is needed1.
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By creating CWOW using Google Cloud, DaVita has built a foundational platform that will enable seamless data sharing and increase collaboration between the company’s physician partners, hospitals, and internal care teams. Ultimately, the platform is designed to support DaVita’s mission to provide integrated kidney care that helps improve patient quality of life, and lower the cost of care.
A leader in kidney care, DaVita has more than 20 years of clinical data, based on the more than 30 million dialysis treatments the organization administers each year. To effectively leverage this data, DaVita built CWOW on Cloud Spanner for scalable database management, BigQuery for analytics, and Vertex AI for AI and machine learning.
“Working with DaVita to develop and deploy CWOW brings together Google Cloud’s cutting-edge AI and analytics capabilities with DaVita’s passion for treating and preventing kidney disease,” said Aashima Gupta, Google Global Director for Healthcare Strategy and Solutions. “DaVita has laid a critical foundation for data interoperability where care teams and partners can access the information they need in near real-time, right when they need it, regardless of care setting.”
“Google is the right choice for DaVita – not only from a technical perspective, but also from a collaboration standpoint,” said Alan Cullop, DaVita’s Chief Information Officer. “Our vision for CWOW required a flexible collaborator that would be willing to iterate as we worked to address the unique needs of DaVita and kidney care. From early-stage architecture and infrastructure conversations, to AI, analytics and IT security, Google has added significant value every step of the way, and we look forward to the next stage of innovation as we continue to enhance the CWOW platform.”
SOURCE: PRNewswire