In a post-pandemic world, healthcare organizations are facing increasingly difficult challenges, both administratively and technologically. With hospitals and care providers becoming a popular target for cyber criminals, healthcare organizations must keep sensitive patient data secure and compliant or face stiff legal and financial consequences. The amount of data being created in healthcare isn’t slowing down any time soon, and organizations must be able to manage this data and integrate it with key applications and solutions to accelerate treatments and improve patient experiences. Not only must this data be kept secure and integrated effectively, being able to perform data and analytics for personalized care and medicine is a must as well. This all while dealing with increasing costs and fluctuating workloads on IT infrastructure and systems.
IBM Power servers help healthcare organizations manage and protect digital health data, facilitate data-driven decisions, reduce risk, cut costs, and increase efficiency. Healthcare organizations can transform operations by combining Power technologies with industry-standard solutions, applications, and systems. Power provides a robust and versatile infrastructure that empowers healthcare providers to improve patient outcomes, enhance operational efficiency, and meet regulatory requirements effectively. Learn more about each of the ways Power servers can help healthcare organizations transform operations:
Security and Compliance for Sensitive Data
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data that must be protected in compliance with regulations like HIPAA. Power provides advanced security features including encryption, access controls, and secure boot, helping healthcare organizations maintain data privacy and compliance with regulatory requirements. IT leaders surveyed by ITIC said with Power they experience 3.3 minutes or less of unplanned outages per year due to security issues. Learn more about data interoperability with FHIR and MongoDB on Power here.
Industry-Leading Reliability for Critical Applications
Healthcare operations rely on mission-critical applications such as electronic health records, picture archiving and communication systems, healthcare information systems, and more. Power offers a highly reliable infrastructure with features such as predictive failure analysis, dynamic resource allocation, and redundancy to ensure continuous availability of these critical applications and systems. An ITIC survey of 1,900 C-level executives gave Power a 99.9999% or greater availability rating, and Power has been ranked the most reliable non-mainframe server for the past 15 years. Learn more about the reliability of Power by reading the report here.
High Performance for Healthcare Research and Analytics
Healthcare organizations often deal with vast amounts of data, including patient records, medical imaging, genomic data, and research results. Power offers high-performance computing capabilities that enable faster analysis of this data for research, drug discovery, genomic sequencing, personalized medicine, and many other use cases. Power10 processor-based servers have 2.5x more performance per core compared to previous generations. Learn more about high performance with Power here.
Scalability and Flexibility for Fluctuating Workloads
Healthcare organizations often experience fluctuating workloads due to seasonal variations, patient demand, or specific healthcare initiatives. Power provides scalability to accommodate changing workloads, allowing healthcare organizations to scale resources up or down as needed. The flexibility of the Power platform supports various operating systems and virtualization technologies, enabling healthcare organizations to run diverse workloads efficiently. Learn more about flexible consumption with Power here.
AI and Machine Learning for Personalized Treatment
IBM Power is well suited for AI and machine learning workloads leveraging on-chip acceleration, which are increasingly important in healthcare for tasks such as medical imaging analysis, predictive analytics for patient outcomes, disease diagnosis, treatment optimization, and many other use cases. The Power processor has four Matrix Math Accelerators per core for faster AI inferencing at the point of data. For large language AI models, Power can process up to 42% more batch queries per second on Power S1022 servers compared to x86 servers during peak load of 40 concurrent users and enjoy inferencing latency below one second. Learn more about running AI workloads on Power here.
Integration with Industry-Standard Healthcare Solutions
IBM Power integrates with a wide range of healthcare solutions, including electronic medical record systems, medical imaging platforms, healthcare analytics software, telemedicine applications, and more. This integration enables seamless data exchange, interoperability, and collaboration among different healthcare systems and stakeholders. Power works closely with market-leading ISVs such as Epic to certify hardware for industry-standard healthcare software, applications, and solutions. Learn more about Power for Epic here.
Power is excited to expand on our dedication to delivering cutting-edge solutions tailored to the needs of healthcare enterprises, while simultaneously addressing the critical need for cost-effectiveness and operational efficiency. We have unveiled new, cost-effective enhancements to the Power scale-out servers as part of the Power Solution Editions for Healthcare program, designed to significantly reduce initial investments by up to 46% and improve performance per dollar by up to 81%, thus bolstering the financial viability of our healthcare clients. These advancements reinforce our commitment to driving innovation and affordability in the healthcare sector, with the tools they need to optimize operations, enhance patient care, and achieve greater efficiencies, all while minimizing cost burdens. To learn more about IBM Power for healthcare and Solution Editions for Healthcare, contact your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner, or go here.