Northeast Georgia Health System Uses Data to Speed Up Medical Research
Northeast Georgia Health System partnered with IPC Global to build a scalable, cloud-based analytics and research platform using Qlik®, AWS®, and Vizlib, enabling faster medical research, automated data processing, and reliable insights across millions of patient records.
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Case Study Snapshot
Executive overview in under 30 seconds
Organization
Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS)
Organization
Healthcare
Business Model
Non-profit health system and regional medical research provider
PLATFORM
Qlik Sense, AWS Cloud, Vizlib, InProcess Research Platform
TRANSFORMATION YEAR
2025
PARTNER
IPC Global (Advisory & Implementation)
The Challenge
Conflicts between legacy systems, IT-driven tools, and clinician-led research needs
Difficulty integrating large, time-variant healthcare datasets
Manual and time-consuming research preparation processes
Need to support millions of patient records across multiple systems
The Solution
How IPC Global Built a Modern Research & Analytics Platform
Unified Research Data Platform
Integrated multiple clinical and operational data sources into a single analytics environment
Automated Data Processing & Validation
Created repeatable, reliable data pipelines for research modeling and analysis
Self-Service Analytics for Researchers
Provided user-friendly dashboards so clinicians could explore data without IT dependency
Advanced Research Modeling Environment
Enabled rapid hypothesis testing, cohort identification, and outcome validation
Results & Impact
Accelerated Research Timeline
Produced peer-reviewed research within one year
Massive Data Processing Capability
Analyzed 36,000+ patients across 40+ million encounters
Reduced Manual Research Work
Automated multi-step data preparation and validation
Improved Funding Success
Enabled faster grant qualification through reliable data modeling